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Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

2012

Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

2012
6.5
An autobiographical diary film assembled from unused footage shot between 1960 and 2000, interwoven with reflections, music, and glimpses of family, friends, city life, and travel. Mekas transforms these fragments into a poetic celebration of memory, happiness, and the passing of time.
Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery

1901

Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery

1901
4.8
A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.
Negro Street Dancers

1896

Negro Street Dancers

1896
4.7
Five black and white minstrels dancing and playing musical instruments in Rupert Street, London.
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986
8.2
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
Études sur Paris

1928

Études sur Paris

1928
7.3
"Paris, Paris, you know, I would eat it..." wrote André Sauvage. An artist close to the avant-gardes, André Sauvage composed the first great filmed portrait of Paris. Its ambitious symphony of a big city marries, on the music composed by Jeff Mills, the changing rhythm of the Belle Époque. Contemporary of the dizzying explorations of Dziga Vertov and Walter Ruttmann, Sauvage is less fascinated by speed than by the repertoire of urban mobility, attentive to the neighborhoods he crosses, always curious about their furtive inhabitants. He draws a portrait of Paris in five studies: Paris-Port, North-South, the islands of Paris, the Little Belt and from the Saint-Jacques tower to the Sainte-Geneviève mountain.
The Electric Night

1928

The Electric Night

1928
6.6
City lights contrasted with total darkness in this experimental short film.
Big Shot

2013

Big Shot

2013
6.1
A meteoric rise and tragic fall are captured in this brief history of a beloved sports team and a man who took a chance. When the New York Islanders first burst on the national hockey scene, the team was unstoppable. Winning four straight Stanley Cups, it became the pride of Long Island, until subsequent years of turmoil left the Islanders in dire straits. Enter John Spano, an obscure Texas millionaire with big dreams and a persuasive smile. Director and avid Islanders fan Kevin Connolly of HBO’s Entourage gets an earnest play-by-play from a man who exaggerated his social and monetary profile so vastly that he actually took control of an NHL franchise. With testimony from sports analysts and federal investigators, Connolly skillfully pieces together this unbelievable story.
Scénario du film Passion

1982

Scénario du film Passion

1982
5.6
Godard constructs a lyrical study of the cinematic and creative process by deconstructing the story of his 1982 film Passion. “I didn’t want to write the script,” he states, “I wanted to see it.” Positioning himself in a video editing suite in front of a white film screen that evokes for him the “famous blank page of Mallarmé,” Godard uses video as a sketchbook with which to reconceive the film. The result is a philosophical, often humorous rumination on the desire and labor that inform the conceptual and image making process of the cinema.
Tales from the Organ Trade

2013

Tales from the Organ Trade

2013
6.4
A look into the underground world of trafficking human body parts.
The Responsive Eye

1965

The Responsive Eye

1965
5.3
A documentary short directed by Brian De Palma, The Responsive Eye documents the 1965 exhibition of optical art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Curated by William C. Seitz, the exhibition was the first major museum show dedicated to Op Art. The film captures both the artworks and the reactions of attendees, offering a snapshot of a pivotal moment in the relationship between contemporary art and public perception.
TRANS

2012

TRANS

2012
5
An up-close and very personal journey into the transgender world through the memorable stories and the unusual lives of a remarkable cast of characters.
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley

2013

For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley

2013
7.1
WWE superstar Mick Foley (aka Mankind, aka Dude Love, aka Cactus Jack) looks back at his spectacular career as one of the best-loved and biggest risk-taking wrestlers of his generation...
Kingdom of the Oceans

2011

Kingdom of the Oceans

2011
6.9
Diving into the planet’s waters, Kingdom Of The Oceans features astonishing footage that showcases the majesty of the underwater world. Shot at over 50 locations around the world and with eighty different species, this breath-taking four-part special offers a deeper insight into the aquatic side of nature, from the coastal shores to the open sea. 1) Giants Of The Deep: The voyages of blue whales and hordes of tuna through the vast, blue, liquid expanse of the oceans. 2) Sand Wars:The sandy plains of the seabed can appear to be empty, but hide multitudes of moving creatures. 3) Predator's Paradise: Coral polyps are tiny animals that construct underwater mountains, sheltering an extraordinarily diverse group of species. 4) Fire & Ice: Whales, penguins, iguanas and dolphins have all inherited a burdensome air-breathing legacy from their land-dwelling ancestors.
K2: Siren of the Himalayas

2012

K2: Siren of the Himalayas

2012
6.6
Following a group of climbers attempting to climb K2 in 2009, on the 100-year anniversary of its landmark 1909 expedition. Experience the adventure, peril and serenity of a group's attempt to climb the most challenging peak on earth.
8: SIDA

2006

8: SIDA

2006
5.8
In a hospital in Burkina Faso, a man infected by HIV tells his story.
Resident Alien

1990

Resident Alien

1990
5
At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.
Army Life: Mounted Infantry

1900

Army Life: Mounted Infantry

1900
4.2
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

1896

A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

1896
5.1
The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from above almost in a vertical plunge onto the deep, rocky ground.
Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker'

2009

Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker'

2009
4.3
The conflict surrounding the production of Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece 'Stalker', as well as a look at the tragic character that was Georgi Rerberg.
The Enclosed Valley

1995

The Enclosed Valley

1995
7.2
My films are like that: in a room, but looking out onto an open sky. [...] I can’t really say it except to repeat that Bresson note, ‘that without a thing changing, everything is different.’ The film exists. The fiction is set up, and we believe in it. The justness of the agreement leads us to believe it, because everything plays equally at being a sign. That’s the arrangement of the elements. It’s an act of faith. La vallée close is just this: elements treated above all as if in a documentary that, without being changed, portray the story and reveal between them the elements of fiction. But above all seen as they are, insignificant. And then in the relations they set up, they can satisfy our desire for a story. -- Rousseau