Imitation Machines
The suicide rate in prisons is ten times higher than in the general population. But instead of improving prison conditions, politicians are focusing on technological solutions. The film documents the training of artifici
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The suicide rate in prisons is ten times higher than in the general population. But instead of improving prison conditions, politicians are focusing on technological solutions. The film documents the training of artifici
Portrait of filmmaker Douglas Sirk.
Originally commissioned for the 53rd Venice Biennale for the artist’s solo exhibitioin Life of Imitation at the Singapore Pavilion, this work is inspired by a scene from the classic Hollywood melodrama by Douglas Sirk, I
Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd.
"A film that I'd made in New York at the end, it was four years ago and super snowing there, I showed the movie and left the US the next day" (Stom Sogo)
Futami is a 17-year-old high school girl. Her father was killed in the war, her mother is hospitalized due to illness, and she lives with her senile grandmother. As she spends her adolescence surrounded by this "great sa
A short film in which the story of a boy and a priest in Amsterdam is told. In fact, it consists of two films, one commenting on the other, concerning a young man with a crucifixion complex.
Conceptually informed by Trinh T. Minh-ha’s seminal film Reassemblage, this short piece describes an impressionistic encounter with a woman seen from a great distance through a curious telescopic lens.
The animated work Imitation of Life conflates past and present by using outdated production techniques in a contemporary context. Through a laborious process, Poledna produced 5,000 handmade sketches, layouts, animation
Finally, manipulating the "natural" flow of the film image represents another kind of intrinsic interruption. I have in mind such devices as artificially slowing motion by step printing the home movie footage for Imitati
A boy feels separated from society when everyone around him is consumed by electronics and in their own worlds.
Part 9 of 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).
1974, 6 min, b&w, sound
THE AGE OF IMITATION follows an affair between a young writing student, Elizabeth, and Stefan, a moody musician. In Elizabeth's search for romantic inspiration she becomes entangled in Stefan's relationship with the char
A guy wakes up one morning to find a stranger in his bathroom who claims to be his son.
Disintegration of light on a field trip
Pastor Edmond Henry's appears to have the perfect life. But when a mysterious murder shatters the calm, his darkest secret is exposed, unleashing a chain of events that unintentionally destroy his family and everything h
March 23rd, 2007 :: Chikara Pro presents Best Imitation Of Myself featuring: 1. Hydra vs Create-A-Wrestler 2. Billy Roc vs Fire Ant 3. Chris Hero vs Hallowicked 4. BLK OUT vs 2.0 5. Shayne Hawke vs Ricochet 6. Chuc
Historian Larry Ceplair and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein discuss the production history of High Noon, Carl Foreman's blacklisting, and the McCarthy era.