Synopsis
Krumins’ fantasy sets the world of flora and fauna on its ear. At one moment grotesque greenish mushrooms grow, wither and reverse their life-cycle, at another, strange crustacean-like animals speed around on a bed of feathers, next a room is inundated with giant ladybugs…Read More »
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Daina Krumins – Babobilicons (1982)
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David Lynch – David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007)
David Lynch2001-2010DocumentaryShort FilmUSADavid Lynch prepares a delicious meal of quinoa, with enchanting stories, wonderful fun and wine.
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Just like Laura Palmer’s favourite food, Garmonbozia, in Twin Peaks (1990), and Twin Peaks (2017), David Lynch’s culinary delicacy is quinoa: a high-protein pseudo-cereal. Rich in fibre, minerals, and all nine essential amino acids, this gluten-free seed pairs perfectly with vegetables, and, especially, organic broccoli. In his dimly-lit kitchen, David Lynch prepares his one-medium-pan meal, using 1/2 cup of antioxidant-rich quinoa, a cube of vegetable bouillon, extra-virgin olive oil, and a pinch of sea salt. This delicious, easy-to-make dinner takes only seventeen minutes to make, and in the meantime, as David Lynch describes his cooking technique over a glass of red wine, he also recounts a bizarre story of moths, sugar-water, copper coins, and famous carbonated soft drinks. -Nick RiganasRead More » -
Jerzy Skolimowski – The Lightship (1985)
Jerzy Skolimowski1981-1990CrimeDramaUSA

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don’t reckon on the crew fighting back.Read More »
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Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino1971-1980DramaUSAWarQuote:
Structures within the time frame of empirical perspectives have a tendency to unknowingly look in the wrong direction. Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978) overcomes this problem by focusing on an intensely felt portrayal of the characterisation within a closed community that allows us to see the universality of a doom-inflected generation that blindly followed the path shown by the state. Time allows the peaceful reign to negate the demand for instantaneous discourse and the setting up of ideological walls that soon become entrenched. Over 30 years since it was first released, The Deer Hunter has become what it always was: a deep-rooted immersion into American blue-collar life.Read More » -
Lee Grant – What Sex Am I? (1985)
1981-1990DocumentaryLee GrantThe Female GazeUSARadically ahead of its time in its candor and compassion, this groundbreaking documentary follows a group of transgender individuals struggling to make their way in every strata of 1980s America. From finding employment to finding acceptance, WHAT SEX AM I? gives empathetic voice to the everyday challenges faced by trans people decades before issues of gender identity were widely discussed in the mainstream.Read More »
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Leslie H. Martinson – Black Gold (1962)
Leslie H. Martinson1961-1970ActionAdventureUSAWealth, power, women: all belong to whoever fights his way to black gold! A Who’s-Who of ‘60s TV favorites stars in in a brawling tale of wildcatters in the oilfields of Oklahoma.Read More »
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Sam Newfield – Jungle Flight (1947)
Sam Newfield1941-1950ActionAdventureUSAKelly Jordan (Robert Lowery) and Andy Melton (Robert Kent) are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line. Andy is killed when his overloaded plane crashes and explodes. Kelly meets Laurey Roberts (Ann Savage), who gets him to take her to the mining-camp operation as a cook, as she is running away from her ex-husband, Tom Hammond (Douglas Fowley), who has just been released from prison.Read More »
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Fred F. Sears – Crash Landing (1958)
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Douglass Crockwell – Glens Falls Sequence (1937)
1931-1940Douglass CrockwellExperimentalShort FilmUSAAn experimental animated short from Douglass Crockwell which derives its subject matter from his home Glens Falls.
Just sit back and watch….
This is just one of many strange films from the DVD collection “Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941” and it’s from Disc 3. In “Glen Falls Sequence”, Douglass Crockwell used non-drying paints to finger paint or sandwiched the paint between glass panes to create some very unusual kinetic art. Despite being made well into the sound age, there was no accompanying music. The result is very interesting to watch but many will most likely not enjoy it because there is no narrative–just cool artsy images. It’s not bad at all for what it is and must have taken a lot of work to create. However, due to the type of film that it is, you really can’t give it any sort of numerical rating–but instead just sit back and enjoy it.Read More »







