L’AVENTURE PRODIGIEUSE DE LA DENTELLIÈRE ET DU RHINOCÉROS “The Prodigious Adventure Of The Lacemaker And The Rhinoceros” Production: Spain/France, 1954-62 Director: Salvador Dalí & Robert Descharnes Category: Surrealism One of the legendary uncompleted art films of the 20th century, this collaboration with Robert Descharnes was conceived as a cinematic exploration of Dali’s previous Continue Reading
PSYCHIC VISION JAGANREI
PSYCHIC VISION JAGANREI (“Psychic Vision: Evil Eye Ghost”) Production: Japan, 1988 Director: Ishii Teruyoshi Category: Horror This 49-minute independent video production is often cited as the precursor of J-Horror, the genre which flourished in the 1990s and produced films such as Joyu-Rei, Ringu, Ju-On, and Kyua. Shot in a fake documentary Continue Reading
TIDAL WAVE
NIPPON CHINBOTSU (“Japan Is Sinking”) Production: Japan, 1973 Director: Moritani Shiro US release title: Tidal Wave Category: Disaster/Science Fiction Posted by Tomb Star
AMERICAN DREAMER
AMERICAN DREAMER Production: USA, 1971 Director: L.M. Kit Carson & Lawrence Schiller Category: Documentary An amazing documentary on actor/director Dennis Hopper, shot at the time he was editing his oblique masterwork, The Last Movie, and was generally wasted on drugs and alcohol. Hopper is filmed at his home in Taos, New Continue Reading
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE Production: Canada, 1983 Director: Don McBrearty Category: Crime/Serial Killer A low-budget, seedy sex-crime film set in the city’s underbelly, where a young man searches in vain for his missing sister. He is drawn into a world of vice clubs, drugs, prostitution and strippers – providing ample opportunity for nude Continue Reading