Arrivée d'un train à Perrache. Vue N° 127. The first train film in the Lumière catalogue had its premiere on 23 March, 1896. |
1896. Cinema anno uno – Lumière!
1896. Year One of Cinematography
Programma 2: Animazione, automazione
Programme 2: Animation, Automation
Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna
Introduce Mariann Lewinsky
♪ Grand piano Gabriel Thibaudeau
There are no intertitles in the films
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni, 26 June 2016
Mariann Lewinsky in the Bologna catalog: "We are visual animals, and moving objects arrest and delight us to no end – the natural elements to begin with, waves, clouds, fire. We ourselves are restless and watching animals, dancers, fountains, following and losing ourselves in the rhythm, variations and patterns of their movements, soothes and distracts us. Mechanical devices and machines may have been created initially for practical uses, but as soon as they move they become fascinating visual displays, wonderfully entertaining. Many forms of art and entertainment are based on movement, be it dances, jugglers, fountains, pageants and the like. Until 1895 they defied all forms of representation. Sculpture, painting, photography can try to suggest movement, but only the Cinématographe succeeds in reproducing it in a convincing albeit illusory way. The projected photographs appear to be moving. In 1896 cinematography was all about the spectacle of movement, flaunting this unique capacity. No interest in still-life, then; we want the lion in the zoo to be animated, not asleep." Mariann Lewinsky
Des poissons d’espèces différentes et des grenouilles évoluent dans un aquarium. |
Aquarium
n. 3, Louis Lumière, FR 1896
Balançoires à la vogue de Perrache |
Balançoires / [Swings]
n. 13, Lyon, FR 1896
Lancement d’un navire / [The Launching of a Ship]
n. 57, [Louis Lumière], La Seyne-sur-Mer, FR 1896
Ânes / [Donkeys]
n. 198, Alexandre Promio, Algiers, DZ 1896
Embarquement d’un cheval / [Shipping a Horse]
n. 46, Boulogne-sur-Mer, FR 1896
Défournage du coke / [Taking Coke from the Oven {fuel coke}]
n. 122, Carmaux, FR 1896
Danseuses des rues / [Dancing in the Street]
n. 249, London, GB 1896 - AA: "I'm singin' in the rain', I'm dancin' in the rain!"
Arrivée d’un train à Perrache / [The Arrival of a Train at Perrache]
n. 127, Lyon, FR 1896 - AA: The first of Lumière's "arrival of a train" movies in their catalogue was first screened on 23 March, 1896. There were earlier hors catalogue train movies screened privately, photographs of which were published. The most famous train film, Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat, Vue N° 653, was shot in the summer of 1897 and first shown in October 1897.
Lion / [A Lion]
n. 54, [Alexandre Promio], London, GB 1896
Assiettes tournantes / [Spinning Plates]
n. 1, [Louis Lumière], La Ciotat, FR 1896
AA: The film number one in the Lumière catalogue is reminiscent of the Edison approach of recording famous artists at their acts.
35 mm. Da: Institut Lumière, Lyon.
AA: I copied the information to the captions above from the exemplary official website Catalogue Lumière - L’œuvre cinématographique des frères Lumière, at https://catalogue-lumiere.com/
The images and the official catalogue notes are so informative that there is little to add. These 35 mm prints were produced for the centenary of the cinema in 1995.
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