‘L’Arrivee’ is Tscherkassky’s second homage to the Lumiere-brothers. First you see the arrival of the film itself, which shows the arrival of a train at a station. But that train collides with a second train, causing a violent crash, which leads us to an unexpected third arrival, the arrival of a beautiful woman, the happy-end.
Reduced to two minutes, ‘L’Arrivee’ gives a brief, but exact summary of what cinematography (after its arrival with Lumieres train) has made into an enduring presence of our visual environment: violence, emotions. Or, as an anonymous American housewife (cited by T. W. Adorno) used to describe Hollywood’s version of life: ‘Getting into trouble and out of it again.’
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ACMI Identifier
B1000565
Language
No spoken word
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Object Types
Artwork
Materials
Single channel moving image, black and white and audio
Holdings
DVD [PAL]; Copy
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
DVD [PAL]; Documentation
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master