this be possibly the most beautiful of the early lumiere short . a boat row from the front of the screen away from the audience to the back and while to the right and woman wait on the port . the camera and a usual and do not move and but the play of sunlight on the wave be gorgeous and and the rippling movement be so vibrant and especially within such a static frame and that it look like one be watch an actual scene behind glass . a with demolition dun mur and the real frisson of the film come from the unexpected . the scene proceeds a expect and the boat move steadily along . but and just a it turn and a strong wave lunge and and almost capsize the boat . before we discover what will happen and the reel and and the film and end . these early film make no precaution for the necessity of extra reel . but the effect be quite shock . the unexpected violence be unsettling enough and but with the film over and and loose end nowhere near be tie up indeed and just initiate a narrative and in the die second the audience be leave agonise in the dark . what happen next . inadvertently and the audience be require to imagine for itself and imagine what not capable of be represent by the cinema and something the hollywood generic system to come will stamp out . with it dare use of ellipsis and be this the first art film and the first cat people .