Weird Short Film of the Day
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Georges Schwizgebel- The Man without Shadow
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Made in 1963, Lenica created "Labyrinth" a self-consciously Kafka-esque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule. Along with Jiří Trnka's Ruka (The Hand, 1965), Labirynt is considered to be one of the finest political animations ever made.
Jan Lenica's checkered career has encompassed excursions into music, architecture, poster-making, costume design, children's book illustration, and all aspects of filmmaking. It is, however, for his animation that he is best known, particularly his collage and "cutout" films, which have their roots in the art of Max Ernst and John Heartfield. The films have influenced the work of Jan Švankmajer and Terry Gilliam.
In the 1950s, his films with Walerian Borowczyk led an aesthetic revolution in Poland that sent reverberations all over the Eastern European animation scene. Before Lenica entered the scene, Polish animation consisted mainly of American-influenced character animation, over which the shadow of Walt Disney lugubriously hung, sometimes with vaguely political overtones on the fringe. Lenica and Borowczyk moved the avant-garde into the mainstream. They attempted to forge a new experimental cinema that would coalesce contemporary artistic practices such as abstraction, collage, and satirical surrealism without jettisoning commitment to the Marxist concepts of artistic integration of form and content and art for the masses. Often their films deal with alienation in a modern world, and the challenge of the detritus of history, figured in their use of old newspaper and postcards and the ironic confrontation with the "Great Masters" of painting which consume the protagonist of Once upon a Time . . . . In The House, a wide range of techniques illustrate a strange mechanical rite. The rough simplicity of their materials in these films conveys simultaneously the menace of an absurd disordered universe, and an affecting artlessness of execution.
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some terrific findings from everyone...
with Latchkey's Lament I notice it is credited to Troy Nixey. Loved his comic work w/ Mignola and Gaiman.
The Georges Schwizgebel stuff is a revelation. Love the tumbling "camera work." The way the scenes progress in the Man Without Shadow bring to mind the lengthy opening shot in Irreversible.
with Latchkey's Lament I notice it is credited to Troy Nixey. Loved his comic work w/ Mignola and Gaiman.
The Georges Schwizgebel stuff is a revelation. Love the tumbling "camera work." The way the scenes progress in the Man Without Shadow bring to mind the lengthy opening shot in Irreversible.
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PARADOX Short Film | Present Day or Middle Ages? Tribeca Film Festival
2 men trapped at the bottom of a well seem to be from different time periods. Winner Best Short Film, Best Screenplay, Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival.…
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Open Invitation
Diana (Mary Dawson) is planning the party of a lifetime. Unfortunately, time is running out. A new dramatic short film from director Justin McConnell (Ending The…
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Here is Nacho Vigalondo's short film 7:35 de la Manana. It's one of the strangest, most surprising examples of a short film I have ever seen. It perfectly uses the form, and manages to walk that thin line between really funny and really creepy.
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I usually watch animated shorts, but this was incredible. Puppets are cool to watch...
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Do you mean you don't usually watch animated shorts?
I don't usually myself, but I just discovered House of Flame myself, last weekend, and was completely mesmerised by it; so many beautiful and eerie moments. In fact, I convinced my boyfriend that it was a good idea to order a DVD of Kawamoto's short films on account of it, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.
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The Music of Erich Zann - Part 1
A young student of metaphysics is forced to take the only lodging he can afford, a crumbling and decrepit building in a strange part of the city. Every night, he…
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The Music of Erich Zann - Part 2
A young student of metaphysics is forced to take the only lodging he can afford, a crumbling and decrepit building in a strange part of the city. Every night, he…
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I admit, I wouldn't have stumbled upon this film without Grim Blogger's last post on his fantastic blog. Thank you!
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mothers day
On a journey to London repressed care worker Hatty meets dysfunctional couple Mandy and Darren. Waiting for a train that never seems to arrive they are forced together,…
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fun, little romp in the vein of early Raimi:
The Descendent
The Descendent is a supernatural action film written, directed, and produced by filmmaker Robert Glickert. It was Robert's Senior Thesis project at Chapman…
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Grrrr! That video really pisses me off. Leave the poor thing alone. I can only wish that what came out of that creature was an acidic substance that scarred those annoying kids for life.
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posted this in the trailer thread a short while ago: Spike Jonze's
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full short film can be viewed here: http://www.imheremovie.com/
full short film can be viewed here: http://www.imheremovie.com/