These 1888 films are fascinating. It would be so cool to see a photo of the exact locations today, taken from the same locations of the original camera, if possible. I'm shocked that a group of film students haven't circled about in Roundhay Garden before a camera already! The longest time between a remake, ever! :) Or have they?
Darren Skuja
"Film Is The Ultimate Artform"
It's a thought. I live in Leeds, but until recently I had no idea about this. I wonder where that film is taken from.
shareChristopher Rawlence describes in his book The Missing Reel how he went to both locations. This would have been in the late 1980s. Roundhay Garden was now a housing development. Leeds Bridge, however, is still there, with traffic still crossing it. The building where Le Prince photographed it from was still there, too, when Rawlence went. It was dilapidated, though, so I'm not sure if it still stands.
"The cinéma is an invention without a future," said Louis Lumière.share
Thanks Cineanalyst for a sensible answer. I often look at older silent films and wonder where they were filmed and if the buildings or surroundings still exist.
Of course, I wonder if the actors left a legacy of children that entered the theater world.
somewhere around here
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&; amp;q=Roundhay+Garden&sll=48.224673,5.273438&sspn=47.397842,79 .101563&ie=UTF8&ll=53.828351,-1.487564&spn=0.002555,0.0048 28&t=h&z=18
and here
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&; amp;q=leeds+bridge&sll=53.828351,-1.487564&sspn=0.002555,0.004 828&ie=UTF8&ll=53.795962,-1.54624&spn=0.020456,0.038624&am p;t=h&z=15
happy hunting
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