Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Season 1, Episode 1: Les inventeurs ou la rencontre des photographes et des fantômes
Documentary • 26 min • 2 seasons, 40 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
Claude-Jean Philippe sees the invention of cinema as the meeting of photographers and ghosts. This film chronologically follows the progress of two inventions: Joseph Plateau's discovery of the persistence of retinal images, the perfection of his phenakitiscope, and Nieppe's invention of photography. The Lumière brothers' cinematograph is the culmination of this double discovery.
About Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birth to the beginning of the 1960s. With commentary read by Jean Rochefort.