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Otesánek; AKA Greedy Guts “I do not work with intentions… That has nothing to do with freedom of the imagination… My preference is certainly for subsequent interpretation rather than intention. In Little Otik, the child devours its ‘parents.’ Otik is the product of their desire, their rebellion against nature. This is not a child in . . . → Read More: 125. LITTLE OTIK (2000) DIRECTED BY: Lukas Moodysson, Patrice Le Conte, Jean-Luc Godard, Virgil Widrich, Tom Tykwer, Peter Mullian, Nanni Moretti, Jan Kounen, Roy Andersson, Juan Solanas, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Jan Svankmajer, Chris Morris, Lars von Trier, Javier Fesser, Anders Thomas Jensen FEATURING: Paddy Considine, Sten Ljunggren, Jean-Claude Brialy, Isis Krüger, Thomas Wolff PLOT: Comedies, dramas and experimental films are . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: CINEMA 16: EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS (EUROPEAN EDITION) (2007)  Leave a comment  Capsules, Shorts  Anders Thomas Jensen, Arthouse, Chris Morris, Comedy, Drama, Experimental, Jan Kounen Holland, Jan Svankmajer, Javier Fesser, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Luc Godard, Juan Solanas, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Lars von Trier, Lukas Moodysson, Nanni Moretti, Patrice Le Conte, Peter Mullian, Roy Andersson, Tom Tykwer, Virgil Widrich DIRECTED BY: Juan Solanas, Andrea Arnold, Christopher Nolan, Roy Andersson, Toby MacDonald, Lynne Ramsay, Jan Svankmajer, Mathieu Kassovitz, Run Wrake, Virgil Widrich, Ridley Scott, Lars von Trier, Balint Kenyeres, Anders Thomas Jensen, Martin McDonagh, Nanni Moretti FEATURING: Natalie Press, Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Klas-Gösta Olsson, Kris Marshall, Johannes Silberschneider, Tony Scott, Ulrich Thomsen PLOT: . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: CINEMA 16: EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS (U.S. EDITION) (2007) Leave a comment Capsules, Shorts Anders Thomas Jensen, Andrea Arnold, Arthouse, Balint Kenyeres, Christopher Nolan, Comedy, Drama, Experimental, Jan Svankmajer, Juan Solanas, Lars von Trier, Lynne Ramsay, Martin McDonagh, Mathieu Kassovitz, Nanni Moretti, Recommended, Ridley Scott, Roy Andersson, Run Wrake, Toby MacDonald, Virgil Widrich DIRECTED BY: Jan Svankmajer FEATURING: Pavel Liska, Jan Tríska, Anna Geislerová PLOT: A mentally unbalanced man meets a modern day Marquis de Sade who convinces him to check himself into a bizarre asylum where the patients roam free. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Readers may think I’m a lunatic myself for not . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: LUNACY [SILENI] (2005) DIRECTED BY: Jan Svankmajer FEATURING: Petr Cepek PLOT: A grim “Everyman” is lured to a decaying theater and prompted to re-enact an adaptation of the Faust legend, with the lines of reality and fiction frequently skewed. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Svankmajer offers a strange and twisted version of the . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: FAUST (1994) “Alice thought to herself, ‘Now you will see a film made for children… perhaps. But—I nearly forgot—you must close your eyes. Otherwise, you won’t see anything.’”–Opening narration to Alice DIRECTED BY: Jan Svankmajer FEATURING: Kristýna Kohoutová, voice of Camilla Power (in English dubbed version) PLOT: A bored young girl sits in a drab room . . . → Read More: 75. ALICE [NECO Z ALENKY] (1988) Alice has been placed on the List of the 366 Best Weird Movies of All Time; the complete entry can be found here. DIRECTED BY: Jan Svankmajer FEATURING: Kristýna Kohoutová PLOT: Experimental Czech animator Jan Svankmajer crafts a decidedly creepier version of
Lewis . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: ALICE [NECO Z ALENKY] (1988) |
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