VHS : Lumiere & Company (Sub)
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starring: Patrice Leconte, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Liv Ullmanndirected by: Patrice Leconte, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Liv Ullmann, Vicente Aranda
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304287354
Format: Black & White, Color, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 6304287356
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: November 11, 1997
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 22208
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
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Description:
Some of the world's leading directors (David Lynch, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, John Boorman) use the original Lumiere picture camera to create short films all over the world.
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Rating:  - Interesting experiment in filmmaking
Nearly one hundred years after the creation of the world's first portable motion picture camera, director Sarah Moon ambitiously compiles the work of forty international directors who agree to make a fifty two second film using the original Lumière brother's cinématographe. The project was an intriguing and appropriate way to commemorate the 100 year anniversary since the birth of cinema. Many directors paid their respects to the brother's ingenuity while, in a different approach, others explored ... Read More
Rating: - i guess we've come a long way
it's a pretty interesting premise and they definitely got some of the most prestigious names in filmmaking today to sign on. this alone makes the dvd pretty satisfying and the little snippits of the filmmakers themselves is also very interesting. the strict limitation of the means makes it fairly difficult for too much real expression to be apparent in the films, and while the challenge ellicits some rather interesting ideas from some, many otherwise talented directors seem unable to work within the confines ... Read More
Rating: - An interesting exploration of an old camera
Lumière et Compagnie (Lumiere and Company) is an curious study of the work of forty directors as they are each given a historical camera used by Lumière to produce a fifty-second film. They also ask each director : "why do you film ?" and "do you think cinema is mortal ?". Like the answers, some of the films are interesting, some are trite, some are curious. There seems to be some common themes : some movies show other people filming some event, some movies show people playing or kissing, some others show groups ... Read More
Rating: - A Filmmakers Dream Project
In 1885, the Lumiere Brothers perfected a hand-cranked movie camera that moved the world. This 100th year anniversary takes forty filmmakers to task with the same camera to produce a film less than a minute. It's not as interesting in its results as one might have hoped. It was a huge challenge and few really completed something of interest. Of those, David Lynch, Patrice Leconte and Alaine Corneau are the most intriguing, while well known directors like Spike Lee and Liv Ullmann are less so. However, this is ... Read More
Rating:  - Cinemaphiles will love this film
As a tribute to the spirit of motion pictures, Lumiere & Company is a tremendous achievement and a sublime experience for true cineastes who are fortunate to find a copy on DVD. Produced in celebration of the centennial of what is considered to be the first motion picture camera, invented by the Lumiere Brothers of France, the approach is similar to asking the most accomplished electric guitar player to go acoustic.
The producers asked a collection of international film directors to create a 52-second ... Read More
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