Exposition "Alice Guy, Première cinéaste " Manosque 🎥

 Exposition "Alice Guy, Première cinéaste "
 L'histoire de cette pionnière du cinéma et  celle du 7ème art autour de photos, vidéos, dispositifs cinématographiques particuliers (livre audio, hologramme, pepper ghost, reconstitution d’un plateau de cinéma) Exposition conçue et mise en place par Jean-Pierre Sénelier, vidéaste et commissaire d'exposition, avec la participation de Thierry Peeters, arrière petit-fils de la cinéaste, des Archives Gaumont et du Musée Gaumont. Du 17 octobre au 28 novembre 2020
Du mardi au samedi de 10h à 12h et de 14h à 18h Fondation Carzou- Salles de la Rue des Potiers 

Gaumont V/s l'intrépide Alice Guy. 1907-2007

Gaumont V/s l'intrépide Alice Guy. 1907-2007

Photo1- Distribution Gaumont Le Génie Civil Samedi 11 mai 1907
Photo2- Distribution Gaumont 2007

FOUR-YEARS-OLD HEROINE ALLICE GUY 1907 ElGé & Kleine Optical

FOUR-YEARS-OLD HEROINE ALLICE GUY 1907 ElGé & Kleine Optical

1894-1907 Alice Guy travaille avec Georges Demenÿ #aliceguy #aliceguy1894 #aliceguyblache #motherofcinema #herstory #aliceguystory

1894-1907 Alice Guy travaille avec Georges Demenÿ #aliceguy #aliceguy1894 #aliceguyblache #motherofcinema #herstory #aliceguystory

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011291565144 These are frames from Georges Demeny's 1896-97 60mm films which Alice said “only recorded a small range of the black-and-white spectrum and produced images that were too sharply contrasted.” As you can see, if it's in the shade, it doesn't come out. There is a lot of talk about these early films being copied to 35mm but I don't see why they would copy them.

Alice Guy Cléo de Mérode Phonoscene ElGé

Alice Guy  Cléo de Mérode Phonoscene ElGé

The Rolling Bed (1907). La Pionera Alice Guy , the woman who established Cinema as a storytelling medium and a viable business.

Here is what I think is a rehearsal photograph from Alice Guy’s The Rolling Bed (1907). (Is that her looking over the wall?) I found it in a 1912 book accompanied by the following text explaining the “trick” that so impressed its audience: “The film called ‘The Travelling Bed’ is a typical subject of mystification. An aged tenant has fallen into arrears with his rent. . . he has no home and does not know where to search for one. The bed however promptly sets out to solve the problem. It bears its owner into the public highway. The owner is overwhelmed with fright and dismay at the unexpected development, and indulges in frantic gesticulations as the bed canters merrily down the center of the road, with the passers-by pursuing the unusual spectacle. The mystery of the Travelling Bed is easily explained. It moves for the simple reason that it is pushed from behind by stage hands.” JJ Dietrick .  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ein3EzfFAuk

Alice Guy , the woman who established Cinema as a storytelling medium and a viable business. 

Alice Guy , the woman who established Cinema as a storytelling medium and a viable business. On the Barricade 1907 ‘L'enfant de la barricade’ Directed by Alice Guy

Review by Quinn Bailey ★★★★½ 3

Alice Guy Presents The Hurt Locker

In all seriousness, Guy's take on the anti-war movie is pretty damn effective, even if it's not quite as visually or narratively ambitious as some of her other work. The story's simple but touching, and cleverly builds character through action rather than exposition (side note: you've got to love how Guy doesn't give a single shit about putting title cards in her movies). The standout here, however, is a surprisingly visceral battle sequence that plays out entirely in a wide shot, allowing the audience to clearly see all of the carnage and its human cost. I loved this, but your mileage may vary with this depending on how rabid of an Alice Guy fan you are/how much you can handle the tropes of early cinema. Easily worth four minutes of your time.

Final question: is this the first anti-war movie? The only war movie I can find that was made before this one is a 90-second propaganda film from the time of the Spanish war, so I'm gonna say yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch? 

Alice Guy , the woman who established Cinema as a storytelling medium and a viable business. 

v=AKQUiac27dMUn jeune garcon, sorti pour aller aux provisions, est pris pour un emeutier dans une embuscade avec la troupe. On se prepare a le fusiller au moment ou sa mere, venue inquiete a sa rencontre...

Alice Guy-Blaché really may have been the earliest great director. She guides the eye through the frame and makes use of the entire space like no one else at the time. Another thing that's interesting about this film is that, while set during the French Revolution, the characters are all dressed in modern (for the time) clothing, which is something that may or may not be intentional, but I've only seen that type of thing in "Transit" (2018). I actually think it works pretty well in both films, while obviously having more of an impact in the 2018 film.

I actually found myself caring for the main character, and by some extent his mother. Now I get why people make a big deal about this sort of lost cinema legend, Alice Guy! 

Review by Jessica Minster ★★★★