Experimental

  • Nathaniel Dorsky – Triste (1996)

    1991-2000ExperimentalNathaniel DorskyShort FilmUSA

    Quote:
    Triste is an indication of the level of cinema language that I have been working towards. By delicately shifting the weight and solidity of the images, and bringing together subject matter not ordinarily associated, a deeper sense of impermanence and mystery can open. The images are as much pure-energy objects as representation of verbal understanding and the screen itself is transformed into a “speaking” character. The “sadness” referred to in the title is more the struggle of the film itself to become a film as such, rather than some pervasive mood. N. D.Read More »

  • Jun Kurosawa – REQUIEM (1989)

    1981-1990ExperimentalJapanJun KurosawaShort Film

    From DVD booklet:
    The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
    at university.
    The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
    impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
    such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
    also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
    establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
    and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
    as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

  • Jun Kurosawa – Un Ange Passe (1995)

    1991-2000ExperimentalJapanJun KurosawaShort Film

    Quote:
    Un Ange Passe (idiom: “used to indicate that one has noticed a long silence, especially a pause in a conversation”) is a science fiction about a girl who survived after a nuclear fallout at the end of 20th century. She tries to communicate with others by using a future gadget, but she misunderstands the contacts from others as a delusion and makes an imaginary character in her mind.Read More »

  • Jun Kurosawa – A Film That Uses a Cheap Wine Glass to Consider Light (1989)

    1981-1990ExperimentalJapanJun Kurosawa

    From DVD booklet:
    The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
    at university.
    The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
    impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
    such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
    also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
    establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
    and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
    as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

  • Nick Zedd – War Is Menstrual Envy (1992)

    USA1991-2000CultExperimentalNick Zedd

    Plot
    Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story finds a handful of ragged survivors attempting to communicate with dolphins, while another cadre of survivors have made it their crusade to destroy all the world’s religions.Read More »

  • Jun Kurosawa – Lenz of Spinoza (1989)

    1981-1990ExperimentalJapanJun KurosawaShort Film

    From DVD booklet:
    The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
    at university.
    The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
    impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
    such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
    also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
    establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
    and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
    as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

  • Jennifer Reeves – We are Going Home (1998)

    1991-2000ExperimentalJennifer ReevesShort FilmUSA

    “We are Going Home” is a 10 minute experimental film shot in June 97, at a Philip Hoffman’s film retreat in rural Ontario. The film was made in the memory of Marian McMahon, an experimental Canadian filmmaker who died of cancer in the fall of 1996. “We are going Home”, solarized, tinted, and optically printed, is a surreal portrait of desire, ghosts and pursuit.E Rhythmic color shifts in the emulsion brings life to the country landscape, which comes to embody the terrain of the subconscious. Three women act seek pleasure and past in parallel universes which cannot intersect. Consciousness is always singular.Read More »

  • Jun Kurosawa – hi ka ri (1988)

    1981-1990ExperimentalJapanJun Kurosawa

    From DVD booklet:
    The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
    at university.
    The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
    impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
    such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
    also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
    establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
    and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
    as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

  • Kenji Onishi – Foulplay, Colored Strowberry, On Air (2000)

    1991-2000ExperimentalJapanKenji OnishiShort Film

    Hypnotic shaky bluish sunlight.Read More »

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