First Frame: The Revolutionary Lumière Brothers, Episode 447
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Get ready for another engaging episode of Join Us in France! This week, my co-host Elyse Rivin and I delve into the captivating story of cinema's trailblazers, the Lumière Brothers. We also discuss Alice Guy, the first woman film director. As we unravel the saga of their groundbreaking inventions and the birth of cinema, Elyse's keen insights illuminate the past, painting a vivid picture of the early days of film and how it has shaped our present. This episode is a must-listen for all film enthusiasts!
Table of Contents for this Episode
- Today on the podcast
- Podcast supporters
- Thank you, Patrons!
- Install the Patreon app
- Next week on the podcast
- Annie and Elyse about the Lumières brothers
- Elyse’s love for movies
- History of cinema and it’s relationship to France
- Luc Besson
- Let’s talk about the beginning
- Muiberg’s optical illusion
- Edison’s Kinetoscope
- Emile Reynaud’s Optical Theater, Illuminated Pantomimes
- Frères Lumière, The Light Brothers
- The first “film festival” in Paris
- The first travel films
- Next step for Lumière Brothers
- George Meliès and the first special effects
- The first political movie
- The first movie houses and the first cinema studio
- Destroyed everything they had built
- Alice Guy, the first woman film director
- The cabbage fairy film
- Jesus of Nazareth film
- The first peplum
- The Pathé brothers
- The first sound studio in Europe
- World War I pauses everything
- The New Wave
- Copyright
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The This is a |
| 0:19.8 | This is join us in France episode of 447 Kattresson Garonset |
| 0:22.3 | Bonjure, I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:28.0 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy and news related to travel to France. |
| 0:36.7 | Today I bring you a conversation with Elise Riven of Toulouse Guided Walks about the Frere Lumier. The Lumier brothers, August and Louis, are fascinating figures in history |
| 0:49.0 | due to their pioneering work in early cinema, as they are credited with inventing the Cinematograph and |
| 0:56.2 | hosting the world's first public movie screening. It's hard to imagine a world without |
| 1:01.6 | moving images now. |
| 1:03.2 | What they've created changed the world. |
| 1:06.7 | This podcast is supported by donors and listeners who buy my tours and services, |
| 1:11.0 | including my itinerary consult service and my |
| 1:15.0 | G.Pinerary Consult Service and my GPS self-guided tours of Paris on the Voice Map app |
| 1:19.0 | and you can browse all of that at my boutique, |
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| 1:25.9 | the details about the tours and read reviews go to join us in France dot com |
| 1:30.9 | for it slash any Tours. This recording with Elise about the |
| 1:35.8 | Lumier brothers ran long so there won't be a magazine part of the podcast after |
| 1:41.8 | my chit-chat with Elise today. I want to thank my patrons for |
| 1:46.8 | making this podcast possible. You have been supporting me for a long time. Thank you so much. And a shout out this week to new patrons, |
| 1:56.2 | Karen Newlin, Colleen Miller, Toby Carlson, and David Whitehead. Thank you so much for becoming patrons or renewing as a patron and making this podcast possible. |
| 2:09.0 | Patrons, I would like to encourage you to install the Patreon app on your phone it will help you enjoy your rewards while on the |
| 2:16.4 | go which include audio and video rewards this week I published a video update for patrons with a question should I add a monthly video conference as a reward |
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