Screen Shots

SCREEN SHOTS

Screen Shots is a new programme of films at the ACM. Each quarter the museum will showcase important films from around the world, helping to chart the history of cinema. Mixing silent films, early talkies and 70’s kung fu, as well as lectures, this series will amaze you with is breadth and vitality.

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The Lumiere Brothers
The First Picture Show & The First Movie Shot in Asia
Presented in conjunction with Southeast Asian Cinematheque, and supported by L’Ambassade de France à Singapour
25 Feb, Sat, 7.30pm - 9pm
The Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, are credited with putting on the first public screening of films in the world, in 1895. These simple films created enormous interest and audiences filled the halls. The excitement and wonder was such that the film of a train pulling into a station caused many in the crowd to flee for their lives. The brothers began by filming simple street scenes in France, before moving on to film the world’s first travelogues, taking in Egypt and Asia.

Dating from the mid-1890s, this collection of movies includes some of the early French scenes, as well as fascinating slices of life from Japan and Indo-China.

This is a rare chance to see the beginnings of cinema, and what an appropriate way to launch ACM’s Screen Shots.

$5 per ticket. Ticket sales at the front desk from 27 Jan. Limited seats available.

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The Birth of Cinema
By Dr Valerie Wee, National University of Singapore, Department of English Language & Literature
17 Feb, Fri, 7pm - 8pm
This talk examines the numerous factors that led to the development of motion pictures and provides an overview of the key individuals involved in shaping what we now call ‘the movies.’ Who are the Lumiere brothers and what contributions did they make? What role did Thomas Edison play? What were movies like in the early 1900s? What did “going to the movies” mean more than a hundred years ago? These are some of the questions that will be covered in this lecture.

For adults. Free admission for lecture. Admission charges to the galleries apply. Donation appreciated.