Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer 1975

7.20

Thom Andersen's remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Muybridge's photographic studies of animal locomotion in the 1870s were a major forerunner of movies; even more interesting are his subsequent studies of diverse people, photographed against neutral backgrounds.

1975

Women

Women 2009

1

The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.

2009

The Yodel Contest

The Yodel Contest 1990

1

A wooden nutcracker boy and his pet goat compete in a yodeling contest.

1990

Toast to Our Brother

Toast to Our Brother 1951

1

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Story follows a student (Tom Graeff) as he worries and wonders what joining a fraternity is all about. Cameo by Joe E. Brown, who gives a speech to the frat boys.

1951

Artistic Vision

Artistic Vision 1987

1

It is a 1987 independent animated film about a painter struggling to reconcile the vision in his head to the reality on his canvas.

1987

Unborn Baby Blues

Unborn Baby Blues 1997

1

A humorous story about a baby stuck in the womb and she uses her imagination to escape but keeps returning to the reality of her confined space.

1997

Changing

Changing 1971

5.40

After adopting a hippie lifestyle, a man finds his home life enhanced while becoming isolated at work.

1971

Anti-matter

Anti-matter 1972

1

This program explores the subject of anti-matter; its significance as a destructive process and the possibility of its constructive use. It explains matter, and anti-matter and explores the possibility that large quantities of anti-matter exist in space.

1972

HUBO

HUBO 2009

6.00

HUBO (KHR-3) is a walking humanoid robot with a life-size bipedal frame, developed by the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and was revealed January, 2005. HUBO, short form for "humanoid robot," has been paving the road in realizing a vision of fantasy to the real world.

2009

The Bad Plant

The Bad Plant 1999

10.00

an Animated CGI Short Film about The Bad Plant.

1999

Alcohol, the Brain and Behavior

Alcohol, the Brain and Behavior 1979

1

Discusses the effects of alcohol on the brain and behavior, particularly in relation to driving. It explains how alcohol impairs judgment, perception, coordination, and vital functions by affecting different brain regions. Factors influencing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) include the amount consumed, body size, sex, and the rate of consumption. The video also debunks myths about sobering up and emphasizes the importance of allowing time for alcohol to metabolize before driving. Even at BAC levels considered legally impaired, individuals may not recognize their diminished capabilities.

1979

Luz

Luz 1999

1

Childish wonderment gets a fresh treatment in this gentle portrait of a young girl, who wanders, like Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz, through the post-apocalyptic world around her.

1999