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Club of the Laid-off
(Klub odlozenych)

JirĂ­ Barta

Klub odlozenych
1989|Czechoslovakia|25 min|Col|Animation

- Habits of breaking habits.

Experimental/Social Commentary
, by

It's tough to find a job,
	But it's tougher
		t
		o
		grind
			your
				mind
					after
						being
							robbed
								.

282New

Brief Encounters
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Wait

Ernie Gehr

Wait
1968|USA|7 min|Col|Live Action

- ...but don't up.

Structuralism/Avant-garde
, by

Intensify
	my ass
		in the morning
		

What will
	a broken lamp
		do?
		
Wait there
	all day long...

283

Cinecouch's Favorite

White Morning
(Ako)

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Ako
1965|Japan|29 min|BW|Live Action

- Coming out of youth, going into social labyrinth.

Romance/Coming-of-age
, by

Once in a while,
	Small plates grew larger,
		Big hearts grew smaller,
			One is cost,
			One is lost,
		Nebulizing in transit,
	Paralyzing in traffic,
Days are getting shorter, weeks are getting longer.

We were so close,
                 yet never have we met as lovers.

284New

Layer Cake
(Przekladaniec)

Andrzej Wajda

Przekladaniec
1968|Poland|35 min|BW|Live Action

- Live up to your face.

Sci-fi/Social Satire
, by

A man is looking at a clock,
	And finds his own arm spin like a rock.
It is ten till twelve,
	With no indication whether
		Midnight is about to knock.
And he takes the arm out of the clock,
	Puts it where he could log,
		And swings up to the block.
Oooh, the door is not locked,
	And nobody is going to mock,
		As he is about to test the stock.

285

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The Bed

James Broughton

The Bed
1968|USA|20 min|Col|Live Action

- Free for rent, but take your belongings.

Avant-garde/Surrealism
, by


The morning smells like raw fish,
	On the tip of your tongue.
	
			The taste lingers like raw flesh,
		Scintillating your lips.
And
	That soft ground,
		gentle grass,
			soothing soil,
				All be ravished underneath.

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Tusalava

Len Lye

Tusalava
1929|UK|9 min|BW|Animation

- What is it that bothers you?

Avant-garde/Visual Music
, by

Leeeeeetters, e staaaaands foooooor a looooooot,
	Theeeeee moooooooonkeeeeeey issssss noooooot loooooooking.
Buuuuuuuuut noooooboooooody shooooouuuuuld doooooooo
	Juuuuuuuust thaaaaaaaaaaaat,
		Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Yeeeeeeeeees, eeeexaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaactly
		Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, theen,
	Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
		maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake iiiiiiiiiiit
sooooooooo looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong?

287

Cinecouch's Essential Films

Labor on the Douro River
(Douro, Faina Fluvial)

Manoel de Oliveira

Douro, Faina Fluvial
1931|Portugal|18 min|BW|Live Action

- Silhouette of sweat and joy.

Film-poetry/Documentary
, by

Seen
From your blind eye
A beam of light
From the back of that retina
Faded into colors
Black and White
Grey and Blue
Suddenly shades of small cracks climb through that open lid
					Sand eye full of blood
					Being swallowed everyday
			  Until you dry your mind like your blind

288

Franz Kafka

Piotr Dumala

Franz Kafka
1992|Poland|16 min|BW|Animation

- The alley of a reality written.

Biography/Surrealism
, by

The street moves toward the centre,
	M walks from his own shoes,
		Never sees the lamp flickering,
			Enters the door,
				Half-locked
				For strangers during this hour.
An old woman answers the door,
	M walks in with his boots clicking,
		Just over the frame of the door,
			Soaked with black water.
M knows this is the night.

289

Annecy 100
Brief Encounters
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Free Radicals

Len Lye

Free Radicals
1958|UK|5 min|BW|Animation

- Rhythm and Blacks.

Avant-garde/Visual Music
, by

The top never stops,
			Bouncing from within
A tap unseen,
		Oh but,
					That seems,
No form
							 Is
			Given
							Whoever
	takes the dance,
Shall 					lead.
			

290

Cinecouch's Favorite

The Old Man and the Sea

Aleksandr Petrov

The Old Man and the Sea
1999|RU/CA/JP|20 min|Col|Animation

- The persistence of consciousness.

Film-poetry/Adventure
, by

Vast the sea moves
                  along the coast
                                 where to?
Man with his trampled legs
                          drowning in his own sweat
                                                   alone.
Up the clouds move
                  faster than he could spot
                                           his home.
                  A sudden tilt in the wave
Too late to bemoan.