GERMANY · 1995

Lumière & Company

experimental cinema film history creative constraints silent film cinema origins

Synopsis

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.

Year1995

CountryGermany

DirectorMichael Haneke

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