Of all the major artistic movements of the 20th century, surrealism may be the one modern filmmakers find the most inimitable. With its roots in the often incongruous works of French poets Robert Desnos and Paul Eluard, it should come as no surprise that the one true purveyor of the movement in film might be […]
Songs from the Second Floor
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Swedish surrealism via Peru and Python
Before going largely unnoticed during its extremely limited theatrical release last August, Songs From the Second Floor was a Jury Prize-winner at Cannes in 2000 and an invitee to Roger Ebert’s 2001 Overlooked Film Festival. Floor took Swedish writer/director Roy Andersson four years to complete. (And you thought you waited a long time for Stanley […]
