Onibaba (Kaneto Shindô, 1964)

imdb
criterion essay
previous viewing

Junkopia (Chris Marker, 1981)

Fr. 6 min.

chrismarker.org :: ubu

OffOn (Scott Bartlett, 1967)

USA, 9 min

former Berkley prof & independent filmmaker Bartlett’s foray into psychedelic experimentalism

imdb

(view full post for link to “making of” video)

Anthem (Bill Viola, 1983)

USA, 11 min

manipulates attentions
mad rhythmic inventions
the world’s every breathing in your face

ubu :: greylodge :: wiki

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Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch, 1980)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Vacation_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084488/
http://www.reverseshot.com/legacy/dogdays05/permanent.html

A Man Escaped [Un condamné à mort s'est échappé] (Robert Bresson, 1957)

http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=5439
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Escaped
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049902/

“Bresson had wanted to entitle the film ‘Aide-toi’ (‘Help yourself’), part of the French expression, ‘Aide-toi, le ciel t’aidera‘: in other words, ‘Heaven helps those who help themselves.’ He commented: ‘I would like to show this miracle: an invisible hand over the prison, directing what happens and causing such and such a thing to succeed for one and not for another…. . The film is a mystery…The Spirit breathes where it will.” (source)