Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

Actors:  Jeff Alperi, Romane Bohringer, Bruno Ganz, Ticky Holgado, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson Directors:  Lasse Hallström, Vicente Aranda, John Boorman, Alain Corneau, Raymond Depardon, Francis Girod

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.