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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 ... See full summary »

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Credited cast:
Merzak Allouache ...
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Jeffe Alperi ...
Policeman (segment "David Lynch")
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(segment "Claude Miller")
Michele Carlyle ...
(segment "David Lynch")
Youssef Chahine ...
Himself
Lou Chapiteau ...
(segment "Claude Miller") (as sa petite fille Lou)
Marc Chapiteau ...
(segment "Claude Miller")
Antoine Duléry ...
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
Pascal Duquenne ...
(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
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Charles Gérard ...
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(segment "Claude Lelouch")
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Récitante: Segment Abbas Kiarostami (voice)
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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. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic. Written by Mike D'Angelo <mqd8478@is2.nyu.edu>

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20 December 1995 (France)  »

Also Known As:

Lumiere i spólka  »

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Features Baby's Dinner (1895) See more »

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"Fantasia - Opus 78"
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Interprété par Maria João Pires (as Maria Joao Pirès)
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Actually quite an impressive project
19 December 2001 | by (Santa Fe, NM) – See all my reviews

This video was given to me by a friend who knows that I look at film not merely as entertainment, but art as well. This project with its 40-odd 50 second vignettes done by a mix of directors of varying talents and celebrity, using an antiquated camera, gives an opportunity to see snapshots of their work as pure art. All of them are at least passable, with over half being very, very good. A few of them are truly outstanding, the most notable being Andre Konchalovsky's gem on life, death, temporality and nature. David Lynch's segment is a close second. I highly recommend this to any serious student of film as art.


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