This short experimental film explores human interaction with freshwater ecosystems. The filmmaker collected plastic, sand, and moss from the New River and taped them to clear 16mm film leader in homage to Stan Brakhage’s work. The soundtrack is a mix of ambient noises ranging in place of origin from the river's headwaters on Snake Mountain in North Carolina to its mouth in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
This short experimental film explores human interaction with freshwater ecosystems. The filmmaker collected plastic, sand, and moss from the New River and taped them to clear 16mm film leader in homage to Stan Brakhage’s work. The soundtrack is a mix of ambient noises ranging in place of origin from the river's headwaters on Snake Mountain in North Carolina to its mouth in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
Years spent recording footage of creatures from every corner of the globe is bound to produce a bit of drama. Here's a behind-the-scenes look.
Mr. X buys a boat and inadvertantly enters the water skiing race. With Junior driving, with no experience, he's a bit out of his league.
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.
In 1976, four working-class friends come of age in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers, as were their fathers and their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.
When a group of teenagers goes on a spring break camping trip, an unfortunate accident sets off a race to save their friend’s most prized possession.
William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.