Validation (2007)
A fable about the magic of free parking.
ジャンル : コメディ, ロマンス
上映時間 : 16分
演出 : Kurt Kuenne
シノプシス
A cheerful parking attendant considers it his job to do more than validate parking. He wants to validate the customers themselves, delivering compliments about their appearances and the inner qualities behind them. Everyone who comes up to him with a ticket walks away validated as a worthwhile human being. Soon, the parking attendant becomes so popular that people line up for validation...
1940年代、アラバマ州で生まれたフォレスト・ガンプは、知能指数こそ人に劣るが、母親にたっぷりの愛情を注がれて育ち、優しいハートと走る能力は誰にも負けない男性に成長していく。そんなフォレストは、ただひとり彼に理解を示してくれた幼なじみの女性ジェニーの愛を信じる一方、ベトナムの戦場に出征するなど、1950年代に始まるアメリカの歴史の大きな動きの中で、図らずも波瀾万丈の半生を送ることになる。
ロンドン郊外の中等学校に勤めるベテラン教師バーバラは、新任の美術教師シーバとの間に友情を見出そうとする。やがて二人は仲良くなるが、シーバは男子生徒と情事にふけり……。オスカー女優競演による官能サスペンス。
A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.
小説家志望のジャーナリスト、ダンはある日ロンドンの街中で、ニューヨークからやって来たばかりの若いストリッパー、アリスと出会う。恋に落ちた2人は間もなく同棲を始める。1年半後、ついに処女小説の出版が決まったダンは、訪れた撮影スタジオでフォトグラファーのアンナに一目惚れしてしまう。彼女もダンに惹かれていたが、アリスとの同棲を知って身を引くことに。半年後、“アンナ”になりすましチャットでいたずらをするダン。ニセの“アンナ”につられて、水族館のデートに現われた医師ラリーだったが、彼は偶然そこで本物のアンナと出逢う…。
クラレンス(クリスチャン・スレイター)は、勤め先の店長が誕生日祝いに差し向けたコールガール、アラバマ(パトリシア・アークエット)と恋に落ち、すぐに結婚する。彼女のヒモと話をつけに出向いたクラレンスは成り行きで男を殺してしまい、あわてて持ち帰ったカバンの中には大量の麻薬が入っていた。麻薬を売り金を得ようとする二人に、マフィアと警察が迫り……。
シカゴに住む建築家のサムは癌で妻を亡くし一人息子のジョナと共にシアトルに越してきたが、ジョナは、父親のために新しい奥さんが必要だと思いラジオ局の相談番組に電話をする。同じ頃、ボルチモアに住む新聞記者のアニーは、婚約者ウォルターを伴って実家のクリスマス・パーティに出席した帰途に偶然聞いた、そのラジオ番組で、サムが切々と語る亡き妻の思い出にアニーは思わず涙する。
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
アイオワ州マディソン群の片田舎。農場主の妻フランチェスカは、夫と二人の子供に囲まれ平凡な主婦として穏やかな毎日を送っていた。そんなある日、一人で家の留守をしていた彼女の所へある男が道を尋ねてくる。男の名はロバート・キンケイド。旅のカメラマンで、この近くの屋根のある橋ローズマン・ブリッジを撮影に来たが道に迷ったという。橋までの道案内に車に同乗したフランチェスカ。それは二人にとって、永遠に心に残る4日間の始まりであった……。
年若い妻オミ(クララ・クリスタン)とベッドに横たわっていたマーフィー(カール・グルスマン)は、1月1日の早朝に電話の音で起こされる。メッセージを聞くと、かつての恋人エレクトラ(アオミ・ムヨック)の母親の切実な伝言が残っていた。彼女は音信が途絶えた娘の行方を心配しており……。
高知の進学校から東京の大学に入学した杜崎拓は、吉祥寺駅のホームで武藤里伽子に似た女性を見かける。その後、はじめての夏休みに同窓会のために故郷・高知へと帰省する道中、拓はその高校時代を思い起こす。季節外れに東京から転校して来た里伽子との出会い、ハワイへの修学旅行、里伽子と2人だけの東京旅行、親友と喧嘩別れした文化祭。ほろ苦い記憶をたどりながら、拓は里伽子の存在を振り返っていく。
いじめられっ子からも無視される孤独なジョンは、クリスマスプレゼントとして贈られたテディベアと友人になれるように祈る。彼の願いが通じたのか、テディベアに魂が宿り、ジョンにとって唯一無二の親友テッドとなる。それから27年の月日が経ち、中年となっても親友同士であるジョンとテッド。一緒にソファでくつろいでは、マリファナをくゆらし、映画を楽しんでいる彼らにジョンの恋人ロリーはあきれ気味。ジョンに、自分とテッドのどちらかを選べと迫る。
When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When these two very different women are trapped on this wild journey, their bond as mother and daughter is tested and strengthened while they attempt to navigate the jungle and escape.
The sexy Gin is the new love of Hache, but this can not forget his former girlfriend, so the love triangle is inevitable.
エメットは、真面目を絵に描いたような性格で見た目は至って普通という、どこを取っても平均的なLEGO(R)のミニフィギュア。にもかかわらず、どういうわけか人知を超えた能力を誇り、世界を救う鍵となる人物だと周囲から勘違いされてしまう。困惑する中、謎めいたグループのメンバーに迎え入れられた上に、バットマンやスーパーマンも入り乱れる巨悪退治の冒険に出ることに。救世主やヒーローの自覚もなければ世界を救う覚悟もない彼は、行く先々で大騒動を巻き起こしていく。
もうすぐヴァレンタインという季節。平凡な男ジョエルは、恋人クレメンタイン(クレム)と喧嘩をしてしまう。何とか仲直りしようとプレゼントを買って彼女の働く本屋に行くが、クレムは彼を知らないかのように扱い、目の前でほかの男といちゃつく始末。ジョエルはひどいショックを受ける。やがて彼はクレムが記憶を消す手術を受けたことを知る。苦しんだ末、ジョエルもクレムの記憶を消し去る手術を受けることを決心。手術を受けながら、ジョエルはクレムとの思い出をさまよい、やがて無意識下で手術に抵抗し始める。
仕事を通して出会ったヘッドハンターとアート・ディレクターが意気投合。相性ぴったりの2人は、恋愛感情抜きで体だけの理想の関係を始めることにするが...。
1952年の歳末、NYの高級百貨店でアルバイトをするテレーズは、クリスマスプレゼントを探しに店を訪れた優雅で上品な人妻キャロルと出会い、彼女に魅せられる。店に置き忘れた手袋をキャロルに送り届けたことから、彼女の知己を得たテレーズは、キャロルが夫ハージとの愛のない結婚生活に疲れ果て、いまや離婚協議中であること、そして娘の親権を彼に奪われそうになって苦しんでいることを知る。2人の距離は次第に縮まる。
Story of two young people who belong to different worlds. It is the chronicle of a love improbable, almost impossible but inevitable dragging in a frantic journey they discover the first great love. Babi is a girl from upper-middle class that is educated in goodness and innocence . Hache is a rebellious boy, impulsive, unconscious, has a appetite for risk and danger embodied in endless fights and illegal motorbike races, the limit of common sense
列強進出が著しい清朝末期の広東。酔八仙(酔拳)を会得したものの、酒の勢いで暴走してしまうフェイフォンは、父ケイインから酔拳の使用を禁じられていた。一方、イギリスが領事館を通じて中国の国宝を国外へ密輸していた事実を察知した武術家マンケイは阻止に動く。ひょんなことからマンケイと知り合い事情を知ったフェイフォンだったが、やがて英国の魔手が彼とその仲間に及ぼうとしていた。
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.
Where do you find love? Sometimes all you need is a sign.
A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.
A kitten who is being tormented by a bulldog finds a savior in a black cat (from the "Black Cat Bad Luck Company") who merely has to cross the dog's path for something very unlucky to happen to the bully.
With a cheeky, down-to-earth charm that appeals to both children and adults, the series – beginning with 'Vinnie-Pukh (1969)' – has since developed something of a cult following, and are considered by many to decisively surpass their Disney counterparts, however uneasily they may fit into the official canon. The animation itself is somewhat coarse and minimalistic, but this all adds to the charm of it all, with the story and characters coming to life as though they have just stepped out of a picture book.
Another Russian Winnie-the-Pooh story. This time the donkey, known from the Pooh stories as Eeyore, is sad because he has no tail. Pooh goes in search of one and finds it attached to a bell that hangs from the treehouse of one Owl.
This was the second of the Russian Winnie-the-Pooh series. This one had Pooh and Piglet visiting Rabbit for a meal with honey.
A cowboy seeks to rescue, then woo, a damsel in distress. But he is constantly thwarted by the scratches, breaks, and other imperfections present in the film print itself.
An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the theatre he panics at the thought of telling his family the bad news and decides to disguise himself as a beggar. His daughter's beau accidentally gives him a five dollar gold piece, thinking that it was a smaller coin. A chase ensues with a policeman, the daughter, and her beau in hot pursuit. When caught he is recognized by his shocked daughter, but is quickly forgiven by all. Meanwhile the actor hired to replace him has already been fired and a messenger is dispatched to rehire the Old Actor to the delight of his wife, daughter, and fellow actors.
A waltz played with an accordion starts a short story about the running time.
A short film in which pieces of paper fly off of an animated cube.
Another of Brakhage’s works of “moving visual thinking,” Rage Net reminds one of the vibrant pioneering experiments of European animators of the 1920s.
A man in tight jeans buffs his car to the strains of The Paris Sisters’ “Dream Lover”.
A hungry cat has the idea of giving "Jumbo Gro" fertilizer to a scrawny canary to make him a bigger meal, which leads to a race between the cat, the canary, a dog, and a mouse to see who can grow the biggest.
Puce Moment is a short 6 minute film by Kenneth Anger, author of the Hollywood Babylon books, filmed in 1949. Puce Moment resulted from the unfinished short film Puce Women. The film opens with a camera watching 1920s style flapper gowns being taken off a dress rack. The dresses are removed and danced off the rack to music. (The original soundtrack was Verdi opera music; in the 1960s, Anger re-released the film with a new psychedelic folk-rock soundtrack performed by Jonathan Halper.) A long-lashed woman, Yvonne Marquis, dresses in the purple puce gown and walks to her vanity to apply perfume. She lies on a chaise lounge which then begins to move around the room and eventually out to a patio. Borzois appear and she prepares to take them for a walk.
Having been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.
After he is rejected by the Great Poochini as an opening act, Mysto the Magician gets his revenge by conducting his next operatic performance.
In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to arrow heads. The first version of the film won a major award at the International Experimental Film Festival Held in Brussels in 1958 in association with the World's Fair. Stan Brakhage described the film as "an almost unbelievably immense masterpiece".
A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.