40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière brothers.
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Cast
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| Merzak Allouache | ... | Himself | |
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Jeffe Alperi | ... | Policeman (segment "David Lynch") |
| Theodoros Angelopoulos | ... | Himself (as Théo Angelopoulos) | |
| Romane Bohringer | ... | (segment "Claude Miller") | |
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Michele Carlyle | ... | (segment "David Lynch") |
| 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") |
| Antoine Duléry | ... | (segment "Claude Lelouch") | |
| Pascal Duquenne | ... | (segment "Jaco Van Dormael") | |
| Bruno Ganz | ... | Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders") | |
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Charles Gérard | ... | (segment "Claude Lelouch") |
| Ticky Holgado | ... | (segment "Claude Lelouch") | |
| Isabelle Huppert | ... | Récitante: Segment Abbas Kiarostami (voice) | |
| 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:
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Interprété par Fatoumata Camara
CD ARN 65259
Avec l'aimable autorisation des disques ARION Paris
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John Boorman's short film was shot on the set of Neil Jordan's Michael Collins (1996). See more »Soundtracks
Sigéréti Fé BaraInterprété par Fatoumata Camara
CD ARN 65259
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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.