Jan Svankmajer - The Complete Short Films 1964-1992 (DVD)

If you like shorts this is where to go.

Advantages: Everything about this DVD is an advantage!!!!
Disadvantages: Only if you don't like foreign cinema, and even then you should find something to like in these shorts!

For those of you that love film, and European film in particular, this DVD is a must have. It consists of 16 short films by some of Europe?s best and brightest directors. Most of them were made before the Directors hit the big time (as far as I can tell but I cannot guarantee that as some of them I haven?t heard of), even including film school graduation shorts. This DVD consists of 16 funny, innovative and experimental shorts, all with commentaries recorded mainly by the directors themselves. The short film is incredibly difficult to pull off, economy of script, direction and an ability to convey as much as possible is of vital importance when you need to tell a complete story within a compacted time period. Many a short filmmaker does not pull this off, I?ve seen way too many that are okay or just not entertaining at all ...

Ailran 18.03.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Cinema 16 - European Short Films (DVD)

Short Circuit

Advantages: great family fun
Disadvantages: none

. Also, at the same time, a security team from Nova Laboratories, led by Captain Skroeder, (played by G.W. Bailey) are sent out to track down the escapee with orders to destroy it on site. It becomes a fight for survival for the robot which thinks it's a human and, with the help of Stephanie, they have to try and convince its pursuers that 'Number five is ALIVE'. **IN CONCLUSION** This movie has been given a PG guidance which I feel is adequate. It is a fun film for all the family. The idea of a robot thinking it is human is not new but in this movie the entertainment value is portrayed brilliantly. The partnership between Fisher Stevens and Steve Guttenberg is excellent, the banter between the two is sometimes hilarious as the pair travel around in a van looking for the runaway robot. And with the comical way that G.W. Bailey ...

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Review of Short Circuit (DVD)

An ensemble film

Advantages: Great cast
Disadvantages: none

Robert Altman is a very talented director, having made numerous films, however Short Cuts, which was released in 1993, is an interesting idea for a film. Short Cuts is a collection of about twenty different characters in Los Angeles, in loosely connected stories, which revolve around relationship problems and death. It essentially follows the day in a life of these characters as they cross each other paths. No one is really the lead star, as each actor gets about equal time on screen. The cast includes many big names actors such as, Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Jack Lemmon, Matthew Modine, Robert Downey Jr, and Frances McDormand. I think that this is a fantastic film that really works well. Altman does a good job getting all these big actors to share time on screen, with no egos getting in the way. I would say that Tim Robbins ...

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Review of Short Cuts (DVD)