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Lumière and Company

Lumière et compagnie

1995

Abbas Kiarostami, Hugh Hudson ...

Documentary, Self: Romane Bohringer, Pascal Duquenne, Bruno Ganz ...

6.2

853

Documentary 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. ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The 40 brief films are often wonderful, and always revealing in the way they show professional directors working on what amounts to a haiku (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Lisa Nesselson Variety	"Result is a wildly diverse but technically satisfying oddball gem for fests, specialized webs, classrooms — and posterity"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Predicatably, the results are all over the place and fascinating. My favorite is Abbas Kiarostami's lyrical contribution, though David Lynch's also commands attention"

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