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The Lumière Brothers' First Films

Directed by Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière

United States, 1996

Documentary

Synopsis

An amazing journey through the birth of the motion picture. Narrated by film director and President of the Institut Lumiere Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de Torchon), with a piano score by Stuart Oderman.

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Laura Blanco's rating of the film The Lumière Brothers' First Films
Laura Blanco

Shot in 1895, this is a clear example of the Lumière brothers contribution to the first film decade. It has up to three versions, each one of them with a few variations but with a common feature: it is an experience based in the observation of reality. The Lumiere brothers hide the camera to respect this free will of the scene, becoming the first documentalist of the new invention that the cinematograph had become.
December 06, 2018 11:40
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Omar Manjouneh's rating of the film The Lumière Brothers' First Films
Omar Manjouneh

Bertrand Tavernier delivers one of the most spontaneous narrations ever accompanied a motion picture.
September 14, 2016 16:32
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