The Adventure of a Good Citizen: a plea for tolerance, celebration of eccentricity and relating to the world in new ways
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, “The Adventure of a Good Citizen / Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego” (1937)
Tag: Experimental Films
The Eye and the Ear: an assertion of Polish rebirth in an abstract and experimental short film after years of war
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, “The Eye and the Ear / Oko i Ucho” (1944 /
Tango: cycle of life with 36 disconnected characters from young to old playing out in one room
Zbigniew Rybczinski, “Tango” (1981) Winner of the 1981 Oscar for Best Animated Short, this 8-minute
Reflections: original and beautiful use of black-and-white animation to illustrate a cosmic joke
Jerzy Kucia, “Reflections / Refleksy” (1979) Black-and-white animation has never been used so well as
The Red and the Black / The Horse: two little oil paintings in continuous motion
Witold Giersz, “The Red and the Black / Czorwane i Czarne” (1963) / “The Horse
The Blair Witch Project: clever film that manipulates its audiences’ fear of the unknown and the ordinary
Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, “The Blair Witch Project” (1998) About fifteen years after it
Electronic Labyrinth THX1138 4EB: experimental sci-fi short already layered with allegory and critique
George Lucas, “Electronic Labyrinth THX1138 4EB” (1967) Precursor to “THX1138”, this short film was made
French and French-language Films
La Marche des Machines / Les Nuits Électriques: experimental shorts suggest technology has a life of its own
Eugène Deslaw, “La Marche des Machines” (1927) / Les Nuits Électriques” (1928) The Ukrainian film-maker Eugène
French and French-language Films
Autour de La Fin du Monde: silent film about a sound film hampered by lack of … sound
Abel Gance and Eugène Deslaw, “Autour de La Fin du Monde” (1930) I had heard
French and French-language Films
À propos de Nice: silent film satire on social inequalities and contemporary culture of 1930s France
Jean Vigo, “À propos de Nice” (1930) Posing as “a day in the life” travelogue