Lumière & Company (1995)
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.
- Released
- 1995-12-20
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Francis Girod, David Lynch, Michael Haneke, Vicente Aranda
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 74 votes
Cast
- Jeff Alperi as Policeman (segment "David Lynch")
- Romane Bohringer as (segment "Claude Miller")
- Bruno Ganz as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
- Ticky Holgado as (segment "Claude Lelouch")
- Alan Rickman as (segment "John Boorman")
- Liam Neeson as (segment "John Boorman")
- Stephen Rea as (segment "John Boorman")
- Sven Nykvist as (segment "Liv Ullman")
- Lena Olin as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
- Pascal Duquenne as (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
- Nathalie Richard as Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
- Neil Jordan as (segment "John Boorman")
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