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<em>Lumière and Company</em> was a project realised in 1995 to mark the centenary of the Lumière brothers’ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQeIRLxaM4" title="The Lumière brothers' 'Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory' (1895) (YouTube).">first movies</a>. Forty directors were given the use of a restored Lumière <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OaOCN3pHDQ" title="A demonstration of the workings of the Lumière Cinématographe">Cinematograph</a> and asked to make a film under 1895-style constraints: (1) the films could be no longer than 52 seconds; (2) no synchronized sound was permitted; (3) no more than three takes were allowed. Any editing had to be done in-camera. Nearly all of the completed shorts have been compiled into a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2631E18FC183BE03" title="YouTube playlist bringing together 38 of the short films from the 'Lumière and Company' project.">YouTube playlist</a>. Please note that some of the clips contain nudity: treat this post as <small><strong>NSFW</strong></small>. Les Frères Lumière previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85635/Les-Freres-Lumire" title="2009 post about the Lumières' early movies.">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/40043/Color-photos-of-WWI" title="2005 post about the brothers' pioneering work in colour photography.">2</a>. <br /><br />The participating directors: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpcAW2jd8gg" title="'Inderdit de Camerer:' Merzak Allouache's contribution to 'Lumière and Company'.">Merzak Allouache</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fomzTv49c0" title="Theo Angelopoulos's 'Lumière and Company' short: Ulysses emerges from the sea.">Theo Angelopoulos</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3wbh-GsYVo" title="Vicente Aranda's 'Lumière and Company' film, on location in Barcelona for his 1996 film 'Libertarias'.">Vicente Aranda</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXkzHTPJqU" title="A short film by Gabriel Axel for 'Lumière and Company': a tracking shot of events in a Copenhagen park.">Gabriel Axel</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHFQ04SsBE" title="Bigas Luna's Lumière and Company'' contribution: a naked woman nurses her child - NSFW.">J.J. Bigas Luna</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwXAWL11RA0" title="On location for 'Michael Collins' featuring Liam Neeson et al: John Boorman's short for 'Lumière and Company'.">John Boorman</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sAaeeaZfQU" title="Youssef Chahine (aka Yusuf Shahin)'s contribution to 'Lumière and Company': featuring the Great Pyramid of Giza.">Youssef Chahine</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhP9qkdqBU" title="Alain Corneau's short for 'Lumière and Company' includes some post-production special effects.">Alain Corneau</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HsGH93jvqY" title="Costa-Gavras's 'Lumière and Company' film has a crowd of young onlookers gather to look into the cinematograph.">Costa-Gavras</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQcwkh0CZjI" title="Raymond Depardon's contribution to 'Lumière and Company' is one of several which feature children as their subjects.">Raymond Depardon</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7DjCjqQ2tE" title="Francis Girod's short for 'Lumière and Company'.">Francis Girod</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ext9GumO5xI" title="Peter Greenaway's po-faced contribution to 'Lumière and Company': NSFW-ish.">Peter Greenaway</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmzob8KcYQM" title="Hallström's 'Lumière and Company' film features his wife Lena Olin and an irritating soundtrack.">Lasse Hallström</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcZVHi7YTGw" title="Haneke's stab at a 'Lumière and Company' short features a compilation of TV news clips.">Michael Haneke</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Oc6IGf-9E" title="Hugh Hudson's 'Lumière and Company' film is set in Hiroshima.">Hugh Hudson</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzUgeufR-zw" title="Kaboré's 'Lumière and Company' film takes us to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.">Gaston Kaboré</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5CSdR_2KqM" title="Kooking with Kiarostami: a film for 'Lumière and Company'.">Abbas Kiarostami</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15GndY1fks" title="Klapisch's contribution to 'Lumière and Company'.">Cédric Klapisch</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLnbT0C73I8" title="Be advised that Konchalovsky's 'Lumière and Company' short contains some footage of a dead animal.">Andrei Konchalovsky</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqF_F386vNA" title="Leconte revisits the station at La Ciotat, the scene of one of the Lumières' most famous films, for his contribution to 'Lumière and Company'.">Patrice Leconte</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YurMKgt1RE4" title="Lee's contribution to 'Lumière and Company' stars his young daughter Satchel.">Spike Lee</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IafQqbsht_g" title="Lelouch's elaborate short for 'Lumière and Company' gives us a condensed history of cinema technology.">Claude Lelouch</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFpoWwY65KI" title="Even more elaborate is David Lynch's mesmerizing 'Lumière and Company' film: 'Premonition Following an Evil Deed' (NSFW).">David Lynch</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBY9K-xC1eE" title="Merchant & Ivory's joint effort for 'Lumière and Company' brings us a timeless Parisian street scene with a weak twist in the tail.">Ismail Merchant & James Ivory</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGmVSl8dhNY" title="Short film for 'Lumière and Company' by Claude Miller: some mildly slapstick comedy.">Claude Miller</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bFITC5Kb5g" title="Broad comedy from Burkina Faso in Ouedraogo's 'Lumière and Company' short.">Idrissa Ouedraogo</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17cNtuzzSgM" title="Arthur Penn's 'Lumière and Company' contribution is undoubtedly NSFW.">Arthur Penn</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DOxhBtMKmQ" title="Chaotic scenes as a helicopter takes off in Romania, in Pintilie's 'Lumière and Company' short.">Lucian Pintilie</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG7rjOslmYg" title="Jacques Rivette's lightweight 'Lumière and Company' offering.">Jacques Rivette</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0FaEuL49-M" title="Sanders-Brahms' short film for 'Lumière and Company' is a tribute to Loius Cochet.">Helma Sanders-Brahms</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1lFFVi1MA" title="Schatzberg's 'Lumière and Company' short is set somewhere in New York.">Jerry Schatzberg</a>, Nadine Trintignant, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoC_4O0BJQ" title="Trueba's 'Lumière and Company' film shows a conscientious objector to conscription emerging from a jail in Zaragoza.">Fernando Trueba</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNmOXkZo6yM" title="Ullman turns the cinematograph on famed cinematographer Sven Nykvist, in her 'Lumière and Company' film.">Liv Ullman</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKi4vznavhM" title="Van Dormael's 'Lumière and Company' short shows us a charming embrace between actor Pascal Duquenne and his co-star.">Jaco van Dormael</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoKbv9D5lRw" title="Wargnier's 'Lumière and Company' short features President Francois Mitterand.">Régis Wargnier</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1XjIjDAuLI" title="Wenders' 'Lumière and Company' film has two of the stars of 'Wings of Desire' briefly reprise their roles.">Wim Wenders</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shjoomJXX_s" title="Zhang Yimou's irreverent film for 'Lumière and Company' takes place on the Great Wall of China.">Zhang Yimou</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8TqGc2tfrM" title="Yoshida's 'Lumière and Company' short, like Hugh Hudson's, was filmed in Hiroshima.">Yoshishige Yoshida</a>.post:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:59:17 -0800misteraitchlumiereetcompagnelumiereandcompanyfrereslumierelumierebrotherslumierecinematographecinematographcinemashortfilmsshortssilentfilmsnsfwanthologymerzakallouachetheoangelopoulosvicentearandagabrielaxelbigaslunajohnboormanyoussefchahinealaincorneaucostagavrasraymonddepardonfrancisgirodpetergreenawaylassehallstrommichaelhanekehughhudsongastonkaboreabbaskiarostamicedricklapischandreikonchalovskypatricelecontespikeleeclaudelelouchdavidlynchmerchantivoryclaudemilleridrissaouedraogoarthurpennlucianpintiliejacquesrivettehelmasandersbrahmsjerryschatzbergnadinetrintignantfernandotruebalivullmanjacovandormaelregiswargnierwimwenderszhangyimouyoshishigeyoshidafilmmoviesBy: fontor
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The Merchant/Ivory piece is fascinating. The medium makes it seem long ago, but the subjects are clearly modern. The effect is that of taking these people and putting them back in time. Or perhaps showing that we are not so far removed from long ago people. For some reason, the phrase "We are the dead" floated into my mind.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070095Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:08:43 -0800fontorBy: Mooseli
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The skill and imagination in this is incredible. Thank you so much for sharing!comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070105Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:21:48 -0800MooseliBy: Renoroc
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I would have loved to see Michael Bay, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas's efforts.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070110Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:27:42 -0800RenorocBy: bonobothegreat
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I'm surprised that I feel <em>affection</em> for many of these. Thank you.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070120Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:39:51 -0800bonobothegreatBy: cjelli
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This is wonderful, thank you!comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070142Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:02:49 -0800cjelliBy: wreckingball
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Two women in the whole bunch. Impressive.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070160Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:27:39 -0800wreckingballBy: misteraitch
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<em>Two women in the whole bunch.</em>
Yes, that’s a shame. A third (Nadine Trintignant) is the only one among the directors whose film seems not to be on YouTube. The <em>Lumière and Company</em> DVD embeds the shorts within a framing movie containing footage of the directors making their films, and being interviewed: this was also directed by a woman: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600663/">Sarah Moon</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070168Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:35:19 -0800misteraitchBy: rongorongo
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It would be to have interspersed the films with commercials shots under the same constraints (52 seconds is quite a long commercial - but "no more than 3 takes/edits in camera" would be tricky).comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070225Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:13:16 -0800rongorongoBy: cazoo
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Boorman's is particularly fun and Wender's made me so happy to see those angels again.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150124-6070289Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:44:58 -0800cazoo
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