Las cosas sencillas (1953)

Submission for the Raindance Halloween 14 Second Horror Film Competition

A still, highly overexposed shot of a car bridge and the river below. A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.

A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.

The beautiful girl Cinterrier (like the terrier version of Cinderella), was proposed to by many dogs. Who finally got her heart?

The Neighborhood Community (Tonari-gumi) was the smallest unit of population which was the national mobilization program established by the Japanese government during the World War II. This was to regulate rationing and thought control more efficiently. Each unit was consisted from 5-10 households, and organized to help one another, also to keep eye on any suspicious behavior. The same title song was made to promote this program, became a big hit in Japan with its cheerful melody.

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he must face Kintaro.

An explicit examination of interaction.

Two of the models of Toulouse Lautrec take a happy break from their posing.

Bedelia es una anciana asesina que mata a todos sus vecinos. Su hijo Jon esconde los cadáveres por amor a su madre.

Made-for-TV special of popular comic strip.

The homeless Polycarpe steals a rifle from some careless society sportsmen and goes on a mindless shooting spree. (MoMA)

A mischievous child feeds his father a laxative, leading to disruptive bouts of intestinal disorder—and an unexpected reward. (MoMA)

Artheme takes his elderly uncle for a walk in his wheelchair, but abandons the invalid in the woods overnight when he spots a pretty girl. (MoMA)

A jolly housekeeper brings new meaning to the notion of “home entertainment” with a handsome new portable phonograph that causes people, furniture, and buildings to rock and roll through the magic of stop-motion animation. (MoMA)

In a scheme that is all the more convincing on silent film, Polydor attempts to fool a high-society mob with a no-talent singer who lip-synchs recordings from a hidden Gramophone. (MoMA)

Singer Pik Nik tests the power of song with an earth-shaking voice that causes people to pass out, walls to collapse, cars to go backwards—and eventually lands him in jail. (MoMA)

John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio. Bunny exudes his usual Pickwickian charm. Miss Finch gets involved in a nice bit of physical comedy when her gawkiness makes the dance lesson less than successful.

Solos y aburridos tras espantar a todo el mundo, cuatro fantasmas de una casa encantada llaman a los cazafantasmas (Goofy, Mickey y Donald) con la esperanza de divertirse un rato asustándolos.

Goofy, descansando en un hotel en plena montaña, demuestra los conceptos básicos del esquí. El equipamiento es el de la época, y con él se evidencia que Goofy tiene muchos problemas para esquiar. El salto de esquí final lleva a Goofy al lugar del que nunca debería haber salido.

Mickey, Donald, y Goofy están limpiando un gran reloj.

Chip and Dale are busy collecting nuts and hiding them in a tree, when Pluto comes along and tries to hide his bone in the same tree. When all of the nuts end up in Pluto's dog house, Chip and Dale must come up with a way to get the nuts back.

El pato Donald inventa una máquina automática para lavar perros, mientras el pobre Pluto duerme una siesta ajeno a lo que se le avecina...

El undécimo clásico Disney fue el último de los llamados filmes-paquete, aquellos que produjo Disney durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y los primeros años de la posguerra. La película narra dos historias míticas de la literatura británica y estadounidense. El primer relato es 'El viento en los sauces', escrito por Kenneth Grahame y que narra la ostentosa vida del señorito J. Thaddeus Toad, un joven multimillonario pendenciero, que derrocha su fortuna por sus obsesiones. El segundo relato es 'La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow', escrito por Washington Irving. En un agradable pueblo de Sleepy Hollow, situado a las afueras del estado de Nueva York, llega el singular profesor Ichabod Crane, que se enamorará perdidamente de la bella Katrina van Tassel. La aparición del fantasma del llamado Jinete sin Cabeza durante la noche de la víspera del día de Todos los Santos convertirá la estancia de Ichabod Crane en una tortura .