Lumière and Company

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Anthology / Documentary
France / Denmark / Spain / Sweden, 1995, 88 min

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Forty directors from around the world directed 52-second short films using a restored Lumiere camera in this homage to the pioneer filmmakers, the Lumiere brothers. Directors include John Boorman, Costa-Gavras, Andrei Konchalovsky, James Ivory, Spike Lee, Bigas Luna, Patrice Leconte, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, Fernando Trueba and Liv Ullmann. (official distributor synopsis)

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kaylin 

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English Interesting project where the goal was for a group of directors, a total of 40 of them, to take on an interesting task - to shoot a short film on the original camera invented by the Lumière brothers. For directors with different styles, sometimes quite lengthy, the challenge was even greater, as one of the rules of participation was the fact that they had to limit themselves to a maximum of three shots and a total of 52 seconds. The whole film is rather an interesting documentary about how it is still possible to create something using what is now considered prehistoric. The creators took on the task with enthusiasm and each brought something specific. However, the film itself would require a bit more clarity and systematic approach. An interesting experiment. That's all. ()

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