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171

Annecy 100
Cinecouch's Favorite

Film, film, film

Fyodor Khitruk

Film, Film, Film
1968|Soviet Union|20 min|Col|Animation

- Light! Camera! Laugh!

Comedy/Reflexism
Day for Night, by François Truffaut

Director: OK, let's do some action.
...
Director: Action! I said!
...
Director: Where is the action?
...
Director: Where the fuck is everyone?
...
First Assistant: I believe they are outside.
Director: Why the hell are they outside?
First Assistant: Well...This scene is exterior...

172

Brief Encounters

The Fall of the House of Usher

James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber

The Fall of the House of Usher
1928|USA|13 min|BW|Live Action

- Decay from the spring.

Avant-Garde/Surrealism
The Fall of the House of Usher, by Jean Epstein

Late at night
		Head spinning.
A hole in the bright
		Eyes splitting.
Asked the man from the bed
		Who woke up before he slept
				Rolling over a dust pillow
						Grinning.
/////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Insomnia should taste like breakfast.
=============Who would know?===============

173

Cinecouch's Favorite

The Yankee Doodle Mouse

Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943|USA|8 min|Col|Animation

- Firecracking the New Year.

War Parody/Family Comedy
, by

Dear, the Rocket Scientist has given us a reply by mail,


	Dear Mr. Tom,
	
	
		It's not rocket science, my dear.
		
			
	Best,	
	RS

174

Cinecouch's Essential Films
Cinecouch's Favorite

Pièce touchée

Martin Arnold

Piece touchee
1989|Austria|16 min|BW|Live Action

- Re-entry invalides.

Experimental/Film Collage
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, by Ken Jacobs

I...e..Im...a...Im...a...I..m...Im...I...I...ah....I...ah...
I...I...Im a...Im a...Im a l...lil....lil...I...I...I...I...
lil...Im a...lil..ah...l...l...al...ali..alil...ah..amm...a.
lil...lil..lil..te..li---little...ah...ah....ah...b...b....b
b.....b...bit...ah...ahh...ahh...I...I...ahfa...ofa...ofa..o
ofa...ofa...fa..n...ne...ne....ne....ne...ner..ner..ner..ner
nerv..nervous...t..t...t.t.ttt.tto...se..se..se...se..tha..se
say...ah...ahah...a..a.a.a.a....I....I...I..Im...a..a.a.a.a..
ste...ste...ste....e..eh...eh...ehste....e..stet...ste.......
stutter...ah...ah.ah....a..a.a..a.a.....on...te...te.te....p
p...p..p.p.p.p.p..p.p.p.pe...po...po....po...pp...po..poetry.

175

Cinecouch's Essential Films

A Gentle Spirit
(Lagodna)

Piotr Dumala

Lagodna
1985|Poland|12 min|Col|Animation

- God is a spider.

Surrealism/Psychological Thriller
Through a Glass Darkly, by Ingmar Bergman

I walked alone in the dark,
	Following the road,
		With its mark,
			to the left
			to the right.
I saw a shadow by a lark,
	It flew off the ground,
		Spins off a spark,
			to the left
			to the right,
And I realized, there is nowhere to go in the dark.

176

Jonathan Rosenbaum 1000
Brief Encounters

Paris qui dort

René Clair

Paris qui dort
1925|France|35 min|BW|Live Action

- A qui appartient Paris?

Avant-garde/Surrealism
The Day the Earth Stood Still, by Robert Wise

I was looking at my hemp this morning.
...
I mean I was looking at my aunt this morning.
...
No, not my aunt, she is dead.
I was looking at my ham this morning.
...
I mean my head!
...
MY HAND!
Oh my cod!

177

TSPDT 1000
Jonathan Rosenbaum 1000
Annecy 100
Brief Encounters
Cinecouch's Essential Films

Duck Amuck

Chuck Jones

Duck Amuck
1953|USA|7 min|Col|Animation

- Who touched my frame?

Interative Film/Comedy
, by

That son of bitch,
	Who filled my ditch,
		Makes my stomach twitch.
	How could someone be this rich,
		And still get hitched,
			To such a dirty bitch?
		It took me five years to ditch,
			Only five minutes,
				For it to gets stitched.
			I hope this is a glitch,
Or else, who could tell which is which?

178

Annecy 100
Cinecouch's Favorite

Repete

Michaela Pavlátová

Repete
1995|Czech Republic|8 min|Col|Animation

-

Avant-garde/Social Commentary
, by

One
   person's
           dead
               end
                  is
                    another's
                             light
                                  at
                                    end
                                       of
                                         tunnel.

179

Annecy 100
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Egged On

Charles Bowers

Egged On
1926|USA|24 min|BW|Live Action

- Automatic reproduction.

Surreal Comedy/Absurdism
, by




	Take out the yolk,

			My dear,

		The machine is full of cholesterol.

180

Cinecouch's Favorite

The Devilish Tenant
(Le locataire diabolique)

Georges Méliès

Locataire diabolique
1909|France|6 min|Color/BW|Live Action

- The right use of luggage.

Experimental/Comedy
, by

A man checked in at noon by himself,
	With a bag of little children to sell,
		Right off the New Year's shelf.
He sold all but one,
	Enough for him to pay the rent,
		And one left as his son.
It wasn't until a few years later,
	He found that the house he lived,
		Was torn down to vapor,
			But the little children kept coming back,
			Even after he stood on the edge and fell.