Reviews of Lumière et Compagnie (1995) and related work

Lumière et Compagnie (1995Moving picture, 88 minutes)

Compilation celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Lumière brothers’ first film. A number of directors each contributed with a film shot using a Lumière cinématographe, one 17-metre reel (52 seconds) per take for no more than three takes, no synchronized sound; most use only shot. One contributor paints onto the film, as did the brothers themselves (Danse serpentine), and a few utilize “simple” in-camera editing. Forcing people to be spontaneous didn’t seem to work.

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‣ “Abbas Kiarostami” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Alain Corneau” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Andrej Končalovskij” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Arthur Penn” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Bigas Luna” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Claude Miller” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Constantin Costa-Gravas” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Cédric Klapisch” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “David Lynch” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

David Lynch (director).

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‣ “Fernando Trueba” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Gabriel Axel” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Helma Sanders-Brahms” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Idrissa Ouedraogo” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Jaco van Dormael” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

Sweeter than any Hollywood happy ending.

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‣ “Jacques Rivette” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Jerry Schatzberg” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Lasse Hallström” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Liv Ullman” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Merzak Allouache” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Michael Haneke” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Nadine Marquand Trintignant” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Patrice Leconte” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

Score.

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‣ “Peter Greenaway” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

Peter Greenaway (writer-director).

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‣ “Raymond Depardon” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Régis Wargnier” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Spike Lee” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Theo Anghelopoulos” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

Good first half!

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‣ “Wim Wenders” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Yoshida Kiju” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Yusuf Shahin” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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‣ “Zhang Yimou” (1995Moving picture, ca. 1 minute)

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