ENTERTAINMENT: LUMIERE: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW CANADIAN FILM "EXOTICA," DIRECTED BY ATOM EGOYAN. THE FILM HAS WON THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS' PRIZE AT THE CANNES (KAHN) FILM FESTIVAL. AND... 100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, FRENCHMEN LOUIS AND AUGUST LUMIERE (loo-mee-AIR) FIRST CAPTURED WORKERS ON FILM WITH THEIR WOODEN CINEMATOGRAPH CAMERA IN LYON, FRANCE. THIS WEEK, 38 FILM DIRECTOR FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD GATHERED TO RE-ENACT THAT FIRST FILM. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH TIERRY FRAYMAUX (TERRY Fray-MOO), THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LUMIERE (loo-mee-AIR) INSTITUTE IN LYON (lee-OAN), FRANCE.
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