Anderson just released out in the open a prequel to his upcoming the Darjeeling Limited. With the full feature being much anticipated, this short movie prequel is a sweet treat to munch on until the main course arrives. Anderson maintains in this short his trademark emotional blankness on the surface, which shields in a quite obvious way all that the characters suppress. Like his previous works, this one sports a wonderful soundtrack and superb camera work. Wonderful.

Two men come up from the beach carrying a large wardrobe between them. They come up into the town but not only find that accommodation is difficult to come by with their wooden travelling companion but also that both women and men shun or mistreat them.

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1 story. 5 directors. 5 different visions. We wrote a script celebrating a creative independent view point and we gave it to five directors so each one would film it according to their vision. This is what Ariel Winograd, Rodrigo Garcia Saiz, Plàstico, Cayetana Vidal and Nicolàs Parodi did. Enjoy.

For all the girls out there who ever wanted a pony. For all the boys out there who ever wanted a girl. Oh, maybe it should go the other way around… For all the ponies out there who ever wanted a boy, for all the girls out there who… Ah, it’s not that it all sounds wrong, it all just sounds right. So, let’s try it this way: to all these who ever wanted something to pet. Yes, back again to our petting theme. But, no, it’s not the same. Amy Sol’s petting is that of cuteness and sweetness, and here the petting is erotic. But, naturally, it’s actually quite the same. To all of you, it goes like this: There was once a girl who received a pony, which she loved so much that it stained her forever.
Images from the limited edition storybook that goes with Una Favola:

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Nicole McDonald

Sweet. Simple. Straight. Just like poetry, the joyful kind of poetry. Joy doesn’t have to twist and turn, to hide and mask itself, joy can go out in the open, straight, simple, naked and still be as attractive, if not more. The Danish Poet is a Norwegian short animated movie narrated by Liv Ulmann. The wonders that are transported through the cherry animation deserve, and require, a top quality copy, and the stream here is just not enough. Just watch the clips and see.
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Official website (here you can also buy the DVD, to see it in the proper way)

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark clothes
Of night and light and half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet;
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Heebok Lee made this wonderful visual poem inspired by Yeats’ poem. The MP4 or MOV files are recommended for better quality. It’s worth it.
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W.B. Yeats @ Wikipedia
Heebok Lee

The genius quality that men managed to induce into art is the almost complete correlation between eroticism and high aesthetic value. It’s wonderful, we have the privilege of drolling over a girl, and excuse it as an aesthetic admiration. Of course, a beautiful girl is a highly aesthetic object, but still, agree with it or not, the connection between erotic attraction and aesthetic value does seem odd, as if it was created this way.
Cashback is two things: a short movie and a full length feature. The short movie, which is linked here, is a wonderful presentation of an idea which was created in 2004. The full length feature is a new movie released recently, which takes the idea and adds a “personal” touch to it. Looks promising.
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IMDB entry – 2004 version
IMDB entry – 2006 version
Official movie website

Once forgotten, we are truly perfect.

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