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  • Sheldon Larry – Quiet Killer AKA Black Death (1992)

    1991-2000Sci-FiSheldon LarryThrillerUSA
    Quiet Killer (1992)
    Quiet Killer (1992)

    The real-life Plague of Justinian that killed half of the world population in 6th century AD reappears in modern day New York City. As mass panic leads to chaos, a female doctor tries to stop the outbreak.Read More »

  • Chris Welsby – Drift (1994)

    Chris Welsby1991-2000ExperimentalUnited Kingdom
    Drift (1994)
    Drift (1994)

    Shot in the waters just off the Port of Vancouver where large cargo ships wait at anchor for their turn to dock. Sometimes, in clearer weather, the ships dominate the landscape. At other times, when the fog moves in, the landscape dominates the ships. On some days they assume a monumental, sculptural presence, testimony to the technological domination of the environment. At other times they are no more than grey, ghostly shapes, only half-seen in the swirling fog.Read More »

  • Chris Welsby – Park Film (2006)

    Chris Welsby2001-2010ExperimentalUnited Kingdom
    Park Film (2006)
    Park Film (2006)

    The camera was pointed at right angles across a busy park pathway connecting one part of the city to another. On the other side of the path are many trees receding into the distance. Many people move through the picture, both on and off the pathway. One frame was taken each time a person on the pathway moved into the picture and one frame was taken again as they moved out. The procedure was repeated over a period of three days with filming beginning at dawn and ending at dusk. Two of the days were sunny and the other was very stormy. The speed at which people, clouds and shadows move in the film is directly related to the flow of people through the park.Read More »

  • Marie Losier – The Touch Retouched (2002)

    Marie Losier2001-2010ExperimentalShort FilmThe Female GazeUSA
    The Touch Retouched (2002)
    The Touch Retouched (2002)

    In 1971, Ingmar Bergman made his first English-language film, THE TOUCH, starring ensemble regulars Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson, along with seventies everyman Elliott Gould. Thirty years later, Marie Losier decided to recast herself in Gould’s role, breathing new life into Bergman’s most maligned filmic endeavor.Read More »

  • Mark Robson – The Little Hut (1957)

    Mark Robson1951-1960ComedyUnited Kingdom
    The Little Hut (1957)
    The Little Hut (1957)

    Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
    Adapted by F. Hugh Herbert from Andre Roussin’s risque stage farce that has become a staple of community theatres, The Little Hut is totally reliant upon the charms of stars Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger and David Niven. Granger is a businessman who is too busy to pay attention to wife Gardner (is he blind?) David Niven is the couple’s best friend, who harbors a secret longing for Gardner. All three are stranded on a desert island; you take it from there. Despite the much-touted scenes of Ava Gardner in a skimpy negligee, the film version of The Little Hut is about as racy as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.Read More »

  • Chris Welsby – Sky Light (1988)

    Chris Welsby1981-1990ExperimentalUnited Kingdom
    Sky Light (1988)
    Sky Light (1988)

    This film is made in three sections, each leading towards the final abstraction, and each resembling a search for meaning and order amidst a plethora of electronic, chemical and mechanistic information. In sky light the layers of imagery are gradually stripped away: Rivers, trees, snow covered rocks and clouds gradually give way to an ominous cobalt blue sky and the rotating blades of the camera shutter. In the final sequence the layers of the photographic emulsion are gradually striped away until only dust and the light of the film projector remains.Read More »

  • Chris Welsby – Seven Days (1974)

    Chris Welsby1971-1980ExperimentalUnited Kingdom
    Seven Days (1974)
    Seven Days (1974)

    One frame was taken every ten seconds throughout the hours of daylight. The camera was mounted on an equatorial stand, which is a piece of equipment used by astronomers to track the stars. In order to remain stationary in relation to the star field, the mounting is aligned with the Earth’s axis and rotates about its own axis once every 24 hours. Rotating at the same speed as the Earth, the camera is always pointing at the either its own shadow or the sun. Selection of image, (sky or Earth; sun or shadow), was controlled by the extent of cloud coverage, i.e. whether the sun was in or out. If the sun was out, the camera was turned towards its own shadow; if it was in, the camera was turned towards the sun. A directional microphone was used to sample sound every two hours. These samples were later cut to correspond, both in space and time, with the image on the screen.Read More »

  • Sofia Coppola – Priscilla (2023)

    Sofia Coppola2021-2030DramaItaly
    Priscilla (2023)
    Priscilla (2023)

    When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.Read More »

  • Fred Walton – Homewrecker (1992)

    1991-2000DramaFred WaltonHorrorUSA
    Homewrecker (1992)
    Homewrecker (1992)

    A scientist reprograms his computer with the personality of a woman and names it “Lucy.” When the scientist gets back together with his estranged wife, Lucy, who has fallen in love with him, tries to kill the woman.Read More »

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