Watch Je Vous Aime (1891) Online

This early cinematic instance of a close-up—or, more accurately, a medium close-up shot of the chest and face of the maker of this film and others like it, Georges Demenÿ saying “Je vous aime”—was made at the request of Hector Marichelle, professor and director of the National Deaf-Mute Institute in France, who planned to use filmed speech to teach deaf students to speak and lip read. This required close views of the performer's lip movements. The project was given to Demenÿ by Étienne-Jules Marey, who headed the Station Physiologique in Paris and whose chronophotographic scientific research of motion is among the most important contributions to the invention of movies. Despite these educational and scientific beginnings, however, this project led Demenÿ to pursue and influence the commercialism of cinema. Read More

Watch Je Vous Aime online. Featuring Georges Demenÿ, Je Vous Aime is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4.8. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1891. Je Vous Aime was directed by Georges Demenÿ,Étienne-Jules Marey. Read Less