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Summary: A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning cylinders, pistons, gears and turbines, kitchen objects in concentric circles or rows - pots, pan lids, and funnels, cars passing overhead, a spinning carnival ride. Over and over, a heavy-set woman climbs stairs carrying a large bag on her shoulder. An Art Deco cartoon figure appears, dancing. (imdb)
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Ratings
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User |
Score |
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jonfoto |
85 |
T8 |
| na |
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MrHedgepig |
81 |
T3 |
| na |
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Henrik |
85 |
T9 |
| na |
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celluloidc |
35 |
T3 |
| na |
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ailm |
64 |
T6 |
| na |
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viniciusjn |
89 |
T8 |
| na |
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JJJames |
93 |
T10 |
| na |
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sofielykke |
70 |
T6 |
| na |
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brianrobot |
2 |
T3 |
| na |
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KristianV |
80 |
T8 |
| na |
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fuzzleshnops |
81 |
T7 |
| na |
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jodamico |
72 |
T4 |
| na |
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Criminal5 |
65 |
T3 |
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Too long for its concept, but an interesting enough tribute to mechanical motion.
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| na |
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nminichino |
70 |
T7 |
| na |
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jeff_v |
70 |
T6 |
| na |
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katsuben |
3 |
T4 |
| na |
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Mattsdmf |
80 |
T8 |
| na |
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owen1218 |
60 |
T3 |
| na |
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IMDb-byvotes |
68 |
T5 |
| na |
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Mike_V |
70 |
T4 |
| na |
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Stain |
80 |
T7 |
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A merry little dance of images that still compels after all these years
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| na |
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kevinjoseph |
67 |
T7 |
| na |
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transpalet |
75 |
T6 |
| na |
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Gnuen |
63 |
T3 |
| na |
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lucas M. |
84 |
T5 |
| na |
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crimsonking |
100 |
T8 |
| na |
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ajbuh |
80 |
T6 |
| na |
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paulofilmo |
70 |
T7 |
| na |
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ewdewald |
80 |
T7 |
| na |
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ehk2 |
39 |
T4 |
| na |
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Magmadiver |
81 |
T6 |
| na |
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kyvetti |
80 |
T9 |
| na |
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SheWas |
73 |
T7 |
| na |
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ears550 |
50 |
T3 |
| na |
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dbentien |
70 |
T7 |
| na |
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SirStuckey |
20 |
T1 |
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One of those film class viewings where I didn't enjoy myself.
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| na |
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zamanzaman |
52 |
T6 |
| na |
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mwgerb |
40 |
T3 |
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Although it occasionally hints at something beautiful, its experimental techniques really fail to deliver on any level.
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| na |
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Dorien |
70 |
T6 |
| na |
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Chr. Bach |
72 |
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Fernand Léger was a painter, and a father of Cubism. It was this he wanted to explore in moving images.
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| na |
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bentien |
70 |
T7 |
| na |
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jewellrunner |
61 |
T4 |
| na |
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ProtectMeYou |
6 |
T5 |
| na |
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alexandrsaar |
73 |
T5 |
| na |
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TartanLlama |
90 |
T10 |
| na |
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Paudie |
50 |
T4 |
| na |
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kyvettishort |
80 |
T9 |
| na |
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avgcrtckr |
56 |
T5 |
| na |
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noiz |
25 |
T2 |
| na |
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mightysparks |
50 |
T4 |
| na |
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cinema_hell |
75 |
T5 |
| na |
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mandarkzilla |
80 |
T9 |
| na |
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Gody85 |
76 |
T9 |
| na |
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Pickpocket |
30 |
T3 |
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Meh.
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| na |
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kyle.loomis |
7 |
T8 |
| na |
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Mango |
5 |
T7 |
| na |
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Cerebrus |
70 |
T7 |
| na |
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Langelund |
75 |
T8 |
| na |
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Spunkie |
65 |
T8 |
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Kaleidoscope, mirror image and convex lens experiments are interesting, but rest is too much out of phase.
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| na |
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ormz |
3 |
T3 |
| na |
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piratejerk |
6 |
T2 |
| na |
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Slvbarek |
20 |
T1 |
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Fucking awful. None of his experimental techniques were that interesting or innovative.
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| na |
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jnflx |
70 |
T6 |
| na |
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RNG |
10 |
T2 |
| na |
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Katya |
45 |
T3 |
| na |
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thedeadcow |
83 |
T5 |
| na |
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waitsup |
51 |
T2 |
| na |
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meester |
50 |
T4 |
| na |
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Antoine |
74 |
T6 |
| na |
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dharmabum |
89 |
T9 |
| na |
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CinematicESP |
70 |
T2 |
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Interesting to watch, but I've seen more interesting/better experimental films.
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| na |
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carlitaliano |
80 |
T9 |
| na |
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kangadoodoo |
55 |
T4 |
| na |
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alive75 |
87 |
T9 |
| na |
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carolgesser |
98 |
T10 |
| na |
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hereslucas |
87 |
T7 |
| na |
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moush |
41 |
T2 |
| na |
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EgbertSouse |
15 |
T1 |
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12 minutes of obnoxiousness.
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| na |
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Canguro |
50 |
T3 |
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Modernism at its most pretentious, least expressive. It is the first abstract film, which is worth something, but it's also the first bad abstract film.
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winds |
7 |
T10 |
| na |
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negative |
3 |
T8 |
| na |
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PeaceAnarchy |
70 |
T3 |
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Creative and energetic, but it doesn't do a good job of using that energy to engage the audience.
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hehejaja |
75 |
T7 |
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A violent short, were the camera attacks the mise-en-scène (or visa versa). The pace is aggressive, energetic, and the film feels like a pissed warning, a "fuck you" to the machine age/materialism; hurried images of machines, cars, vine, nylon stockings and other "modern" stuff contrasted with calm images of a woman smelling on flowers speak out. A film yelling in your ear/eyes. Pretty good shit.
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MrsEmmaPeel |
63 |
T2 |
| na |
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Mr. Mxyzptlk |
72 |
T5 |
| na |
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Veterini |
72 |
T4 |
| na |
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crushedy |
65 |
T8 |
| na |
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jnmovie |
86 |
T9 |
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I love this shit.
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| na |
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brtkrbzhnv |
3 |
T1 |
| na |
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cosmovitelli |
85 |
T10 |
| na |
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allisoncm |
67 |
T6 |
| na |
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postmodifier |
65 |
T5 |
| na |
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KMcNeil |
75 |
T8 |
| na |
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Darko |
54 |
T5 |
| na |
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excowboy |
80 |
T9 |
| na |
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edkrak |
10 |
T1 |
| na |
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jacobb1313 |
69 |
T6 |
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An interesting experiment, but with nothing to say (at least, nothing I could make out).
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| na |
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imdb |
68 |
T7 |
| na |
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comanchex |
71 |
T5 |
| na |
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xenakis |
85 |
T10 |
| na |
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nandorizzi |
50 |
T4 |
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Different, but not bad.
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| na |
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FitFortDanga |
62 |
T3 |
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Dynamic enough to hold my interest, and somewhat clever in parts, but it didn't really elicit any reaction from me.
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