A paean
to the genius of the Lumières…
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Marguerite: A collection of
108 remastered 50 second-films.
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| Auguste and Louis |
Jeanne: They were inventors
and directors, not just inventors, like Edison. He shut the moving pictures
in a box, in his kinetoscope. The Lumières showed the moving pictures using
their cinematograph, so many people could see at once.
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Marguerite: The cinema was
born.
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Jeanne: Edison’s invention
was like seeing pictures on a smartphone. The Lumières created cinema. A
distinction that exists today.
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| A star is born... |
Marguerite: They formed a, what
you say, a disciplage of directors who went out and shot exotic places and
activities. Collaborative power.
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Jeanne: And their actualités
are really the first documentaries. Apt naming too. Their name means “light”.
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Marguerite: And what a body
of work they left. Produced 1500 films between 1895 and 1905, then just quit.
Went on to other things.
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Voice-over
Brothers, Auguste and Louis Lumière,
inventors, producers, directors. In a sense, they founded the movie business.
Kudos to Director Thierry Frémaux for his 4K montage of 108 films: Lumière!
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