Last Of The Persimmons
Pat O’Neill’s Last Of The Persimmons (1972) combines original 16mm footage with found footage and sets it to the T.Rex song “Is It Love?”. In just over four minutes O’Neill… Read more »
Tag: short film
Harmonica
Harmonica (1971) was Larry Gottheim’s first single reel long-take film with a soundtrack. Gottheim, operating the camera, filmed Shelley Berde in the back seat of a car as they drove… Read more »
4-Eyes
Psychedelic provocateur Keiichi Tanaami turned his attention towards making video art in the seventies. These videos contained images that drew on Pop Art for their color and dynamic compositions. These… Read more »
24 Hours: The World Of John & Yoko
Shot over the course of five consecutive days, 24 Hours: The World Of John & Yoko (1969) is a thirty minute documentary film made for the BBC. The film only… Read more »
Red Noses
Red Noses (1932) is the seventh of forty-one two-reel pre-code comedies produced by Hal Roach in the Girlfriends series. The plot of this particular adventure finds our heroines Miss Pitts… Read more »
Colloque de chiens
Colloque de chiens (1977) is an experimental short film by the late Raúl Ruiz shot (by Denis Lenoir) shortly after the filmmaker’s move to France from Chile following Augusto Pinochet’s… Read more »
The Divine Miracle
Daina Krumins’ film The Divine Miracle (1972) dramatizes Christ’s crucifixion, his resurrection and his ascent into Heaven. The film is executed as if it were a children’s illustrated Bible come… Read more »
Star In The Night
Star In The Night (1945) is a two-reel short film produced by Warner Bros. and written by Saul Elkins. The film retells the New Testament story of the Nativity in… Read more »
Call Me Tonight
The folks over at Bleeding Skull! have described the OVA Call Me Tonight (1986) as the “cute” Urotsukidōji (1989), and they aren’t wrong. But calling any thing “cute” in comparison… Read more »
Trick Or Treat
Walt Disney’s production Trick Or Treat (1952) has become the stuff of gifs and memes which litter social media every Halloween. Although the film debuted in the fifties its longevity… Read more »
