lumière and company
Synopsis
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
Full Credits
- Director:James Ivory, Merzak Allouache, Raymond Depardon, Costa-Gavras, Vicente Aranda, Arthur Penn, Patrice Leconte, Jacques Rivette, Claude Lelouch, Yoshishige Yoshida, Jaco Van Dormael, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Liv Ullmann, Hugh Hudson, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Cédric Klapisch, Sarah Moon, Ismail Merchant, Claude Miller, Andrei Konchalovsky, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Jerry Schatzberg, Theo Angelopoulos, Zhang Yimou, Youssef Chahine, David Lynch, Régis Wargnier, Wim Wenders, Fernando Trueba, John Boorman, Alain Corneau, Bigas Luna, Abbas Kiarostami, Lasse Hallström, Nadine Trintignant, Spike Lee, Gabriel Axel, Michael Haneke, Francis Girod, Gaston Kaboré, Peter Greenaway, Lucian Pintilie,
- Writer:Philippe Poulet,
- Cast:Bruno Ganz, Alan Rickman, Ticky Holgado, Michele Carlyle, Lou Chapiteau, Jeffe Alperi, Marc Chapiteau, Romane Bohringer,
Technical specifications
- Country:Spain, Sweden, France, Denmark
- Language:English, Français, dansk, norsk, 中文 / 汉语 / 漢語, Νέα Ελληνικά, svenska, 日本語
- Release:January 1, 1995
- Duration:110 min
- Genres:Action/Adventure, Comedy, Documentary, Drama
