Two men. Friends? Enemies? Lovers? Brothers? One is nothing, success or failure depends on two.
As a family struggles to survive in rural isolation during the Great Depression, their daughter's secret affair begins a journey into the unknown.
Shot in the abandoned buildings of Gary, Indiana and the cornfields of Western Illinois, The Twenty-One Lives of Billy the Kid presents a fractured historical narrative without any real protagonist, one in which the titular character goes mostly unseen - Billy the Kid as the always-off-screen assailant, as a ghost’s laugh, as a shadow on the road.
From a small cabin in the mountains of New York, Nina Breeder and Massimilian Breeder begin a journey across the United States. California is just the initial destination, but just as the edge of the surrounding landscape expands, so does their ultimate destination. A contemplation of nature and time along a raw journey in the American landscape.
(Some of us) Still run down the same [mental&emotional] streets we revered/reproached/replaced as children.
Return to 'burn' only to find out you're already in that urn.
Onward, upward, greener [redder] grasstures.
A 'reversal' of Jean-Léon Gérôme's 1872 painting Pollice Verso.
Locked away but not away; somewhere nearby but unreachable, a periphery so notfaroff it's always in sight.
I really hope this is well-received. I really hope there's some sort of reprieve.
On the Clickity-clack Express it's clear I'm always under duress, unless I forget.
Hiding inside&out, writhing about, taken out&in.
Beyond all human restraint lies one's lugubrious layers of paint.
Radical recurrences & rancorous requests raze my daze.
Rather pointless, rather stilted, fetid; not what we want us going after.
Calangros: Um faroeste sobre o terceiro mundo
1 minute experimental film.
A psychedelic montage of home movie footage gives way to a silent western story.
"This is a video for my generation. I'm Lucia Izmailova. And I can control time. See the future. I was eight years old when I dreamt of World War III. Even though my parents didn't believe me, I still love them very much. Their wedding anniversary is soon. And I'm preparing a surprise for them. Mom will cook a lot of tasty food. Dad, like always, will sing... And I will dance. They will see that I can..."
Michael Gondry's examination of childhood love is replete with his trademark surreality. One evening at the turn of the century, Stephane discusses with his brother the end of the millenium, but also girls, particularly Aurelie, a classmate with whom he is secretly in love. The following day, Aurelie has a letter to give to him....