every monday: cymbiont cinema
next up: animation specialstop motion! a little history and a exploration of hidden avantgarde gems (kudos to terry gilliam for his ‘best animated films of all time’ list)
16.3.
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926)
100 years! this is one of the oldest (if not maybe the oldest surviving animated feature film), directed by Lotte Reiniger.
23.3.
Les Jeux Des Anges (1964)
Les Astronautes (1959)
Renaissance (1963)
Walerian Borowczyk/Chris Marker
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006), Polish film director described by film critics as a “genius who also happened to be a pornographer”
30.3.
Jabberwocky (1971) a.o.
Jan Svankmejer, leading representative of late czech surrealism.
6.4.
Asparagus (1979)
Suzan Pitt’s animated film, Asparagus, is a candy-coloured nightmare that rocked audiences when it premiered in an installation at the Whitney Museum, New York
13.4.
Street of Crocodiles (1986)
and some other weirdnesses by the Quay Brothers