Pigeon Superstition

Anonymous asked: maybe you don't know, so I suggest you to find a copy of "Lumiere et Compagnie", to sit down, and to watch it calmly, especially Mister Van Dormael 52 seconds...

You made me smile, I didn’t expect such a wonderful suggestion!

I read about Lumière et compagnie a couple of years ago and I found the idea fascinating. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a movie celebrating the 100^th anniversary since the Lumière brothers invented the camera. The directors involved in the project had to make short movies (52 seconds) using the original equipment from the 19^th century. Unfortunately this movie is very hard to find, so I have only seen parts of it, Jaco van Dormael’s film included (it’s a simple, yet very beautiful and emotional scene).

If you could tell me where I can find the whole Lumière et compagnie, I’d be very thankful!

Ps. You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything about Jaco van Dormael’s short movies. It’s because I feel very conscious about them- they are so strong as a whole and I don’t like interfering with them.

trapped-between-the-book-covers asked: Wow, an entire blog dedicated to my favourite film! I love it! Why haven't I discovered you before?? You are awesome! :)

Thank you! To be fair it’s a quite new blog :))

I’m so glad there’re people out there who love this movie as much as I do, I always got the feeling that it is a bit underrated.  “Mr. Nobody” is my favorite film too, so I gotta say you have a great taste! But I also have a few things planned with “Toto the Hero” and “The Eight Day”. I don’t know if you saw them, they are from the same director. Anyways, I hope you’ll have as much fun with this blog as I do!  

Best regards and thank you for the nice message once again!