Figure Studies (2012)
장르 :
상영시간 : 2시간 40분
연출 : David Michalek
시놉시스
A series of figure studies using high-speed HD video, and inspired by the works of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride. NOTE: the actress playing Jennie was 14 years old when she made this film, and appears topless in a couple of shots.
A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.
An FBI agent must negotiate with a woman holding a hospital hostage in order to get her hands on an experimental drug.
No clothes. No apologies. This film marks artist Spencer Tunick's third 'Naked' documentary which feature photo shoots that create art from the naked bodies of men and women. In this shoot, 85 HIV-positive men and women gather in a downtown Manhattan bar where they bare it all for Tunick's camera, creating an unsentimental look at life with AIDS in America today.
A young teacher is the victim of a cruel joke. When she enters the classroom, all her pupils are naked, standing near their bench. Their clothes are heaped up on the podium
In a world at the brink of the 21st century, where strict social stratification is rigidly enforced, and the only manifestation of violence is in magazine pages, a photographer whose special talent is mixing violence and sex, is told to find a new girl whose freshness will rejuvenate the pages of the magazine.
Shot at 2,000 frames per second, this short shows a man exhaling smoke in incredibly slow motion.
Nulepsy: the pathological need to be nude. An elderly man recounts his life story characterised by the rare, exceptional and inconvenient disease he suffers from.
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.
A 16 mm film, featuring Yoko Ono's own eye slowly blinking, shot by Peter Moore with a high-speed camera at 2,000 frames per second, which is projected at normal speed, 24 frames per second, thus creating a slow-motion effect.
Naomi, a fifteen year-old Dutch girl from South-Amsterdam, develops a crush on a beautiful Arabic girl of the same age living in the poor quarters of Amsterdam West. During one magical summer in Amsterdam, the two girls play an emotional chess game of love, seduction and attraction.
This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.
Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with its star attraction, beautiful prostitute Virginia.
토머스 S. 엘리엇(Thomas S. Eliot)의 시 《지혜로운 고양이가 되기 위한 지침서 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats》를 극화하여 시적 상상력을 바탕으로 고양이로 분한 배우들이 인간 구원이라는 주제를 표현한 작품이다.
로마 황제의 총애를 받던 젊은 군인 세바스찬은 기독교에 귀의한 후 군사훈련을 거부하다 결국 사형에 처해진다.
데릭 저먼의 이름을 세상에 알리게 한 첫 번째 장편 영화로, 중세 이후 화가들의 꾸준한 관심의 대상이었던 순교자 성 세바스찬에 관한 영화로 화살에 꿰뚫린 누드가 발산하는 에로틱한 매혹이 영화 전편에서 넘실거린다. 이탈리아 사르디니아에서 100% 고대 라틴어로 촬영하였으며 브라이언 이노가 음악을 맡았다.
영국의 '더 타임즈'는 이 영화를 두고 헤어조크 영화 중 "가장 개인적이며 최고의 영화"라며, 하지만 "무시무시한 경험을 제공할 것"이라 했다. 발터 슈타이너라는 실제 조각가를 통해 헤어조크가 자신의 예술관과 삶에 대해 이야기하는 자전적인 내밀한 작품이다.
Five years ago David's life came undone when his young daughter fell victim to a brutal attack. The subsequent emotional fallout cost him his marriage and his job. Handicapped by guilt and anguish David abandoned his past and alienated himself. He took a second rate job as a security guard and plodded on - his wounds concealed but unhealed. All it would take is a scratch for them to open wide and consume him.... During a routine security inspection, David discovers a young Serbian girl stowed in the cab of a truck. Her sister and other girls have been murdered - all victims of a perfidious human trafficking racket. She pleads for his help. This is his chance at retribution. This time he will champion the young girl that places her trust in him. But David is taking on Goliath and he has his back against the wall and a gun at his head. Enlisting the help of a woman's refuge counselor, David embarks on a do or die mission to save the girl.
A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by some unusual types. Spurred on by a series of horrific hallucinations, she begins to investigate the mysterious disappearances of several students.
Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.
A smile gradually fades into a neutral facial expression.