movie #683 .........................silent films/lumiere bros 7 keaton

movie #683 Lumiere brothers shorts: billboard poster and the card game ---- we saw these shorts at a silent film festival at san felippo's in barring ton, il. It was cool to see the actual Lumiere bros doing some of the tricks, and it was esp great seeing them with actual gorgeous organ music playing in the background --- we also got to see some buster keaton films ,one i really liked was "cops" -- everything i had read about this master of silent film came flooding back to me --- his common man persona -- his emphasis on physicality, the charm he uses to get you on his side --- it was fun to finally see it all. a very enjoyable evening. buster keaton 's cops i gave them 3 out of 5 stars Lumiere Brothers' First Films1896NR One of France's leading directors, Bertrand Tavernier, presents 85 of the Lumière brothers' 50-second silent "actualities," made between 1895 and 1897, and remastered from the original 35mm source material. Presented for the first time in an authorized video presentation and scored with piano by Stuart Oderman, these films provide a rare journey through the birth of the motion picture as a bona fide art form. Genre:Miscellaneous Documentaries, Documentary