Dear Gloria _The arrival..._ wasn't among the original schedule, as you can see at the Musée Lumiére website (http://www.institut-lumiere.org). The story was researched by Jacques Aumont (L' oeil interminable, 1989) and actually had the profile of an urban legend. However, in Buenos Aires, one person --really nervous-- fell of the first floor of the theater in the premiére of the Cinematograph when the train was coming, and was injured. An anonymous journalist wrote that story in an important argentine newspaper on july 1896. Best regards EAR Dr. Eduardo A. Russo Profesor Titular Teoría del Lenguaje Audiovisual Teoría de la Crítica Facultad de Bellas Artes Universidad Nacional de La Plata 54 11 48 23 92 70 > Can anybody confirm the story of the 28 December 1895 > screenings, when viewers ran out of the auditorium upon seeing *The > Arrival of the Train at the Station* because they couldn't > distinguish between reality and representation? I am asking because > when MoMa recreated that evening 100 years later, with the same exact > screening schedule, *The Arrival* wasn't among the films shown. > Thank you, > > Gloria Monti > > ______________________________ > gloria monti, PH.D. > cinema studies program > oberlin college > 10 n. professor st. > oberlin, OH 44074 > phone: 440-775-6015 > fax: 440-775-8684 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > ________________________ > "What's your impression of Los Angeles?" > "It's a big garage." > Jean-Luc Godard > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu