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David Lynch film shot on an original Lumiere camera

Farted by LeekClock, May 20, 2008, 04:07:05 AM

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Lumière and Company is a 1995 movie where more than 40 directors were invited to make a short film using the Lumière brothers' original cinématographe hand-cranked camera invented in the 1890s. Each short had to be less than 52 seconds long without synchronized sound and be made in fewer than three takes. All editing, of course, wa done in-camera. The final cut included works by Wim Wenders, Peter Greenaway, John Boorman, Merchant & Ivory, and many others.

Quote from: Googlevideo Comments[Above] is David Lynch's 55 second short filmed with an original Lumiere camera. 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.

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skeletal

Fantastic, is this new?
Also why only three takes?
Like a rat squatting in a doll\'s house.

LeekClock

Quote from: skeletal;1314799Fantastic, is this new?
Also why only three takes?

I added some more info - this clip was part of a longer film from 1995, to which many different directors contributed a piece.

I suppose the three takes rule was there due to them trying to emulate similar conditions to 1985 when this was a brand new thing and it was even more expensive than now to redo a shot.

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