The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art backdrop

The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art 2021 Directed by Stefan Cornic L’Œil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art

Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly cinematographic, long before the revolutionary invention of the Lumière brothers and the arrival of December 28, 1895, the historic day on which the first cinema performance took place.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Languages English , French , German
Production Companies ARTE , Musée d'Orsay , Beall Productions
Release Date 17 October 2021
53 mins
Cast
Vimala Pons Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Lemoine Self - Architecture Historian
Vanessa Schwartz Self - Art Historian
Tacita Dean Self - Artist
Paul Perrin Self - Painting Curator
Mark Lewis Self - Artist
Dominique Païni Self - Film Curator
Marie Robert Self - Photo Curator
Thierry Frémaux Self - Institut Lumière Director
Christian Petzold Self - Filmmaker
Olivier Assayas Self - Filmmaker