I'll talk about the short movie, the kinematograph.
The old man was the inventer of cinema. But he wasn't satisfied with his invention. He spent most of time on invention. His wife worried about him. she became sick, in fact, but he didn't find it.
Finally, he could give movies colorful. But his wife died.
The theme of this short movie is that to get something is to lose something. We may lose something precious when we get something to want.