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Georg Lhotzky – Moos auf den Steinen aka Moss on the Stones (1968)
Description Engaged to the daughter of an aging baron, an ambitious advertising executive wishes to renovate the baron’s crumbling castle into a holiday getaway for the social elite. In his zeal to...
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Shirley Clarke – The Connection (1962)
Synopsis: THE CONNECTION is one of the most vital, fascinating films of the American independent world. Created by a woman director, Shirley Clarke, at a time when they were in very short supply, the...
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Pierre Étaix & Jean-Claude Carrière – Rupture (1961)
Synopsis A man receives a break-up letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pained lover decides to reply. Fountain pen, penholder, desk, stamps, paper and inkwell all...
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Pierre Prévert – Le petit Claus et le grand Claus AKA Little Claus and Big...
Synopsis Once upon a time there lived in the same village two men bearing the very same name. One of them chanced to possess four horses, the other had only one horse, so, by way of distinguishing...
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Orson Welles – The Merchant of Venice – Costume Tests (1969)
This short clip (10mins) features colour footage shot of costume tests for Welles unfinished project “The Merchant of Venice” from 1969 and whilst there is no sound to the footage, the music is part...
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Teruo Ishii – Edogawa ranpo taizen: Kyofu kikei ningen AKA Horrors of...
PLOT SUMMARY After escaping from an asylum, young medical student Hirosuke assumes the identity of a dead man in order to solve the mystery of a weird doppelganger whose picture he sees in the...
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Haskell Wexler – Medium Cool (1969)
Quote: It’s 1968, and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval, famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler decided to make a film about what the hell was going on. Medium Cool, his...
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Mikio Naruse – Midareru AKA Yearning (1964)
Slant Magazine wrote: At first, Yearning appears to be a typically late-Narusian offering, a low-key and observational drama that obsessively details Reiko’s day-to-day routines. In addition to...
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Kon Ichikawa – Taiheiyo hitori-botchi aka Alone on the Pacific (1963)
Synopsis: Director Kon Ichikawa’s (An Actor’s Revenge, The Burmese Harp, Tokyo Olympiad) incredible real-life tale of one man’s epic journey across the Pacific Ocean is based on Kenichi Horie’s...
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Zoltán Huszárik – Elégia (1965)
A lyrical requiem about horses, who have been forced out of the life of human beings by machines. http://nitroflare.com/view/06B783C3429D298/elegia.avi no dialogue If you enjoy this blog, you can...
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John Cassavetes – Too Late Blues (1961)
Quote: Independence is a crucial part of the legend of John Cassavetes, the original Method actor turned DIY filmmaker. For that reason his early forays into studio directing — he made 1961’s “Too...
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Pier Paolo Pasolini & Giovanni Guareschi – La Rabbia (1963)
Quote: La Rabbia employs documentary footage (from the 1950’s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and...
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Robert Bresson – Au hasard Balthazar aka Balthazar [Criterion] (1966)
Jim Ridley wrote: With exquisite, heartrending calm, Bresson’s 1966 masterpiece Au Hasard Balthazar lays out the life of a donkey, from first brays to final rest. Baptized Balthazar, the donkey goes...
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Jirí Menzel – Skrivánci na niti AKA Larks on a String [+Extra] (1969)
Long-Repressed Tale of Repression The junk heap to which the characters of “Larks on a String” are consigned is a kind of paradise. Here, in the early 1950’s, former members of Czechoslovakia’s...
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Júlio Bressane – Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema (1969)
Carlos Adriano wrote: This film caused controversy in 1969, not just for its content, but above all for its daring and sparse approach to that content. Today, it is regarded as a classic of Brazilian...
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Marin Karmitz – Sept jours ailleurs AKA Seven Days Somewhere Else (1969)
Quote: A young composer is suffocating in his social and family life. He dreams of leaving and starting his life over somewhere else… Jacques goes on a tour of the provinces with a ballet troupe who...
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Ebrahim Golestan – Ganjine-haye gohar AKA The crown jewels of Iran (1965)
Quote: “The Iranian Crown Jewels (1965, 15 min.), commissioned and then banned by the shah’s cultural ministry, is a formally dazzling and politically provocative brief on its subject.” Jonathan...
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Joseph McGrath – 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968)
Plot: Rupert Street, a piano player and composer, decides to write a musical and marry before he reaches his thirtieth birthday. One minor problem: he’ll be 30 in six weeks… Written by Homme A. Piest...
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Marin Karmitz – Nuit noire, Calcutta (1964)
Nuit Noire, Calcutta is the story of a writer, Jean (Maurice Garrel), who has come to the coast to complete a novel about the french vice consul in Calcutta. He does not find his task an easy one, and...
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Stephen Dwoskin – Chinese Checkers (1965)
Chinese Checkers Two women play Chinese checkers. Halfway through the film, the women are transformed through masks, make-up and costumes and they drift from a concentration on the board game to a...
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