Culterix
Lumière, Le Cinéma! poster

Film · 2024 · 104 min

Lumière, Le Cinéma! (2024)

DocumentaryHistory

In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers Auguste and Louis, whose brilliant invention, the cinematograph, helped to inaugurate the most beloved art form of the last 130 years. Institute Lumière director Thierry Frémaux uses Lumière, Le Cinema! to guide the viewer through over a hundred shorts—some famous, some forgotten, some never before seen—directed by Lumière and company. In the process, Frémaux illuminates how the brothers employed the camera as a creative instrument as they (and their operators) mastered framing, staging, and subject selection for quotidian and exotic microdocumentaries as well as the first ever fictional motion pictures. The result is not only a glorious re(telling) of the genesis of cinema but a profound meditation on the beautiful world captured—and the mysterious world imagined—by the Lumières.

Directed by: Thierry Frémaux

Cast: Thierry Frémaux, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Coppola, Bertrand Tavernier, Valerio Mastandrea, Alain Chabat, Laurent Gerra

Rate, review or log it on CulterixWhat is Culterix?

More like Lumière, Le Cinéma!

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give InRobert Altman: Giggle And Give InLes Damnés de la CommuneLes Damnés de la CommuneBeatles '64Beatles '64The Munich Olympics Massacre: Munich '72—The True StoryThe Munich Olympics Massacre: Munich '72—The True StoryVariations on Iserois LandscapesVariations on Iserois LandscapesPowerPowerDopo quasi settant'anni i ricordi non esistono piùDopo quasi settant'anni i ricordi non esistono piùChicas Malasaña en tierras gallegasChicas Malasaña en tierras gallegas