My students are presently scripting their short films for the 'Understanding Cinema' project. I thought of using this opportunity to list some of greatest short films in the history of cinema. All movies mentioned here are 40 minutes or shorter in length, as per the Academy's definition of a Short Film. I have also searched for these movies on YouTube or elsewhere on the net, except for a couple of them that I could not find. Click on the movies to watch them. And share your comments.
- Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902) by Georges Melies
- Un Chien Andalou (1928) and Land Without Bread (1932) by Luis Bunuel
- Partie de Campagne (1936) by Jean Renoir
- Rose Hobart (1936) by Joseph Cornell
- Listen to
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) by Maya Deren
- Un Chant d’amour (1950) by Jean Genet
- Night and Fog (1955) by Alain Resnais
- Les Maîtres fous (1955) by Jean Rouch
- The Red Balloon (1956) by Albert Lamorisse
- La Jetee (1962) by Chris Marker
- Scorpio Rising (1964) by Kenneth Anger
Watched 'Le voyage dans ls lune' yesterday. George Melies was a magician, and one of the first filmmakers who reveled in using film as a medium of illusion rather than recording reality...
ReplyDeleteSatyanshu ji,
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Watched 'The Meshes of the Afternoon' - surreal stuff, and 'Un chant d'amour' which is very explicit, but beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks Umesh for the link.
'Rose Hobart' was difficult to watch. But could appreciate why it is considered great. It is possibly the first 'fanvid' - the director was a fan of actress Rose Hobart. By taking shots from her movies (mainly one movie called 'East of Borneo') he created this montage without any narrative.
ReplyDelete'La Jetee' is great, no doubt about it. Great concept and very well done. This short film was the inspiration behind Terry Gilliam's 'Twelve Monkeys' (1995)
Wow. No, havent watched any yet. Just that how passionately you have searched and linked those films all at single place! :)
ReplyDelete'Land Without Bread' is incredible, despite the poor video quality.
ReplyDeleteCould not appreciate 'Listen to Britain' much.
'Night and Fog' is almost a horror film... Watch it only if you are not weak-hearted...
But my favourite among these is 'the Red Balloon'. What a movie! Everyone from the age of 6 to 60 is going to love this. Amazing stuff. I'm almost considering to recommend it as a Must-Watch before you die.... This movie is the only short film to have won an Oscar outside the category of short films. It won the Best Original Screenplay over Fellini's 'La Strada'!