films from oz
Overview of films
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Ali Baba
Segundo de Chomón | 14' | France | -
Age-old fairy-tales really came to life with the invention of cinema. -
Case for a Rookie Hangman
Pavel Jurácek | 100' | Czechoslovakia | -
An absurd feature based on Gulliver’s Travels, in which the hero gets lost in his car and ends up in a strange version of the… -
Cool World
Ralf Bakshi | 94' | USA | -
Whimsical film includes animation, actors, horror, thriller and film-noir elements and is also a parody of all of this. -
The Coriolis Effect
Louis Venosta | 30' | USA | -
Short ironic and fantastic film about two meteorologists on their way to meet a tornado. With light-hearted references to The Wizard of Oz. With deeja -
Le Cri du coeur
Idrissa Ouédraogo | 86' | France | -
African émigré boy sees hyenas walk down French streets. Everything thinks he is crazy, but an ex-truck-driver and juggler understands his gifts as a -
Fado majeur et mineur
Raúl Ruiz | 110' | France | -
Raúl Ruiz is a master in evoking surreal dream worlds and does so with verve in this film too. -
Faust
Jan Švankmajer | 97' | Czech Republic | -
Virtuoso Czech animation master made a staggering and very personal version of the age-old Faust legend. -
Funny Man
Simon Sprackling | 93' | United Kingdom | -
A far-from gentle, very original ‘horror comedy’ that gives the concept of black humour new meaning. -
Les Glaces merveilleuses
Segundo de Chomón | 7' | France | -
Film is still young, but can already work magic. Another world comes through the mirror. -
Goto l’île d’amour
Walérian Borowczyk | 106' | France | -
The absolute ruler of the imaginary island Goto one day catches his wife with a lover. The film is both tender and cruel. -
Heavenly Creatures
Peter Jackson | 99' | New Zealand | -
Director well-known from ‘splatter films’ on his latest film: innocence, imagination and obsession. -
De kip met de gouden eieren
Gaston Velle, Gabriel Moreau | 14' | France | -
Cheerful and magic film version of the well-known fairy-tale.