Lumière & Company (1995)

• 73%
• 1995
• Documentary
• Drama
• Francis Girod
• David Lynch
• Michael Haneke
• Vicente Aranda
• Claude Lelouch
• John Boorman
• Costa-Gavras
• Alain Corneau
• Spike Lee
• Wim Wenders
• Abbas Kiarostami
• Cédric Klapisch
• Lasse Hallström
• Raymond Depardon
• Theo Angelopoulos
• Merzak Allouache
• Ismail Merchant
• Gabriel Axel
• Peter Greenaway
• Sarah Moon
• Jeff Alperi
• Romane Bohringer
• Bruno Ganz

In 1995, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the invention of the Cinématographe, the first motion-picture camera that served also as a projector, forty international film directors were asked to each make a short film, following a specific set of limitations. Using the original camera patented by Louis Lumière and Auguste Lumière, the imaginative filmmakers contributed their work, keeping in mind to keep the shorts under fifty-two seconds, use no synchronized sound, and to take no more than three takes. The short films were compiled and then released as an anthology film.