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Annecy 100
Cinecouch's Favorite

Rowing Across the Atlantic
(La traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame)

Jean-François Laguionie

La traversee de l'Atlantique a la rame
1978|France|24 min|Col|Animation

- In courage, there dwells miracle.

Fantasy/Romance/Adventure
, by

The more we surround ourselves by people,
	The more lonely we come to feel.

The more lonely we come to feel,
	The more we surround ourselves by more people.
	
Take a break from your surroundings,
	And come to see what really surrounds you.
	
When man is connected to nature,
	All feelings are dissolved into wild dust.

202New

Jonathan Rosenbaum 1000

The Little Match Girl
(La petite marchande d'allumettes)

Jean Renoir, Jean Tédesco

La petite marchande d'allumettes
1928|France|35 min|BW|Live Action

- An everlasting dream.

Drama/Fantasy
, by

She finds herself on the other side of the window,
	Wandering among the invisible.
			A bit of red,
			Not a bit fed.
The street is too wide and far,
She finds herself on the other side of the window,
	Not much can be heard through the glass,
		Rather than?
		Better than?
	A night spent for others,
			Or a moment unspent like now?

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Annecy 100
Brief Encounters
Cinecouch's Essential Films

What's Opera, Doc?

Chuck Jones

What's Opera Doc
1957|USA|7 min|Col|Animation

- The wabbit.

Musical/Comedy
, by

Catch a rabbit! 2 wabbits! 3 wrabbits.
Catch 4 legs, 5 ears, 6 eyes, 7 tails.
Catch 8 weeks of nineghts and tents.
Catch 1112 on the hill, B efore it runs four teeths.
Catch a fifth tee on a sixteeth attempt.
Catch a seven to fill up the oven.
Catch a teal throne.
Catch a night's passion.
Catch a two end tiers' boats.
Catch a black jacket on the boats.
Catch 22.

204

Jonathan Rosenbaum 1000

Statues Also Die
(Les statues meurent aussi)

Chris Marker, Alain Resnais

Statues Also Die
1953|France|30 min|BW|Live Action

- The cold truth.

Avant-garde/Documentary
, by

I am beautiful,
	But you will never feel my breath.
I am strong,
	But even birds don't get along.
I am tall,
	But eventually I will fall,
		Just like you all,
			One day we will be small.
I am cold
	And you are warm,
		But I kept your warmth from a dusty storm.

205

Cinecouch's Favorite

Quasi at the Quackadero

Sally Cruikshank

Quasi at the Quackadero
1976|USA|10 min|Col|Animation

- Quasi-mosi-quack-smacko.

Surrealism/Comedy
, by

Look at the picture,
	Oh yes,
		Fuck yes,
	More,
	Oh yes,
		Fuck yes,
	More,
	Oh no,
		Fuck,
	More,
	More...

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Return to Reason
(Le retour à la raison)

Man Ray

Le retour a la raison
1923|France|3 min|BW|Live Action

- The other side of the brain.

Avant-garde/Surrealism
, by

Vacation on the body -
	Climb the hills,
		Camp in the valley,
			Reach another hilltop in a jolly.
	Look far beyond the wetland,
		A dark forest in the south,
			A moist cave in the north.
	Reason is not your best guide,
		In an attempt for a smooth ride,
			But one has to take the slide.
To Cave or To Forest? That is the question.

207

Cinecouch's Favorite

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Bill Melendez

A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965|USA|25 min|Col|Animation

- Trees are beautiful.

Family/Comedy
Snoopy Come Home, by Bill Melendez

Charlie: Oooh...Look at that.
Linus: What?
Charlie: I want a Christmas present like that.
Linus: What?
Charlie: At least I won't be bothered by your sister again.
Linus: What?
Charlie: Look to your right.
Linus: (sucking his thumb)
Charlie: (silently watching)
Linus: I think we should go home now, it's getting cold.
Charlie: Yeah, can I borrow your blanket?

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Cinecouch's Essential Films
Cinecouch's Favorite

Breakaway

Bruce Conner

Breakaway
1966|USA|5 min|BW|Live Action

- Flirting with one's eyes.

Experimental/Music Video
, by











Snoopy: I could lay here for the rest of my life...

209

Cinecouch's Essential Films

The Scarecrow

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

The Scarecrow
1920|USA|19 min|BW|Live Action

- The scared crow.

Comedy/Adventure
, by

That son of bitch!

							He
							stole
							the
							lunch
							I
							just
							had
							this
							morning!

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Cinecouch's Favorite

Bambi Meets Godzilla

Marv Newland

Bambi Meets Godzilla
1969|Canada|1 min|BW|Animation

- A parody of parody itself.

Film Parody/"Horror"
The Meaning of Life, by Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

- Bambi, anyone?


- OK, just added a Godzilla.
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