Lumiere Et Compagnie
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Greenaway
Angel Amigo
Anne Andreu
Jean Casanova
Didier Ferry
Roger Ikhlef
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An omnibus project that put an original Lumiere camera and homemade film stock into the hands of a broad cross-section of contemporary helmers--150 helmers were approached worldwide, of whom 39 were both willing and available. The ground rules were rigidly enforced: a continuous shot to be captured in a maximium of three attempts, no artificial light sources, no synch sound, and that this shot last a maximum of roughly 50 seconds.
Directors
Peter Greenaway
Liv Ullmann
Claude Miller
Zhang Yimou
Merzak Allouache
Spike Lee
Alain Corneau
Francis Girod
Raymond Depardon
Gabriel Axel
Kiju Yoshida
Bigas Luna
Nadine Trintignant
Ctdric Klapisch
Claude Lelouch
Jaco Van Dormael
Jacques Rivette
Jerry Schatzberg
Andrei Konchalovsky
Gaston Kabore
Lucian Pintilie
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Patrice Leconte
Youssef Chahine
David Lynch
Theo Angelopoulos
Fernando Trueba
James Ivory
Arthur Penn
Sarah Moon
John Boorman
Vincente Aranda
Wim Wenders
Lasse Hallström
Costa-gavras
Ismail Merchant
Abbas Kiarostami
Helma Sanders-brahms
Hugh Hudson
Michael Haneke
Régis Wargnier
Crew
Angel Amigo
Anne Andreu
Jean Casanova
Didier Ferry
Roger Ikhlef
Frederic Leclair
Jean-jacques Lemetre
Timothy Miller
Sarah Moon
Philippe Poulet
Philippe Poulet
Bernard Rochut
Fabienne Servan Schreiber
Sören Stærmose
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 1996
Released in United States April 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States March 1997
Shown at Miami Film Festival February 2-11, 1996.
Shown at Avignon/New York Film Festival in New York City April 10-23, 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Miami Film Festival February 2-11, 1996.)
Shot with a restored Lumiere Cinematographe camera and on Hi-8 video
In addition to restoring one vintage Lumiere camera (the Cinematographe), researcher Philip Poulet of the Museum of Cinema painstakingly recreated the Lumiere emulsion from the inventors' original recipe, punching round sprocket holes (two perfs per frame) into 35mm safety stock--since the original stock was nitrate backed.
Televised in France over Canal Plus December 28, 1995.
Released in United States April 1996 (Shown at Avignon/New York Film Festival in New York City April 10-23, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (European Union Film Showcase) October 17-31, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)
Released in United States March 1997 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.)
