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Firing Range aka Polygon<\/em> (Anatoliy Petrov)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor’s son died in colonial wars, the prof invents an autonomous tank that can detect fear and sets it loose on his own army in revenge. Nice little sci-fi war drama, too bad about the grotesque rotoscoping. Not the Old Man and the Sea<\/a><\/em> guy, this is a different Petrov, and okay it’s from 1977 not ’75, sometimes my dates are off.<\/p>\n

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\nGreat<\/em> (Bob Godfrey)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comic attack on the British empire, very good illustrations with Monty Python-style motion gives way to slightly more traditional animation full of newspaper-caricature characters, and settles into focus on Brunel, a builder of very large bridges and ships, with photographed segments and musical numbers. Not one of my favorite things, but I also believe there should be more farcical musical bio-pics of obscure historical figures. Won the oscar over Sisyphus<\/a><\/em> and a Bafta over Caroline Leaf. A very naughty Brit, Bob is also known for Instant Sex<\/em> and Kama Sutra Rides Again<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nPerspectives<\/em> (Georges Schwizgebel)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roughly drawn figures keep changing form and direction over nice colored backgrounds and oppressive piano music.<\/p>\n

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\nVentana<\/em> (Claudio Caldini)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thin rectangles flit past over some ambient music. Made me sleepy.<\/p>\n

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\nSincerity II<\/em> (Stan Brakhage)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing with the dog in the yard, playing with the wife in bed. I thought my copy was faded and orange with exposure problems, but sometimes you’ll get a clear, balanced shot or a strong blue-green, so who knows. Sincerity<\/em> was Stan’s multi-part “autobiography” composed of footage shot by himself and friends. With ten minutes left we start seeing Stan himself, and the editing goes haywire. Naked children, a family train vacation, some trick photography play with the kids, a visit to Canyon Cinema. Silent; I listened to the latest Mary Halvorson album since her group is playing Roulette tonight.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Seasons<\/em> (Artavazd Peleshian)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opens alarmingly with a man and a sheep going over a waterfall. Then the frame is taken over by clouds, then a mountain – maybe the title was mistranslated from The Elements<\/em>. Cattle and sheep drive, men and horses getting a truck unstuck from rainy mud, a hay-sledding party, a sheep-sledding party. After all the hard work, everyone (even the sheep) get fancied up for the wedding of the man from the waterfall scene. No narration, but a couple of intertitles – postsync sound and nice orchestral score. Ah, this is Armenia, the title refers to the Vivaldi music, and it’s shot by The Color of Armenian Land<\/em> director Vartanov.<\/p>\n

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