Microcinema DVDs - Independent Exposure 2006

Catalog Number: MC-581	Type: Shorts Compilation	Genre: Mixed Genre
Copyright: 2006	Length: 61 minutes	Format: DVD Region: 0 (All)
TV System: NTSC	ISBN:	UPC: 880198058195
Label: Blackchair Collection

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Films In Compilation

Aegri Somnia (A Sick Man's Dream) directed by Brooke Beane USA, Experimental, 2004, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:44 This piece is an exploration of 3D visualization that explores the concept that observation is kinetic. It was created using the 3D software Maya.
Clock Paint Eyeball directed by Chris Ohlson USA, Video Art / Film Art, 2006, video, Color, Dolby SR, 00:03:30 Clock Paint Eyeball is a short non-narrative film exploring rapid-fire editing and a mathematical approach to image juxtaposition.
Frigidaire directed by Virgilio Villoresi Italy, Horror / Bizarre, 2006, Color, Dolby SR, 00:05:41 Frigidaire is a stop motion animation video about birth, trasformation, death and resurrection of a girl made by picture cuttings. A hand takes her on a mad trip. Everything happens inside the house "Frigidaire".
Orange, Red, Erupts directed by Theofano Pitsillidou Cyprus, Experimental, 2005, 16mm, Color, Dolby SR, 00:04:00 This hand-painted film is a composition of colors, sounds, and rhythms that capture how the sky experiences the rising and setting of the sun, and how we experience emotions that \'rise and set\', that erupt and extinguish, only to be ignited again as in an endless cycle.
Onion Ainoi directed by Luke Meeken USA, Animation, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:09:22 Onion Ainoi tells the story of a little man with an onion for a head as he travels through a dreamlike world of glowing, and sometimes scary, mystery. The land of Onion Ainoi is a red-skied, crunchy world, where fields and forests inhabit a supersaturated mid-autumn gloaming, and where magical transformations take place. The glittering shapes on the surface of a dark pond become ecstatic and eerie underwater landscapes. A fall down a well becomes a fall into Paradise. Our little onion man sheds his skins as frequently as he sheds his tears. In this piece, lustrous watercolor landscapes and shimmering holofoil heavens serve as the backdrop for a tale that answers for us the question “What makes an onion cry?”
Whispering Pines #5 directed by Shana Moulton Netherlands, Comedy / Satire, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:38 A new age self help video.
Discord: Metal and Meat directed by Stephan Larson USA, Experimental, 2006, other video, Color, Dolby A, 00:05:07 Discord: Metal and Meat is an abstracted story about conflict between forces, whether the forces are literally metal and meat or more metaphorically perceived as man and nature.
Nature's Blueprints directed by Mike Seely USA, Documentary, 2004, 16mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:55 Architect Eugene Tsui plumbs the depths of nature\'s wisdom seeking inspiration for his architectural designs. This film is a trip to the edges of Tsui's imagination.
Worms and Feathers directed by Candice Lin USA, Horror / Bizarre, 2004, Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 An operatic tragedy between worms and feathers. Full of romance and narcissism. Squirming and muttering against a background of plush red velvet, blue suitcases, and glittering tinsel, the characters violate, subjugate, and converse with one another.
Kosmos directed by Thorsten Fleisch Germany, Experimental, 2004, 16mm, Color, Optical, 00:05:17 The mystery of the crystals under closer examination. What is it that makes them possess magic powers as claimed by mystics thorough the ages? By growing crystals directly on film their mystical qualities shine straight to the screen. Unfiltered, only aided by light which gracefully breaks its rays into rich visual textures.
Pretty Kitty directed by Gregory McDonald USA, Comedy / Satire, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:51 What can you do if your cat doesn't listen to you? You ask him politely, he doesn't listen. You tell him forcefully, he doesn't listen. You try to trick him, he doesn't fall for it. There's only so much a man can take before he snaps. That's when you need to take matters into your own hands and teach him a lesson.
Facechasers directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel USA, Experimental, 2005, 16mm, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 A man and a woman are chased through a bleak desert by faceless creatures and animated attack dogs. In the pursuit, one of them loses his life and one conceives an ingenious and surreal way to escape.

2006-10-25 Inside Scoop
By NICK KEPPLER

"We've been scouting for about a year for the weirdest films we could find," says Stephanie Martz, director of Independent Exposure's "Halloweird Edition." Anyone who has seen one of IE's screenings of experimental and art house shorts knows that this means an intriguing evening of muttering "what the fuck...?" (In a good, artsy way.) A highlight from today's program, says Martz, is Onion Ainoi by Luke Meeken and Andrew Negrey, a computer-animated short about a man with an onion for a head traveling through a forest that seems to be the only place where he can find things as messed-up-looking as himself. Shana Moulton's Whispering Pines #5 starts out as a parody of New Age, self-help videos but swerves into a non-linear dream segment. (Don't ask why.) Gregory McDonald's Pretty Kitty is about a man who is helplessly infatuated with his cat and becomes frustrated when it doesn't return his love equally ('cause it's, you know, a cat), leading to a gruesome act with an ice cream scooper. TV networks and theaters will be offering plenty of films to frighten you this week, but there's only one place for viewers who'd rather be perplexed than petrified.