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Jean-Pierre Melville – L’armée des ombres AKA Army of Shadows (1969)
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Although he escapes to rejoin…
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Georges Méliès – Jeanne d’Arc AKA Joan of Arc (1900)
Quote: A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.…
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Gustaf Molander – Ordet AKA The Word (1943)
Quote: Farmer Knut Borg (Victor Sjöström) and his family live an ascetic, Chartuan Christian life. Knut is the obvious head…
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Herman Wuyts – Princess (1969)
Freelance photographer Mark (Herman van Veen) gets an idea to create a picture novel, and he asks his friend Walter…
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Luiz Sérgio Person – São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima AKA São Paulo S/A (1965)
A man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.…
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Francesco Lagi – Il pataffio (2022)
An unlikely group of soldiers and courtiers led by Marcount Berlocchio and his new bride Bernarda take possession of a…
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Ralph Steiner – Pie in the Sky (1935)
Quote:“This satire on religious pretension was collaboration between the Group Theater and the newly formed Nykino. Its creation of a…
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Jørgen Leth – Ofelias blomster AKA Ophelia’s Flowers (1968)
Quote: In Per Kirkeby’s set with a blue backdrop beside a woodland lake Lene Adler Petersen pronounces Ophelia’s madness monologue…
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Frederick S. Armitage – Davey Jones’ Locker (1900)
Quote: “The filmmaker took several different scenes shot earlier between 1896 and 1899 and double-printed two sets of images together…
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