Allegedly audiences were running from the screen, or were they?
One of the biggest stories in the annals of film history concerns a group of people moving away from the onscreen arrival of a train. It was a 50-second silent film by the famed Lumière Brothers, and the bluntly titled L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat carried this accompanying legend that grew over time. The picture itself is a classic of silent cinema and a spellbinding image of a bygone era.
Where Did the Lumière Brothers Movie Myth Start? Allegedly, when the titular train of the film came towards the direction of the camera, the flabbergasted audience moved out of the way in awe and wonder. Some even claim that viewers were scared of this new phenomenon, and flinched out of fear rather than curiosity. It is a long-standing tale that continues to reverberate in the cultural zeitgeist and has become the shining example of the magic of the movies.
There are other considerations, such as the aim to make film audiences comfortable to arguably ensure that they keep coming back. It is argued that with a film audience that has a united understanding of the fairly new technology, they would begin to interact and consume its products more. Hopefully, even on a consistent basis. The press having a common theme of ridiculing the unsophisticated citizens of that time, unfortunately, gave these stories of credulousness wide-scale traction.
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