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Myth of the First Film Screening
- The story that people ran screaming from the first screening of the Lumière brothers' train film is just a myth.
- There are no eyewitness accounts confirming this panicked reaction from the 1895 audience in Paris.
Film as Modern Illusion
- Film emerged from a cultural context fascinated by illusions and the 'coming to life' of inanimate objects.
- People believed that organizing matter in the right way, like film, could magically produce life-like appearances.
Film Creates Continuity From Discontinuity
- Film is unique because it transforms discontinuous snapshots into an apparent temporal continuity.
- Unlike theatre’s continuous live action, film stitches heterogeneous scenes shot at different times into a seamless experience.