L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (translated from French into English as The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat [US] and The Arrival of the Mail Train, and in the United Kingdom as Train Pulling into a Station) is an 1895 French short silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. Contrary to myth, it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896. It is indexed as Lumière No. 653.[1]
The train moving directly towards the camera was said to have terrified spectators at the first screening, a claim that has been called an urban legend.
This 50-second silent film shows the entry of a train pulled by a steam locomotive into the Gare de La Ciotat, the train station of the French southern coastal town of La Ciotat, near Marseille. Like most of the early Lumière films, L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat consists of a single, unedited view illustrating an aspect of everyday life, a style of filmmaking known as actuality. There is no apparent intentional camera movement, and the film consists of one continuous real-time shot.
Productionedit
This 50-second movie was filmed in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It was filmed by means of the Cinématographe, an all-in-one camera which also serves as a printer and film projector. As with all early Lumière films, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1.[2]
Contemporary reactionedit
L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de la Ciotat, summer 1897 (3rd version)First version, 1895
The film is associated with a well-known rumor in the world of cinema. The story goes that when the film was first shown, the audience was so overwhelmed by the moving image of a life-sized train coming directly at them that people screamed and ran to the back of the room. Hellmuth Karasek in the German magazine Der Spiegel wrote that the film "had a particularly lasting impact; yes, it caused fear, terror, even panic".[3] Some however have doubted the veracity of this incident, such as film scholar and historian Martin Loiperdinger in his essay, "Lumiere's Arrival of the Train: Cinema's Founding Myth".[4] Others such as theorist Benjamin H. Bratton have speculated that the alleged reaction may have been caused by the projection being mistaken for a camera obscura by the audience, which at the time would have been the only other technique to produce a naturalistic moving image.[citation needed]
3D and other versionsedit
What most film histories leave out is that the Lumière Brothers were trying to achieve a 3D image even prior to this first-ever public exhibition of motion pictures. Louis Lumière eventually re-shot L'Arrivée d'un Train with a stereoscopic film camera and exhibited it (along with a series of other 3D shorts) at a 1934 meeting of the French Academy of Science. Given the contradictory accounts that plague early cinema and pre-cinema accounts, it is plausible that early cinema historians conflated the audience reactions at these separate screenings of L'Arrivée d'un Train. The intense audience reaction fits better with the latter exhibition, when the train apparently was actually coming out of the screen at the audience. The 3D film never took off commercially as the conventional 2D version did; including such details would not make for a compelling myth.[5]
Additionally, Loiperdinger notes that "three versions of L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat are known to have existed".[6] According to L'œuvre cinématographique des frères Lumière, the Lumière catalogue website, the version most found online is of an 1897 reshoot which prominently features women and children boarding the train.[7]
The short has been featured in a number of film collections, including Landmarks of Early Film volume 1.[8] A screening of the film was depicted in the 2011 film Hugo, and the film is featured in the intro sequence of the 2013 video game Civilization V: Brave New World. The scene of the train pulling in was placed at #100 on Channel 4's two-part documentary The 100 Greatest Scary Moments.
^"Technical Specifications". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
^"Lokomotive Der Gefühle". Der Spiegel (in German). 26 December 1994. Ein Kurzfilm wirkte besonders nachhaltig, ja er erzeugte Furcht, Schrecken, sogar Panik.
^The Moving Image: Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 2004, pp. 89–118
^. Editorsguild.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
^Patrick Keiller, "Phantom Rides: The Railway and Early Film" in The Railway and Modernity: Time, Space, and the Machine Ensemble, Beaumont, M. and Freeman, M.J. eds., (Bern: Peter Lang, 2007), p 72
^L'œuvre cinématographique des frères Lumière (The Lumière Film Catalogue)
^"DVD". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
External linksedit
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Original film (Lumière No. 653) on The Internet Archive
L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat - Relief 3D a stereoscopic/3D film of the 1934 Lumière reshot.
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L arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat translated from French into English as The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat US and The Arrival of the Mail Train and in the United Kingdom as Train Pulling into a Station is an 1895 French short silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumiere Contrary to myth it was not shown at the Lumieres first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris France the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it Its first public showing took place in January 1896 It is indexed as Lumiere No 653 1 L arrivee d un train en gare de La CiotatAn early Lumiere advertisementDirected byAuguste LumiereLouis LumiereProduced byAuguste LumiereLouis LumiereCinematographyLouis LumiereProductioncompanySociete LumiereDistributed bySociete LumiereRelease date25 January 1896 1896 01 25 Running time50 secondsCountryFranceLanguageSilent Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Production 3 Contemporary reaction 4 3D and other versions 5 Current status 6 References 7 External linksSynopsis edit nbsp The train moving directly towards the camera was said to have terrified spectators at the first screening a claim that has been called an urban legend This 50 second silent film shows the entry of a train pulled by a steam locomotive into the Gare de La Ciotat the train station of the French southern coastal town of La Ciotat near Marseille Like most of the early Lumiere films L arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat consists of a single unedited view illustrating an aspect of everyday life a style of filmmaking known as actuality There is no apparent intentional camera movement and the film consists of one continuous real time shot Production editThis 50 second movie was filmed in La Ciotat Bouches du Rhone France It was filmed by means of the Cinematographe an all in one camera which also serves as a printer and film projector As with all early Lumiere films this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1 33 1 2 Contemporary reaction edit source L Arrivee d un train en gare de la Ciotat summer 1897 3rd version source source source source source First version 1895The film is associated with a well known rumor in the world of cinema The story goes that when the film was first shown the audience was so overwhelmed by the moving image of a life sized train coming directly at them that people screamed and ran to the back of the room Hellmuth Karasek in the German magazine Der Spiegel wrote that the film had a particularly lasting impact yes it caused fear terror even panic 3 Some however have doubted the veracity of this incident such as film scholar and historian Martin Loiperdinger in his essay Lumiere s Arrival of the Train Cinema s Founding Myth 4 Others such as theorist Benjamin H Bratton have speculated that the alleged reaction may have been caused by the projection being mistaken for a camera obscura by the audience which at the time would have been the only other technique to produce a naturalistic moving image citation needed 3D and other versions editWhat most film histories leave out is that the Lumiere Brothers were trying to achieve a 3D image even prior to this first ever public exhibition of motion pictures Louis Lumiere eventually re shot L Arrivee d un Train with a stereoscopic film camera and exhibited it along with a series of other 3D shorts at a 1934 meeting of the French Academy of Science Given the contradictory accounts that plague early cinema and pre cinema accounts it is plausible that early cinema historians conflated the audience reactions at these separate screenings of L Arrivee d un Train The intense audience reaction fits better with the latter exhibition when the train apparently was actually coming out of the screen at the audience The 3D film never took off commercially as the conventional 2D version did including such details would not make for a compelling myth 5 Additionally Loiperdinger notes that three versions of L Arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat are known to have existed 6 According to L œuvre cinematographique des freres Lumiere the Lumiere catalogue website the version most found online is of an 1897 reshoot which prominently features women and children boarding the train 7 Current status edit nbsp The La Ciotat train station shown here in 2010 commemorates the film The short has been featured in a number of film collections including Landmarks of Early Film volume 1 8 A screening of the film was depicted in the 2011 film Hugo and the film is featured in the intro sequence of the 2013 video game Civilization V Brave New World The scene of the train pulling in was placed at 100 on Channel 4 s two part documentary The 100 Greatest Scary Moments References edit Landmarks of Early Film The Blackhawk Films Collection 2016 c Flicker Alley Technical Specifications Internet Movie Database Retrieved 2007 03 27 Lokomotive Der Gefuhle Der Spiegel in German 26 December 1994 Ein Kurzfilm wirkte besonders nachhaltig ja er erzeugte Furcht Schrecken sogar Panik The Moving Image Volume 4 Number 1 Spring 2004 pp 89 118 Editors Guild Magazine Cut Print Editorsguild com Archived from the original on 2012 10 21 Retrieved 2013 05 05 Patrick Keiller Phantom Rides The Railway and Early Film in The Railway and Modernity Time Space and the Machine Ensemble Beaumont M and Freeman M J eds Bern Peter Lang 2007 p 72 L œuvre cinematographique des freres Lumiere The Lumiere Film Catalogue DVD Internet Movie Database Retrieved 2007 03 27 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to L Arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat L Arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat at IMDb nbsp Original film Lumiere No 653 on The Internet Archive L Arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat Relief 3D a stereoscopic 3D film of the 1934 Lumiere reshot The Lumiere Institute Lyon France L Arrivee d un train en gare de La Ciotat an interpretation at the Cinemaven blog Youtube Retrieved 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