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The return of three Anglicized native people to their country, or the beginning of an encounter with the modern world that will destroy them.Read More »

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The Telidon System is a telephone communication process which enables the exchange of visual information.Read More »

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Isao Takahata‘s Hotaru no Haka (The Grave of the Fireflies, 1988) is a brilliant piece of cinema. Set in Kobe, Japan, in 1945, the film focuses on a brother and sister who are left orphaned and homeless by the American firebombing of the city. It is unflinching in its portrayal of the realities of the war, a harrowing account of what such attacks meant for the ordinary people living in the target area. The children’s innocence and love for each other is no defence against the trials they face: their suffering is very real, their story a classic tragedy. That The Grave of the Fireflies is animated rather than live-action does not distract from its power to move, to provoke thought, to draw tears from the eyes. It is a masterpiece.Read More »

A man closes up a lecture hall; he reaches into a box and snips the string holding a gaunt puppet. Released, the puppet warily explores the darkened rooms about him. Screws twist out of objects and move about. A boy doll catches light with a mirror, shining it around: he spotlights the gaunt explorer. An adult female doll stands with breasts exposed. Mechanical spools and wheels turn. The gaunt man investigates. Four doll men surround him, dress him in colorful clothes, invite him to look inside displays that include drawings of penile skeletons. Female dolls awkwardly rotate their arms from broken shoulders. The gaunt man watches. Bruno Schultz is quoted. (IMDb)Read More »

A group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.Read More »

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It is a surreal combination of images, music and symbols – a film collage so characteristic of Rybczyński’s work. The film is full of joy, a dance of objects and characters that scroll across the screen to the rhythm of stanzas of Julian Tuwim’s poem. The author of the music for the film was Mieczysław Janik – an outstanding sound operator connected with the studio in Łódź and, first of all, the initiator of creating a professional sound studio at Se-Ma-For.Read More »

When a local observatory notices Martian spaceships rocketing through space, news and bulletins are sent out to warn Earth of their inevitable invasion. When Woody notices a bulletin about them on TV, he pays no mind until he sees the spaceships landing outside his tree home. The Martians are revealed to be termites who immediately get to work devouring Woody’s home. Woody tries to stop them but the creatures are one step ahead of him until he notices their weakness …scotch tape which he uses to ensnare them all then put them to work in his factory making good household uses of the Martians (bottle opener, burglar alarm, etc.).Read More »

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A wild night of drugs ends in tragedy for three teenage girls that happen to be marionettes.Read More »

A photojournalist’s obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.Read More »