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Mighty Like a Moose

Leo McCarey

Mighty Like a Moose
1926|USA|22 min|BW|Live Action

- The fatal attraction.

Comedy/Romance
, by


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Dead Times
(Les temps morts)

René Laloux

Les temps morts
1965|France|10 min|BW|Anim/Liv-Ac

- The thin purple line.

Ani-documentary/History
Time Masters, by René Laloux


		Going back to the cave now...
		
		Will your bones recognize you
		
		When you come back from vacation?
		
		
		A mere two years,	
		                 not enough for tears.

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Powers of Ten

Charles Eames, Ray Eames

Powers of Ten
1977|USA|9 min|Col|Live Action

- Where we are is small yet significant.

Scientific Documentary/Adventure
, by

Let

	a hole drills thru a deposit until it is full
or
	what
	can a man do when he is too small to make a difference?
Let
	
	what makes you small push you towards insignificance
where
	you too become too big for the hole.

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Poetic Justice
(Hapax Legomena II)

Hollis Frampton

Poetic Justice
1972|USA|31 min|BW|Live Action

- Screenplay plays screen.

Structuralism/Experimental
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He enters the door
			Door opens
She enters the door
			Door closes
Light turns on
			Light turns off
Light turns on
Door opens
			Door closes
Fan turns on
It is too hot that what turns on should not be turned off

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Philips-Radio

Joris Ivens

Philips-Radio
1931|Netherlands|36 min|BW|Live Action

- Light and speed of an invention.

Avant-garde/Documentary
, by

The sound travels faster than the light

and your mind travels faster than your eyes

and that which lights

cannot escape from the mind

and that which sounds

cannot reach from behind    /    new chapter is there to find

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An Optical Poem

Oskar Fischinger

An Optical Poem
1937|USA|6 min|Col|Animation

- Golden memoire.

Visual Music/Avant-garde
, by





Every poet needs a time out
		Now close your eyes
				And count the golden dots

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The Melomaniac
(Le mélomane)

Georges Méliès

Le Melomane
1903|France|3 min|BW|Live Action

- A home recording studio.

Music/Comedy
, by

The music teacher tries to hide her naughty notes,
	All is futile,
They have seen,
	From a distance,
		So clear like water,
			Coming out of a fountain,
				Pumped,
That what she sounds like
	When her base is stripped away,
		But there is another that which follows,
Until the fountain dries out its water.

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To Speak or Not to Speak

Raoul Servais

To Speak or Not to Speak
1970|Belgium|10 min|Col|Animation

- What is your situation about the actual political opinion?

Political Satire/Avant-garde
Nashville, by Robert Altman


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Re-entry

Jordan Belson

Re-entry
1964|USA|7 min|Col|Animation

- One merges with many.

Visual Music/Avant-garde
, by

A fine many years ago,
	It took as many as
		Five many years
			To make such fine years.
That was however,
	An exception that
		There was however,
			A man who lives through such fine years.
And we don't know much about him,
He doesn't know much about us,
And there goes(went) the five fine years.

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The Garden
(Zahrada)

Jan Svankmajer

Zahrada
1968|Czechoslovakia|17 min|BW|Liv-Ac

- A verygood system.

Political Satire/Surrealism
Rejs, by Marek Piwowski

Community Service
         When properly
             Charged
                    Can(not)
                            Be a great way
                              To waste your life
                                 For a fraction of
                                    What you would normally
                                        Pay
                                           For taxes
                                              Nowadays.