A young pianist is shocked when she witnesses a strange chess tournament with a robot. Could there be a gruesome secret behind this exhibition?Read More »
André Reybaz
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Michel Subiela – Le collectionneur des cerveaux aka The Collector of Brains (1976)
1971-1980FranceHorrorMichel SubielaMystery -
Maurice Pialat – Les Courts Métrages Turcs AKA The Turkish Chronicles (1964)
Documentary1961-1970FranceMaurice PialatShort Film
Before he turned to feature filmmaking in 1968 with Naked Childhood, Pialat worked on a series of short films, many of them financed by French television. TURKISH CHRONICLES is a compendium of four pieces shot in Turkey. Corne D’Or juxtaposes a poem by Nerval with a powerful study of Ottoman architecture; Istanbul takes into the crowded streets and back alleys of a fascinating city divided between continents. Byzance uses a text by Stefan Zweig to describe the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453; Maitre Galip is another on Pialat’s perceptive studies of children that includes a poem by Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet.Read More »
