Today I watched a collection of several small films made by the Lumière brothers in the early days. It seems that people are arguing about the order of these films, so I will not decide which one is the first film in the world. (The "Landsea Garden Scene" which was 2s earlier than them will not be mentioned.)
Throwing away the movie itself, I pay more attention to the people at the time. Sitting in front of the projector, sitting in front of the screen, what I care about is what? Are these scenes without plot? After all, these scenes and people are actually common things in everyone's daily life. Does it become particularly interesting when moved to the screen? Observe the expressions of every ground crew and passenger in "The Train Into the Station"? Still pay attention to the composition of "Factory Gate", or...?
Those of us who have been accustomed to the screen since we were young are obviously not aware of it. Probably we will be more curious and amazed about this new technology.
When these shots were repaired and then released, we in front of the screen became voyeurs, trying to get a glimpse of people's lives at the time from the screen, without letting go of any clues. The people in the lens have long since passed away, and they don't know that they will have such a subtle connection with people over a hundred years from now.
History, time, and technological development are really wonderful!

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Jillian 2022-01-20 08:01:20

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Jean 2022-03-24 09:03:24

Tarkovsky: I still can't forget that genius movie released in the 19th century, the source of all movies - "The Arrival of the Train". This well-known film by Lumiere was nothing more than the invention of the camera, film, and projector. The work is only half a minute long and depicts a section of the platform under the sun, with gentlemen and ladies walking back and forth, and the train coming directly to the camera from the depths of the scene. As the train approached, there was a commotion in the theater, and people fled. It was at this moment that the movie was born. It's not just a matter of technology, or a new way of interpreting the world, but the birth of a new aesthetic principle. This principle is that, for the first time in the history of art, for the first time in the history of culture, human beings have found a direct way to preserve time. At the same time, this time can be projected onto the screen countless times, reproducing and returning to the time gone by. Humans get a model of real time. Today, time, once seen and recorded, can be permanently (in theory, permanently) engraved in a metal box.
Lynn 2022-03-21 09:03:04

The Roundhay Gardens Scene (1888), both of which saw the progress of the film over the course of 8 years, great, remembered! ! !