Iluminace, 1995 (vol. 7), issue 1


First patent registration of the future cinematograph (February 13, 1895)

Louis Lumière

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):5-6  

Translation of Louis Lumière's first patent registration for the cinematograph.

Interviews by Georges Sadoul with Louis Lumière

Louis Lumière, Georges Sadoul

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):113-124  

Two interviews conducted by Georges Sadoul in 1946 and 1948 with Louis Lumière, inventor of cinematography.

An attempt at a picture of two decades

Ivan Klimeš

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):175-178  

Review of the collective monograph Slovak Feature Films 1970–1990 (Bratislava 1993).

Montage/AV: intertextuality, tension, enunciation

Petr Mareš

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):178-182  

Review of two issues of the newly founded German academic journal Montage/av (No. 2/1993 and No. 1/1994).

Articles

When I first started

Félix Mesguich

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):11-12  

The author's memories of the beginnings of his collaboration with Louis Lumière.

The Conquest of America (June 1896–October 1897)

Félix Mesguich

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):13-16  

The author recalls his work with a camera in the USA in 1896-1897.

Practical Film Theory

Barry Salt

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):17-25  

On the limits of existing approaches to film analysis.

Film style and film technique in the years 1895-1900

Barry Salt

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):27-41  

Author on the relationship between film style and film technique in the early days of cinema.

The idea of a film archive in Bohemia

Pavel Zeman

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):43-59  

The study deals with the beginnings of film archiving in the Czech lands.

Film in the service of education (1919–1928)

Jiří Pokorný

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):61-74  

The study deals with the use of film for educational purposes in the first decade of the Czechoslovak Republic.

Variations on the theme of Visconti's Death in Venice (Variation II)

Petr Málek

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):75-103  

A study of the adaptation process in Visconti's film Death in Venice, based on the novel by Thomas Mann.

The concept of virtuosity in cinematography (habilitation lecture)

Jaromír Šofr

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):105-108  

Lecture by cinematographer Jaromír Šofr delivered on December 9, 1994, at FAMU in Prague as part of a professorship procedure.

On stubbornness in creative work, with special regard to cinematography, and on the role of chance in visual and cinematographic representation (habilitation lecture)

Jaromír Šofr

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):108-112  

Lecture by cinematographer Jaromír Šofr delivered on December 9, 1994, at FAMU in Prague as part of a professorship procedure.

Editions and Materials

Introduction to the edition

Pavel Zeman

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):125  

Introduction to the edition of documents relating to the establishment of the film archive in Czechoslovakia.

Documents on the development of Czech film archiving

Pavel Zeman (ed.)

Iluminace 1995, 7(1):127-173  

A collection of documents relating to the planning of the Czechoslovak Film Archive in 1935 and the establishment of other related institutions.