Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin
Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin
1979-07-19
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Experimental filmmaker Rubén Gámez explores the iconography of the maguey plant in Mexican cinematic history.
Tones rise and fall as images replicate and reorder, dizzying, nauseating -- vexing.
Perception becomes reality, forcing reality to lose perception, crash, and burn.
"a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement."
A proto-music video: three minutes of experimental animation set to the tune of Romeo Nelson's 'Head Rag Hop'.
First part of the collaborative project "Brise-Glace" showing the diverse travels on the icebreaker "Frej". Directed by Jean Rouch.
A trippy pop-art collage of phallic objects, naked women and American icons, most notably Elvis Presley.
An old man, cut off from his future and his past, brings a young taxi driver into his game. The two meet Karkalou, a crazy prostitute, whom the former once loved madly and the latter will soon love.
"This is a video for my generation. I'm Lucia Izmailova. And I can control time. See the future. I was eight years old when I dreamt of World War III. Even though my parents didn't believe me, I still love them very much. Their wedding anniversary is soon. And I'm preparing a surprise for them. Mom will cook a lot of tasty food. Dad, like always, will sing... And I will dance. They will see that I can..."
In the final days of the American Civil War, an emigre Hungarian military officer attempts to map the situation of the enemy. Many veterans of the 1848 War of Independence in Hungary fought on the northern side. Experienced Fiala, Boldogh who struggles with homesickness and the reckless Vereczky all experience their enforced emigration in different ways and news of impending peace elicits different reactions from them all.