The cinema is an invention without a future. -- Louis Lumiere Auguste and Louis Lumiere are credited with the world's first public film screening on December 28, 1895. The showing of approximately ten short films lasting only twenty minutes in total was held in the basement lounge of the Grand Cafe on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris and would be the very first public demonstration of their ...

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Video review by Gary Johnson In the past, the films of Auguste and Louis Lumiere have principally been available in badly-worn dupes, making it difficult to appreciate their work. Now, Kino on Video (in association with the Institute Lumiere) has made available in the U.S. the first-ever authorized collection of Lumiere films, mastered from the original 35mm materials. The Lumiere Brothers' ...