130 Years of Cinema: Lumière Brothers, Midnight Cowboy Musical, Asterix 3D, and Snoopy Exhibition

The Birthplace of Cinema

• 💡 The Lumière Brothers, pioneers of cinema, are celebrated for creating the world's oldest moving images 130 years ago.
• 🎥 Thierry Frémaux's documentary "Lumière! The Adventure Continues" features around 100 restored short films that revolutionized entertainment.
• 📍 The original shed where the Lumière brothers filmed their first movie in 1895 has been preserved as part of the Institute Lumière in Lyon.
• 🎞️ Each early film, using only 17 meters of reel, lasted a maximum of 50 seconds, showcasing diverse scenarios from action to comedy.
• 🏛️ The Lumière family home, now a museum, houses the world's first cinematograph, which could both film and project images.

"Midnight Cowboy" Becomes a Musical

• 🎭 The Oscar-winning 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy," starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, is being adapted into a musical.
• 🌃 The production, set to open at London's Southwark Theatre, explores themes of homelessness, poverty, trauma, and loneliness in 1960s New York.
• 🌟 The musical aims to present Joe Buck and Ratzo from a new perspective, utilizing the music to explore their unlikely alliance and friendship for survival.

Alain Chabat's Asterix 3D Animated Series

• 🎬 French director Alain Chabat has created a new 5-episode, 3D animated Asterix series based on the 1961 comic book "Asterix and the Big Fight."
• 📺 Voiced by Gilles Lellouche, who also played Obelix in the live-action film, the series was presented at Series Mania and will be released on Netflix.
• ✨ Chabat expressed enthusiasm for the project, highlighting the fun and hard work involved in collaborating with a passionate animation team.

The Art of Stunts and a Snoopy Exhibition

• 🚗 Stunt performers risk their lives to create realistic action sequences for films, with training covering everything from driving to faking being shot.
• 🏆 Despite their crucial role, stunt performers lack official awards or recognition, hoping their work will one day be spotlighted.
• 🖼️ An exhibition in Paris celebrates the 75th anniversary of Snoopy and the Peanuts gang, showcasing Snoopy as a fashion icon at the Hotel Drouot.