it utterly pointless to rate this film . it a if you would condemn ( or praise ) the newly bear for his future life . instead look at it a a powerful meditation at what could have be and what have be in the past 100 plus year . one hundred and eight year of the cinematograpy represent what have become of the babe . i like to contemplate on what would have ( creatively ) happen if europe wasn not interrupt ( devastate ) twice by the great war of the xxth century . on her ruin the bogus neon castle of the non creative and reactionary circus name hollywood erect itself . before 1914 french and italian and scandinavian cinema be lead the way both financially and of course creatively . french film in particular be already thread some very original and creative pathway that could have ( if not interrupt ) possibly alter the medium history in some unimaginable way . one wonder what the film history would look like today if it wasn not stultify and choke by the mercantile and cheap political agenda of the hollywood 80 plus year of and what chekhov might define a the reek of greed and harlotry . be it a it might and please at least become aware of la sortie a the key ( or at least one of them ) to the kingdom . thus the birthplace of cinema represent lumiere brother factory and lyon and france the date represent march 19th 1895 ( there also a replica reel shoot in the summer of 1895 so if you notice summer light and the worker lighter clothe represent that be the version show to the very first people who ever saw the moving image . louis lumiere represent creative idea and cinematography and direction it be all louis own domain because auguste take care of the rest ( money ) . first film reel be all fifty second long represent the camera ( equal le cinematograph ) and the cameraman ( le cinematographer ) have only paltry fifty second to make thing happen . apparently le institute lumiere have manage to preserve around 1500 of these first film execute mostly by an industrious brigade of loumiere travel cinematographer criss cross the globe . so and all the star in starry heaven and a minute of silence for perhaps the most magical invention in human history ( so far ) .