Thom Andersen's remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Muybridge's photographic studies of animal locomotion in the 1870s were a major forerunner of movies; even more interesting are his subsequent studies of diverse people, photographed against neutral backgrounds.
A wooden nutcracker boy and his pet goat compete in a yodeling contest.
After adopting a hippie lifestyle, a man finds his home life enhanced while becoming isolated at work.
This program explores the subject of anti-matter; its significance as a destructive process and the possibility of its constructive use. It explains matter, and anti-matter and explores the possibility that large quantities of anti-matter exist in space.
It is a 1987 independent animated film about a painter struggling to reconcile the vision in his head to the reality on his canvas.
The thoughts, words, and compelling presence of Gertrude Stein flows richly through this portrait of the author's Paris years from 1905 through the 1930s.
Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Story follows a student (Tom Graeff) as he worries and wonders what joining a fraternity is all about. Cameo by Joe E. Brown, who gives a speech to the frat boys.
Animated version of the Ogden Nash poem.
an Animated CGI Short Film about The Bad Plant.
A humorous story about a baby stuck in the womb and she uses her imagination to escape but keeps returning to the reality of her confined space.
The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.
This Swiss/Scottish co-production presents an academic look at the reproductive and ontogenetic behaviour of domestic, large, white pigs in a large, semi-natural enclosure.
HUBO (KHR-3) is a walking humanoid robot with a life-size bipedal frame, developed by the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and was revealed January, 2005. HUBO, short form for "humanoid robot," has been paving the road in realizing a vision of fantasy to the real world.
An Animated Short Film about Boogers.
Discusses the effects of alcohol on the brain and behavior, particularly in relation to driving. It explains how alcohol impairs judgment, perception, coordination, and vital functions by affecting different brain regions. Factors influencing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) include the amount consumed, body size, sex, and the rate of consumption. The video also debunks myths about sobering up and emphasizes the importance of allowing time for alcohol to metabolize before driving. Even at BAC levels considered legally impaired, individuals may not recognize their diminished capabilities.
Childish wonderment gets a fresh treatment in this gentle portrait of a young girl, who wanders, like Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz, through the post-apocalyptic world around her.
