Personal and profound look into lives immersed in film. These documentaries about films and culture show the medium's role in love and war, nostalgia and national identity. Cinema was born in the late 19th century when inventors in three different countries almost simultaneously developed the technology to shoot moving film and to project it. The Lumiere Brothers were the first in Paris, 1895. To celebrate cinema's centenary, in 1995 the BFI produced a series of documentaries in which talented directors were invited to contemplate their own national cinemas. The results ranged between highly personal and profoundly universal, and together constitute this collection, Century of Cinema.

Personal and profound look into lives immersed in film. These documentaries about films and culture show the medium's role in love and war, nostalgia and national identity. Cinema was born in the late 19th century when inventors in three different countries almost simultaneously developed the technology to shoot moving film and to project it. The Lumiere Brothers were the first in Paris, 1895. To celebrate cinema's centenary, in 1995 the BFI produced a series of documentaries in which talented directors were invited to contemplate their own national cinemas. The results ranged between highly personal and profoundly universal, and together constitute this collection, Century of Cinema.

被苍蝇启动的光学影戏机里走出的小人伴随观众走过百年影史的重要站点，你能认出片中的哪些经典影片呢？这部两分钟无对白短片1995年首映于柏林电影节短片竞赛单元，是德国动画导演海因里希•萨布最富原创的作品。

被苍蝇启动的光学影戏机里走出的小人伴随观众走过百年影史的重要站点，你能认出片中的哪些经典影片呢？这部两分钟无对白短片1995年首映于柏林电影节短片竞赛单元，是德国动画导演海因里希•萨布最富原创的作品。

英国BFI制作的纪录片《电影百年》之英国电影

英国BFI制作的纪录片《电影百年》之英国电影

这家酒吧叫Horace and Pete，开了一百年，这一个世纪由历代的Horace和Pete来经营。这家年迈的酒馆在光鲜的布鲁克林似乎已经过气了，现在的主人也如同这家疲倦的酒馆一样。Horace离过婚，没有固定女友，跟子女处理不好关系；Pete一辈子都在这家酒吧里，有精神疾病，一旦停药就会失控。还有他们的叔叔、姐姐、前妻、爷爷的前女友、不定期的床伴以及定期的老顾客，构成了属于这家酒馆的百年江湖。

这家酒吧叫Horace and Pete，开了一百年，这一个世纪由历代的Horace和Pete来经营。这家年迈的酒馆在光鲜的布鲁克林似乎已经过气了，现在的主人也如同这家疲倦的酒馆一样。Horace离过婚，没有固定女友，跟子女处理不好关系；Pete一辈子都在这家酒吧里，有精神疾病，一旦停药就会失控。还有他们的叔叔、姐姐、前妻、爷爷的前女友、不定期的床伴以及定期的老顾客，构成了属于这家酒馆的百年江湖。