"In 1995, 40 internationally-recognized directors took part in a collaborative film, Lumiere & Company, that celebrated the first hundred years of cinema. In making the film, each director had to agree to four rules. They had to shoot a short film 1.) using the original Cinématographe invented by the Lumière Brothers a century before — the same camera that shot Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon (1895), one of the earliest motion pictures ever made. Their films 2.) had to be one continuous shot and couldn’t be longer than 52 seconds; 3.) they couldn’t use synchronized sound or artificial lights; and 4.) they were only allowed three takes, no more. As for the results? They ran the gamut." - Amira

[Zhang Yimou, Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Liv Ullmann, Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee] - Amira