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Here's some of my favorite short films... Jim Henson made some really neat experimental films in the 1960s, including his Oscar-nominated Time Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2aGUI9hJ64 Francis Thompson spent a decade making N.Y., N.Y. using kaleidoscope-like lenses and bent chrome to create distorted images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztxuCv5-4D4 It doesn't seem to be up anywhere complete, but Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising is essential viewing. Homoerotic documentary footage of bikers with contemporary pop music from start to finish. Jonas Mekas' Notes on the Circus is another landmark experimental film. It's "just" footage of the circus, but it's frenetic and dream-like. Hard to describe... just watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU83VS4IVwE Glas by Bert Haanstra. Jazz and handmade glassworking. Hypnotic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYh0f1CPuc One of the first video re-edits, Apocalypse Pooh is inventive and hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jWGJ3pyLgs (Someone made a precise HD reconstruction - the original was probably done on two VHS decks)
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One of my all-time favorite filmmakers is Norman McLaren. While he was Scottish, he emigrated to the US briefly around 1939 before permanently emigrating to Canada for a long, fruitful period as one of the star filmmakers of The National Film Board of Canada. You can actually view most of his work on NFB's website for free, many in HD. Spook Sport - One of Mary Ellen Bute's abstract "visual dance" films features McLaren's innovative drawn-on-film animation from his brief New York period. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnLJqJBVCT4 Begone Dull Care - A signature hand-painted film of his, collaboration with Evelyn Lambart. Pretty much the ultimate example of synesthesia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r2COvWPO4Y Neighbours - Very dark comedic allegory on the cold war done entirely with "pixilation" animation (animating people through stop-motion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aSowDUUaY A Chairy Tale - Funny collaboration with Claude Jutra with music by Ravi Shankar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSRjRctL8XA Pas de Deux - Gorgeous ballet shot in B&W and with chiaroscuro lighting, with optical printer effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WopqmACy5XI Synchromy - Taking his hand-drawn sound approach farther by showing the synthetic soundtrack via optical printing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmSzc8mBJCM And on that note, here's some more great NFB shorts: 21-47 - Arthur Lipsett's experimental film that was an influence on George Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tMhRKS9Jo Universe - Roman Kroitar's documentary inspired elements of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Gee, that narrator sounds familiar... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu64xbgprWY
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