Lesson Three: The Birth of Cinema

[misswrite]

I will spare the loyal readers of this blog, who indulge me as I explore everything from the benefits of spirulina to the advent of motion pictures, the gory details of Lesson Three in my Movie Project. I’ll just say this lesson was a long one. I read this. (Don’t even click it - unless you’re me, it’ll bore you to tears), but it includes such

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[oakenguy]

I actually LOVED this part of my 'Intro to Film History' class. I still get a little 'yay!' thought in my head when I see a film credit and notice it came from the Pathé studios.

[misswrite]

It's funny, as I spent yesterday afternoon reading about all of this, I realized that I had read about much of it all before. In middle school! At some point in middle school we had to give a presentation on something that interested us, and I gave mine on the very first movies. I guess it really is a natural passion of mine...and I only started getting into this because I was frustrated that I didn't "get" the classic movies my boyfriend brought home to watch together.

[laviemoderne]

ok, that answers my question about the lumier bros...