Fantasy

  • Bill Forsyth – Being Human (1994)

    Bill Forsyth1991-2000ComedyFantasyUnited Kingdom
    Being Human (1994)
    Being Human (1994)

    The film portrays the experience of a single human soul, portrayed by Williams, through various incarnations. Williams is the only common actor throughout the stories that span man’s history on Earth.[2]

    An attempt on director-screenwriter Bill Forsyth’s part to depict by visual means the ordinariness of life throughout the ages, Being Human is deliberately slow in its pace in order to emphasize how slow life often is. The structure is one of vignette-like character studies of one man (actually at least four distinct men, all with the same soul) who keeps making the same relationships and mistakes throughout his lifetimes.Read More »

  • Arne Mattsson – Vaxdockan AKA The Doll (1962)

    Arne Mattsson1961-1970FantasyHorrorSweden
    Vaxdockan (1962)
    Vaxdockan (1962)

    A lonely night watchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store’s mannequins. He soon steals her and brings her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life…Read More »

  • Jean Renoir – Sur un air de Charleston aka Charleston parade (1927)

    Jean Renoir1921-1930FantasyFranceSci-Fi
    Sur un air de Charleston (1927)
    Sur un air de Charleston (1927)

    PLOT DESCRIPTION
    French filmmaker Jean Renoir would later remark that he directed the sensual dance fantasy Charleston because he’d “just discovered American jazz.” He also had some stock footage left over from his previous silent success Nana, and decided it would be provident to fashion a new film from these leavings. Even without the benefit of sound, one can hear the jazzy rhythms of Charleston through the exuberant gyrations of an African-American dancer whom Renoir and his star, actress Catherine Hessling, had discovered for this picture. Originally titled Sur un air de Charleston, the film was also released as Charleston Parade in English-speaking countries. In some areas of the US and Europe, the film was greeted with protests from censorship boards who simply couldn’t appreciate the aesthetic value in Catherine Hessling’s near-nude dance numbers.
    ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideRead More »

  • Mai Tominaga – Wool 100% (2006)

    2001-2010ArthouseFantasyJapanJapanese Female DirectorsMai Tominaga
    Wool 100% (2006)
    Wool 100% (2006)

    Synopsis:
    Ume (Kyoko Kishida) and Kame (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) are two elderly sisters who live in a large house packed with discarded items they find while rummaging through trash in their town. One day, the two women find some red yarn and bring it home. That evening, the women discover a young girl (Ayu Kitaura) who has entered their home and knitting a sweater with their red wool. Who is this girl?Read More »

  • Stellan Rye & Paul Wegener – Der Student von Prag AKA The Student of Prague (1913)

    Stellan Rye1911-1920FantasyGermanyPaul WegenerSilent
    Der Student von Prag (1913)
    Der Student von Prag (1913)

    Synopsis
    A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her. A sorcerer makes a deal with the young man to give him fabulous wealth and anything he wants, if he will sign his name to a contract. The student hurriedly signs the contract, but doesn’t know what he’s in for…Read More »

  • Charles Matton – Spermula (1976)

    Charles Matton1971-1980EroticaFantasyUSA
    Spermula (1976)
    Spermula (1976)

    A notorious secret society known as Spermula plans to return from the future and conquer Earth by neutering the male population.Read More »

  • Christopher Murray – Brujería AKA Sorcery (2023)

    2021-2030ChileChristopher MurrayDramaFantasy
    Brujería (2023)
    Brujería (2023)

    Synopsis
    On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an Indigenous girl named Rosa lives and works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa’s father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organization of sorcerers.Read More »

  • Will Vinton – The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)

    1981-1990AnimationFantasyUSAWill Vinton
    The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
    The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)

    Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation fantasy follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn as they stowaway aboard the interplanetary balloon of Mark Twain. Twain, disgusted with the human race, is intent upon finding Halley’s Comet and crashing into it, achieving his “destiny.” It’s up to Tom, Becky, and Huck to convince him that his judgment is wrong and that he still has much to offer humanity that might make a difference. Their efforts aren’t just charitable; if they fail, they will share Twain’s fate. Along the way, they use a magical time portal to get a detailed overview of the Twain philosophy, observing the “historical” events that inspired his works.Read More »

  • Tinto Brass – Fermo posta Tinto Brass AKA P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995)

    Tinto Brass1991-2000EroticaFantasyItaly

    Tinto Brass and his secretary Lucia (Cinzia Roccaforte) are in the Venice office of the director. Lucia reads series of the letters consist of confessions, dreams, secrets, hidden desires, fantasies and memories of seven of Brass’s female fans from around Italy. Some of them are accompanied by photos and videotapes with their stories and those real stories of seven women’s erotic adventures which are subsequently transformed into short sex vignettes while there is also exploring people’s celebration of the director’s work. Tinto Brass uses his own name and is mentioned as an erotic film master.Read More »

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