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Lumière and Company
(1995)
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Merzak Allouache | ... |
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Jeffe Alperi | ... |
Policeman (segment "David Lynch")
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| Theodoros Angelopoulos | ... |
Himself
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(segment "Claude Miller")
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Michele Carlyle | ... |
(segment "David Lynch")
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Youssef Chahine | ... |
Himself
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Lou Chapiteau | ... |
(segment "Claude Miller")
(as sa petite fille Lou)
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Marc Chapiteau | ... |
(segment "Claude Miller")
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Antoine Duléry | ... |
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
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Pascal Duquenne | ... |
(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
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Charles Gérard | ... |
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
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| Ticky Holgado | ... |
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
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| Isabelle Huppert | ... |
Récitante: Segment Abbas Kiarostami
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| James Ivory | ... |
Himself
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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) See more »Also Known As:
Lumiere i spólka See more »Company Credits
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This film was made to celebrate one-hundred years of the first camera used by the Lumiere Brothers. Forty directors from around the world were asked to make a short film with the original camera. The rules being it lasts no longer than fifty-two seconds, only three takes allowed, and no synchronous sound. The directors are predominately French, with a few notable exceptions like David Lynch, Peter Greenaway and John Boorman. Lynch's segment is far and away the most creative and satisfactory effort. Most of the others are mainly static and ordinary. But it's a fascinating documentary with insights and comments from the all the directors, and worth seeing for Lynch's film alone. That was the prime reason I watched it.