8mm is a reproductive medium that fundamentally cannot be reproduced, and the filmmaker relates to the medium as through working in sculpture. This piece takes the search for these sculptural elements to its extremes. Edited from differing viewpoints, the film is patched together in sections of a few frames from top to bottom and side to side; a convolvulus and the seashore meet at that very moment light is shone on it.
8mm is a reproductive medium that fundamentally cannot be reproduced, and the filmmaker relates to the medium as through working in sculpture. This piece takes the search for these sculptural elements to its extremes. Edited from differing viewpoints, the film is patched together in sections of a few frames from top to bottom and side to side; a convolvulus and the seashore meet at that very moment light is shone on it.
Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of a hand and become Frenchmen riding bicycles. Not to mention the turtles with faces on their backs that collide to form a ballerina, or the bizarre baseball game.
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.
Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
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.
A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.