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Lumière and Company (1995)
Directed by Zhang Yimou, Wim Wenders, Spike Lee, Lasse Hallström, David Lynch, Michael Haneke, Arthur Penn, Theo Angelopoulos, Liv Ullmann, Claude Lelouch, Cédric Klapisch, Claude Miller, John Boorman, Youssef Chahine, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Costa-Gavras, Régis Wargnier, Peter Greenaway, Francis Girod, Alain Corneau, Fernando Trueba, Bigas Luna, Patrice Leconte, James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Raymond Depardon, Hugh Hudson, Andrei Konchalovsky, Gabriel Axel, Jacques Rivette, Merzak Allouache, Jerry Schatzberg, Vicente Aranda, Jaco Van Dormael, Yoshishige Yoshida, Abbas Kiarostami, Lucian Pintilie, Gaston Kaboré, Nadine Trintignant, Sarah Moon
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40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Jeffe Alperi | Romane Bohringer | Bruno Ganz | Ticky Holgado | Alan Rickman | Liam Neeson | Stephen Rea | Sven Nykvist | Lena Olin | Pascal Duquenne | Nathalie Richard | Neil Jordan | Aidan Quinn | Isabelle Huppert | Otto Sander
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/19/2019 | TV | DVD | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
This is quite astonishing. Especially after just viewing Lumière! last night that provided much more context around this endeavor. While not all these short films are great it’s more fascinating to see how each of these filmmakers decided to use the Cinematographe to create a “modern” film. Also impressed by the participation of these directors. Now I’m wondering which directors were approached but turned them down.
Kinda wish I had access to one of these cameras to play around with.
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