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Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle
Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking ...
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Window Water Baby Moving
Window Water Baby Moving
On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her face, her pregnant belly, and his hands ...
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The Crimson Kimono
The Crimson Kimono
A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.
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The World of Apu
The World of Apu
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film ...
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Autumn Spectrum
Autumn Spectrum
Short directed by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.
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Pastorale d’été
Pastorale d’été
PASTORAL D'ETE is one of the nation's first works of the Personal Film movement. Hindle dovetails the lyrical images of a singular high summer's day heat. A poignant first work. ...
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T Is for Tumbleweed
T Is for Tumbleweed
T Is for Tumbleweed is a 1958 English-language short film directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen, starring Anne Lockhart. It features some tumbleweed that moves through a small town in the ...
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Anticipation of the Night
Anticipation of the Night
First person view of a man seen only in shadow attempting to connect with the world around him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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The Philosopher’s Stone
The Philosopher’s Stone
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
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The Music Room
The Music Room
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
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The Big Country
The Big Country
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys ...
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Daybreak and Whiteye
Daybreak and Whiteye
These two films investigate frustrations in loving, DAYBREAK with a girl as object, WHITEYE with the camera as subject. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Loving
Loving
In Loving (1957), a couple make love in the sun and their optic system flares -- it's really the nervous system's ecstasy -- in oranges and yellows and whites. - Stan Brakhage. ...
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The Towers
The Towers
Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.
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Logos
Logos
Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The animated film featured an electronic ...
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Zone Moment
Zone Moment
Shots of city and country life come together to form an impressionistic whole. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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The Wormwood Star
The Wormwood Star
A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings and recitations of her poems. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.
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The True Story of the Civil War
The True Story of the Civil War
Documentary short about the American Civil War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
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Aparajito
Aparajito
Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). As ...
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3rd Ave. El
3rd Ave. El
Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
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Tight Spot
Tight Spot
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but ...
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The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2005.
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Summertime
Summertime
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance ...
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Song of the Little Road
Song of the Little Road
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in ...