Lumiere and Company (1996)
Directed by Costa-Gavras / Zhang Yimou / Claude Miller / Wim Wenders / John Boorman / Spike Lee / David Lynch / Jacques Rivette / Michael Haneke / Arthur Penn / Liv Ullmann / James Ivory / Peter Greenaway / Claude Lelouch / Cédric Klapisch / Patrice Leconte / Ismail Merchant / Fernando Trueba / Régis Wargnier / Francis Girod / Alain Corneau / Helma Sanders-Brahms / Raymond Depardon / Gabriel Axel / Hugh Hudson / Andrey Konchalovskiy / Merzak Allouache / Jerry Schatzberg / Vicente Aranda / Jaco Van Dormael / Yoshishige Yoshida / Abbas Kiarostami / Lucian Pintilie / Gaston Kaboré / Nadine Trintignant
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - Spain, France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Matthew Tobey
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using the original Cinematographe camera under the conditions endured by the brothers. The result of the project was this film, Lumière et Compagnie. The film stock used was homemade from a slightly altered version of the Lumières' recipe. No synchronized sound was allowed and only natural lighting was permitted. The participating directors included John Boorman, Costa-Gavras, Peter Greenaway, Lasse Hallström, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Liv Ullmann, and Wim Wenders. Among the actors who performed in the films were Liam Neeson, Lena Olin, Aidan Quinn, and Alan Rickman.
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filmmaker, cinema, experiment