View Full Version : This is a special anniversary...do you remember what happened that December 28th?
Emanuel A.
12-28-2006, 04:50 PM
1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière (light in french) -- the two brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema, presented (openly) their first footage.
111 years ago...BTW, I have the #111 RED ONE serial number... :)
Eirik Tyrihjel
12-28-2006, 04:55 PM
"presented (openly) their first footage. "
was it 4k?
Adam C Lubkin
12-28-2006, 04:57 PM
Love those Lumière films. I got to see several of them projected at the National Gallery about 16 years ago. I've seen them on dvd recently and they're still great, but I'd love to see them projected again.
Gunleik Groven
12-28-2006, 05:13 PM
Of course they were 4k.
Gunleik
Eirik Tyrihjel
12-28-2006, 05:14 PM
Yeah!
Ben Feuer
12-28-2006, 05:29 PM
The train...it's...it's coming...right at me!!! OHGOD!
Jared VanLeuven
12-28-2006, 05:46 PM
Amazing in some respects how little film cameras have changed throughout the last 111 years. Will they be around in another 111? I'll wager a pint or two, but you'll have to meet me in 2117 :D.
Jaime Vallés
12-28-2006, 05:56 PM
By 2117 we'll all be brains in a liquid-filled jar with cables connected to speakers, and a pair of RED cameras as eyes.
Can we ingest a pint via USB?
Justin Kirchhoff
12-28-2006, 05:58 PM
there's nothing like watching a bunch of people walking out of a factory at the end of a workday.
Eirik Tyrihjel
12-28-2006, 06:00 PM
Can we ingest a pint via USB?
Let´s hope the world has moved on from USB in 2117!
Blaine Golden
12-28-2006, 06:10 PM
1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière (light in french) -- the twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema, presented (openly) their first footage.
111 years ago...BTW, I have the #111 RED ONE serial number... :)
Damn, does that mean I have to come up with something that happened 234 years ago? :)
Emanuel A.
12-28-2006, 06:30 PM
I've tried but I didn't catch anything for you Blaine :). BTW, I found these guys [LINK (http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_december_28.html)] who classified a birthdays' list thinking the brothers Lumière as twin brothers (as matter of fact they weren't -- now it's already fixed, I stand corrected my previous misinformation): Auguste is from 1862 and Louis from 1867.
But the cinema as we know nowadays, effectively born today (therefore the twin brothers mistake -- as well we all are: twin brothers in RED).
Pol Turrents
12-29-2006, 06:50 AM
If you ever visit spain, you should visit the "Girona film museum". They have many many tools of the pre-historic film industry. Including lumiere cameras, negatives, etc...
http://www.museudelcinema.org/index_en.html (http://www.museudelcinema.org/en/c1.html)