Shorts are Sweet (Allisoncm)
My favorite short films.
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- DirectorAndrea FraserStarsAndrea FraserJane Castleton leads a satirical tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
- DirectorGretchen SomerfeldStarsYvette SirkerTitus WelliverJudy WienerAt a café, a woman fantasizes about a man and also ponders what the reality of the situation would be.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsFranciszek PieczkaMariusz DmochowskiJerzy StuhrA short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word "Action!" and the slate.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMarie-France PisierPatrick AuffayAntoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.
- DirectorAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesCharlotte ZwerinStarsTruman CapoteKaren GundersenAn intimate meeting with renowned author Truman Capote. As a reporter interviews him in his beachfront home, Capote shares his "self-regarding" personality through hip philosophy and calculated jokes. He offers insights in an endearingly raspy voice about his latest book, In Cold Blood, which Capote declares to be part of a new genre, the "non-fiction novel." Just as the Maysles brothers' direct cinema classics turn real stories into narratives, Capote's non-fiction novel makes an effort to turn reality into art. In Cold Blood is based on first-hand accounts of an actual murder. The author affectionately discusses his coverage of the subsequent trial and his intriguing relationship with the two young killers. Capote claims it is the spontaneity of life that compels him to portray reality, but it is his own fresh energy and startling sense of humor that keep us intrigued.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsJohn NesbittVondell DarrLumsden HareThis entry in the Passing Parade series deals with medical discoveries that are discovered by accident.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMerrill GruverMichael EdwardsMelissa BrownKaren Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the Carpenters in the 70s.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsT.J. ThyneVicki DavisDave KuhrA fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation -- dispensing both free parking and free compliments.
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsNadja TesichJean-Pierre LéaudNadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust. Besides her student life she likes to stroll about Paris, to explore the variety of this wide and open city.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsClaudio BrookSilvia PinalEnrique Álvarez FélixSimon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterSeven toy teddy bears of varying sizes suddenly come to life, getting in all sorts of merry misadventures.
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsMaria de MedeirosPascale SalkinTwo girls came to Paris for the first time and they are trying to live.
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsPascal BonitzerJean-Loup RivièreA man awakens to find himself immersed in a real-life scenario of a board game with an ever expanding cartography.
- DirectorMarie MenkenA short experimental film made by New York visual and avant-garde artist Marie Menken.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsJean DastéRobert le FlonLouis LefebvreIn a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
- DirectorNorman McLarenDrawn in pastels, and scored with jazzy music, fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, launching five spheres in to space to create even more fantastical scenes.
- DirectorÉmile CohlThe first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJakub GoldbergHenryk KlubaAndrzej KondratiukTwo men emerge from the sea onto the beach carrying a large wooden wardrobe with a mirror on its front. After the two men clean up and rejoice being in this new environment, they proceed to enter the nearby town, they carrying the wardrobe wherever they go. They just want to meet people and experience their new surroundings, but are largely shunned or ignored. In some instances, they are shunned even when their presence helps the situation. And in other instances of being shunned, they are beaten. And when they are ignored, the world just keeps going without them, often at the detriment of humankind. Ultimately, the two men, with their wardrobe, make a decision about what to do in light of their experiences.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsJacques MarinViviane BourdonneuxMartin SerreA father, mother, and son go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorMarie-Josee Saint-Pierre