Second-hand Reading
Genres
Overview
A film constructed from a succession of drawings on old books.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
7 min
Release Date
2013-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
0.0
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Creeping from the halls of the maze brain, corruption and terror is woven by devils born from the denied errors of mankind.
2017-04-20 | en
0.0
Weightless Bird In A Falling Cage
A faceless protagonist witnesses the alienation of gentrification as his home is overtaken by development. the forces behind it are demanding him to leave, but also consequently push him further and further into his not-home.
2017-08-29 | en
6.2
Pistol Opera
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
2001-10-27 | ja
4.7
Mr. Miao
The feature introduces a fictional golden-colored flower, which possesses the magical ability to debauch humans who get too close to it. As the flower only chooses kindhearted people as hosts, a group of martial artists who want to eradicate the plants face a dilemma: should one kill good people for rescuing men from sin?
2020-07-31 | zh
0.0
Mosolov's Suitcase
The life of Ukrainian-Soviet avant-garde composer Alexander Mosolov inspires three stories about creation and individualism in the face of state power, set against the Great Purge of the 1930s and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
| en
0.0
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
Part of the larger filmic Four Journeys Into Mystic Time, in this work director Shirley Clarke makes use of a dancer’s body not only as the primary performer, but also as a canvas on which to paint projected images. Further enhanced by editing and effective use of shadows, the film is a transformative experience.
1978-01-01 | en
0.0
Natural History
The parents of an adult infant named "Child", played by Todd Haynes, attempt to expel him from their home, by casting magical spell seen in a television documentary about Malaysian rites of passage.
1989-04-12 | en
7.5
The Holy Mountain
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
1973-11-29 | es
5.0
Lonesome Cowboys
Five lonesome cowboys get all hot and bothered at home on the range after confronting Ramona Alvarez and her nurse.
1968-11-01 | en
9.5
God of Chaos
A mysterious cult performs an ancient ceremony, inviting an otherworldly power into their earthly realm.
2019-07-15 | en
5.0
Oxygen
In this story set in near future, a group of young rebels, hippies and 1968 protesters want to cede and make an independent Island from the Mainland. A journalist who came to the Island to make a report about political summit that takes place there gets involved in the clash between young rebels and establishment.
1970-06-25 | sl
6.5
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.
2006-02-11 | ja
9.5
A Silent Day
A depiction of a girl’s uneasy state of mind as it wavers between life and death.
1999-04-26 | ja
10.0
A Body Appeared At The Lake Today
A found footage examination of what happened at the lake today. Where were you? An exquisite corpse by Non Films. 8mm images randomly selected from found footage; poem written without images; music written without images or words. WINNER: BEST BROOKLYN PROJECT (Brooklyn Film Festival).
2023-11-10 | en
7.0
Above the Lake
Avant-garde homage to pre-revolution Russian silent movies, and to the poet Aleksandr Blok.
1995-05-09 | ru
0.0
Wealth of a Nation
"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and shows freedom of expression in art, music, dance, architecture, and science. The film also emphasizes the importance of the individual’s contribution to the whole of society and demonstrates how a productive and creative society is formed by the open and respectful exchange of ideas. The film was written, produced, and directed by William Greaves" (National Archives).
1964-01-01 | en
8.3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.
1997-07-19 | ja
7.1
Santa Sangre
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his mother – the leader of a strange religious cult – and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
1989-11-24 | en
9.0
Closed Vagina
Adachi's follow-up to Bowl using the figure of a woman suffering from an unusual sexual aliment has often been taken as a controversial allegory for the political stalemate of the Leftist student movement after their impressive wave of massive fiery protests failed to defeat the neo-imperialist Japan-US Security Treaty. The ritualistic solemnity of the charged sexual scenes contribute to the oneiric qualities of Closed Vagina which Adachi would later insist was an open work, not meant to deliver any kind of deliberate political message. - Harvard Film Archive
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0.0
Ground Control
A journey to an unknown star, a children's theatre play, an untalented writer and the fear of becoming the worst version of oneself. A mixture of live-action footage and animated scenes. A stream of (un)conscious stereotypes.
2022-08-23 | de