Lumière and Company (1995)

Duration: 88min

Category: Art Film

Cast: Costa-Gavras, Wim Wenders, Liv Ullmann, Jacques Rivette, Ismail Merchant, David Lynch, Claude Lelouch, Spike Lee, Patrice Leconte, Andrei Konchalovsky, Theo Angelopoulos, John Boorman, Peter Greenaway, James Ivory, Gabriel Axel, Claude Miller, Zhang Yimou, Sarah Moon, Kiju Yoshida

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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... more

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. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide less