| The Films Within Independent Exposure X - Microcinema Version 1 | |||
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Flip Film
directed by Alfonso Alvarez USA, Animation, 1999, 16mm, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:05 Made in collaboration with, Photographer Ellen Ugelstad. This trip through the urban landscape is a staccato peek at San Francisco from the inside of a bus. An animated flip book in the tradition of Biograph's 1890 film toy, the Mutoscope this sixty-second film explores the reiterative process: it is a film of a flip-book of photographic stills from a film by a photographer and a filmmaker. ... more info | ||
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Movie Cool
directed by David Liban USA, Comedy / Satire, 1995, Super 8, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:30 This short film explores the effect that cinema has on its audience. The term "Movie Cool" is used to describe the feeling of elation a good film can cause in its viewers. ... more info | ||
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Pictures in Ireland
directed by Dave Johnston Ireland, Documentary, 1998, 16mm, Color, 00:06:00 The words of Ludwig Wittgenstein underscore images of Ireland. Music by Franz Schubert.... more info | ||
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Fran's Fantastic Feasts
directed by Sue McNally USA, Comedy / Satire, 1998, Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 A wonderful new cooking show from Seattle's own Sue McNally. ... more info | ||
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Devil Inside, The
directed by Jennifer Reeder USA, Comedy / Satire, 1996, Super8mm/Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:00 From the holy depths of the sewer there will come a savior, and they will call her TRASH! Let us gather and worship, as we acknowledge our slothful inaction.... more info | ||
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Kunstbar
directed by Steve Whitehouse Canada, Animation, 2002, Flash Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:55 A thirsty man attempts to answer the question: "What would happen if you drank an Yves Tanguy?"... ... more info | ||
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Whizeewhig
directed by Chihcheng Peng USA, Experimental, 2002, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 A brisk jaunt around downtown San Francisco reveals a few new sights. What you see is what you get.... more info | ||
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Armor of God
directed by Jim Haverkamp and Brett Ingram USA, Documentary, 2001, 16mm, other, Optical Stereo, 00:12:45 Can ear-splitting improvisational noise be considered "Christian music"? North Carolina musician Scotty Irving certainly thinks so. He builds instruments out of hockey masks and crutches, bangs the ground with hammers, and in his one-man act Clang Quartet generally cranks it up for the Lord. Armor of God is a short documentary film that uses Irving's arresting performance to peer into his motivations for venturing so far out on musical and theological limbs.... more info | ||
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Childhood
directed by Shizuko Tabata Japan, Experimental, 2001, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:30 Is the memory of your childhood a happy or sad one? Everything has gone to the past, but we can only look forward.... more info | ||
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Harboring Wells
directed by Norma V Toraya USA, Animation, 2004, DV, Color, other, 00:06:00 There is a sudden crash of a flying vehicle and two individuals end up landing in a lagoon of a green heavily natural landscape. It is quiet and the pair are alone, floating around in this small lagoon - unable to contact the rest of the world. The main character is one who dances around, musing herself with the other character who is practically dead, injured, almost catatonic. Instead of letting go, she tries to entertain this other sunken character with gestures of fun, soothing comforting, showing past photos and picture books. This odd preoccupation shadows the fact that lurking in the landscape is a force, which ends their lives both. What the story attempts to convey is a sense of mem... more info | ||
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Dance Machine
directed by John Benson and Ward Evans USA, Comedy / Satire, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:40 A man pursues his dream of becoming the ultimate dance machine.... more info | ||
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Counterfeit Film
directed by Brett Simon USA, Animation, 2001, Mini DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 A look at money, movies, and reproduction.... more info | ||