This is a 1986 adaptation of a Stephen King short story called ‘Battleground.’ It was produced by the Soviet Ukrainian Kievnauchfilm studio, which was primarily a documentary outfit during the Soviet era. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the studio became the National Cinematheque of Ukraine.
The story concerns a seemingly innocuous package that turns out to contain an invading force of toy soldiers. One man wages a battle for survival against what he assumes is an inferior opponent.
From the corrupt and nefarious cinematic mind of filmmaker Andre Perkowski comes this series of fantastic silent Batman adventures. Episodes 1 and 2 detail the caped crusader’s origin story. You know the one, but you’ve probably never seen it told this way before.
Perkowski has been featured here before for his ongoing epic adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel, ‘Nova Express.’
Here’s an update from the filmmaker himself! All five parts of the Bat-Man serial with a live symphony playing along!
This is a 1982 documentary produced by the Museum of Modern Art that features Marcel Duchamp, one of the great Dadaists and conceptual artists, discussing his own work and some of the major artistic developments of the 20th century.
A clergyman goes insane with lust for the wife of a general in this ravishingly beautiful silent film by one of the greatest surrealist filmmakers of all time, Germaine Dulac. She captures states of mind on film like no one I’ve ever seen. If you are looking for magic in cinema, you are going to find it here. This is a film about magic, desire, obsession, male/female power, love, faith, mysticism, and reality. Her story is hypnotic and her special effects are superb.
Here’s another of her films that I wrote about on this site.
Here is a very well-produced Batman fan film written and directed by Aaron Schoenke. It’s got a wonderfully creepy darkness, a steely vicious Batman, and a loopy deranged Joker intent on harming children at a fairground.
This first poster, for ‘A Few Dollars More,’ features a director named Bob Robertson. That was the fake American name adopted by a then unknown Sergio Leone.
