The Souvenirs of Mr. X (2004)
An homage to amateur film-makers, their dream of cinema and their desire to find, in the unspectacular, everyday life, the truly special.
장르 : 다큐멘터리
상영시간 : 1시간 38분
연출 : Arash T. Riahi
시놉시스
A filmmaker finds 2 boxes of Super-8 films of an unknown amateur at a flea market. He goes on an investigative journey to find this person and dives into the wonderful, obsessive universe of amateur film with its own rules, competitions and the passionate love for the moving images.
1979년, 기차 플랫폼 부근에서 슈퍼 8mm 카메라로 영화를 촬영하던 6명의 아이들은 열차를 향해 전속력으로 돌진해가는 의문의 트럭을 발견한다. 순식간에 벌어진 끔찍한 열차 탈선 사고로 현장은 초토화가 되고, 아이들은 자신들이 우연히 목격한 모든 것을 비밀에 부치기로 한다. 하지만 그 날 이후 정체를 알 수 없는 무언가의 공격이 시작되는데… 비밀 지역 51구역 폐쇄와 함께 그 곳의 모든 것을 옮기던 열차. 누군가가 의도한 사고를 틈타 탈출한 ‘그것’. 그리고, 그 날의 모든 것을 촬영한 슈퍼 8mm 카메라. 진실을 포착한 6명의 아이들! 정체불명 '그것'의 공격에 맞서기 시작한다!
실제 범죄를 바탕으로 한 소설로 베스트셀러 작가가 된 ‘앨리슨’. 새로운 소설의 소재를 찾기 위해 일가족 몰살 사건이 벌어졌던 저택으로 이사 온다. 우연히 집 안에 남겨진 필름들을 발견한 ‘앨리슨’은 호기심에 이를 보고 경악을 금치 못하는데.. 필름엔 자신이 조사하던 살인 사건의 가족들이 죽어가는 충격적인 장면이 찍혀있었던 것! 카메라 뒤에 숨겨져 있을 범인을 찾기 위해, ‘앨리슨’은 필사적으로 단서를 추적하다, 모든 사건의 가족 중 아이들이 한 명씩 사라졌음을 발견하는데...
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filmed diary. Wherever he goes, he carries his camera with him. He films his life and lives as he films: places, moments, friends, loves, misfortunes.
Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.
A young man wakes up one morning to find that his head has transformed into a large cabbage. He quickly becomes a source of bemusement, desire and hostility to all those around him.
A high school student has a mental breakdown and brings a gun to class. A standoff against the police ensues.
A group of punks steal weapons from a military base.
A street-wise teen gets herself in a series of circumstances and mishaps in her meaningless existence.
SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
SONG 13: A travel song of scenes and horizontals (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
SONG 8: Sea creatures (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
A grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my death,” which reveal a dark history for her family to discover.
SONG 12: Verticals and shadows caught in glass traps (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.
SONG 14: Molds, paints and crystals (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
SONG 1: Portrait of a lady (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
SONG 11: Fires, windows, an insect, a lyre of rain scratches (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
The first half of the video is footage I shot in 2014 when I was 19, on my family’s land before we moved because of the South West Calgary Ring Road. The second half I shot this summer while driving by our land, which is now the Ring Road’s construction site. -seth cardinal dodginghorse
