The Text of Light (1974)
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上映時間 : 1時間 11分
演出 : Stan Brakhage
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Time-lapse photography of books, paintings, reflections, and light falling on textures, shot entirely through a glass ashtray.
A folk horror movie about a woman who follows her boyfriend into the woods for a romantic surprise only to find something far more sinister. Inspired by thousands of witness accounts documenting the ongoing phenomenon of a certain species of shape-shifting creature in the forests of North America.
Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.
ベルゲンのカレンダーにはクリスマスのお祝いがない事を知ったトロールの女王ポピーはブランチの助けを借りて、ブリジットたちにクリスマスの大切さを教えようとします。さぁ、友だちになったトロールたちとベルゲンはクリスマスをお祝いすることができるのでしょうか?
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A kid begs to stay home while his older sister runs to the store. After she leaves, he wishes he would have gone because he doesn’t feel comfortable being at home in the dark as strange things start to happen...
バイキングの町、ニューバークでは、かつて人間とドラゴンが特別な関係にあり、仲良く暮らしていた。ヒックとトゥースはそれぞれの家族にそのことを伝えようとするが、娘や息子は信じてくれない。そこでヒックはドラゴンを讃える劇を上演することを思いつく…。
A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest.
Margo, Edith, and Agnes spot an ice cream truck. The three of them go after the truck but Agnes falls as she attempts to pedal to the truck. The Minions, seeing her so upset by this, decide to build her a unicorn-themed motorcycle. Agnes goes for a little ride around town.
A Minion, seeing many owners walk their dogs, wants a puppy of his own. He tries to leash a ladybug but fails. Luckily, a UFO that sweeps away the ladybug somehow agrees to become a Puppy.
The residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.
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First person view of a man seen only in shadow attempting to connect with the world around him.
An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from political campaign films to animated cartoons to children’s phonograph records, featuring Al Jolson, Mickey Mouse, the young Jack Smith, and a half-dozen American presidents.
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