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Lumière and Company (1996)
- NR
- 03/29/1996 (US)
- Documentary
- 1h 28m
Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
Overview
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.
John Boorman
DirectorMichael Haneke
DirectorCosta-Gavras
DirectorWim Wenders
DirectorRaymond Depardon
DirectorDavid Lynch
DirectorLasse Hallström
DirectorCédric Klapisch
DirectorClaude Lelouch
DirectorAlain Corneau
DirectorFrancis Girod
DirectorSpike Lee
DirectorVicente Aranda
DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
DirectorTheo Angelopoulos
DirectorYoshishige Yoshida
DirectorFernando Trueba
DirectorHugh Hudson
DirectorHelma Sanders-Brahms
DirectorZhang Yimou
DirectorIsmail Merchant
DirectorSarah Moon
DirectorArthur Penn
DirectorBigas Luna
DirectorNadine Trintignant
DirectorJerry Schatzberg
DirectorMerzak Allouache
DirectorAndrei Konchalovsky
DirectorClaude Miller
DirectorGaston Kaboré
DirectorJaco Van Dormael
DirectorGabriel Axel
DirectorJacques Rivette
DirectorIdrissa Ouedraogo
DirectorJames Ivory
DirectorPatrice Leconte
DirectorPeter Greenaway
DirectorLiv Ullmann
DirectorRégis Wargnier
DirectorYoussef Chahine
DirectorLucian Pintilie
DirectorCast
Jeff Alperi
Policeman (segment "David Lynch")![Romane Bohringer's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/keVDM0uUbKmo0yOVNrjMuKiH1B2.jpg)
Romane Bohringer
(segment "Claude Miller")![Bruno Ganz's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/siuPo91XYmYLXeCdq2DZTyNtpYq.jpg)
Bruno Ganz
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")![Ticky Holgado's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/4h1Iy7VWWOFT91iYBcTTZ4JOuN6.jpg)
Ticky Holgado
(segment "Claude Lelouch")![Alan Rickman's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/nKl8ZRYjBJya7aj7phJUyrtSll6.jpg)
Alan Rickman
(segment "John Boorman")![Liam Neeson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/bboldwqSC6tdw2iL6631c98l2Mn.jpg)
Liam Neeson
(segment "John Boorman")![Stephen Rea's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/17ZSGqvJqdvInuw1TlQlkf39yfi.jpg)
Stephen Rea
(segment "John Boorman")![Sven Nykvist's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qs8gCA7aTXPfKkGiPdQAqposl5o.jpg)