Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
Lumière!
Le cinématographe
1895-1905
(1895-1905)
|
Contents: 114 Lumière films, with supplemental materials.
This Blu-ray Disc collection updates the 1999 Kino DVD set, The Lumière Brothers’ First Films (1895-1897), with the continuing participation of director Bertrand Tavernier and historian Thierry Frémaux.
|
 InstitutLumière
2015 Blu-ray Disc edition
Lumière!: Le cinématographe 1895-1905 (1895-1905), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including 114 Lumière films, black & white, 91 minutes, not rated, with a supplemental disc, color and black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
InstitutLumière, distributed by FranceTV Distribution,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region B Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional French language subtitles; chapter stops; 44-page insert booklet; two plastic disc trays in cardboard wrap in cardboard slipcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 9 September 2015.
Country of origin: USA
|
|
This Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from 4K high-definition scans of archival film materials.
The films are accompanied by music composed by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Supplemental material includes an introduction by Bertrand Tavernier (2 minutes); audio commentary on the Lumière films by Thierry Frémaux with music by Camille Saint-Saëns; “Lumière, la naissance du cinéma” with Paul Paviot (30 minutes); “Aller au cinéma: Louis Lumière” by Éric Rohmer, with appearances by Henri Langlois and Jean Renoir (66 minutes); “Pierwsky Film” by Josef Piwkowski (10 minutes); “L’Héritage Lumière” with Bertrand Tavernier (8 minutes); “Lumière, au début de pout toujours” with Thierry Frémaux (19 minutes); “Lumière! Le cinéma inventé” with clips from a 2015 event; and a 44-page insert booklet.
This is our recommended home video edition of these films. North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this edition.
|
This Region B Blu-ray Disc edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
|
|
|
|
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
|
