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Mates,
I enjoyed very much "Lumiere et compagnie" of 1995 in which 40*** directors commemorated a century of film by making 50 second films- that was the capacity of the camera- without synchonized sound, and three takes only, using the 1895 camera. Though an academic exercize in some ways, the inventiveness given to this camera that did not have interchangable lenses and (I think) did not pan- was amazing. I liked the sense that the restrictions of the machine required this inventiveness- or rather re-inspired it as the Lumieres were doing it for the first time.
Recently, I came into access to a pile of old camera lenses (about 300)- 35mm, 4X5, and enlarger lenses, am wondering if I could use one in making a replica of an early camera? A friend owns the machine shop that makes the chassis and other parts for Panavision cameras (as well as the chassis of the Mars Sojouner) and he can whittle stuff straight from AutoCad drawings. The camera can not be too complicated- the sprocket/drive synchronized to the shutter must be the fussiest parts. A cinematographer friend can get B&W 35mm film stock for pennies a serving. The original established the use of 35mm film and only had round instead of square sprocket holes.
Do anyone know where I could get plans and construction details of the original Lumiere cinematographe?
Then all I'll need is a nice old shellac cutting lathe for the sound.. My holiday films will take on a new character. Does anyone here know the films of Joseph Cornell?
I am already quite tired of digital photography..

Cheers,
Bambi B
*** Merzak Allouache Theo Angelopoulos Vicente Aranda Gabriel Axel J.J. Bigas Luna (as Bigas Luna) John Boorman Youssef Chahine Alain Corneau Costa-Gavras Raymond Depardon Francis Girod Peter Greenaway Lasse HallstrÃ¶m Michael Haneke Hugh Hudson James Ivory Gaston KaborÃ© Abbas Kiarostami CÃ©dric Klapisch Andrei Konchalovsky Spike Lee Claude Lelouch David Lynch Ismail Merchant Claude Miller Sarah Moon Idrissa Ouedraogo Arthur Penn Lucian Pintilie Jacques Rivette Helma Sanders-Brahms Jerry Schatzberg Nadine Trintignant Fernando Trueba Liv Ullmann RÃ©gis Wargnier Wim Wenders Yoshishige Yoshida (as Kiju Yoshida) Yimou Zhang Jaco van Dormael

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Topic - The Cinematographe - Bambi B 09:30:52 09/28/03 (4)

Re: The Cinematographe - Victor Khomenko 10:30:06 09/28/03 (3)

Re: The Cinematographe - Bambi B 12:36:25 09/28/03 (2)

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