Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema

Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 14, 1995

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

夢のシネマ 東京の夢

Production Companies

Gendai Eigasha

Director

Yoshishige Yoshida

Description

A documentary about cinematographer Gabriel Veyre's adventures introducing cinema to Japan and South America. Veyre was a traveling cameraman for the Lumiere Co. He declared cinema dead only 2 years after it's inception after he saw a villager jerk a woman's head to face the camera when he was filming a small group of them.