ShortFilm &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:ShortFilm @settima@zirk.us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:12:29 +0200 L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b8rb <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" 1912/div div class="img" L'eclisse del 17 aprile (1912)/div div class="caption" Scientists in impeccable suits observing the 1912 solar eclipse. The colour used for tinting this scene, a turquoise, indicates moonlight/dusk. Image source: Cineteca di Bologna (via)./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #science #astronomy #documentary #eclipse #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #Italy #1910s/div /section ]]>

L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912)

Apr

17

1912

L'eclisse del 17 aprile (1912)

Scientists in impeccable suits observing the 1912 solar eclipse. The colour used for tinting this scene, a turquoise, indicates moonlight/dusk. Image source: Cineteca di Bologna (via).

#FilmDuJour #April #science #astronomy #documentary #eclipse #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #Italy #1910s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b8rb Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/even-as-you-and-i-1937 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)/div div class="month" Feb /div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Even: As You and I (1937)/div div class="caption" A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #RogerBarlow #HarryHay #HyHirsh #LeRoyRobbins #SilentFilm #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #comedy #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)

Feb

27

Even: As You and I (1937)

A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.

#FilmDuJour #February #RogerBarlow #HarryHay #HyHirsh #LeRoyRobbins #SilentFilm #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #comedy #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/even-as-you-and-i-1937 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 憂國 [Yūkoku / Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death] (Yukio Mishima, 1966) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y9s1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 憂國 [Yūkoku / Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death] (Yukio Mishima, 1966)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" 1936/div div class="img" 憂國 (1966)/div div class="caption" Reiko (Yoshiko Tsuruoka) walking through her lover's blood, her kimono drenched. DP: Kimio Watanabe./div div class="txt" Covers February 26–28, 1936. "'I know how you feel,' Reiko says quietly. 'And I will follow you wherever you go.'" ### – intertitles /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #MasakiDōmoto #YukioMishima #YoshikoTsuruoka #KimioWatanabe #CoupDEtat #NohTheatre #JapanArtTheatreGuild #ATG #ShortFilm #patriotism #romance #suicide #Bushido #SilentFilm #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

憂國 [Yūkoku / Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death] (Yukio Mishima, 1966)

Feb

26

1936

憂國 (1966)

Reiko (Yoshiko Tsuruoka) walking through her lover's blood, her kimono drenched. DP: Kimio Watanabe.

Covers February 26–28, 1936.

”'I know how you feel,' Reiko says quietly. 'And I will follow you wherever you go.'”

– intertitles

#FilmDuJour #February #MasakiDōmoto #YukioMishima #YoshikoTsuruoka #KimioWatanabe #CoupDEtat #NohTheatre #JapanArtTheatreGuild #ATG #ShortFilm #patriotism #romance #suicide #Bushido #SilentFilm #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y9s1 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 X2000 (François Ozon, 1998) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/x2000-1998 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" X2000 (François Ozon, 1998)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 2000/div div class="img" X2000 (1998)/div div class="caption" A young, naked man holding a drink observes two men asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. On the wall behind them the text "2000" spelled out with tinsel garlands. DP: Pierre Stoeber./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #FrançoisOzon #PierreStoeber #ShortFilm #holidays #France #1990s /div /section ]]>

X2000 (François Ozon, 1998)

Jan

1

2000

X2000 (1998)

A young, naked man holding a drink observes two men asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. On the wall behind them the text “2000” spelled out with tinsel garlands. DP: Pierre Stoeber.

#FilmDuJour #January #FrançoisOzon #PierreStoeber #ShortFilm #holidays #France #1990s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/x2000-1998 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100 Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1k7l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" Apollo 17/div div class="img" Le voyage dans la lune (1902).gif)/div div class="caption" A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy./div div class="txt" The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing. "Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you." ### – Georges Méliès, 1937 In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Apollo17 #Moon #moons #GeorgesMéliès #JulesVerne #HGWells #VictorAndré #BleuetteBernon #Brunnet #JehanneDAlcy #ThéophileMichault #LucienTainguy #SciFi #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #fantasy #adventure #BookAdaptation #France #1910s ★★★★½ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)

Dec

19

Apollo 17

Le voyage dans la lune (1902)

A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy.

The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing.

“Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you.”

– Georges Méliès, 1937

In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Apollo17 #Moon #moons #GeorgesMéliès #JulesVerne #HGWells #VictorAndré #BleuetteBernon #Brunnet #JehanneDAlcy #ThéophileMichault #LucienTainguy #SciFi #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #fantasy #adventure #BookAdaptation #France #1910s ★★★★½ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1k7l Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:20:00 +0100 Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938/1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-26g9 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938/1969)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" Las Posadas/div div class="img" Children's Party (1938).png)/div div class="caption" Exuberant dancers at the children's party./div div class="txt" A festive child for Las Posadas "Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime." ### – Joseph Cornell Children of all ages are entertained by a menagerie of dancers, acrobats, talented fauna and bobbing apples in this exhilarating found-footage party. Part of The Children's Trilogy, together with Cotillion (c. 1938/1969) and The Midnight Party (c. 1938/1969). /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #JosephCornell #children #party #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #CollageFilm #FoundFootage #USA #1930s #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938/1969)

Dec

18

Las Posadas

Children's Party (1938)

Exuberant dancers at the children's party.

A festive child for Las Posadas

“Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime.”

– Joseph Cornell

Children of all ages are entertained by a menagerie of dancers, acrobats, talented fauna and bobbing apples in this exhilarating found-footage party. Part of The Children's Trilogy, together with Cotillion (c. 1938/1969) and The Midnight Party (c. 1938/1969).

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #JosephCornell #children #party #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #CollageFilm #FoundFootage #USA #1930s #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-26g9 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0100 The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9z0s <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" Saturnalia/div div class="img" The Automatic Motorist (1911).jpg)/div div class="caption" While on the ringed planet, they pick up a cop to save him from spear-wielding rascals, but he elopes with the planet's fairy. Look at those lovebirds on the rings of Saturn!/div div class="txt" A planet with rings for Saturnalia &nbsp; Two lovely newlyweds and their robot chauffeur take a trip to Saturn for their honeymoon, followed by a jolly ride under the sea. A remake of Booth's own The '?' Motorist from 1906. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Saturnalia #Saturn #planets #WalterRBooth #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #comedy #fantasy #SciFi #UK #1910s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911)

Dec

17

Saturnalia

The Automatic Motorist (1911)

While on the ringed planet, they pick up a cop to save him from spear-wielding rascals, but he elopes with the planet's fairy. Look at those lovebirds on the rings of Saturn!

A planet with rings for Saturnalia

 

Two lovely newlyweds and their robot chauffeur take a trip to Saturn for their honeymoon, followed by a jolly ride under the sea. A remake of Booth's own The '?' Motorist from 1906.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Saturnalia #Saturn #planets #WalterRBooth #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #comedy #fantasy #SciFi #UK #1910s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9z0s Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0100 Report (Bruce Conner, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/report-1967 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Report (Bruce Conner, 1967)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" 1963/div div class="img" Report (1967)/div div class="caption" Television footage of JFK's state funeral with the caption "November 23, 1963", superimposed over it./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #BruceConner #JohnFKennedy #JFK #JacquelineKennedyOnassis #LeeHarveyOswald #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #crime #politics #USA #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Report (Bruce Conner, 1967)

Nov

23

1963

Report (1967)

Television footage of JFK's state funeral with the caption “November 23, 1963”, superimposed over it.

#FilmDuJour #November #BruceConner #JohnFKennedy #JFK #JacquelineKennedyOnassis #LeeHarveyOswald #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #crime #politics #USA #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/report-1967 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 München-Berlin Wanderung [Walking from Munich to Berlin] (Oskar Fischinger,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x13p <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" München-Berlin Wanderung [Walking from Munich to Berlin] (Oskar Fischinger, 1927)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="X" /div div class="img" München-Berlin Wanderung (1927).png)/div div class="caption" A bunch of Buben take a moment to pose between troublemaking. DP: Oskar Fischinger./div div class="txt" A journey or road trip &nbsp; Four weeks in four minutes, spanning decades in its disruptive form. &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for November is, again, not date-based, but follows a sloppy schmaltzy all-American Thanksgiving-y narrative. Trying to make it work my way. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #RoadTrip #RoadMovie #OskarFischinger #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #SilentFilm #travelogue #documentary #München #Berlin #Germany #1920s ★★★★★ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

München-Berlin Wanderung [Walking from Munich to Berlin] (Oskar Fischinger, 1927)

Nov

20

München-Berlin Wanderung (1927)

A bunch of Buben take a moment to pose between troublemaking. DP: Oskar Fischinger.

A journey or road trip*

 

Four weeks in four minutes, spanning decades in its disruptive form.

 

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for November is, again, not date-based, but follows a sloppy schmaltzy all-American Thanksgiving-y narrative. Trying to make it work my way.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #RoadTrip #RoadMovie #OskarFischinger #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #SilentFilm #travelogue #documentary #München #Berlin #Germany #1920s ★★★★★ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x13p Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:05:00 +0100 Shoot (Barbara Burden, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xy6f <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Shoot (Barbara Burden, 1971)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" 1971/div div class="img" Shoot (1971)/div div class="caption" Dunlap aiming at Burden at F Space, Santa Ana, California (via). DP: Barbara Burden./div div class="txt" "At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend." ### – Chris Burden /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #BarbaraBurden #ChrisBurden #BruceDunlap #guns #ShortFilm #PerformanceArt #ArtFilm #documentary #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Shoot (Barbara Burden, 1971)

Nov

19

1971

Shoot (1971)

Dunlap aiming at Burden at F Space, Santa Ana, California (via). DP: Barbara Burden.

“At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend.”

– Chris Burden

#FilmDuJour #November #BarbaraBurden #ChrisBurden #BruceDunlap #guns #ShortFilm #PerformanceArt #ArtFilm #documentary #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xy6f Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100