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Prelude: Dog Star Man
1962 • Drama • Fantasy
A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and…
Why matched: genres Drama, Fantasy
Dog Star Man
1965 • Fantasy
Experimental film following a cycle of seasons as well as the stretch of a single day as a man and his dog slowly ascend a mountain.
Why matched: genres Fantasy
Dog Star Man: Part IV
1964 • Drama
A man is supine on a mountain side. Images rush past of nature and a stained glass saint. An infant is born. We see a lactating nipple. Images include a mountain peak, farm buil…
Why matched: genres Drama
Dog Star Man: Part III
1964 • Drama
Sexual intimacy. Three kinds of images race past, superimposed on each other sometimes: two bodies, a man and a woman's, close up, nude - patches of skin, wisps of hair, glimpse…
Why matched: genres Drama
Dog Star Man: Part II
1964 • Drama
A man, accompanied by a dog, struggles through snow on a mountain side. We see film stock blister; drawn square shapes appear. Then, we see an infant's face. The images of strug…
Why matched: genres Drama
Wedlock House: An Intercourse
1959 • Romance
We see a film negative of a nude couple embracing in bed. Then, back in regular black and white images, we see them alone and together, clothed, at home. It's night, she sees hi…
Why matched: genres Romance
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 • Documentary
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Cat's Cradle
1959
Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally…
Why matched: semantic similarity
Window Water Baby Moving
1959 • Documentary
On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her face, her pregnant belly, and hi…
Why matched: genres Documentary
The Stars Are Beautiful
1974 • Documentary
We move back and forth between scenes of a family at home and thoughts about the stars and creation. Children hold chickens while an adult clips their wings; we see a forest; a…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Cannibal! The Musical
1996 • Thriller • Comedy • Western
Heading through Colorado Territory in search of gold and women, Alferd Packer and his group of bemused companions find themselves lost, starving and musically inspired by the ob…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Comedy
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 • Documentary
Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, friends, lovers, and artistic idols…
Why matched: genres Documentary