Weird Short Film of the Day

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That was excellent, both words and images. Ashamed to admit I was unfamiliar with the poem, thank you for posting. Some of the lines remind me very much of Nick Cave. Not a bad thing in my book.

Here is an odd short I saw this morning; not scary, maybe a little unsettling, definitely weird.

http://vimeo.com/31110838
 
Matthias Muller's Home Stories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU2B0SWAlGY
(I prefer Matthias Muller's later film Alpsee, but haven't been able to find any clips on the internet.)​
 
by Dan Gallagher, based on Raymond Chandler's 'The Bronze Door', this video was awarded a 2008 CINE Golden Eagle


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The Bronze Door

For my graduate thesis film at American University, I adapted and directed crime novelist Raymond Chandler's macabre short story, "The Bronze Door."…
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I remember watching this short film at least 15 years ago and finding it very disturbing. Having located it again on YT after all those years, I see that it still hasn't lost its power and I'm glad to discover that it has one of those great horror themes that are simple, haunting and memorable (think of Carpenter's score for Halloween).
Kitchen Sink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7AuiNZcxB4
 
Junkopia, a short film by Chris Marker, who is perhaps best known for his 1962 science-fiction epic, La Jetée. The documentary (or whatever it is) was filmed at the Emeryville Mudflats outside of san Francisco in July 1981.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ymKAhoXyPA&feature=player_embedded
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UhP8CKH7Bbg



This is more odious and grotesque than weird. Kind of Disney meets delusional psychopathy. This clip just contains the ending, but we all know the story. It takes a curious mentality to derive anything of value from this tale of extreme mental illness. If anyone acted this way today, they would be put in a cage where they belong.
 
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I thought it had a happy ending but they killed the lamb instead. What a bummer.

Here's Leonard Cohen's fine song The Story of Isaac. Ignore the video if you can, only the audio is important. It's a great anti-war song best understood in the context of 'Nam where parents saw their children going off to die on the bloody altar of War. Along with Brel's "Next," it may be the most original and powerful antiwar ballad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQOmbIMYls

There is an esoteric interpretation of this story (regarded as heresy by virtually all Theologians) that questions the Identity of the One who demanded this act. (Cohen hints at it "...tempted by a demon or a god...") It solves some ‘problems’ (“Why would God afflict a righteous man with such a trial?”) while creating others (“How could Satan act without God’s permission?”)
I think the customary interpretation relies on something like “great suffering is necessary to achieve a greater transcendence or greater reward." Still others view it as an admonition for unquestioning religious obedience. That would be a bad lesson, I think. I can't help but feel it would have ended better if Abraham had failed and God still rewards him for listening to his heart. (There I go, rewriting the Bible...)

Job and Isaac, the two most disturbing narratives in the Old Testament.
I did my take on Cain in "The Map." Personally, I've always found these stories profoundly dark and haunting.

"The Colour out of Space" seems to have been Lovecraft's personal take on Job for an age of dying belief. In the end there is no Voice from the Whirlwind...only the Whirlwind. And a blind indifferent Force "going home".
 
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