> Auguste Lumière wasn't much interested in pursuing further > developments in motion picture technology, being more interested in > medical research. He reportedly said, "My invention can be exploited > ... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no > commercial value whatsoever." > > http://www.elabs7.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=1350726&mlid=499&; > siteid=20130&uid=8ce70daf22
Awesome. I'm having dinner tomorrow evening with my co-students on the French cinema class so I think we should drink a toast to old Louis, and thank subsequent generations of French cineastes who've proved him right about the commercial value of his invention - at least as far as their own films are concerned. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
