TOAST TO THE LUMIERE BROTHERS ( Presented at the charter meeting of the Open Society Toastmasters Club) The meeting was held on 28 June 2011
Offering escapism, true life drama, tragedy, horror or delight.
In reality or fantasy, our lives would not be the same without them.
By re-enacting the past, depicting the present and predicting the future,
They transport us back and forth in time.
Whether you prefer mainstream cinema or art movies, I am sure that we all have a favourite director, actor or movie.
Movies help us to understand the world we live in. It mirrors our fears, believes and dreams.
Where did it all start?
It was the Frenchmen, Louis and Antoine Luimiere, who developed the first motion pictures in 1895. What were screened were merely a few minutes of a scene at the Luimiere factory showing people exiting and entering the factory.
Today the film industry is the youngest, yet most influential entertainment and art form. Indeed the most profitable ever invented.
I cannot imagine my life without movies.
Therefore I would like to propose a toast to the remarkable Luimiere brothers who introduced motion pictures to the world.
Please rise and make sure that your glasses are charged,
And drink with me a toast to the Luimiere brothers.
FRANCOIS BEKKER My opinie oor films, politiek, letterkunde, nuus, my briewe in koerante en ander verbale uitbarstings.
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