Surrealist Film
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    Jean Cocteau

    Jean Cocteau is a preeminent figure in 20th century French culture. A major contributor to the...

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    Taxidermia (2009)

    Gyorgy Palfi's grotesque tale of three generations of men, including an obese speed eater, an...

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    Drawing Restraint 9 (2006)

    The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in...

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    Lost Highway (1997)

    Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's (Bill Pullman) murder conviction; a gangster's girlfriend...

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    Eraserhead (1978)

    Henry Spencer's (John Nance) hair sticks straight up, and his girlfriend's (Charlotte Stewart)...

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    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

    Bizarre events frustrate an ambassador (Fernando Rey), his wife (Delphine Seyrig) and friends,...

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    Nagisa Oshima

    Nagisa Oshima was the originator and most famous director of the Japanese New Wave. His...

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    Belle Toujours (2007)

    38 years after the original story, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine one night in a concert. He...

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    4 (2006)

    Four episodes depiciting life in Moscow and in the country. The opening of the film sets the whole...

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    Southlander (2003)

    Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the...