Concetti Chiave
- The invention of cinema in 1898 captivated Georges Meliés, marking a revolutionary moment in cultural history.
- August and Louis Lumière transformed a scientific invention into a popular entertainment form, attracting vast audiences.
- The Lumière brothers opened a cinema in Paris, drawing crowds with their Cinématographe, an innovative cinematic experience.
- Moving images provided a magical experience, described as a resurrection of life through the lens of cinema.
- The iconic scene of a train arriving at La Ciotat station amazed and terrified audiences worldwide with its realism.
The Invention of Cinema
In 1898, in conjurer Georges Meliés's Parisian study, one friend of his of Lione, August Lumière, invites the magician to an unusual representation, the photo in movement. It is the first time that Meliés assists to a cinema show and remains amazed of it. The cinema was born, an invention destined to revolutionize the culture, the industry of the show and the dreams of the whole society of the XX century. August Lumière, that he works with his brother Louis, knows well that its prodigious invention is not a purely scientific fact, but it can become a popular show for a vast public. Always in Paris his brothers rent a place, in Boulevard des Capucines, and on the road it sets a kind of manifesto on which Cinématographe Lumière is written - Entry a frank. Shortly time a curious public crowds in front of the entry of the Salon.
The Magic of the Cinematograph
The images in movement are an extraordinary surprise for everybody. Nothing to whether to do with the photo. A journalist comes to say that it is a kind of resurrection, because a dead person can be seen again, long live, that stirs, that laughs, that plays.
The people he realizes that the invention of the Cinématographe Lumière is a discovery that will have an enormous echo. 
The scene of the train that enters the station de you Ciotat, impresses by now the spectators of the whole world: the public is terrorized seeing a locomotive that advances in the foreground and it seems to overwhelm it.
Domande da interrogazione
- What was Georges Méliès's reaction to his first cinema show?
- How did the Lumière brothers contribute to the popularization of cinema?
- What impact did the Cinématographe Lumière have on audiences?
Georges Méliès was amazed when he attended his first cinema show, which was an invitation from August Lumière to witness the "photo in movement," marking the birth of cinema.
The Lumière brothers, August and Louis, recognized the potential of their invention as a popular show for a vast audience. They rented a place in Paris and advertised their Cinématographe Lumière, attracting a curious public.
The Cinématographe Lumière astonished audiences with moving images, described as a kind of resurrection, and notably impressed them with scenes like the train entering the station, which terrified viewers as it seemed to advance towards them.
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