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Welcome to the Short Film Megathread!  This thread is dedicated to any/all short films. What qualifies as a short film? There is no official consensus or definition for the length of a “short.” A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film. Sundance Film Festival defines any film under 50 minutes as a short film. The Academy Awards defines a run-time under 40 minutes as a short film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". For the sake of this thread, we will add a little more wiggle room and say a short film is any film 60 minutes or under. Rules for Posting  Please post as much information as you can about the short. This includes length, director, year it was released, and format (animated, documentary, narrative) or any other information you would like to provide. If the short fits easily within a genre, you can post that. You are encouraged to share knowledge you have about the short film's importance, significance, awards won, or why you're posting it. If your short is  , it must be labeled. This is not to limit what you post, but to provide fair warning. Use common sense with your discretion. Nudity, graphic violence, or extreme images should come with a warning. No one wants to get fired because you posted some hosed up poo poo. Videos posted without a warning will get you reported. Providing at least one screenshot is preferred, but not it’s not mandatory. Not only will it entice people to watch more, but this helps others find videos posted earlier. If your short has multiple sources, I encourage you to post both. While I mainly use YouTube, many people swear by Vimeo or DailyMotion, and so providing multiple links is helpful and considerate to your fellow posters and the filmmakers. Don't be an rear end in a top hat. Discussion is promoted.If someone posts a short film that you enjoy, let them know! If a short film's themes resonated with you, please share your ideas, interpretations or write-ups. Were you impressed by a technical aspect? Please share it with us! Debates are also welcome, but if you engage someone because you disagree, don’t be an rear end in a top hat. General CineD rules apply in here. No  talk. I encourage you to get a Letterboxd account if you don’t have one already. I like to log every short film I watch, but it’s even better for discovering short films, whether it’s in lists or exploring a filmmaker’s filmography. You are encouraged to post your Letterboxd accounts in here or any lists (your own or someone else's) that you want to share. FAQs Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes, Silly Symphonies, and other classic animated shorts can be posted. You may post your own short films. Suggestions to improve the thread? PM me! This isn't the music video thread. However, many of the greatest directors have made music videos and commercials. Music videos and commercials can be posted, but use discretion. Keep it interesting, weird, artistic, etc. Basically, if the video is good enough to justify itself above the song or product it's promoting, then it's good enough for the thread. (Acceptable: Michel Gondry's Levi Jeans commercial | Acceptable: Eric Wareheim's music video for "Bubble Butt" | Probably Not Acceptable: the music video for "Broccoli" by DRAM ft. Lil Yachty)I will (try) to update the OP's regularly with lists and videos provided. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jan 17, 2018 |
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Resources 10 minute Short Films Less Than 10 Minutes Long 700+ films with links 450 Favorite Short Films Complete List of Disney's Silly Symphonies Franchescanado's Favorite Short Films Feel free to post other Best Of lists or share your own lists to add to this Ruptured Yakety Sax posted:I had an attempt at a short film thread a little while back that dropped off the radar pretty quick, but there was some good stuff posted in it Must Watch Hall of Fame (organized by filmmaker's last name) David Cronenberg Maya Deren Sean Dunne Jillian Mayer Norman McLaren 1 2 David Lynch 1966-1974 Ruben Östlund Calvin Lee Reeder Andrei Tarkovsky Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Feb 7, 2018 |
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 Updated! Here are all of the short films by Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund, who's most recent film is The Square. He is also known for Force Majeure (currently on Netflix), Involuntary, Play, and Guitar Mongoloid. The only film not featured in this list is Family Again (Familj igen), which was a 2002 60-minute documentary, which I could not find available. Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 - 9 min. | 2005 | dir. Ruben Östlund  Nattbad - 3 min. | 2006 | dir. Ruben Östlund  Incident By A Bank - 12 min. | 2009 | dir. Ruben Östlund  Free Radicals - 30 min. | 1996 | dir. Ruben Östlund | sport/non-fiction/documentary  Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Let The Others Deal With Love - 29 min. | 2001 | dir. Ruben Östlund | 
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I'm planning on doing some posts on Norman McLaren, Kenneth Anger, and Jean Painleve (and maybe Stan Brakhage, even though I don't think I'm a good authority on him yet). Here's some of my favorite short films: The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933, Clyde Bruckman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWW4-oBCzbQ As my user name suggestions, W.C. Fields is one of my favorite comedy figures of all time. A lot of his humor is lost on today's audiences because most aren't expecting his level of sarcasm and satire from that time. He only made six short films, but The Fatal Glass of Beer is by far the best and funniest. It's based on a stage skit he'd do in the 20s. The fact it's a film allows for even more surrealism. Obvious silent-era stock footage is spliced in haphazardly, there's intentionally awful rear projection, and inexplicable continuity errors. For that matter, when it was originally released, theaters complained to Paramount for the poor quality of the rear projection, completely missing the point. Time Piece (1964, Jim Henson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV0jM56Um9I (first few minutes - you can watch the whole thing on Filmstruck) Jim Henson is certainly known for his puppetry work, but did you know he was an experimental filmmaker in the 60s? Most were commissioned by IBM and Johnson Wax, but he made one completely independent masterpiece in 1964. The Oscar-nominated Time Piece has almost no dialogue, rapid cutting timed to a jazz drummer, and one amazing shot after another. Henson not only directed it, he also starred in it, appearing in a dozen different costumes. N.Y., N.Y. (1957, Francis Thompson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztxuCv5-4D4 If I had to pick my all-time favorite film, it would be Francis Thompson's dazzling kaleidoscopic look at a day in the life in New York City. Shot over a period of almost ten years with a variety of prismatic lenses, bent chrome, and mirrors, there's absolutely nothing quite like it. Backing the images is a stunning orchestral piece that's just as brilliant. If you're going to watch one film in this post, make it this one. (Also, there's a gorgeous HD restoration on Flicker Alley's Experimental Films Blu-ray set) Glas (1958, Bert Haanstra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYh0f1CPuc It's just glass-blowing set to jazz, but beautiful from start to finish. Free Radicals (1959, Len Lye) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwMubpbfib0 Len Lye is probably better known for his colorful 30s and 40s work, but this minimalist scratched-on-black leader film is amazing. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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The Cat With Hands (2009, Robert Morgan) 3:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PR9NZlAB4 A fun little creepy campfire tale with some truly disconcerting stop animation work.
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Egbert Souse posted:I'm planning on doing some posts on Norman McLaren, Kenneth Anger, and Jean Painleve (and maybe Stan Brakhage, even though I don't think I'm a good authority on him yet). Please do, and I'll post them in the OP as well! I'm planning on doing a David Lynch post soon, as well. Thanks for what you've already shared!
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If I had to pick my favorite avant-garde/experimental filmmaker, it would be the Scottish-born Canadian-emigre... Norman McLaren  I don't think there's ever been a filmmaker as fearless with the medium since Georges Melies. McLaren worked with live-action and literally any animation form in existence. He worked with cels, charcoals, drawn-on-film, stop-motion, even pixilation - the animation of live subjects. His films also have a wonderful playfulness that makes them endearing. It helps a lot that most of his career was with the National Film Board of Canada after stints with the General Post Office in England and even a short New York-based period working with Mary Ellen Bute. His Canadian films featured collaborations with other giants of the NFB filmmakers like Grant Munro, Evelyn Lambart, and Claude Jutra. While much of his work featured music composed by Maurice Blackburn, McLaren also composed the soundtracks himself using ink on clear film or scratching black leader. He even appeared in his films occasionally. What's also great about his work is his often unsubtle social commentary, especially promoting peace. From interviews I've seen, McLaren comes off as incredibly humble and peaceful rather than some tortured artist. More so, he spent years as a teacher for the NFB, having masterclasses in animation. While I think his entire filmography is absolutely essential viewing, here's some of my favorites: (Note: NFB Canada has most of his work available to watch for free on YouTube from gorgeous HD transfers) Spook Sport (1940, dir. Mary Ellen Bute) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_dhTFJWww While McLaren only contributed drawn-on-film animation, it's still a magnificent example of abstract animation. Begone Dull Care (1949, dir. McLaren and Evelyn Lambart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r2COvWPO4Y Perhaps his first great film. It's "just" painted and scratched film, but it's absolutely dynamic and lighting-fast paced set to Oscar Peterson Trio. Neighbours (1952) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aSowDUUaY An anti-war masterpiece. While a touch naive, it gets the point across. Groundbreaking for its pixilation animation, which would be imitated by many others. Features fellow animator Grant Munro as one of the neighbors. Notable also for having an "electronic" soundtrack composed by McLaren. A Chairy Tale (1957, dir. McLaren and Claude Jutra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rH8OLBzxAQ A man (Jutra) wants to sit in a chair, but the chair has other plans. Features a score by Ravi Shankar. Opening Speech (1960) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trNsfZd7GOc Created for a Canadian film expo, McLaren appears as himself trying to introduce himself. Except the microphone has a mind of its own. Absolutely hilarious, especially for how he pokes fun at his own work and himself. Pas de Deux (1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WopqmACy5XI Gorgeously photographed (in B&W) ballet dancers manipulated with double exposures. Has a beautiful orchestral and panpipe score. Easily one of the most beautiful films ever made. Watch with the volume turned up and the lights out. Synchromy (1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmSzc8mBJCM The ultimate syntheasia film. The music was composed by photographing tone cards one frame at a time... which in turn were colored and multiplied by an optical printer into the visual. You're seeing what you're hearing. Unfortunately, McLaren's work is a little hard to access on home video now. The NFB put out an incredible 7-disc set about a decade ago with almost all of his work, including contributions on other's films, but it's been out of print. The Flicker Alley release 3-D Rarities features the two 3-D films he made (Around is Around and Now is the Time, the former co-directed by Evelyn Lambart) in restored form.
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I'm Here (2010) | dir. Spike Jonze | 32 min. Spike Jonze is one of the most interesting directors working right now, and this is an underseen classic.
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The complete* short films of Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai, known for Chungking Express, In The Mood For Love, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, The Grandmaster, and many others. wkw/tk/1996@7’55’’hk.net - (1996) | 8 min.  A Japanese-Chinese couple hangs out and shoots each other. Hua yang de nian hua - (2001) | 3 min.  2m 28s montage of scenes from vintage Chinese films, most of which were considered lost until some nitrate prints were discovered in a California warehouse during the 1990s, set to a song from the soundtrack of Wong’s In the Mood for Love (2000), a golden oldie by Zhou Xuan. The Hire: The Follow - (2001) | 11 min.  The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor’s wife. There’s Only One Sun - (2007) | 9 min.  A spy story of lush and betrayal to advertise Aurea, the new LCD technology by Philips. *this does not include music videos
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Egbert Souse posted:Pas de Deux (1968)
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The mostly complete* short films of Calvin Lee Reeder, who's mostly known for his film The Oregonian, The Rambler, and for being the cop who dies at the end of You're Next. His films tend to have a dark absurdity and reality-bending surrealism, similar to David Lynch or Godard, but the DIY aesthetics make it feel more like Harmony Korine made a short film out of some home movies. His films could be considered horror, but they mostly defy genre. Little Farm is a personal favorite of mine. K. Waste posted:Calvin Reeder rules, he's like the strangest mix of Jean-Luc Godard and Ray Dennis Steckler. Speed Crazy posted:I bought this [The Rambler] blind on its release day because I loved The Oregonian so much. I thought it was terrifying and hilarious, but I'd recommend watching some of Calvin Reeder's short films (Little Farm in particular is really great) first to see if his work is for you. Little Farm - (2006) | 9 min.  A foul-mouthed family of brother and sister, in their late teens or early 20s, and their father run a small farm. | Official selection 2007 Sundance Film Festival The Rambler - (2008) | 12 min.  A stranger takes to the lonely highway with his guitar and traveling sack. The Snake Mountain Colada - (2009) | 14 min.  Two road weary travelers experience the supernatural and the refreshing taste of Miller Light. The Bulb - (2016) | 12 min.  Two strangers experience an alien phenomenon through the public access broadcast in a motel room. The Procedure - (2016) | 4 min.  A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment. *does not include short film Desert Movie despite it having it's own fandor page Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Jan 16, 2018 |
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Hey! Calvin Lee Reeder is also one of the guys breaking into the house in V/H/S! Anyways, been meaning to post in here but I'm lazy but have some shorts by Jillian Mayer I Am your Grandma (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfY1lfFu8j8 Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke 2012 https://vimeo.com/67086114 #PostModem (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kN79Bn0hko Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse! (she just co-directed this, though she's also in it) https://vimeo.com/64605295
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More Norman McLaren... Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3fsGQ4Fsc A Canadian WWII propaganda short. Features a stop-motion animated skull telling Canadians how helpful blabbing is to the Axis powers. Fascinating for being just as experimental as McLaren's usual work - strobing animation, using bursts of images, and a simple message. Lines Vertical (1960) Lines Horizontal (1962) Mosaic (1965) (all three dir. McLaren and Evelyn Lambart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnbavAYULUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDFWuvhqHo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwA_L9otKm8 One of the most fascinating works of minimalism. The first film, Lines Vertical, features... vertical lines moving across the screen set to harp music and with sparse optically printed color. Two years later, McLaren and Lambart revisited their "study" and re-printed it rotated 90 degrees, thus making the vertical lines horizontal. New guitar music and coloring were added. Three more years and McLaren had the bright idea of superimposing both Lines Vertical and Lines Horizontal in an optical printer and adding even more color, while using an electronic soundtrack he himself created. It's supplemented by a short, playful intro and outro of McLaren himself "playing" with a ball that turns into the dot that moves around. Blinkity Blank (1955) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftEci6AMUKg Using strobing images scratched onto black film and colored by ink. Features a simple flute soundtrack with bursts of McLaren's electronic sound. Canon (1964, McLaren and Grant Munro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxNhUswEO7c A mixed-media film visually explaining the form of the canon: stop-motion, cut-outs (Grant Munro's trademark), then fun with the optical printer (with Munro appearing in a comically oversized hat). Fiddle-de-dee (1947) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ubpoNJweA A precursor to the more complex Begone Dull Care, this is still hand-painted film at its finest. Le Merle (1958, McLaren and Evelyn Lambart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aos6gIHN3h4 Simple paper-cut-outs make up an abstract bird. Also, here's a short film showing McLaren at work at creating synthetic sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0vgZv_JWfM
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Here's some minor contributions from two great resources for short film and video art: UbuWeb Sun in Your Head Wolf Vostell (1963) Single Frame sequences of TV or film images, with periodic distortions of the image. Originally projected on the ceiling of a theater with spectators laying down as part of a nine-location "happening," 9 Nein Décollagen Oh Dem Watermelons Robert Nelson (1965) Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights from the Cracker Barrel), which assaulted racial stereotypes by wildly exaggerating them. Scored by Steve Reich. They Do Not Exist Mustafa Abu Ali (1974) The second production of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, a radical propaganda film. Chronic Jennifer Reeves (1997) An experimental narrative about a young woman who began mutilating herself as a girl to cope with a traumatic mid-western childhood. The lush optically-printed scenes take Gretchen’s point of view from her punk youth, a stay in a mental hospital, and her release into the big city. Scripted scenes are inter-spliced with documentary and found footage, illustrating the culture Gretchen lives in, her inner world and relationships from her birth to her final day. Applications Vito Acconci (1970) Performance art recording in which a woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring the stains onto him. Japanese Animated Film Classics Monkey and the Crabs Yasuji Murata (1927) After a treacherous monkey steals from them and kills his father, a young crab sets out on a quest of revenge. Two Worlds Yasuji Murata (1929) A telling of 'the Ant and the Grasshopper' fable. Nonsense Story Vol. 1: Monkey Island Kenzo Masaoke (1931) A marooned boy raised by monkeys on a deserted island clashes with his adoptive society.
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glam rock hamhock posted:Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke 2012 ahhh yess ahhhhh yes good yes ahhhh this is good stuff ahhhhh
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I'm uploading rare shorts from my collection that are either not on YouTube or only have garbage quality encodes... OffOn (1972, Scott Bartlett) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-WJOo4R77g Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYGfiyoMmQU The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959, Richard Lester) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3exIrR2WuI
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 A down and out fisherman from Hong Kong is about to lose his boat. Despite the derision of other firshermen, he sets out to hook the giant squid that got away. The catch is quite a bit more than he bargained for. In addition to very competent acting and effects, the early character building is both compelling and effective: https://youtu.be/6V0hlyv6sss 
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I'd also like to give a nod to Leningrad if it's okay with the OP. They are a band and do make music videos so I normally wouldn't poo poo up this thread with such things. Buuuut, they have been going off the rails recently. The videos are increasingly about hybrid media and less about supporting a musical number. The video may be longer or shorter than the song. Its plot may have nothing to do with the lyrics. It may run in reverse. While I've long been a fan of the band, I hit play on every new video hard just to see what all they'll throw at the screen next. Everything that follows is decidedly because hyper-violence, rampant profanity, and gratuitous sexuality shouldn't surprise anyone of an Eastern European ska-punk outfit. I'd also suggest first watching without subtitles. They are not only unnecessary but the quality of translation is variable. Voyage https://youtu.be/sl_pxCAcJz4 The aftermath of a heist gone wrong set to a song about shallow people spamming social media with selfies of an artificial high life. The character we follow becomes a tragic figure as the video progresses.     This shot manages to be earned and felt after just a couple minutes and music full of scathing vitriol against nothing:   Очки Собчак https://youtu.be/WmhbOgSKF9k Another heist but this one begins with the basic inspiration, to some planning, through the robbery, and touches upon the results. A pregnant, drug-addicted prostitute convinces a "friend" to knock over a wealthy house. Another pair of total sociopaths get brought in. All set to a rousing tune about uncontrolled jealousy over a celebrity's sunglasses.   Кольщик https://youtu.be/ktiONWfSL48 A reverse chronology that opens with this:  Set to a song about tattoos. Because no reason at all. Again, all of the above is totally
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Butch Cassidy posted:I'd also like to give a nod to Leningrad if it's okay with the OP. They are a band and do make music videos so I normally wouldn't poo poo up this thread with such things. Buuuut, they have been going off the rails recently. The videos are increasingly about hybrid media and less about supporting a musical number. There's enough overlap with short films and music videos, and there are a lot of great directors who've made music videos, so it's cool. Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and David Fincher, for instance, have more than half of their careers in music videos and commercials. Also, this thread's been around for a week, has had less than 10 posters and isn't past the first page yet. I'll take what I can get (for now). Also, thanks to you and everyone else for their effort posts. Despite the low traffic in here, this is already one of my favorite threads due to the great contributions. edit: I updated the FAQ's of the thread to address music videos and commercials. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jan 17, 2018 |
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The complete short films of Paul Thomas Anderson, one of my favorites! Famous for Boogie Nights, The Master, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Inherent Vice, Hard Eight, Punch Drunk Love, and most recently he has made the documentary Junun and, of course, The Phantom Thread. PTA seemingly can't make a bad movie. Even his most polarizing film, the adaptation of Pynchon's Inherent Vice, has more fans than enemies. His early career was kick started with two short films, The Dirk Diggler story, a mockumentary about a porn star, and Cigarettes & Coffee, which is where you can see his style and identity as a film-maker evolve. For most of his career, he has made short films out of excess footage from his main projects. He seems like he doesn't want to waste anything he filmed. In recent years he's gotten back to smaller films in-between his character-driven epics, with music projects and documentaries. Besides being excellent as his craft, he seems like a pretty cool dude who just loves film and great music. The Dirk Diggler Story - (1988) | 31 min. |  The rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, porn star; would later be adapted into Boogie Nights Cigarettes & Coffee - (1993) | 24 min |  The story of five people’s lives all interconnected through a $20 bill; would later be adapted to PTA's first feature, Hard Eight Mattress Man Commercial - (2003) | 1 min.  Commercial made during Punch Drunk Love Couch - (2003) | 2 min.  A man goes shopping for a new couch. Made during Punch Drunk Love Blossoms & Blood - (2003) | 12 min.  A surreal short film crafted out of extra footage from the Paul Thomas Anderson film Punch-Drunk Love and set to Jon Brion’s “Here We Go.” Back Beyond - (2013) | 20 min.  A short film consisting of deleted scenes from Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master”. Valentine - (2017) | 14 min.  Part music video, part documentary; Three songs, shot live at Valentine Studios, HAIM making the album ‘Something to Tell You’.
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Treevenge (2008) dir Jason Eisener Christmas themed horror short from the director of Hobo With a Shotgun. 
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Treevenge is so loving good. Easily a go-to Christmas classic I will watch every year.
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Junk Head 1 - (2013) | 31 min. | dir. Takahide Hori | stop-motion animation In the distant future, mankind begins research on clones that live underground in search of lost genetic information. This short film was created entirely by one man over several years. He says he is working on a "sequel" and/or a feature-length version of this film, but I haven't heard anything new about it in a while.
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Franchescanado posted:Couch - (2003) | 2 min. Been slowly and methodically going through the goldmine that is this thread's recommendations, and I just wanted to say, as someone who really isn't fond of Punch-Drunk Love at all, this is a fantastic meeting of two artists. Sandler's become a critical punching bag, which is upsetting because he's still a tremendous performer. Here PTA is able to do justice to a comedic performer's brilliance that is so often neglected. PDL has good performances, to be sure, but it's here that Sandler finally gets to flex his credibility as a successor of the great silent film performers.
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I Miss Sonja Henie - (1971) | 20 min. | anthology | directors: Miloš Forman, Buck Henry, Dusan Makavejev, Paul Morrissey, Tinto Brass, Frederick Wiseman, Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević;, Karpo Aćimović-Godina One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task for each filmmaker was to keep each short under three minutes, to set it in one hotel room, and to include the sentence “I miss Sonja Henie.” This experimental film was shot over a single night at the international film festival FEST in Beograd in 1971.  Part One , Part Two K. Waste posted:Been slowly and methodically going through the goldmine that is this thread's recommendations, and I just wanted to say, as someone who really isn't fond of Punch-Drunk Love at all, this is a fantastic meeting of two artists. I'm actually surprised you don't like Punch Drunk Love. I thought the cinematography and use of lighting would be enough for it to win your favor. It's my least favorite PTA film, for sure, but I still think it's great. I had thought PTA and Sandler were friends before they made PDL, but it turns out they had never met! PTA just wrote the script with Sandler in mind, because he thought he was a great actor with comedic timing. Sandler's a critical punching bag because he's lazy and complicit. I wish he would take the time to do more shorts and features outside of his comfort zone where he'd have to flex his acting muscles--which he's fully capable of achieving.
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Split - (2014) | 18 min. | dir. Andy Stewart | horror | |   A body horror film about love, loss, and depression.
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The complete short films of Andrei Tarkovsky, influential Soviet and Russian filmmaker most famous for Stalker, Solaris, Mirror, and several others.  Videos about Tarkovsky: Who is Andrei Tarkovsky? Andrei Tarkovsky - Poetic Harmony Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky - "Cinema Is A Mosaic Made Of Time" Four Notes on Andrei Tarkovsky The Killers aka Ubiytsy - (1956) | 22 min. | dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Marika Beiku, and Aleksandr Gordon Student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon, based on the short story “The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. Tarkovsky’s first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography.  There Will Be No Leave Today aka Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet - (1959) | 46 min. | dir. Andrei Tarkovsky & Aleksandr Gordon Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.  The Steamroller and the Violin, aka Katok i skripka - (1961) | 46 min. | dir. Andrei Tarkovsky Seven year old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood. 
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Int. Trailer. Night - (2002) | 11 min. | dir. Jim Jarmusch A young American actress tries and fails to get ten minutes alone in her trailer.  From the short film anthology Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
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glam rock hamhock posted:Anyways, been meaning to post in here but I'm lazy but have some shorts by Jillian Mayer I wanted you to know I really liked these a lot. I showed I Am Your Grandma and Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke at my recent movie night, and they got a big reception. #PostModem was my favorite, and I hope I get to show it in the near future.
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There Will Come Soft Rains https://youtu.be/5LNHYz89sNc This one is chillingly interesting. A Soviet animated adaptation of Ray Bradbury's bit from The Martian Chronicles. That the director was not only impacted enough to want to make this but also allowed to during the Cold War about an American story most decidedly about mutual annihilation of the East and West is amazing. Sorry for the low quality but I'm too sick to dig for a better copy hosted elsewhere. It's a simple style, anyway. Directed by Nazim Tulyakhodzayev in 1984, it won a Golden Dove Award. The director went on to make an animated adaptation of Bradbury's The Veldt which I absolutely must remember to track down. It's one of my favorite short stories of his.    
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The complete short films of David Cronenberg. Despite making his name for mind-bending body horror, creature features and disturbing explorations of sexuality, his short films tend to explore mankind's relationship with technology. Most of his short films were created before his success with Shivers, but he will occasionally make one every decade. If somehow you aren't familiar with Cronenberg, I would recommend his horror films The Fly, Shivers, The Brood, and Videodrome or his psychological thrillers like A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and Dead Ringers. He is one of the few directors who has arguably never made a bad film. In general, his films are , so just be wary.Transfer - (1966) | 7 min. A psychiatrist and his needy patient discuss their relationship in a snow-covered field.  If anyone has a copy of Transfer that they'd like to put on Vimeo or YouTube so I can use that link instead, it would be wonderfully appreciated. From The Drain - (1967) | 13 min. The film is centered on two men in a bathtub; it is implied that they are veterans of some past conflict. The first man is paranoid about the drain of the tub, the second indifferent to it.  Secret Weapons - (1972) | 27 min. It is six years into a future American civil war. A man has created a drug that enhances fighting skills. But will he give it to the theocratic government, or the rebels? A Cronenberg-directed television curio from the early seventies.  The Lie Chair - (1975) | 30 min. After their car breaks down on a stormy night, young couple Neil and Carol Croft arrive at the door of elderly Mrs. Rogers and her maid Mildred. They are initially mistaken by Mrs. Rogers for her grandchildren, Robert and Sylvia, who were expected for dinner; when they protest their true identities, each of the women suggests that they are merely putting on an act to comfort the other and ask for the couple’s co-operation in this. As the evening progresses, Neil and Carol realise something is very wrong above and beyond the behaviour of their hosts  The Italian Machine - (1976) | 31 min. A group of bike fanatics determine to get their hands on a Ducati 900 Desmo SuperSport owned by a rich guy, by any means necessary.  Camera - (2000) | 6 min. While a veteran actor laments the state of film and film acting, a group of young children sneak a Panavision camera into the apartment where the actor resides and decide to make a film with it.  Choco1980 posted:You missed one. The Nest - (2014) | 10 min. | A doctor must remove a parasite infestation from within a patient’s breast. 
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You missed one. At The Suicide of The Last Jew in the World In The Last Cinema in the World (2007) It's a short one, under 4 minutes, and is fairly self-explanatory.
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Jan 26, 2018 01:39
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Choco1980 posted:You missed one. Thanks, Choco!
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Someone made a short film version of Stephen King's Children of the Corn back in 83, a year before the feature would come out of the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbKgvnn-tNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcL0b23Q6L4
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The short films of David Lynch from 1966-1974 Made while David Lynch was still a student. He plays with film as a presentation of "animated" paintings and evolves his surreal story-telling and embracing absurdity. Six Figures Getting Sick (also known as "Six Men Getting Sick") - (1966) | 4 min. Lynch’s first film project consists of a loop of six people vomiting projected on to a special sculptured screen featuring twisted three-dimensional faces.  Fictitious Anacin Commercial - (1967) | 1 min. A fictitious advertisement for a real product.  Sailing With Bushnell Keeler - (1967) | 3 min. In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Bush’s King’s Cruiser. This was David Lynch’s very first film, which he prefers to call a “home movie”. It depicts a man, a painter, who changed David’s life forever pursuing the artist’s life, which he continues to this day.  Absurd Encounter With Fear - (1967) | 2 min.  The Alphabet - (1968) | 4 min. A woman’s dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.  The Grandmother - (1970) | 34 min. A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.  The Amputee - (1974) | 5 min. A double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps. 
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Just wanted to chime in and say how much I appreciate the effort being put into this thread. It’s made my lunch breaks over the last couple of days way more interesting. I wish I had more to contribute, but I’m discovering a whole lot of new names and works, so I’m definitely getting something out of it, even if I can’t add much more of substance.
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Maya Deren (1917-1961) Ukrainian-born American experimental filmmaker (also choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer, photographer, etc.) Maya Deren is best known for the short she did with Alexander Hammid, Meshes of the Afternoon. Considered one of the most important figures in experimental cinema, with a filmography dealing with subjects such as the occult, choreography, subjective psychology, Haitian voodoo, and cats. Finding consistent release years for most of these is actually really hard to figure out, so apologies for anything I got wrong. Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943 Co-Directed w/ Alexander Hammid Original Silent Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nzWZomOYmQ 1959 Version with Teiji Ito Score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0leqQRkkuI Witch's Cradle, 1943 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9z6_DA-tqU Unfinished work featuring Occult symbolism and Marcel Duchamp At Land, 1944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVMV0j6XVGU About "the struggle to maintain one's personal identity." Cameos bt composer John Cage and film critic Parker Tyler The Private Life of a Cat, 1944 Co-Directed w/ Alexander Hammid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpR_UZz-BS4 Set over a period of months where a cat gives birth to and cares for a litter of kittens A Study in Choreography for the Camera, 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A3caYPlnk8 Featuring choreographer and dancer Talley Beatty Ritual in Transfigured Time, 1946 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyYI7i3FVM Highly stylized and choreographed depiction of a social event Meditation on Violence, 1948 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDRMb6YxxM Featuring actor and dancer Chao-Li Chi Ensemble for Somnambulists, 1951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWxo6BlA9Q Filmed while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. Officially "Unpublished" The Very Eye of Night, 1958 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x70p4 Made in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet Official Website French film director and screenwriter known for the films Amélie, Delicatessen, Le Manège, aka The Merry Go Round - (1980) | 10 min. | stop motion animation  The Bunker of the Last Gunshots aka Le Bunker de la dernière rafale - (1981) | 26 min. A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a certain project will cause several catastrophies and will make those men kill each other…  No Rest for Billy Brakko, aka Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko - (1984) | 5 min.  Things I Like, Things I Don’t Like, aka Things I Like, Things I Hate, aka Foutaises - (1989) | 7 min. | (higher quality version without subtitles | Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he “likes and dislikes” 
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The short films of Sean Dunne Sean Dunne is a documentarian who concentrates on eccentric individuals and sub-cultures. His documentary American Juggalo has won him a lot of notoriety as a promising up-and-coming filmmaker. He has two feature length documentaries, Cam Girlz and Oxyana and possibly depending on your temperament.The Archive - (2008) | 8 min. Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world’s largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection.  Buckles - (2009) | 10 min. Frank W. Buckles is the last living United States Veteran of World War I.  Man In Van - (2009) | 6 min. Jimmy Tarangelo doesn’t like to pay rent, but he does like to live in Manhattan. For the past 8 years Jimmy has lived in a van in the West Village of Manhattan with his four dogs.  The Bowler - (2010) | 14 min. Meet Rocky Salemmo. He’s a ramblin’ gamblin’ man. For the majority of his adult life Rocky has hustled bowling for a living.  American Juggalo - (2011) | 24 min. A look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans, who meet once a year for 4 days at The Gathering of the Juggalos.  Stray Dawg - (2011) | 15 min. Meet Jonny Corndawg, the underground country-music legend. A born-and-bred Virginian, Jonny has played on five continents in as many years, and every state in the lower 48. Now Jonny has given himself over, heart and heel, to the world of Running.  Black Bike Week - (2013) | 8 min. Black Bike Week in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Florida Man - (2015) | 49 min. "...we just drove around aimlessly, stopping any time we saw something or someone that interested us and one thing would lead to another and the universe would pull us in one direction or another. Most of what you’re seeing in the final film is the entirety of our interaction with these guys. It was quick and to the point and I didn’t even interview people besides the occasional 'Any words of wisdom?'..."  American Juggalo 2 - (2016) | 19 min.  Trump Rally - (2016) | 21 min. A 2016 Donald Trump Rally. 
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American Juggalo rules Here's A Short Vision, a 1956 animated film about the terror of atomic holocaust. Saw it like a week ago and I can't stop thinking about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhNED3-mnI e: I had an attempt at a short film thread a little while back that dropped off the radar pretty quick, but there was some good stuff posted in it Ruptured Yakety Sax fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Feb 7, 2018 |
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