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Music: "Fallahi" (traditional Egyptian rhythm). Performed by Hossam Ramzy. From the album "Passion: Sources," compiled by Peter Gabriel.
Film clips from:
Fallen Angels (1995)
La Strada (1954)
Casablanca (1943)
The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
¡Qué Viva México! (1933-34)
Chungking Express (1994)
Killer of Sheep (1977)
Mishima (1985)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
Otto e Mezzo (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
La Jetée (1962)
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
El Otro Francisco (1975)
The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
Irma Vep (1996)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Nosferatu (1922)
Tokyo Story (1953)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Emanuelle: Perché violenza alle donne? (1977)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
unidentified Keystone comedy c. 1912
Song of the Prairie (1949)
Yojimbo (1961)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Carmen (1983)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Seppuku (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Breathless (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Is the title a Maya Deren reference?
mohallia 1 year ago
@mohallia ~ Yes. And raw, pre-edited footage from feature films is known as "rushes."
pagano60 1 year ago
amazing!
plappolog 1 year ago
@plappolog - thanks!
pagano60 1 year ago
Which film does the shot of the samurai standing into the wind come from?
MrFrigs 1 year ago
@MrFrigs - It's from Masaki Kobayashi's "Seppuku" (a.k.a. "Harakiri", 1962), a very good film. The actor playing the samurai is Tatsuya Nakadai.
pagano60 1 year ago