The best Auguste Lumière’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Auguste Lumière’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Auguste Lumière.
Lumière!
8.1/10
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
Demolition of a Wall
6.4/10
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
5.7/10
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
Baby's Meal
5.9/10
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.
Photograph
5.7/10
A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face in a hand mirror, and the photographer poses him. Just as the photographer is about to take the picture, the subject gets up to look at the camera more closely. The frustrated photographer soon becomes quite impatient.
Fishing for Goldfish
5.1/10
A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with his bare hands.
Wienfilm 1896-1976
6.6/10
This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. Individual, self-contained sections of the film gain new meaning within the context of historical material. Familiar sites appear estranged when edited together with historical scenes. Other scenes appear like a persiflage or satirical. The film does not incorporate any commentary whatsoever. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer
Women Fighting
5.3/10
A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.
Radeau avec baigneurs
4.9/10
Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.
The Lumière Brothers' First Films
8.1/10
A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand Tavernier.
