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Director
84 years old
Sarah Moon
Vernon, Eure, France
Lumière et compagnie
Liv Ullmann, David Lynch
1995
1h 28m
6.0
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.
Contre l'oubli
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin
1991
1h 52m
4.0
A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.
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