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.
Directors: 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, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jerry Schatzberg, Zhang Yimou, Claude Miller, Arthur Penn, Andrei Konchalovsky, Nadine Trintignant, Liv Ullmann, Régis Wargnier, Jacques Rivette, Bigas Luna, Jaco Van Dormael, Yoshishige Yoshida, Patrice Leconte, Hugh Hudson, Gaston Kaboré, Fernando Trueba, James Ivory, Youssef Chahine, Lucian Pintilie.
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Jeff Alperi as Policeman (segment "David Lynch") |
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Romane Bohringer as (segment "Claude Miller") |
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Bruno Ganz as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders") |
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Ticky Holgado as (segment "Claude Lelouch") |
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Alan Rickman as (segment "John Boorman") |
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Liam Neeson as (segment "John Boorman") |
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Stephen Rea as (segment "John Boorman") |
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Sven Nykvist as (segment "Liv Ullman") |
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Lena Olin as (segment "Lasse Hallström") |
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Pascal Duquenne as (segment "Jaco Van Dormael") |
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Nathalie Richard as Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette") |
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Neil Jordan as (segment "John Boorman") |
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Aidan Quinn as (segment "John Boorman") |
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Isabelle Huppert as Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice) |
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Otto Sander as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders") |
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Max von Sydow as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") |
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Spike Lee as Self (segment "Sarah Moon") |
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David Lynch as Self |
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Zhang Yimou as Self |
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Jacques Rivette as Self |
| Directing | Francis Girod | Director |
| Directing | David Lynch | Director |
| Directing | Michael Haneke | Director |
| Directing | Vicente Aranda | Director |
| Directing | Claude Lelouch | Director |
| Directing | John Boorman | Director |
| Directing | Costa-Gavras | Director |
| Directing | Alain Corneau | Director |
| Directing | Spike Lee | Director |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Directing | Abbas Kiarostami | Director |
| Directing | Cédric Klapisch | Director |
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Directing | Raymond Depardon | Director |
| Directing | Theo Angelopoulos | Director |
| Directing | Merzak Allouache | Director |
| Directing | Ismail Merchant | Director |
| Directing | Gabriel Axel | Director |
| Directing | Peter Greenaway | Director |
| Directing | Sarah Moon | Director |
| Directing | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Director |
| Directing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Director |
| Directing | Jerry Schatzberg | Director |
| Directing | Zhang Yimou | Director |
| Directing | Claude Miller | Director |
| Directing | Arthur Penn | Director |
| Directing | Andrei Konchalovsky | Director |
| Directing | Nadine Trintignant | Director |
| Directing | Liv Ullmann | Director |
| Directing | Régis Wargnier | Director |
| Directing | Jacques Rivette | Director |
| Directing | Bigas Luna | Director |
| Directing | Jaco Van Dormael | Director |
| Directing | Yoshishige Yoshida | Director |
| Directing | Patrice Leconte | Director |
| Directing | Hugh Hudson | Director |
| Directing | Gaston Kaboré | Director |
| Directing | Fernando Trueba | Director |
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Directing | Youssef Chahine | Director |
| Directing | Lucian Pintilie | Director |
| Production | Anne Andreu | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jean-Jacques Lemêtre | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Nicolet | Costume Design |
| Production | Neal Edelstein | Producer |
| Production | Fabienne Servan Schreiber | Producer |
| Editing | Roger Ikhlef | Editor |
| Writing | Philippe Poulet | Idea |
| Art | Anne Andreu | Art Direction |
| Editing | Timothy Miller | Editor |
| Camera | Philippe Poulet | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Frédéric LeClair | Director of Photography |
| Production | Humbert Balsan | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Jean-Yves Le Mener | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Didier Ferry | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sarah Moon | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ángel Amigo | Co-Producer |
| Production | Søren Stærmose | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Sven Nykvist | Director of Photography |
