To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

Original title

Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence

Directed by

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Olivier Assayas

Genre

anthology film, comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

16

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 155 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A collection of 34 three minute short films made by 36 famous directors from around the world. Each director makes their own statement about what the movie theater means to them.

celebratoryreflectivevariedquirkynostalgicintimatewhimsicalplayful

What happens

To Each His Own Cinema (French: Chacun son cinéma : une déclaration d'amour au grand écran) is a 2007 French comedy-drama anthology film commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. The film is a collection of 34 short films, each 3 minutes in length, by 36 acclaimed directors. Representing five continents and 25 countries, the filmmakers were invited to express "their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre". The film's subtitle reads "a declaration of love to the big screen". Many of the shorts share similar subjects, including homage to classic European art cinema, the death of the filmgoing experience, memories of childhood wonder, the transporting power of cinema, and activities performed during a movie screening, including talking, stealing, crying, and having sex. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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