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SATURDAY SHORT: THE ART OF DROWNING (2009)

January 8, 2011 Cameron Jorgensen 1 Comment

Diego Maclean directs this striking animation for Billy Collins’ poem “The Art of Drowning”. The poem contemplates, or rather criticizes, the theory of one’s whole life manifesting itself the very second before one dies.

The Art of Drowning from Diego Maclean on Vimeo.

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January 9, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Wow! That was phenomenal.

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The List (Canonical Weird Movies)

3-Iron (2004) * 3 Women (1977) * 8 1/2 (1963) * 200 Motels (1971) * 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) * The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) * The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) * Adaptation. (2002) * The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984) * After Hours (1985) * After Last Season (2009) * Akira (1988) * Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990) * Alice [Neco Z Alenky] (1988) * Alice in Wonderland (1966) * Allegro non Troppo (1976) * Altered States (1980) * Amarcord (1973) * The American Astronaut (2001) * Antichrist (2009) * The Apple (1980) * Archangel (1990) * Arise! The SubGenius Movie (1992) * Arizona Dream (1993) * Audition [Ôdishon] (1999) * Bad Boy Bubby (1993) * Barbarella (1968) * Barton Fink (1991) * Batman Returns (1992) * The Beast [La Bête] (1975) * The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) * Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) * Beauty and the Beast [La Belle et la Bete] (1946) * The Bed Sitting Room (1969) * Begotten (1991) * Being John Malkovich (1999) * Belladonna of Sadness (1973) * Belle de Jour (1967) * Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) * Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015) * The Black Cat (1934) * Black Moon (1975) * Black Swan (2010) * Blancanieves (2012) * Blood Diner (1987) * Blood Freak (1972) * The Blood of a Poet [Le sang d’un poète] (1930) * Blood Tea and Red String (2006) * Blue Velvet (1986) * The Boxer’s Omen [Mo] (1983) * A Boy and His Dog (1975) * Branded to Kill (1967) * Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) * Brazil (1985) * Bronson (2008) * Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) * The Butcher Boy (1997) * The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) * Careful (1992) * Carnival of Souls (1962) * Catch-22 (1970) * Cat Soup (2001) * Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] (1994) * Un Chien Andalou (1929) * Christmas on Mars (2008) * The City of Lost Children [La cité des enfants perdus] (1995) * City of Women (1980) * Clean, Shaven (1993) * A Clockwork Orange (1971) * The Color of Pomegranates [Sayat Nova] (1969) * Come and See (1985) * The Company of Wolves (1984) * Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) * The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989) * Cowards Bend the Knee, or, the Blue Hands (2003) * The Cremator [Spalovac Mrtvol] (1969) * Crime Wave (1985) * Cube (1997) * Daisies [Sedmikrásky] (1966) * The Dance of Reality (2013) * The Dark Backward (1991) * Dark City (1998) * Dead Alive (1992) * Dead Leaves (2004) * Dead Man (1995) * Dead Ringers (1988) * Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977) * Death by Hanging (1968) * Death Laid an Egg [La morte ha fatto l’uovo] (1968) * Delicatessen (1991) * Dementia [Daughter of Horror] (1955) * Der Samurai (2014) * Desperate Living (1977) * Destino (2003) * The Devils (1971) * Dillinger Is Dead (1969) * The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) * Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! (1967) * Doggiewogiez! Poochiewoochiez! (2012) * Dog Star Man (1964) * Dogtooth [Kynodontas] (2009) * Dogville (2003) * Donnie Darko (2001) * Don’t Look Now (1973) * The Double (2013) * Dr. Caligari (1989) * Eden and After (1970) * Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015) * Elevator Movie (2004) * El Topo (1970) * Enemy (2013) * Enter the Void (2009) * Eraserhead (1977) * Escape from Tomorrow (2013) * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) * Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) * Evil Dead II (1987) * The Exterminating Angel [El àngel exterminador] (1962) * Eyes Without a Face [Les Yeux sans Visage] (1965) * The Face of Another (1966) * The Falls (1980) * Fantasia (1940) * Fantastic Planet [La Planète Sauvage] (1973) * Fantasy Mission Force (1983) * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) * Fellini Satyricon (1969) * Female Trouble (1974) * A Field in England (2013) * Fight Club (1999) * Final Flesh (2009) * The Forbidden Room (2015) * Forbidden Zone (1982) * Freaks (1932) * Funeral Parade of Roses [Bara no sôretsu] (1969) * Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) * Glen or Glenda (1953) * Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) * Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) * Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971) * Gothic (1986) * Gozu (2003) * La Grande Bouffe (1973) * Greaser’s Palace (1972) * The Greasy Strangler (2016) * Gummo (1997) * Häxan [Witchcraft Through the Ages] (1922) * Head (1968) * Heavenly Creatures (1994) * Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) * Hellzapoppin' (1941) * Help! Help! The Globolinks [Hilfe! Hilfe! Die Globolinks] (1969) * Holy Motors (2012) * The Holy Mountain (1973) * The Horrors of Spider Island [Ein Toter hing im Netz] (1960) * The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) * Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] (1968) * House [Hausu] (1977) * Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) * How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) * Hugo the Hippo (1975) * The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978) * I Can See You (2008) * Idiots and Angels (2008) * If…. (1968) * I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK [Saibogujiman Kwenchana] (2006) * The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2009) * Indecent Desires (1968) * Inherent Vice (2014) * Ink (2009) * INLAND EMPIRE (2006) * Innocence (2004) * Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995) * It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) * I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse [J’irai Comme un Cheval Fou] (1973) * Jacob’s Ladder (1990) * Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) * John Dies at the End (2012) * Johnny Got His Gun (1971) * Keyhole (2011) * Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) * Kontroll (2003) * Kung Fu Hustle (2004) * Kwaidan (1964) * L’Age d’Or (1930) * The Lair of the White Worm (1988) * Last Year at Marienbad [L’Année Dernière à Marienbad] (1961) * The Legend of Suram Fortress [Ambavi Suramis Tsikhitsa] (1984) * Lemonade Joe [Limonádový Joe aneb Konská Opera] (1964) * Léolo (1992) * L’Immortelle (1963) * L’Inhumaine (1924) * Liquid Sky (1982) * Lisztomania (1975) * Little Otik [Otesánek] (2000) * The Lobster (2015) * Lost Highway (1997) * Love Exposure (2008) * The Love Witch (2016) * Lucifer Rising (1981) * Lunacy [Sileni] (2005) * The Lure [Córki Dancingu] (2015) * Maelstrom (2000) * Malpertuis (1972) * Mandy (2018) * Maniac (1934) * Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) * The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) * Marquis (1989) * Meet the Feebles (1989) * Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) * Metropolis (1927) * The Milky Way [La Voie Lactee] (1969) * Millennium Actress (2001) * Mind Game (2004) * Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) * Mood Indigo (2013) * mother! (2017) * Mr. Nobody (2009) * Mulholland Drive (2001) * My Winnipeg (2007) * Naked Lunch (1991) * Natural Born Killers (1994) * Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) * Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) * Night of the Hunter (1955) * Night Train to Terror (1985) * Ninja Champion (1985) * The Ninth Configuration (1980) * Nosferatu (1922) * No Smoking (2007) * Nostalghia (1983) * Nothing but Trouble (1991) * November (2017) * Nuit Noire [Black Night] (2005) * O Lucky Man! (1973) * Orpheus (1950) * A Page of Madness [Kurutta ippêji] (1926) * Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) * Paprika (2006) * Perfect Blue (1997) * Performance (1968/1970) * Persona (1966) * Phantasm (1979) * The Phantom of Liberty (1974) * Phantom of the Paradise (1974) * Pi (1998) * Pierrot le Fou (1965) * The Pillow Book (1996) * Pink Flamingos (1972) * Pink Floyd the Wall (1982) * Playtime (1967) * The Pornographers (1966) * Possession (1981) * Prospero’s Books (1991) * Reality (2014) * The Red Squirrel [La Ardilla Roja] (1993) * The Reflecting Skin (1990) * Reflections of Evil (2002) * Repo Man (1984) * A Report on the Party and Guests (1966) * Repulsion (1965) * Robot Monster (1953) * The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) * Roma (1972) [AKA Fellini’s Roma] * Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) * Rubber (2010) * Rubin & Ed (1991) * The Ruling Class (1972) * Run Lola Run (1998) * The Saddest Music in the World (2003) * Sans Soleil (1983) * Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972) * Santa Claus (1959) * Santa Sangre (1989) * The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) * Save the Green Planet! (2003) * A Scanner Darkly (2006) * Schizopolis (1996) * The Science of Sleep (2006) * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) * The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993) * A Serious Man (2009) * Seven Servants (1996) * Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) * Shanks (1974) * Shock Corridor (1963) * Silent Hill (2006) * Sin City (2005) * The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) * Sita Sings the Blues (2008) * Skidoo (1968) * Skins [Pieles] (2017) * Society (1989) * Solaris [Solyaris] (1972) * Songs from the Second Floor (2000) * Sorry to Bother You (2018) * Spider Baby (1967) * Spirited Away (2001) * Stalker (1979) * Steppenwolf (1974) * Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2012) * Street of Crocodiles (1986) * Survive Style 5+ (2004) * Suspiria (1977) * Sweet Movie (1974) * Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) * The Swimmer (1968) * Swiss Army Man (2016) * Synecdoche, New York (2008) * Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987) * The Taste of Tea (2004) * Taxidermia (2006) * Tekkonkinkreet (2006) * The Telephone Book (1971) * The Tenant (1976) * Teorema (1968) * The Testament of Orpheus (1960) * Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) * That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) * Thundercrack! (1975) * Tideland (2005) * Time Bandits (1981) * The Tin Drum (1979) * The Tingler (1959) * Titus (1999) * Tokyo Gore Police (2008) * Toto the Hero [Toto le Heros] (1991) * Trash Humpers (2009) * The Tree of Life (2011) * The Trial (1962) * The Triplets of Belleville (2003) * Tromeo & Juliet (1996) * True Stories (1986) * Tuvalu (1999) * Twelve Monkeys (1995) * Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) * Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) * Underground (1995) * Under the Skin (2013) * Upstream Color (2013) * Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984) * Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) * Vampire’s Kiss (1988) * Vampyr (1932) * Vertigo (1958) * Videodrome (1983) * Visitor Q (2001) * Viva la Muerte [Long Live Death] (1971) * Waking Life (2001) * Waltz with Bashir (2008) * Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991) * Weekend (1967) * Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) * Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013) * The Wicker Man (1973) * Wild at Heart (1990) * Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) * The Woman in the Dunes (1964) * Wool 100% (2006) * WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) * Yellow Submarine (1968) * You, the Living [Du Levande] (2007) * Zardoz (1974) * Zazie dans le Metro (1960) * A Zed and Two Noughts (1985) * Zéro de conduite (1933)

Apocrypha

Adult Swim Yule Log [AKA The Fireplace] (2022) * April and the Extraordinary World [Avril et le Monde Truqué] (2015) * The Baby of Mâcon (1993) * Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) * Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) * Beau Is Afraid (2023) * Big Man Japan (2007) * Brain Damage (1988) * Bubble Bath [Habfürdö] (1980) * Buffet Froid (1985) * Casino Royale (1967) * Celine and Julie Go Boating [Céline et Julie vont en bateau] (1974) * The Congress (2013) * Donkey Skin (1970) * Electric Dragon 80000V (2001) * The Fabulous Baron Munchausen [Baron Prásil] (1962) * Fando y Lis (1968) * Gemini (1999) * Green Snake (1993) * The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) * Hundreds of Beavers (2022) * If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971) * Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019) * Juliet of the Spirits (1965) * Keep an Eye Out [Au Poste!] (2018) * La Antena [The Aerial] (2006) * The Lighthouse (2019) * Mad God (2021) * Mirror [Zerkalo] (1975) * Modus Operandi (2009) * The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians [Tajemství hradu v Karpatech] (1981) * The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017) * Once Within a Time (2023) * The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) * Poor Things (2023) * Prometheus' Garden (1988) * Saint Bernard (2013) * The Servant (1963) * She's Allergic to Cats (2016) * Shiver of the Vampires [Le frisson des vampires] (1971) * Singapore Sling (1990) * A Snake of June (2002) * Son of the White Mare [Fehérlófia] (1981) * Space Is the Place (1974) * Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) * Teenage Tupelo (1995) * Titane (2021) * Toby Dammit (1968) * Under the Silver Lake (2018) * Uzumaki [Spiral] (2000) * Vinyan (2008) * Walker (1987) * The Warped Forest (2011) * The Wolf House (2018)

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