Directed by Laida Lertxundi • 2018 • Spain, United States
Laida Lertxundi applies the six compositional principles of eighteenth-century Chinese painter Shih-t’ao (such as “draw attention to a scene emerging from a static background” and “add scattered dynamism to immobility”) to this cosmic diary film shot in Cuba and California and incorporating allusions to Wong Kar Wai’s DAYS OF BEING WILD and the writings of R. D. Laing and Lucy Lippard.
Directed by John Magary • 2020 • United States
Starring Kalle Condliffe, John Magary
Cooped up in their New York City apartment during the pandemic, a couple’s lockdown frustrations find release during a DIY haircut in this black-comic riff on Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough short THE BIG SHAVE.
