Stairs: a deceptively simple film with a deep and powerful message about finding meaning and purpose in an alienated life
Stefan Schabenbeck, “Stairs / Schody” (1969) A minimalist claymation 7-minute piece, “Stairs” is one of
Tag: Silent Films
French and French-language Films
Les Jeux des Anges: blackly humorous indictment of concentration camps and police-state societies
Walerian Borowczyk, “Les Jeux des Anges” (1964) So far the strangest film I have seen
Crime and Punishment (dir. Piotr Dumala): unusual and subtle animation no substitute for lack of plot and unsatisfactory resolution
Piotr Dumala, “Crime and Punishment / Zbrodnia i Kara” (2000) The style of animation associated
The House: early foray into cut-out stop-motion animation could have done with a stronger vision and extra time
Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica, “The House / Dom” (1958) Rather odd film in which
A Quiet Week in the House: becoming a voyeur to view, record and pass on news of desperate attempts to be free
Jan Svankmajer, “A Quiet Week in the House / Tichy tyden v dome” (1969) A strange
The Fall of the House of Usher / The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope (dir. Jan Svankmajer): two film shorts of fear, terror and oppression
Jan Svankmajer, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1981), “The Pit, the Pendulum and
Guy Maddin quartet of short films: a unique style and vision at work
Guy Maddin, “Fancy, Fancy Being Rich” (2002), “My Dad is 100 Years Old” (2005), “Spanky:
Un Chien Andalou: a special once-in-a-lifetime visual experience
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, “Un Chien Andalou” (1929) Famous surrealist film that never fails
Rabbit’s Moon: two very different films in mood and themes in spite of superficial similarities
Kenneth Anger, “Rabbit’s Moon” (started 1950: long version 1972, short version 1979) Based on a
Fireworks: an ambivalent and powerful celebration of sexual attraction, submission and sadomasochism
Kenneth Anger, “Fireworks” (1947) Quite a remarkable debut film this is from a 17-year-old Kenneth