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Tag: surreal

  • Rectangle & Rectangles

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    This is a didactic film in disguise. A progression of brilliant geometric shapes bombard the screen to the insistent beat of drums. The filmmaker programmed a computer to coordinate a highly complex operation involving an electronic beam of light, colour filters and a camera. This animation film, without words, is designed to expose the power…

  • Fear the Walking Dead

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    What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in “The Walking Dead”? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

  • The Reflecting Skin

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    In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

  • After Hours

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    Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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    An account of Baron Munchausen’s supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

  • Marquis

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    On the eve of revolution, French activist and author Marquis and his talking penis, Colin, await judgment in the Bastille for allegedly plotting against the state. While Marquis dedicates himself to his art and Colin longs for action, the provocative pair unwittingly rouse the interest of competing ideological factions.

  • Santa Sangre

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    A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his mother – the leader of a strange religious cult – and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

  • The Nightwatchman

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    A nightwatchman who works at a pesticide plant manipulates chemicals (of which he treats a strange garden of marrow-like vines in his apartment) , causing evolution to accelerate, in this short illustrating the harmful effects of human interference with nature.

  • The Third Planet

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    Drawing heavily from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s 1971 novella ‘Piknik na obochine’ (‘Roadside Picnic’) as well as Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film adaptation (‘Stalker’), ‘Tretya planeta’ tells the story of a father seeking a cure for his ill daughter by venturing into an area known only as “The Zone” to request help from the mysterious healers…

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

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    In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of…

  • Kuolema käy kuusi beessä

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    Grandmother returns from the grave to haunt her family.

  • Freaked

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    A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

  • Spice World

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    World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.

  • A Fool’s Paradise

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    A film about the spiritual exploration and duality of man.

  • Johnny 316

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    A preacher without resources spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless girl who wanders on Hollywood Boulevard. An impossible love story begins.

  • Dead or Alive: Final

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    In post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a hard-boiled cop and a mellowed out drifter hook up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap the cop’s son, the wheels are set in motion for an inevitable showdown.

  • Subconscious Cruelty

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    A surrealistic anthology of horror films; four segments structured as an intense fever dream…

  • Vanilla Sky

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    David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That’s just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

  • Mulholland Drive

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    Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

  • Rabbits

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    A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.

  • Millennium Actress

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    Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life… but…