Doll Clothes: A Short Film by Cindy Sherman

Artist, photographer, filmmaker Cindy Sherman made this short stop-motion film, Doll Clothes, in 1975. I only just realized during my most recent viewing that she was actually continuing the conversation with Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.’

There’s a glitch in the YouTube video, so you’ll need to drag the slider a bit to get the movie started.

Duchamp’s ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2’ (1912):

I found this via the Echo Park Film Center.

Dreams Ripple ~ Here Now – Japanese Animation by Akinori Okada

What the heck is this? I have no idea. But I like it. It looks like nothing I’ve seen so far. Seems to have something to do with a magic box of dreams maybe. Dream characters dance about and frolic with strange projections and shadows.  There’s an element of old Japanese folktales with tiny toys or figures coming to life at night.  Very strange.

The film was made by Akinori Okada in 2009.