The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- John BoormanDirector
- Michael HanekeDirector
- Costa-GavrasDirector
- Wim WendersDirector
- Raymond DepardonDirector
- David LynchDirector
- Lasse HallströmDirector
- Cédric KlapischDirector
- Claude LelouchDirector
- Alain CorneauDirector
- Francis GirodDirector
- Spike LeeDirector
- Vicente ArandaDirector
- Abbas KiarostamiDirector
- Theo AngelopoulosDirector
- Yoshishige YoshidaDirector
- Fernando TruebaDirector
- Hugh HudsonDirector
- Helma Sanders-BrahmsDirector
- Zhang YimouDirector
- Ismail MerchantDirector
- Sarah MoonDirector
- Arthur PennDirector
- Bigas LunaDirector
- Nadine TrintignantDirector
- Jerry SchatzbergDirector
- Merzak AllouacheDirector
- Andrei KonchalovskyDirector
- Claude MillerDirector
- Gaston KaboréDirector
- Jaco Van DormaelDirector
- Gabriel AxelDirector
- Jacques RivetteDirector
- Idrissa OuedraogoDirector
- James IvoryDirector
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Peter GreenawayDirector
- Liv UllmannDirector
- Régis WargnierDirector
- Youssef ChahineDirector
- Lucian PintilieDirector
Cast
- Jeff AlperiPoliceman (segment "David Lynch")
- Romane Bohringer(segment "Claude Miller")
- Bruno GanzDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
- Ticky Holgado(segment "Claude Lelouch")
- Alan Rickman(segment "John Boorman")
- Liam Neeson(segment "John Boorman")
- Stephen Rea(segment "John Boorman")
- Sven Nykvist(segment "Liv Ullman")
- Lena Olin(segment "Lasse Hallström")
- Pascal Duquenne(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
- Nathalie RichardNinon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
- Neil Jordan(segment "John Boorman")
Stills
Themes
homagewoman director