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I love shorts, so thanks for making this thread. Time to start making my way through  Someone else has already mentioned one of my all-time favourites, N.Y., N.Y.. That's a thing of abstract beauty. I've seen it a few times and it just gets better each time.Goatmask posted:E: Anybody see any of the Oscar nominated shorts? World of Tomorrow just went up on Netflix US and is my absolute favourite film of last year. I wrote a few sentences about it in last year's animation thread: quote:I thought it was hilarious, for starters, Hertzfeldt really on form. And hell, I just found it supremely charming. I'm a sucker for things which use child's eye view to undermine adults' attitudes, though. But thematically, the way it deconstructs memory and technology and our fears of the future, without ever truly embracing pessimism or cynicism is wonderful, something I really appreciate... And his transformation from this cynical, twisted comic animator into someone able to evoke an enormous amount of empathy has been pretty incredible. The only other director who does similar for me is Malick, funnily enough. To top it off, the ending is perfect: it sets up this classically Hertzfeldtian bleak and darkly funny conclusion, then completely subverts it... but in a way which retains a darkness and sadness in the reality it leaves behind. Spectacular. Since the Cloverfield spin-off/sequel/whatever was just announced, here's the director's first short, which is an interesting tech demo if nothing else, a film version of Portal (from the director's Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk Also, let's go back to the 1900s (the decade)! There were (at least) three truly momentous films, which are always worth revisiting, and not simply for their historical importance. (All three are in the public domain now.) Georges Melies' A Trip to the Moon, which has such great storytelling vision. It's still unbelievably charming and genuinely funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrdVdKlxUk Edwin S Porter's The Great Train Robbery. The birth of editing as something more than just stitching together different scenes. There are some really wonderful shots here (the finale, watching them get encircled, and suddenly spot their imminent demise as they have to make one last stand, is impeccable, just wonderful visual storytelling): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCWKh14Mvzg And finally, this was inducted into the National Film Registry for last year, another from Porter, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend. An innovative take on how to cinematically embody the experience of being drunk (weak spoiler but in case you wanna go in blind, I guess). Made me laugh more than most recent comedies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g98eVbp0zic That's about 35 minutes' worth so that's plenty for one dump
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