Broadway

synopsis

The flow of pedestrians and vehicles on Broadway creates an image of a modern metropolis that seems never to stand still. The stationary camera allows the city to enter the frame from various unpredictable directions, transforming ordinary street traffic into a spectacle of movement.

biography

Alexandre Promio (1868–1926) was one of the Lumière company’s foremost cinematographers. From 1896 onwards, he travelled with the Cinématographe across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. His films expanded early cinema’s horizons through travelogue perspectives, bustling urban scenes and a camera moving through space.

film details

director:

Alexandre Promio