Démolition d'un mur (Demolition of a wall) is a 1895 French short black-and-white silent film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring his brother Auguste Lumière, along with two other men.
| Démolition d'un mur | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Louis Lumière |
| Produced by | Louis Lumière |
| Starring | Auguste Lumière |
| Cinematography | Louis Lumière |
Release date |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Synopsis
editAnother single-shot Lumière Brothers film, this time showing the demolition of a wall in the grounds of the factory.
Production
editIt was filmed by means of the Cinématographe, an all-in-one camera, which also served as a film projector and developer. As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1.[1]
Release and legacy
editThe Lumières were known to project Démolition d'un mur in both forward and reverse motion. An urban legend attributed this to an inadvertent discovery in which the film strip was rewound in the projector while the light was still on.[2][3]
Bill Brand's 1973 structural film Demolition of a Wall is organized around six frames of the wall collapsing in the Lumières' film. It associates each of the frames with a musical note played on a piano and presents every permutation of the six frames, starting in chronological order and ending in reverse chronological order.[2]
Current status
editGiven its age, this short film is no longer subject to copyright protection and is available to freely download from the Internet.
References
edit- ^ "Technical Specifications". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
- ^ a b Fraser, Jake (2021). "Turning Back Time: Friedrich Kittler, Reversibility, and Media of Time Axis Manipulation". CR: The New Centennial Review. 21 (1). Michigan State University Press: 37–69.
- ^ Stoneman, Rod (2022). "Perspective Correction: Early Film to the Avant-Garde". In Webber, Mark (ed.). The Afterimage Reader. The Visible Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 978-0-9928377-6-1.
External links
edit- Démolition d'un mur at IMDb
- Démolition d'un mur is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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