MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Atman
Atman

Atman

Genres

HorrorAnimation

OverView

ĀTMAN is a visual tour-de-force based on the idea of the subject at the centre of the circle created by camera positions (480 such positions). Shooting frame-by-frame the filmmaker set up an increasingly rapid circular motion. ĀTMAN is an early Buddhist deity often connected with destruction; the Japanese aspect is stressed by the devil mask of Hangan, from the Noh, and by using both Noh music and the general principle of acceleration often associated with Noh drama.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

12 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

01 July 1975

Country

Japan

Cast

Similar Movies

6.2

The Game

January 1962 •

In this child's game, a live-action boy and girl draw characters and compete who is better. The girl draws a flower and the boy draws a car that runs it over. Then a drawn lion chases a drawn girl, until it all becomes frightfully serious.

6.6

The Scary Movie

January 1993 •English

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

0.0

Mediterranean Landscape

November 2021 •Greek

This handmade silent film is a sociopolitical satire of our everyday life in Cyprus. Part of the Cyprus Collage Trilogy.

0.0

The Monster

February 2020 •Portuguese

A man is been filled with responsibilities and problems with his family. With time, he starts to go mad.

0.0

An American gothic in London

October 2021 •English

A painting of a couple talk to the viewers for a bit.

7.1

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

July 1987 •English

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

5.9

Begotten

June 1991 •English

Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.

0.0

All You Are Going to Want to Do Is Get Back There

November 2022 •English

A young man goes through his everyday routine until he realizes that he is completely alone.

6.2

Jack's Dream

November 1938 •English

A lucid dream turned nightmarish reality. A ship sinking into a world of fear. A short film that’s mostly puppetry by one of America's most prolific twentieth century artists.

6.2

Scherzo

November 1939 •English

Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were found and the hand-drawn images and sound were reconstituted. Picture and sound dance triple-quick in this animated version of a musical scherzo. A film without words.

5.7

Ghost Cell

September 2015 •French

Both a scientific and dreamlike documentary at once, Ghost Cell is a stereoscopic plunge into the guts of an organic Paris seen as a cell through a virtual microscope.

6.8

Street Musique

November 1972 •English

Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the music, but his own beat is more boisterous than that of the musicians. The illustrations range from convoluted abstractions to caricatures of familiar rituals. Without words.

10.0

El Nazareno

November 2022 •Spanish

"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;” (Lc 1:35) The most important event in the history of the Christian religion occurs beyond the physical plane, when God himself touches humankind for the first time. This event will bring light and shadow together in one place.

5.7

Spheres

January 1969 •English

This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.

0.0

Meta-Hegemony, Meta-Industry

October 2018 •Tagalog

Just another day in the life of a young man whose ass is used by a cruel syndicate and cult as a dildo mold. Unil he accidentally discovers how to make the most out of his abused hole.

6.0

Lost Footage

March 2022 •English

How would a found footage film look if the footage was never found? This conceptual art experiment questions the very nature of film and cinema while serving as an ironic tribute to the found footage horror pop culture. The found footage format provides the narrative justification for such a film to exist: the non-existence exists because the footage existed yet it was lost and never found.

1.0

Evil Spirits

August 2008 •English

A fun-loving, unsuspecting woman checks into a hotel and encounters a cannibalistic mass murderer who is possessed by evil spirits.

0.0

The Killer Walks Among Us

November 2013 •English

A parking lot is haunted by the spirit of a dead killer who waits for the perfect moment to unleash spooks and thrills. Who will be next?

9.5

The Other Side of the Witching Hour

November 2016 •English

A spellbinding journey into the mind of an insomniac, who spends each night haunted by strange and wonderful illusions from another world.

0.0

Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

September 1980 •English

A fiddler's hand creates its own choreography is music is performed. This film is an attempt to share the dance. In the tradition and spirit of a Norman McLaren short, a light attached to a fiddle bow traces a dancing dot of light in darkness. The music was composed and is performed by Gordon Stobbe on fiddle and accompanied by Bill Doucette on guitar.