简介：卢米埃尔兄弟记录1900年巴黎举办第三届世界博览会盛况。。。在现代世博会历史上1900年那届是一个标志性的历史开端。 OneoftheastonishingthingsabouttheworksoftheLumierebrothersisnotsimplythattheyareamongthefirstmotionpictures,butthattheyarewell-composedmotionpictures. ConsiderthispictureofpeopleonamovingsidewalkattheWorld'sFairof1900inParis.WeresomecontemporaryoftheLumierestoattemptthisforthefirsttime--say,Edison'sincompetentproducer,JamesWhite,whodidtacklethesubjectelsewhere--thiswouldbeshotfromstraightonandonthelevelorslightlyabove,orperhapsfrombehind,sothatwecouldseethebacksofthesepeoples'hats--asubjectwhichseemedtofascinateMr.Whiteendlessly.Instead,LouisLumiereplacedhiscamerasothatmotionproceededonthediagonal,fromtheupperlefttothelowerright,andslightlybeloweyelevel.Behold!Notonlydoyouseethemovementinthismovingpicture,youseethefacesofthepeopleinitanditssettinginafairlyinterestingtriangularcomposition:people,buildings,movement.Eventodaymanyfilmmakersseemtolackthiselementaryunderstandingofmakinggoodfilms.…