A projected text is going through two transformations in terms of presenting information. At first one is able to understand its meaning. However, in the second stage, the text has been transformed into digital language which can only be read by a computer. Finally, with the third level, the digital code has been used to convey a flicker effect. The text is now a mere physical sensation, devoid of intelligible contents.
A young man works out his hostility towards his deceased mother by dressing up as her and asking strangers to scold him.
Scratch and painting on film, mostly on found footage. Very light and fast, kind of Zen of cinema.
On December 11, 1998, the Linda-E., a commercial fishing boat, disappeared without a trace on Lake Michigan. It was finally found in June 2000 with the help of the U.S. Navy. Numerous rare photos, newspaper headlines, testimony from expert witnesses and stunning underwater video footage of the boat tells the story of the Linda E.
Taking place between June 1675 and August 1676, between the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colonies of New England and the Native American Wampanoag Tribe, this was considered the bloodiest war per capita in this country's history. Native Americans and historians of the period believe this war was one of the most significant, seminal events in American history.
A narrated documentary about the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, where over 7,000 reenactors simulate the troop movements of the actual soldiers.
See zebra-striped switch engines and GP9s. Warbonnet and blue & yellow F-units, GP9s, U-Boats, GP35s, SD45s, and F45s in this fantastic collection of Santa Fe training and promotional films from the 1950s and 1970s! You ll also see a welded rail train, a track geometry car, repair shows, icing docks, and much, much more. Each of the six films included in this program is a vintage gem!
An incredible resource for railroad and history buffs, Eastern Railroading looks at historic trains and railroads in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania Amish country, West Virginia, and Illinois in order to understand the emergence of railroads as a binding force in American history. With the help of interviews with historians and railroad experts, legends and folklore are explored as well as the mechanics and maintenance of locomotives. The collection of working locomotives in Pennsylvania's Amish country are particularly fun to see maintained and operated under 19th-century conditions. Special segments include passenger train history, the Pacific Railroad Act, commuter train operations, and the controls on Amtrak's EMD 103 super locomotive.
A three-minute travelogue of a film based on a clear concept and minute calculations. The stills in the filmmaker’s hand and the color of their background… These two images, one inside the other in the frame, are looped together and metamorphose. The lags and flickers of live animation entice as well. It’s the appearance of “the origin of film” through a series of stills.
A combination of 2 reels of super-8 animation, with driving electronic music, creating superimposed pulsing abstract patterns of stroboscopic intensity.
Contrafacta is a collage animation made by Toronto filmmakers Roberto Ariganello and Chris Gehman. Using images from medieval artworks, and quotations from the writings of medieval mystics and poets, Contrafacta creates a web of related images and events without a simple connective narrative.
There are things everybody wants to learn to do, but knowledge comes at a price. Is knowing worth eating from the tree of knowledge?
A Japanese-American family conceals their identity and reluctantly adopts discriminatory practices in order to operate a Chinese restaurant within the hostile cold war climate of Las Vegas in the late 1950's.
This documentary follows a group of African-American high school students from Brooklyn who go with their teacher to work on a kibbutz in Israel for a few months. The students also visit Jerusalem for a day. —Philip Apps
Donegan sets up a series of charged relationships -- between artist and model, art object and artistic "gesture," performer and viewer. The "lieder" of the title (German for "songs") are the amplified squeaks of Donegan's swiveling metal stool as it rotates.
All-lesbian parody of the classic film CASABLANCA.
There are lessons to learn, songs to sing and new friends to laugh with in "Little Bytes," a very special computer-animated collection of short stories and songs. Kids will love to sing along with the hip "Hammer Time" and "Quazar Rap," parents will appreciate the messages in "Bunkie and Booboo" and "Sharing and Buddies," and everyone will laugh at the hilarious antics of the "Fat Cat on a Diet." Plus, there's two wonderful "Luxo Jr." films from Pixar, the creators of the huge hit "Toy Story." The stunning imagery and unforgettable characters will make "Little Bytes" a fixture in your family's entertainment collection for years to come! Presented by Odyssey Productions, creators of the internationally acclaimed "Mind's Eye" series of computer animation videos.
The Glory Days features Trainz, Bombings Wallz, HipHop from Hannover and as nice Special they created a miniature city of Hannover with the Train system and streets bombed by the most active crews.
