FilmHistory

They debuted a new photographic technology that allowed photos to be taken at a rate of 16 photos per second. When those images were then projected at the same rate, it gave the illusion of movement: men and women walking in and out of a factory. That was the first recorded demonstration of projected film in history. On December 28, 1895—later that same year—the brothers showed their creation to a paying audience of around 40 people....

Sometimes, a filmmaker can create a movie so great, so profound, so well-made that audiences and critics hold it up with intense reverence, heralding it as a masterpiece. But what are these filmmakers to do next? Are they to hang up their hat and disappear from the medium now that their work is finished and their purpose served? Or do they dare to continue, knowing that they may never reach those lofty heights again?...