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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 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
Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Apr 26, 1996 Wide
Jan 14, 1998
Fox Lorber
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The 40 brief films are often wonderful, and always revealing in the way they show professional directors working on what amounts to a haiku.
Even the gamest of viewers will want to indulge her nostalgia judiciously, to avoid getting sour on the narcissism of the exercise.
Uneven, but interesting experiment
A really interesting idea.
A documentary in which the majority of the language was foreign and the message is understandable
August 31, 2011To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the invention of the motion picture camera by the Lumiere Brothers, 40 diffferent directors (of wildly different level of international fame and wildly different degrees of creativity and apparent talent) were taksed with creating 52-second shorts filmed using restored Lumiere
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