Atman (1975)
Gênero : Terror, Animação
Runtime : 12M
Director : Toshio Matsumoto
Sinopse
ĀTMAN is a visual tour-de-force based on the idea of the subject at the centre of the circle created by camera positions (480 such positions). Shooting frame-by-frame the filmmaker set up an increasingly rapid circular motion. ĀTMAN is an early Buddhist deity often connected with destruction; the Japanese aspect is stressed by the devil mask of Hangan, from the Noh, and by using both Noh music and the general principle of acceleration often associated with Noh drama.
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
A história entreligada de duas mulheres: uma é a vencedora do concurso Miss Mundo cujo prêmio foi se casar com um magnata do petróleo e que foge desse casamento tumultuado para Paris, tem um caso selvagem com um famoso rock star, El Macho e se muda para uma comunidade radical. A outra dirige um barco carregado de doces e açúcar, atraindo homens e rapazes com sexo, morte e conversa revolucionária.
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Na primeira parte do filme o narrador chamado de "O Cientista" aparece fazendo comentários sobre a Humanidade. Logo a seguir o Inspetor Warren encontra o cadáver de um travesti masculino suicida chamado Patrick/Patricia. Ele então procura o Dr. Alton, perito nesses casos, que lhe conta a história de Glen/Glenda. Alton explica que Glen, apesar de se travestir, não era homossexual. Estava noivo e seu dilema era contar à sua namorada Barbara sobre a sua "mania". Na segunda parte, o Dr. Anton conta a história de Alan/Anne, um homem que desejava ser mulher e que conseguiu mudar pela cirurgia, favorecido por ser um pseudo-hermafrodita (possuia ambos os órgãos genitais, embora apenas um fosse completo).
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Rock musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
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Filmed in France in 1950, it was not completed nor released until 1971