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The 3 reasons people love The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

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  1. You like black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for.

  2. You want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896.

  3. You like watching real people do an ordinary thing.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Titicut Follies1967

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for
    • watching real people do an ordinary thing

    Good for you if you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think.

  • Boat Leaving the Port1895

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for
    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you love the very first films shot by the Lumière brothers.

  • Demolition of a Wall1896

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for
    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you like the very first films ever shown.

  • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory1895

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for
    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you want to see one of the very first films ever shown.

  • Berlin: Symphony of a Great City1927

    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you want to see Berlin as it really looked in 1927.

  • Man with a Movie Camera1929

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for

    Good for you if you like silent black and white film.

  • Salesman1969

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for
    • watching real people do an ordinary thing

    Good for you if you like watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America.

  • Nanook of the North1922

    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you're curious about one of the very first documentaries.

  • À propos de Nice1930

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for

    Good for you if you love silent films from 1930.

  • Häxan1922

    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you like the Middle Ages shown through a trial and a confession.

  • Baby's Meal1895

    • black and white film from before anyone knew what film was for

    Good for you if you want to see one of the first films ever shown.

  • Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations1938

    • you want to see how people stood and dressed in 1896

    Good for you if you want to see how the Nazi regime staged the 1936 Games.

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