| Overview: | Forty films, forty directors.
From The Great Pyramids in Egypt to The Great Wall Of China, from Los Angeles to Hiroshima, directors throughout the world took part in a unique celebration of cinema. To commemorate the Centennial of the Lumiere Brothers' first "motion picture", David Lynch, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, John Boorman, and a host of leading international filmmakers created their own one-minute Lumiere Films. Using the restored original camera, each director offered his own signature style to the film. These exciting eclectic shorts are combined with intriguing interviews with the filmmakers. A must for all movie fans, "Lumiere And Company" speaks for the passion, beauty, and visionary dream of this hundred year-old art form.
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