Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay & LeRoy Robbins, 1937)
#FilmDuJour #RogerBarlow #HarryHay #LeRoyRobbins #USA #SilentFilm #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #comedy #1930s ★★★☆☆
Hägringen [Mirage] (Peter Weiss, 1959)
#FilmDinner #PeterWeiss #StaffanLamm #LennartFors #GustafMandal #ExperimentalFilm #Avantgarde #surrealism #travelogue #Sweden #1950s ★★★½
La perle [The Pearl] (Henri d'Ursel, 1929)
No one said those pearls were to be worn in the obvious place.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge #HenriDUrsel #GeorgesHugnet #KissaKouprine #MarcBujard #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #romance #drama #crime #surrealism #Belgium #1920s ★★★½
Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan #Švankmajer, 1968)
#FilmDuJour #JanŠvankmajer #JiríHálek #LudekKopriva #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★½
ねこぢる草 [Nekojiru-sō / Cat Soup] (Tatsuo Satō, 2001)
Nyatta is not ready to have Jizō take away his big sister Nyāko to Ne-no-kuni, the land of the dead. The kitten grabs his sister's paw, resulting in her soul being ripped in two and leaving Nyāko in a state of limbo. The cats' mother then sends the two off on a mission to buy fried #tofu. Maybe now Nyatta can find a way to put Nyāko's divided soul back together. But first, there's a circus to visit!
ねこぢる草 is based on works by mangaka Nekojiru / ねこぢる (1967—1998) whose trademark crudely drawn #cats caused a ripple in Japan's underground #manga circuit. Nyatta and Nyāko continued their surreal adventures by way of widower Yamano Hajime after Nekojiru's tragic suicide in 1998.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge #TatsuoSatō #Nekojiru #KanOgasawara #UtolloTeshikai #MasaruTakase #BookAdaptation #anime #ExperimentalFilm #ShortFilm #animation #animals #fantasy #food #drama #comedy #surrealism #Japan #2000s ★★★★½
Head (Bob Rafelson, 1968)
Okay, weirdos. Just what were you doing in there?
#Bales2023FilmChallenge #BobRafelson #TheMonkees #MickyDolenz #DavyJones #MichaelNesmith #PeterTork #JackNicholson #JohnBrockman #FrankZappa #MichelHugo #comedy #satire #psychedelic #mermaids #surrealism #music #Bahamas #USA #1960s ★★★★☆
El ángel exterminador [The Exterminating Angel] (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
Everything was perfect, Lucía, despite – at this hour even lipstick begins to fade.
As part of a witty surprise, Lucía Nóbile (Lucy Gallardo) arranged a #bear and three #sheep for the lavish dinner party she's thrown for her fellow #opera-loving guests. However, the joke is not appreciated and in the cause of the evening – and a ruined dinner when the staff decides to go even before serving any of the #food – the company find that they cannot leave the salon. While the #animals roam the house, the elite are faced with hunger, primal urges, and no motivation to leave.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge #LuisBuñuel #LuisAlcoriza #SilviaPinal #LucyGallardo #GabrielFigueroa #Mexico #surrealism #outbreak #Ballardian #1960s ★★★★★
Mickey One (Arthur Penn, 1965)
I'm the king of the silent pictures. I'm hiding out till talkies blow over.
Warren Beatty plays Mickey, a #StandUpComedian who has it all, then gambles it all away. Well, that's the first 5 minutes of Arthur Penn's Mickey One. Beatty is out of his element, and the movie's still too indebted to the cheery 60s to carry that New American Cinema grit. There are several great small surreal moments that are carried by uncredited character actors alone. And then there's a sole spotlight, stealing it all away.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge #ArthurPenn #WarrenBeatty #AlexandraStewart #USA #jazz #drama #crime #comedy #surrealism #1960s ★★★½
Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège [Zero for Conduct] (Jean Vigo, 1933)
War is declared! Down with monitors and punishment! Long live rebellion! Liberty or death! Hoist our flag on the school roof! Stand firm with us tomorrow! We'll bombard them with rotten old books, dirty tin cans, smelly boots and all the ammo piled up in the attic! We'll fight those old goats on commemoration day! Onward!
#Bales2023FilmChallenge #JeanVigo #France #comedy #surrealism #anarchy #1930s ★★★★½