Review of Lumière & Company (1995) by Finlay C — 23 Sep 2007

40 directors, 1890's camera, 52 seconds. Often self-referential. Uninspiring.

This review of Lumière & Company (1995) was written by Finlay C on 23 Sep 2007.

Lumière & Company has generally received positive reviews.

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The 40 brief films are often wonderful, and always revealing in the way they show professional directors working on what amounts to a haiku…

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By Randy T (648) on 29 Mar 2012

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By Zoran S (642) on 29 Mar 2012

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By Jack S (807) on 29 Mar 2012

A 55-second film from Lynch using a 100-yr old camera under tight restrictions. He still works in some very Lynchian images…

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By Ilya S (5) on 20 Aug 2012

An absorbing, honorific documentary to the brothers Lumière and one of the most magnificent achievements in history, The Cinematographer…

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By Jezzy A (438) on 12 Jun 2007

The greatest short films ever, its very rare to see all these great film makers doing the same thing for the sake of art and cinema, simply…

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By Burcu S (167) on 29 Sep 2008

Muy buenos los cortos de truebay claude lelouch…

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By John K (1,706) on 29 Mar 2012

David Lynch's short was my favorite, really shows how he takes it to another direction…

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By Ho-Man T (1) on 08 Jun 2007

It is a great project involves so many influential directors of this decade…

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