Three male native speakers endlessly correct a woman's foreign pronunciations of English, French and Polish. It seems that the absolute pronunciation of the national texts is represented at its best in the cacophony of three languages overlapping female and male recitations of the anthems. These nonsensical exercises of the mouths problematize the meaning of certain politically charged words.
During the 10:00 minutes of this silent video there is a close up image of the eye that most of the time looks straight into the camera lens. The eye occasionally blinks, looks down and is covered with an eyelid for a few seconds. It is a paradoxically peaceful video. There is a certain promise and visual tension that something is about to happen, but nothing ever happens. The image of the eye fades out to black after ten minutes. The question remains: is this videotaped omnipresent eye providential or ominous?
A solitary fisherman carves and sketches to pass the time. But this day his drawings seem to have a life of their own. Fish fly off the pages and leap into the sea. An island appears on the watery expanse, and the poles around his boat begin to move ominously. His own creation seems to give rise to a strange, surreal and ultimately fragile two-dimensional world, guarded by a tribe of stiltwalkers.
Unwound had their last show and broke up on April Fools' Day in 2002. Live in Thekla, Olympia, Washington.
The filmmaker observes large piles on the streets of her city during bulky refuse collection day, while passersby inquire as to what she's doing.
A young boy escapes from the bus on his way home from a field trip to an orphanage, and is picked up by a clown in the park. His goal is to find his mother. The clown's uncle, who used to be a yakuza, tells the boy that his wife, who gave him a lot of trouble, died after their divorce, and that his only daughter has been taken in by an acquaintance and is living in Tokyo. The boy's search for his mother was fruitless, and when he returned, an unexpected event awaited him.
Key West is located near the southern tip of Florida, not far from Key Largo. In contrast to Key Largo (John Huston, USA 1948), Key West has no need of gangsters to reveal this paradise on earth to be an illusion. Looking back from a distance of nearly 50 years, it is sufficient to reconnect those images which – each in itself – represented a longing view of this paradise: images of boat-like cars sailing down the highway, of bikini-clad girls on the beach, of surfers riding the waves. A moral lesson? Possibly.
Faces of Death inspired "Voodoo" mondo
An interactive installation addressed to one person at the time, filmed with 8 surveillance cameras, in which each visitor was invited to confide and then contractually sell a personal secret.
"In my impression, the sea is the most mysterious one. It is also the one that brings the greatest bondage to mankind. Hence the theme of my second film, people living on islands. We chose Penglai, Shandong, chartered a boat, spent about a month running around the Changshan Islands, and finally chose the farthest island from the mainland. The population of the island is about 1,000, and there are many more Work from abroad. I have always believed that the most important part of a film should be people's lives, not the plot. The plot that is divorced from life is unbearable, and the reason why I like documentaries is precisely because of this preference. Human behavior dictates everything, and if you look carefully, you will discover the many details of life that make up our complex lives and hint at everything that has happened and will happen." --Douban
An original drama that presents the political and military decision-making processes that preceded the Yom Kippur War.
About a son who, in his father’s folder of negatives, finds love, despair and reconciliation with a painful memory. The father’s suicide and the great emptiness that followed. A journey among the 3000 negatives that the father left behind him. He was a very good photographer. Among the negatives Eric finds a self portrait, a picture of the other dad. A man that looks afraid. A man that barely dares to look into the camera. What was it he was was afraid of?
Clint Eastwood has become Hollywood royalty, beloved by audiences around the world. See rare footage along with special interviews, and get the unedited true story of one of Hollywood's greatest.
Video documentary about the December 2001 crisis in Argentina.
A groping couple in an old movie house is magically transported to the dark woods of Finland where harpies look like Betty Page and ghosts are ready to sew your stuff back together after your girlfriend cuts it to shreds.
A largely cinematic documentary about a young woman with no sneeze reflex.
An exciting day in the life of a rookie lawman. He has never had to fire his weapon, respects his superiors, and is always ready for any emergency - day or night.
A red woman writing and then eating her words.
This short film is set in a brothel in a port town. The main character is Jenny, a young blonde dishwasher who suffers repeated humiliation and torture. She dreams of a pirate ship arriving in town, and with the help of the sailors, she can take bloody revenge on the townspeople for her grievances.
