10 January 2002 Factual 70 mins
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
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Tsuru Aoki as Self - Geisha (archive footage)
William S. Hart as Self - Cowboy (archive footage)
Margaret Cullington as Self - Maggie Jiggs (archive footage)
Marc McDermott as Self - Judge (archive footage)
Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
Pearl White as Self - Laughing Woman (archive footage)
Bill Morrison Director
Michael Gordon Original Music Composer
Bill Morrison Writer
Bill Morrison Editor
Jeff Formosa Sound Editor
Jim Finn Negative Cutter
Decasia: The State of Decay Trailer
Czech Republic 11 July 2002
France 02 September 2004
Greece 18 September 2002
Netherlands 24 January 2002
Singapore 30 April 2003
United States 19 March 2004
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12 August 2005
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01 January 1969
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13 August 1957
Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.
22 March 1895
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years.
01 January 1961
A look at the ruins of the ancient city of Angkor. The largest collection of sculptures the world has ever seen - an entire metropolis of palaces and temples recovered from the jungle.
07 November 2003
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity.
22 March 1972
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23 September 1927
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time.
20 March 1964
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25 September 1969
A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.
16 December 2016
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24 May 2002
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
30 August 2002
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths.
10 May 2002
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
01 September 2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself.
01 January 2002
A couple announce their engagement, but then find their relationship turning to sour within 24 hours.
12 December 2002
A man signs up as a driver for a group of criminals on a dangerous job. On the way to the hit the man hears the lottery numbers and realises he's got the winning ticket on him.
17 September 2002
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
16 December 2002
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.
22 October 2002
One of the lesser known works by Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra is regarded by most opera lovers as one of his finest.
15 April 2002
Antarctica: A Frozen History takes a look at the history and stories of the human explorations in the Antarctic.
14 March 2002
Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
13 November 2002
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts.
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