1890s
Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Un homme de têtes
8.1 (23 ratings) director: 乔治·梅里爱 actor: 乔治·梅里爱
other title: 一个顶四 / Un homme de têtes
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1897) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer
8.1 (20 ratings) director: 奥古斯特·卢米埃尔 / 亚历山大·普罗米奥
other title: 乘火车离开耶路撒冷 / Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer
Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train leaves Jerusalem.
马戏 (1895) Douban Douban
La voltige
5.9 (16 ratings) director: Louis Lumière
other title: La voltige / 杂技
法国无声纪录短片《马戏》(法语:La Voltige),由路易斯·卢米埃尔(Louis Lumière)拍摄于1895年。该片是1895年12月28日卢米埃尔放映机首次商业放映的10部影片之一。
Jumping the Blanket (1895) Douban
Le saut à la couverture
6.5 (13 ratings) director: 路易斯·卢米埃尔
other title: 跳毯 / Le saut à la couverture
Outdoors, with a nondescript building in the background, four men stand, each holding the corner of a blanket stretched parallel to the ground. They wear the clothes of laborers. By the back corner on our left stands a uniformed man who seems in charge. A sixth man stands back from the blanket about six paces; he runs forward and takes a leap but stops at the edge of the blanket and is upbraided by the uniformed gent. The same thing happens a second time, but the next three times, he completes a flip, landing on his back in the middle of the blanket, and the four then boost him out toward the camera. The final time seems like it will be his last for awhile.
Demolition of a Wall (1896) Douban
Démolition d'un mur
8.7 (58 ratings) director: 路易斯·卢米埃尔 actor: 奥古斯特·卢米埃尔
other title: 拆墙 / Démolition d'un mur
奥古斯特·卢米埃尔身穿长袖衬衣,正在指挥工人拆除一堵危墙。画面上清晰的出现了一个身穿绒裤的泥瓦匠,和一段残垣断壁最终坍塌时溅起的尘雾。
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
other title: 火车进站 / L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Kiss in the Tunnel
7.5 (23 ratings) director: 乔治·阿尔培特·史密斯 actor: Laura Bayley / 乔治·阿尔培特·史密斯
other title: 隧道里的吻 / Le Baiser dans un tunnel
The Kiss in the Tunnel
Tables Turned on the Gardener (1895) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
L'arroseur arrosé
9.0 (115 ratings) director: 路易斯·卢米埃尔 actor: François Clerc / Benoît Duval
other title: 水浇园丁 / L'arroseur arrosé
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.