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Louise Lumiiere

It all started when…

The Frenchman Louis Lumiere is sometimes credited as the inventor of the motionpicture camera in 1895. Other inventors preceded him, and Lumiere's achievementshould always be considered in the context of this creative period. Lumiere's portable,suitcase-sized cinematographe served as a camera, film processing unit, and projectorall in one. He could shoot footage in the morning, process it in the afternoon, and thenproject it to an audience that evening. His first film was the arrival of the express trainat Ciotat. Other subjects included workers leaving the factory gates, a chi ld being fed byhis parents, people enjoying a picnic along a river. The ease of use and portability of hisdevice soon made it the rage in France. Cinematographes soon were in the hands ofLumiere followers all over the world, and the motion picture era began. The AmericanThomas Alva Edison was a competitor of Lumiere's, and his invention predatedLumiere's. But Edison's motion picture camera was bulky and not portable. The"promoter" in Lumiere made the difference in this competition.

The Era of The Silent Movies

• For the first twenty years of motion picture history most silent films were short--only a few minutes in length. At first a novelty, and then increasingly an art form and literary form, silent films reached greater complexity and length in the early 1910's. Few silent films were made in the 1930s, with the exception of Charlie Chaplin, whose character of the Tramp perfected expressive physical moves in many short films in the 1910's and 1920s. Eisenstein's contribution to the development of cinema rested primarily in his theory of editing, or montage, which focused on the collision of opposites in order to create a new entity

• Although the technology for making movies was invented in 1895, a significant realization of the potential for film as art occurs with the appearance of D. W. Griffith's 1915 full-length epic, Birth of a Nation. He also portrayed battle scenes magnificently, with action in one set of shots moving from left to right, while action in another set of shots moves from right to left. Another German director who went to Hollywood is F. W. Murnau. He made his first American film in 1927.

• A last note: the 1922 film Nanook of the North, directed by the American Robert Flaherty, is often credited as the first great achievement of documentary (or non-fiction) film. Flaherty lived among the Eskimos for six months, edited the film back in America, and was lauded for his achievement when the film premiered in New York City.

1934 - 1946• Stars powered the American Studio System from 1934-1946. Various studios, such as 20th-Century Fox

(1935), Paramount Pictures (1912), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1924), Columbia Pictures (1920), and Warner Brothers (1923) held long-term contracts both on directors and stars.

• Stars weren't free to seek their own contracts during these years. Often stars would be "loaned" by one studio to another for a particular project with the expectation that such offers would be reimbursed in kind. Stars also worked on more than one picture at a time and often were expected to churn out four or five pictures a year. For instance, Humphrey Bogart starred in 36 films between 1934 and 1942. Casablanca was one of four pictures he completed in 1943.

• A major source of revenue for the studios was their ownership of large theater chains. But in 1949 the studios were forced to divest themselves of these theater empires because of their monopolistic practices. The advent of television in the 1950s, the rise of the director as auteur, and the ability of actors to become "free agents" led to the demise of the old Studio System.

• When the English director Alfred Hitchcock made his first American film in 1940 (Rebecca), he joined the pantheon of famous directors under contract by the American studios. Most of the films were little more than popular entertainments. These films have become classics partly because they represent some of the best work done by the following actors: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Ray Milland. They also are classics because their directors maintained a consistent style and achieved a vision of their genre--Capra of the sentimental comedy, Hitchcock of suspense, John Ford of the American Western, Howard Hawks of the fast-paced comedy of dialogue.

Now we shall introduce some famous cinema

names…

Robert deniro, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Michelle

Pfeiffer

Robert De Niro

BORN: August 17, 1943in New York, NYThe son of an abstract artist, Robert De Nirodropped out of high school in 1960 to pursue acareer on Broadway. Joining the Actor'sWorkshop, he studied method acting underMarlon Brando's legendary instructors, StellaAdler and Lee Strasberg. But it was Brian DePalma who gave De Niro one of his first chancesto showcase the signature unpredictability.Remarkably, at age 30, De Niro's magneticintensity had developed into cult status. "TheNew Brando" played the old Brando in FrancisFord Coppola's sequel THE GODFATHER,PART II (1974). The performance gave De Nirothe first Oscar ever awarded twice to the samefilm character. Martin Scorsese used De Niro'sgifts to make films that explored characterinstead of plot - TAXI DRIVER (1976) andTHE KING OF COMEDY (1980). A range ofoutstanding performances THE LASTTYCOON (1976), THE DEER HUNTER (1978),and RAGING BULL (1980) sealed his fame asan actor who went to extreme lengths tounderstand his roles. Cashing in on his ability toproduce respectable grosses, De Niroindiscriminately began taking less challengingroles throughout the 80s and 90s to finance hisown New York film production company.

Julia Roberts

Born As: Julie Fiona RobertsDate Of Birth: October 28, 1967Place of Birth: Smyrna, Georgia (USA)Height: 1,75 mHair: chatain clairEyes: brownFamily: brother and sister

Julia Roberts

Between the late '80s and early '90s, Julia Roberts was among Hollywood's top draws. Though not always taken seriously as a dramatic actress -- indeed she is at her best in romantic comedy or light drama. A born Southerner, Roberts grew up hanging around the theater people who attended her parents' Actors and Writers Workshop in their Atlanta home. She made her film debut playing a supporting role opposite her brother in Blood Red (1989). The melodramatic comedy Steel Magnolias (1989) earned Roberts an Oscar nomination and made her a star. In 1990 she had her greatest success to date starring opposite Richard Gere in the sentimental romantic- comedy Pretty Woman (1990). Roberts’ career began picking up again with Michael Collins and Conspiracy Theory (both 1996). In 1997, Roberts made a triumphant return to romantic comedy in the darkly funny My Best Friend's Wedding, and continued her romantic comedy upswing in 1999 with Notting Hill and Runaway Bride. Both films helped to further restore Roberts to her status as the most bankable woman in Hollywood. This status was further demonstrated with the $20 million - the highest salary ever paid to a screen actress to date. She received to star as the eponymous heroine of Steven Soderbergh's Erin Brockovich in 2000, which won Roberts both the Golden Globes' Best Actress in a drama award and the Best Actress Oscar at the 2000 Academy Awards.

Nicole Kidman

Although many assume that Kidman is a native of Australia, she wasactually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 20, 1967. Raised in the upper-middle-class Sydney suburb of Longueville, she grew up with a love ofthe arts, particularly dance and theatre. Trained in ballet from the age ofthree, Kidman made her acting debut in a nativity play when she was six.Kidman took refuge in the theatre, and she landed her first professionalrole at the age of 14, when she starred in Bush Christmas (1983). In1989, Kidman got another major break when she was tapped to star inDead Calm. The film helped to establish the then-19-year-old Kidman asan actress of considerable mettle. In 1989, she was picked by Tom Cruisefor a starring role in her first American feature - Days of Thunder(1990). A sizable hit, it had the added advantage of introducing Kidmanto Cruise, whom she married in December of 1990. Following a role asDustin Hoffman's moll in Billy Bathgate (1991), and a supporting turn asa snotty boarding school senior in Flirting (also 1991), Kidmancollaborated with Cruise on their second film together, Far and Away(1992). Batman Forever (1995), in which she played the hero's loveinterest, fared somewhat better, but it did little in the way of establishingKidman as a serious actress. Kidman finally broke out of her window-dressing typecasting when Gus Van Sant cast her as the ruthlessprotagonist of To Die For (1995). Displaying a gift for very black comictiming, she earned numerous awards and the respect of a number ofcritics who had previously viewed her merely as the sum of her physicalparts. Now regarded as one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood - as wellas one half of its most high-profile couple - Kidman starred oppositeGeorge Clooney in the big-budget The Peacemaker (1997) and oppositeSandra Bullock in the frothy Practical Magic (1998). Both films wereregarded huge successes in her starring career.

Michelle PfeifferBorn on April 29, 1958, in Santa Ana, California, Michelle Pfeiffer wasthe eldest of three girls raised by Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. It wasn’t untilMartin Scorsese’s gritty 1983 flick Scarface that anyone looked past theluscious features and blonde locks. “Scarface gave me a little bit oflegitimacy that I didn’t have before,” says Michelle. It also brought in achoice of coveted roles. In 1987, The Witches Of Eastwick cast its spellover viewers, with Michelle holding her own opposite Jack Nicholson andSusan Sarandon. The following year she scored a Best Supporting ActressOscar nomination for Dangerous Liaisons and played against type in thecomedy Married To The Mob. Oscar nods for The Fabulous BakerBoys and Love Field followed as Michelle established herself as a trueHollywood star.In 1999 she starred opposite Bruce Willis in The Story Of Us. Shemarried producer David E Kelley on November 13, 1993. Nine monthslater John Henry was born – a brother to Claudia Rose, the little girlMichelle had adopted shortly before meeting David. She says in aninterview that the secret of a successful marriage is taking time for eachother.

We shall continue…

… with some news from the world of film industry…

Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks team up to…

• 23 JANUARY 2002It’s been over a decade since Indiana Jones last graced the silver screen, but fans of the whip-wielding archaeologist will soon be able to catch up on his activities. A spokesman confirmed yesterday that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are set to make a Jones sequel, in which 59-year-old Harrison Ford will reprise his role as the famed adventurer.Spielberg publicist Marvin Levy says that a story for the tentatively titled Indy 4, which will be released more than 20 years after the first installment, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, has been developed by the blockbuster trio. “It was always about getting the right script, and now we have it,” confirmed Harrison. Steven told Fox News that his wife Kate Capshaw, who was the leading lady in 1984’s Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, will be rejoining the cast. Other aspects of the flick have also been decided, but the Oscar-winning director kept mum on those details.“We have a title, but we’re not ready to announce it,” he said. It remains a mystery whether the film will follow Spielberg’s current project, Catch Me If You Can starring Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Says representative Marvin: “We don’t know what Steven’s next picture is going to be… They do have a story they like and they have a title, but it’s not been revealed,” says the director’s publicist. One thing Spielberg fans can be sure his next picture won’t be is a film version of Arthur S. Golden’s Memoirs of A Geisha. Though he’d been toying with the idea of directing the adaptation since the novel was published, he now says he will produce instead. Harrison is not believed to be signed for any projects following his upcoming nuclear sub disaster flick, K-19: The Widowmaker.

Moulin Rouge28 JANUARY 2002Monday’s announcement of this year’s BAFTA awards brought bright news to the teams behindhit films Moulin Rouge and The Lord of the Rings, which each garnered a dozen nominations,heading up the prestigious list for 2002. The all-singing all-dancing extravaganza and the epicfantasy were closely followed by American director Robert Altman’s Gosford Park and Frenchphenomenon Amelie, which scored impressive nine nods apiece.Gosford Park’s Richard E Grant revealed the list of British Academy Of Film And TelevisionAward nominees, which included Nicole Kidman, recognised with a best actress nomination forher dramatic turn in ghost story The Others. Iris actress Dame Judi Dench was also shortlistedfor the category, along with 23-year-old Amelie star Audrey Tautou and everybody’s favouritesingleton, Renee Zellweger of Bridget Jones’s Diary.Jim Broadbent and Russell Crowe, who received Golden Globes for their roles in Iris and ABeautiful Mind respectively, have earned nominations for their critically acclaimed work. Alsonominated are Sir Ian McKellan for Lord of the Rings, Oscar winner Kevin Spacey for TheShipping News and In The Bedroom’s Tom Wilkinson.Dame Judi and Jim Broadbent will be doubly honoured on Bafta night, as they are not only upfor gongs for their starring roles, but also as supporting players. Dame Judi is nominated for bestperformance by an actress in a supporting role for her efforts in The Shipping News, while Jim isrecognised for Moulin Rouge in the supporting actor category.There is some tough competition for outstanding British film of the year, with a diverse short listthat ranges from singleton favourite Bridget Jones’s Diary to big budget storybook tale HarryPotter. Bridget and Harry will go up against Gosford Park, Iris and Me Without You for thegong.Says BAFTA Chairman Simon Relph: “I am delighted to see such a broad international sweep aswell as some of the best in British talent represented at this year’s nominations.”The Orange British Academy Film Awards are to be held on Feb. 24, 2002 at The OdeonLeicester Square in central London.

Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg Working Together

Again… 29 JANUARY 2002They have only just wrapped a movie together, but already Tom Cruise and StevenSpielberg are talking about working together again. The two giants of the silver screen,who finished filming the sci-fi thriller Minority Report recently, have expressed morethan an interest in the World War II drama Ghost Soldiers, a true account of a rescueattempt by US Army Rangers on a Japanese prisoner of war camp.Tom, the highest-paid actor in the world, is expected to take the role of Colonel Henry AMucci, the mission leader who accused the US army of abandoning its soldiers who, withtheir backs to the sea were forced to surrender to the Japanese troops. It is not the firstforay into Second World War history for Spielberg, however. The bearded film directoris probably best-known for the gritty Saving Private Ryan and, more recently, the epicTV series Band Of Brothers, in which he collaborated with another Hollywood Tom –this time, Tom Hanks.The Cruisester has already signed up the rights of the best-selling account of the rescue,Soldiers, written by Hampton Sides, and he and his producing partner Paul Wagner havewasted no time in commissioning a first draft.Of the troops that survived the Bataan Death March, a 75-mile trek to Camp Cabanatuan,situated deep in the Philippines jungle, a further 2,500 did not survive the liberation, inwhich all 513 prisoners escaped after the Army Rangers killed all the camp guards duringtheir rescue.

Michelle Pfeiffer…

29 JANUARY 2002At 43, Michelle Pfeiffer is as gorgeous as ever, easily outscoring beauties such as Jennifer Lopezand Charlize Theron to take the runner-up spot for Hello Magazine’s Most Attractive Woman of2001. But even one of the world’s most beautiful women admits she’s not always picture-perfect.Confesses Michelle: “Some days I feel fabulous and other days I feel like I just want to crawlunder a rock.”Michelle’s recent chat with Fashion Wire Daily reveals that, even for a glamorous Hollywoodstar, staying fit is a bit more of a challenge as the years pass. “It gets harder as you get older,doesn’t it?” she says. “Getting out of the door takes me a little bit longer these days.”The actress admits that she longer eats and drinks what she wants, and now has an exerciseregimen that includes running and movement therapy. “When I was younger, I lived off of Coca-Cola and I smoked cigarettes and drank coffee, and that was sort of how I lived,” she says. “Ididn’t exercise and I could get away with it.”But don’t expect to see her on a hatha mat anytime soon. “I hate yoga. I hate yoga!” saysMichelle, bucking the Tinseltown trend that has attracted everyone from Madonna to RichardGere. “It hurts, and your body isn’t supposed to bend like that… It’s not natural!”Yoga aside, how does the actress, who hardly looks as if she’s aged in ten years, stay sobeautiful? “The older you get, the more you feel everything,” she explains. “You don’t feel aswell, you don’t sleep as well, it shows up, and you just have to take care of yourself. So I guessthat I take better care of myself these days. That’s my secret.”

And now after reading the news you shall do some...

… … EXERCISE… !EXERCISE… !

Our Exercise for you…

• The most popular programs on TV tend to be … shows, … operas and crime…

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first… -length… film: it was… by Walt Disney.

• Horror films like ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ depend on spectacular… effects rather than a subtle… .

• ‘Superman 2’, … by Richard Lester was the… to ‘Superman’. The… was co-written by Mario Puzo who wrote ‘The Godfather’.

• A really exciting movie depends on good… (photography), good… (the way the film is cut with perfect timing so that each… surprises you), and exciting… (car chases, fights and falls).

Some More…

• Modern films have a Dolby Stereo… but not all cinemas have the… to take advantage of this.

• Foreign language films can be shown with sub-… or may be…

• Michael Keaton played the… of Batman in the movie but his…-star, Jack Nicholson,… every scene he appeared in.

• ‘The Last Emperor’ was an Italian-American…, shot on a… in China. It received a lot of…, I thought it was highly… .

• It was hard to follow the… because there were so many… to scenes that had happened earlier.

…and more...

• The names of the stars and the… are given opening…, but you have to wait ‘till the end to see the complete… of characters and the actors who… them - and the name of every individual member of the film… . The people who are not mentioned are all the… who appeared in the crowd scenes.

• I never go to see… films - my favourites are… .

• In the new… of ’The Tempest’ by the Royal Shakespeare Company the… were designed by David Hockney.

• In a pop or rock band you may hear these instruments:…, …, … .

• The following instruments play in a symphony orchestra: …, …, … .

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