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Annecy 100
Brief Encounters
Cinecouch's Essential Films

Street of Crocodiles

Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Street of Crocodiles
1986|UK|20 min|Col/BW|Live Action/Anim

- Memories from a void.

Surrealism/Social Commentary
Little Otik, by Jan Svankmajer

	An empty table,
		survived by its legs,
			seems to be asking for its pegs.
	A rusty window,
		glass removed on its frame,
			unbreakable when it came.
	A man,
		out-aged by his neightbors,
			puts away some empty diapers.
	A street,
		where no crocodiles live.

112

Cinecouch's Essential Films

There Once Was a Dog
(Zhil-byl pyos)

Eduard Nazarov

Zhil-byl pyos
1982|Soviet Union|10 min|Col|Animation

- Humans in the wilderness.

Lyrical Comedy/Drama
Great Expectations, by David Lean

Wandering in a desert,
	Freezing like a dirt,
		Scrambling to revert.
Come upon in the wind,
	A dog, leg spurting,
		Have your last lunch, pinned.
Wondering in a desert,
	Freeing doesn't hurt,
		Only to see,
			The dog with its tail thinned,
				Back from a place, heard.

113

Cinecouch's Essential Films
Cinecouch's Favorite

Tchou-tchou

Co Hoedeman

Tchou-Tchou
1972|Canada|14 min|Col|Animation

- The world built upon its own measures.

Adventure/Children's Comedy
The Lego Movie, by Phil Lord, Chris Miller

	Flip the tchou,
		Pan the kloo,
			Jump on the hloo.
	Blou the flou,
		Glou the Nrou,
			Flou the Plou.
	
	It pous to fous goo,
		It tious to coo and hoo.
	A-
		And it goos tchou-tchou like tlooth.

114

Annecy 100
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Cinecouch's Favorite

Der Fuehrer's Face

Jack Kinney

Der Fuehrer's Face
1942|USA|8 min|Col|Animation

- Hail!

War Parody/Political Sarcasm
The Great Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin

Sunday afternoon,
	It appears to be safe crossing the street,
		Until the man with the beard,
			Comes upon his feet.
The bird fleets,
	The cat tweaks,
		The kid pleads.
Sunday afternoon,
	Now safer to cross the street,
		For the man with the beard,
			Is just looking for somewhere to eat.

115

Cinecouch's Favorite

El hotel eléctrico

Segundo de Chomón

Hotel electrico
1908|Spain/France|8 min|BW|Live Action

- Check in, no check out.

Surrealism/Comedy
, by

It moves,
	Like lovers,
		From tops to bottoms.
It spins,
	Like dancers,
		From hips to buttons.
It flows,
	Like singers,
		From throat to totems.
This is the place to hit,
	From springs to autumns.

116

Annecy 100
Cinecouch's Favorite

Hen Is His Wife
(Ego zhena kuritsa)

Igor Kovalyov

Hen Is His Wife
1990|Soviet Union|13 min|Col|Animation

- I married an egg.

Surrealism/Psychological Drama
, by

A hair was blown through a whisper,
	Floating and spinning,
		Dancing like a flicker.
A woman steps on the hair,
	And demands her husband,
		That he pulls his hair and swear.
The husband gently pulls the hair,
	from under the wife's slipper,
		Stuffs in his mouth and swear -
		"Oh, my dear love,
		     I would rather have eggs than an affair."

117

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Cinecouch's Favorite

Little Mole
(Krtek)

Zdenek Miler

Krtek
1957-2002|ČSSR/CZ|5-12 min, 63 ep|Col|Ani

- The magic that has no tricks.

Family Comedy/TV Series
Wallace and Gromit series, by Nick Park

				P
			I
		C
	K

	N
		I
			C
				K
				
		The magick is classick

118

Annecy 100
Cinecouch's Favorite

Mindscape
(Le paysagiste)

Jacques Drouin

Paysagiste
1976|Canada|8 min|BW|Animation

- The frame of the mind is the canvas that absorbs the paint of nature.

Meditative Fantasy/Surrealism
, by

A pencil on a stencil,
	Rests itself through the rain.
		The downpour drains a parasol,
			Unseen on the paint.
A painter in the winter,
	Just wakes himself to the stain.
		The color draws a splinter,
			Fading in the rain.
				A day without the shutter,
		Makes a ruin Drouin,
from there, the pencil dances in the rain.

119

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The Flat
(Byt)

Jan Svankmajer

Byt
1968|Czechoslovakia|13 min|BW|Liv-Ac

- Post-modern living.

Experimental/Surrealism
, by

	Living
		Breathing
	Touching
		Feeling
	Smelling
		Indulging
	Giving
		Relaxing
			Standing Still
				and Looking Chill
					What a day!

120

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The Great Train Robbery

Edwin S. Porter

Great Train Robbery
1903|USA|12 min|BW o/Col|Live Action

- First narrative.

Crime/Western
White Heat, by Raoul Walsh

March!
	Up!
		Eat the Spurs!
			Spur the shirts!



Run!


			Till you lie down!