In this film some twenty or thirty well-known directors from around the world take a shot a making a film with the first-ever movie camera. In between the films, the directors give awkward answers to questions along the lines of "what is film?" and "why do you film?". The films are for the most part cute but not especially creative, with the exception of David Lynch's, which comes second-to-last and is several levels more sophisticated than the rest, so much so that my first thought was that he had cheated. But he didn't. He does, however, seem to be the only one who took the challenge of making a work of art under these conditions seriously. If you're not inclined to the usual anti-Lynch objections ("it's weird", "what does it mean?"), which I'm certainly not, then his clip should make the whole film worthwhile.
Review of Lumière and Company
