To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
"Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence" (original title)

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about Cinema.

Directors:

Theodoros Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas,

Writers:

Manoel de Oliveira (dialogue), Manoel de Oliveira (scenario),

Stars:

Isabelle Adjani, Pegah Ahangarani, Anouk Aimée

Cast

Credited cast:
Isabelle Adjani	...	Herself (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Pegah Ahangarani
Anouk Aimée	...	(segment "Cinéma de Boulevard") (archive footage)
Leonid Alexeenko	...	(segment "Irtebak")
Taraneh Alidoosti
Antonin Artaud	...	(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
Vishka Asayesh
Fred Astaire	...	(segment "Cinéma de Boulevard") (archive footage)
George Babluani	...	The thief (segment "Recrudescence")
Brigitte Bardot	...	(segment "Anna") (voice) (archive footage)
Cindy Beckett	...	Supporting
Josh Brolin	...	(segment "World cinema")
Caju	...	Himself (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")
Carl-Erik Calamnius	...	Ticket Man (segment "La Fonderie")
Castanha	...	Himself (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")

Storyline

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about Cinema.

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Plot Keywords:

cinema | anthology | homage | directed by several directors | title directed by female | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

Mandarin English French Spanish Danish Finnish Hebrew Italian Japanese Portuguese Russian Yiddish

Release Date:

31 October 2007 (France)

Also Known As:

To Each His Own Cinema

Filming Locations:

Alexandria, Egypt

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannes Film Festival, Elzévir Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Spirits of the Dead (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Theme from 'Toby Dammit'"
(segment of 'Histoires Extraordinaires')
Written by Nino Rota
in the opening credits

User Reviews

A snapshot of cinema as a whole and its effect on people.

Its difficult to assess and review this film because it comprises of so many different directors and direction styles that grading this movie would be quite unfair to them all. Certain segments are simply brilliant whereas certain leave us with a 'wtf was that all about?' emotion. The film as a whole feels like skimming through the personal diaries of various directors wherein we may sometimes come across gems whereas certain sections only make sense to the film makers themselves.

Nevertheless, it is an essential watch for people who love experimental cinema because as an experimental film, it works brilliantly. It will probably make you feel how all movies make you feel. Take it as a taster of all the various genres of movies presented in bite sized pieces. The movie consists of humour, thrills, horror, autobiographies, biographies, drama, romance, erotica, documentaries, surrealism viz every single genre that exists...alas...no animation.

It is a very personal selection and everyone is guaranteed to find something that he/she likes. Overall this is a great collection of shorts and a must see. The star grading reflects how I perceived the movie as a whole - recommended.