Song of the Mechanical Fish

The letter, which arrived in a village buried in the sand, is addressed to an elderly fisherman and invites him to come to the city for the wedding of his son, whom he has never seen. The redemptive journey ends unexpect

Mechanical Concerto for Madness or Mad Mechanomorphosis

Human Experience in the Age of Mechanical Memory

An experimental short film that discusses the malleability of human memory when compared to the modern automatic memory of digital recording.

The Mechanical Genius of Big Ben: Blowing Up History

Learn how the amazing big ben operates

Safer Sexual Techniques in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Working from the premise that there is no such thing as safe sex, this film is designed as an arcane storybook with each sexual act being contained within a 100 ft.-roll of film. A structural film with content, each roll

The Piano plays itself: Welte-Mignon & the Mechanical Music

When unveiled in 1904, the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano was a sensation: a new technology which several of the greatest composers and musicians of the day – many who otherwise remain unrecorded – set down their perform

Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles

This was filmed at Anthology Film Archives on May 31, 2000. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my new, Internet audience. All of them are based on my earlier films but sl

Armored Saurus: Invasion of the Mechanical Dinosaur Empire

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles

A man fantasizes about horses and sleeps with a woman.

Film Notebook: Part 2 (Some of Us in the Mechanical Age)

"A journal of change in pattern of living and seeing as determined by an often misfunctioning but faithful camera."-M.K

The Inauguration of a Mechanical Bird in 2895, in New York City

The Inauguration of a Mechanical Bird in 2895, in New York City. The 4-minute burlesque motion picture with silent picture-style intertitles mocks the naively utopian world of the Victorian age. The film was inspired by

The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and the activities of the Situationists.

Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows

Mechanical glass slides were manipulated to simulate various kinds of change in the image, and multiple projectors allowed for superimposed and dissolving views. Brightly colored, handcrafted slides, depicting human acti

Recuerdo mecánico

Julia, a widow, finds solace by visiting a vineyard where the dead are revived and used as laborers. Unable to overcome her grief, she sneaks in every day to see her husband. There, she must face a heartbreaking decision

The Dresden Doll

In this one, Max has run low on ink, so Ko-Ko finishes drawing himself and then heads over to the camera room, where he creates his own characters, a mechanical dancing Dresden doll with whom he falls in love and a coupl

Sirena Mecánica

How to Make Glass (Mechanically)

How to Make Glass (Mechanically) is part of a series of educational films for television intended for young audiences. Directed by Peter and Zsóka Nestler, the series was dedicated to the history and processes behind the

The Mechanicals

Ever felt theres more going on than you can see? Ever wondered why your walls are thicker than they have to be? In the unseen spaces live ... The Mechanicals.

One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

The Straw Hats visits an island, known as Mecha Island, where a fisherman sings an old folk song about a Golden Crown. Searching for that mysterious treasure, they find a hidden entrance into the island. The island's lea

Felix: The Toy Rabbit and the Time Machine

Sophie and her family are visiting the city Museum of Natural Sciences where Prof. Snork is working on a new time machine... Suddenly the whole machine starts to shake and, with a bright flash of light, a tiny mammoth na