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Lumiere and Company

Merzak Allouache / Theodoros ANGELOPOULOS / Vicente Aranda / Gabriel Axel / Bigas Luna / John BOORMAN / Youssef Chahine / Alain Corneau / Costa Gavras / Raymond Depardon / Francis GIROD / Peter GREENAWAY / Michael Haneke / Hugh Hudson / Abbas Kiarostami / Cedric Klapisch / Andrey Konchalovskiy / Patrice LECONTE / Spike Lee / Claude Lelouch / David Lynch / Ismail Merchant / Sarah Moon / Claude MILLER / Idrissa Ouedraogo / Arthur Penn / Lucian Pintilie / Jacques Rivette / Jerry SCHATZBERG / Nadine Trintignant / Fernando Trueba / Liv Ullmann / Regis Wargnier / Wim Wenders / Zhang Yimou / Yoshida Kiju / Jaco Van Dormael / Lasse Hallstrom / Gaston Kabore / Helma Sanders-Brahms

France, Spain, Sweden1995 90min

Synopsis

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema, 1150 directors were invited to shoot a one-minute film with the original Lumirer camera.
Thirty-nine were both willing and able. Still, more than enough short work well enough to warrant a high recommendation. Some of them are: Claude Lelouchs salute to cinema and cinematic kisses, Idrissa Ouedraogos brief comedy, a David Lynch masterpiece, and Alain Corneaus beautiful, hand tinted study of a dancer. Other famous filmmakers included in this ensemble, to name a few, are JacQues Rivette, Useff Shahin aabass Kiarostamy, Wim Wenders, Kosta Gabrass, Peter Greenaway, Spike Lee, John Booreman, James Ivory, Zhang Yimou, Arthur Penn, Andrei Kontchalopsky, and Jacque Van Domael. During the course of the film, all 30 filmmakers were asked three questions during a short interview; Why did you accept this project? Why do you make films? And Do you thing films are destined to die? Each filmmaker give their insights with eloquent responses. With insightful interviews from famous filmmakers in addition to a compilation of original short films, there wasn’t a better way to celebrate cinemas 100th year anniversary.

Diretor

Merzak Allouache

Theodoros ANGELOPOULOS

Vicente Aranda

Gabriel Axel

Bigas Luna

John BOORMAN

Youssef Chahine

Alain Corneau

Costa Gavras

Raymond Depardon

Francis GIROD

Peter GREENAWAY

Michael Haneke

Hugh Hudson

Abbas Kiarostami

Cedric Klapisch

Andrey Konchalovskiy

Patrice LECONTE

He directed his first feature film in 1976, and had a number of major successes with comedy films. He first came to international attention in 1989 with Monsieur Hire, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. In the 2000s, he received more recognition in the United States with Girl on the Bridge (1999), The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000), Man on the Train (2002) and Intimate Strangers (2004).

Spike Lee

Claude Lelouch

David Lynch

Ismail Merchant

Sarah Moon

Claude MILLER

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Arthur Penn

Lucian Pintilie

Jacques Rivette

Jerry SCHATZBERG

Nadine Trintignant

Fernando Trueba

Liv Ullmann

Regis Wargnier

Wim Wenders

Zhang Yimou

Yoshida Kiju

Jaco Van Dormael

Lasse Hallstrom

Gaston Kabore

Helma Sanders-Brahms