To celebrate half a century of existence of the Montreuil movie theater that bears the name of the first magician of the cinematographic illusion, Light Cone presents a self-reflexive program on the origins of cinema, its fundamental elements, and the splendors of the cinephile experience. The program's starting point is none other than the inventiveness of Georges Méliès, who, thanks to a camera malfunction, accidentally discovered a trick that allowed him to make The Vanishing Lady (1896), simultaneously opening up so many possibilities for the seventh art. Experimental film would become the privileged arena of optical tricks, which are often laid bare and pushed to the extremes of spectatorial sensation, as well as a space of reflection on the medium through the medium itself.
This program is thus a multiple tribute – not only to the persistence of cinema and cinephilia that Le Méliès and Light Cone support, but also to photochemical film, which is increasingly rare on the screens. All the films in the program will be shown in 35mm, providing a precious opportunity to admire the depth of the color palette and the magical vibration of this indispensable format.
Carte Blanche à Light Cone, présentée par Eleni Gioti et Mariya Nikiforova
W O W (KODAK)
by Viktoria SCHMID 2018 / 35mm / color / sound / 2' 35 |
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SELF PORTRAIT POST MORTEM
by Louise BOURQUE 2002 / 35mm / color / sound / 2' 30 |
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ARIADNE
by Barbara METER 2004 / 35mm / color / sound / 12' 00 |
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DE BLIKJESMAN
THE TINCANMAN by Jaap PIETERS 1991 / 35mm / color / silent / 3' 20 |
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A TO A
Kreis Wr.Neustadt by Johann LURF 2012 / 35mm / color / sound / 5' 00 |
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HONG KONG (HKG)
by Gerard HOLTHUIS 1999 / 35mm / b&w / sound / 13' 00 |
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JIMMY'S BALLET
by Jaap PIETERS 1993 / 35mm / color / silent / 3' 00 |
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DÉJEUNER DU MATIN
by Patrick BOKANOWSKI 1974 / 35mm / color / sound / 12' 00 |
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BROUILLARD
PASSAGE #14 by Alexandre LAROSE 2013 / 35mm / color / silent / 10' 00 |
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR A LIGHT AND SOUND MACHINE
by Peter TSCHERKASSKY 2005 / 35mm / b&w / sound / 17' 00 |
address |
Cinéma Le Méliès 12, Place Jean Jaurès 93100 Montreuil France |
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metro | Mairie de Montreuil (ligne 9) |
related link |
50 ans du Cinéma Le Méliès
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rates | single rate: 3.50 € |