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SATURDAY SHORT: THE BURDEN (2017)

April 27, 2024 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 1 Comment

Just another Swedish existential animated musical in four acts, enacted by humans with animal heads. Winner of grand prizes at Annecy and Toronto International film festivals.

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karim says:

April 30, 2024 at 3:49 am

i’ve been looking for this animated jewel for years, and had given up – thanks !
(indeed, a weird must for 366wm)

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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) * 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) * Gemini (1999) * Green Snake (1993) * The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) * 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) * 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) * Under the Silver Lake (2018) * Uzumaki [Spiral] (2000) * Vinyan (2008) * Walker (1987) * The Warped Forest (2011) * The Wolf House (2018)

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