LUMIERE & COMPANY

(1995) Directors:

Sarah Moon, Merzak Allouache, Gabriel Axel, Vicente Aranda, Theo Angelopoulos, Bigas Luna, John Boorman, Youssef Chahine, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Raymond Depardon, Francis Girod, Peter Greenaway, Lasse Hallström, Michael Haneke, Hugh Hudson, Gaston Kaboré, Abbas Kiarostami, Cédric Klapisch, Andrei Konchalovsky, Patrice Leconte, Spike Lee, Claude Lelouch, David Lynch, Claude Miller, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Arthur Penn, Lucian Pintilie, Jacques Rivette, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jerry Schatzberg, Nadine Trintignant, Fernando Trueba, Liv Ullmann, Yoshishige Yoshida, Jaco Van Dormael, Régis Wargnier, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou

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SUMMARY:

To commemorate the centennial of the Lumiere brothers' first "motion picture," David Lynch, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, John Boorman, Arthur Penn, Peter Greenaway, Claude LeLouch, Costa Gavras, James Ivory and a host of leading international filmmakers created their own one-minute Lumiere film. Using the restored original camera, each director offered his own signature style to the film. Sandwiched between these 40 exciting, eclectic shorts are intriguing interviews with the filmmakers. A must-see for all movie fans, Lumiere & Company speaks for the passion, beauty and visionary dream of this 100-year-old art form. - Facets

VIDEO:

Abbas Kiarostami



David Lynch



Arthur Penn



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REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, CREDITS:

• Roger Ebert review

NOTES:

• Shorts were edited in-camera and abided by three rules:

1. A short may be no longer than 52 seconds
2. No synchronized sound
3. No more than three takes