Treat Bottle 1972
Pursuit of a dog biscuit inside a glass bottle creates the type of narrative suspense that draws us into the action on the screen.
Pursuit of a dog biscuit inside a glass bottle creates the type of narrative suspense that draws us into the action on the screen.
Akemi is unable to get over the death of his girlfriend, but a book leads to his encounter with Akane, a woman with a wonderful smile. He gradually falls for Akane, who soothes him with her positive outlook and cheerful disposition, but Akane has a boyfriend who has a limited amount of time left to live.
Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.
Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he can't land an agent or a job. During the course of one summing-it-all-up day, he drives his cab around the city dealing with fare evaders, an insolent stage manager determined to keep him from auditioning for his choice director, his estranged wife who has a new lover, his mistress who seems awfully close to her "drawing teacher", and two teenage sons whose bright visions of the future don't seem to include jobs. If he can only cope with all the annoyances of this day, maybe he can deal with the limitations in his abilities and his future.
After a series of events, Georg Hauser, an established middle-class man, is at odds with the world, in which he himself used to work so well. He wants out. He wants to live. In a moment of his very own clarity, he destroys his car, but whoever destroys his property is an enemy of the state.
A parlor full of bon vivants pass around an enchanted pair of spectacles that “reveal the personality and pleasures of the one who wears them.”
A two year old, an ice cream cone and a clean, white shirt.
Two friends, Patso and Chiko, spend the night waiting in an empty apartment in the heart of Sofia. They await Albena, Patso's lover, and a truck full of cheese.
The young Valkó wants to plan a block of apartments that will still be modern fifty years from now. His ambitious plans are continuously rejected by his manipulative and careless superiors. So instead of the modern block of flats he only plans a bachelor apartment.
An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as he continues to drink.
This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 1976 Avignon Festival world premiere, at the tail end of this 2014 revival tour for a landmark Theâtre du Châtelet production and a first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent. Eschewing conventional narrative, the opera revolves loosely around pacifist Einstein’s relationship to the creation of the atomic bomb.
Li Yang, a boy from a family with only one parent, has been the victim of bullying on campus for a long time, and the upright and kind boy Feng Xiao Ao stepped forward and spoke. The two became good friends who talked about everything. Li Yang fell in love secretly with Yin Ze, the leader of the class who is also a boy. Unexpectedly, the secret was revealed. Li Yang has come under public criticism. The ridicule of his classmates and the teacher's disdain made Li Yang fall into an endless chasm. The appearance of Feng Xiao Ao rescued this boy from the abyss, taking him to the light...
A group of Rwandan women embark on a journey to heal the wounds of the past and create their own unique path to a future of peace and possibility.
Ralf and Nils actually have a good father-son relationship. However, during an outburst of anger, Ralf hits his son and breaks his glasses.