tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post8642360555350961869..comments2024-03-09T07:19:46.311-05:00Comments on The Short Films Blog: L'Arrivée d'un Train a la Ciotat (The Arrival of a train a la Ciotat)Middentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13829095129849712488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-185542555649399652008-12-13T18:41:00.000-05:002008-12-13T18:41:00.000-05:00Yet again from the little I know about films I hav...Yet again from the little I know about films I have to agree that this is pretty boring, but do you think the first books were interesting? Didn't think soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-80174038610436624692008-12-11T11:01:00.000-05:002008-12-11T11:01:00.000-05:00This Lumiere guy seems like he was pretty innovate...This Lumiere guy seems like he was pretty innovate seeing as how he invented film. During the 19th century I would probably be screaming in fear if I saw moving pictures, but otherwise this definitely bores the hell out of me. Sorry Paul Klien.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-49364132925428353412008-12-07T14:17:00.000-05:002008-12-07T14:17:00.000-05:00The film is not pointless...yes, but put into a co...The film is not pointless...yes, but put into a context of what we are accustomed to today, it is. This is definitely a groundbreaking film though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-32637195070586020122008-09-22T18:39:00.000-04:002008-09-22T18:39:00.000-04:00This is actually one of my favorite Lumiere films....This is actually one of my favorite Lumiere films. I don't think pointless is the right word to describe it, because you display, even though you were bored by the film, that it <I>mattered</I> - it had and has a point. The point then was the technological spectacle - the point now is the historical and cultural significance of the film.<BR/><BR/>So, pointless, absolutely not. This is an important piece of cinema. You may find it arbitrarily shot, but it was filmed with intention and purpose, and it has an always will mean something.<BR/><BR/>I'm a huge fan of the Lumiere travelogue films. The fascination early filmgoers had with motion becomes increasingly present, as the stationary Cinematograph begins to get placed on trains and automobiles and boats, creating beautiful tracking shots, establishing a cinematic language that is used a century later. Absolutely gorgeous.Paul Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349335194802759894noreply@blogger.com