Lumière!

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A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

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8.1/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Thierry Frémaux

Narrator
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Martin Scorsese

Self

Pierre Bellingard

Self
(archive footage)

Ernestina Bossi

Self - Ballerina
(archive footage)

François Clerc

The Gardener
(archive footage)

Benoît Duval

The Boy
(archive footage)

Leopoldo Fregoli

Self
(archive footage)

Loie Fuller

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(archive footage)

Madeleine Koehler

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(archive footage)

Marcel Koehler

Self
(archive footage)

Eugénie Laurent

Self
(archive footage)

François-Henri Lavanchy-Clarke

Self
(archive footage)

Andrée Lumière

Self
(archive footage)

Antoine Lumière

Self
(archive footage)

Auguste Lumière

Self
(archive footage)

Louis Lumière

Self
(archive footage)

Marguerite Lumière

Self
(archive footage)

Rose Lumière

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(archive footage)

Director
- Thierry Frémaux
Writer
- Thierry Frémaux
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Trivia
Includes 108 films out of over 1400 made by the Lumière company.

Connections
Edited from The Mechanical Butcher (1895)

Soundtracks
Javotte - Fantaisie pour un orchestre / Rapsodie bretonne opus 7 bis - Allegretto / Rapsodie bretonne opus 7 bis - Andantino, Allegretto, Allegro quasi presto, Andantino, Allegretto / Andromaque - Ouverture. Andante, Allegro / Andromaque - Prélude du 4e acte / Suite en Ré opus 49 - Prélude. Allegretto moderato / Suite en Ré opus 49 - Sarabande. Sostenuto / Suite en Ré opus 49 - Gavotte. Vivace / Suite en Ré opus 49 - Romance. Andantino cantabile
Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Conducted by David Robertson
(P) 1993

This movie was a great learning experience. The most I ever learned about the Lumiere brothers' filmmaking was their two shorts of "Workers Leaving the Factory" and "Train Entering the Station." This documentary provides 100+ surviving short films by the brothers and their camera operators. The narration is a perfect inclusion for giving context to each short. But one could also watch this movie on mute and gain a more authentic viewing, while still having the documentary structured in a meaningful way.

I cannot recommend the movie enough. If you are thinking about watching Lumiere!, watch it now!!