1/31/09

single shot - at the circus


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Harpo in his element.

At The Circus (1939)
directed by Edward Buzzell
cinematography by Leonard M. Smith

1/26/09

pearls and lace

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A headless bride in the thick of the night should appear more disturbing than this.
But its such a lovely vision; a beautiful, ghostly vision,
looking for all the world like a winged victory
rather than a woman with clouded vision.


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Perlicky na dne (1966)
aka Pearls of the Deep
Automat Svet [Globe Buffet] segment, directed by Vera Chytilova

1/23/09

single shot - dying swan

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Umirayushchii Lebed
aka The Dying Swan (1917)
directed by Eugeni Bauer

1/21/09

...and now the work begins


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Christ in Concrete (1949)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
...with this most Vorkapichian montage sequence

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