Louis Lumière
1968 · 66 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 438 VOTES · DIR. Éric Rohmer
Overview
Eric Rohmer leads a conversation with Jean Renoir and Henri Langlois on the art of filmmaker Louis Lumière.
Dialogue Timeline — 645 lines
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00:00:22 Jean Renoir, we have just finished watching projections
00:02:41 who thought that cinema was first and foremost a means of reproduction, of transmission
00:04:39 Bowls Competition
00:10:54 an extraordinary means for representing the life of our times.
00:12:46 But, for example, there is no choice involved in the framing of a close-up or a long shot.
00:15:16 to the facts, the circumstances.
00:17:00 and women in long skirts and corsets.
00:18:50 that in those few seconds
00:22:20 The proof is that it makes us think of Proust and Renoir and so many other things.
00:24:35 Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat were amazed by are not at all the same.
00:27:42 and that way they all come to watch themselves on film. That's on an anecdotal level.
00:29:59 a host of amazing observations. It's as if all of a sudden
00:34:28 What is the relationship between the New York of the Lumiere films
00:38:18 It reveals and broadens incredible horizons. But in the acted films, it's different.
00:40:40 I'll give you an example. In films that are supposedly realistic
00:43:56 You filmed people walking
00:47:16 For me, the fundamental thing that stands out
00:50:49 the retrospective in Venice. I knew of one of the inventors of 3-D cinema
00:52:38 With each reproduction, there is a loss of light.
00:54:52 During that era it was the overriding principle.
00:57:53 And Henri Langlois believes
00:59:42 So we at least had to imagine the voices and the sounds.
01:01:44 Canvases aren't as easily damaged and are fairly solid.
01:03:42 There are small volumes published by various publishing houses
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed645
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:03:42
Production Record
DirectorÉric Rohmer
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes438