The Past is a Foreign Country
I was disappointed in this documentary. I thought it was going to be about John H Jenkins III. It's prologue talked about him being found shot in the back of...
Daniel Stuyck
Daniel Stuyck is a filmmaker in Austin, TX, where he also runs his own color and title design firm. His critical writings on film have appeared in Film Comment, Cinema Scope and Vertigo, among others. A one-time film projectionist as well, he really digs this whole cinema thing.
[bio courtesy of the filmmaker]
Filmography
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Immersion
Absent of context and any attempt to observe the topic it seeks to depict, IMMERSION explores the inner spaces of objects, animals and humans to provide multiple points of a seamless view of a variety of actions: lobsters crawling, men working, fish swimming and machines grinding. IMMERSION...Watch Movie
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The Remnants of Civilization and the Dawn of Anxiety
Two parallel films, unfolding simultaneously: a deadpan comedy about the problem of happiness. In THE REMNANTS OF CIVILIZATION, archeologist Karl unearths a lost civilization and meets his doppleganger. In THE DAWN OF ANXIETY, researcher Madeleine presents her utopian...Watch Movie
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The Past is a Foreign Country
In April 1989, a body floats down the Colorado River with a bullet wound in the back of its head. That body is John H. Jenkins, rare book and historical document dealer. He had been at the epicenter of one of the largest document-forgery scandals in Texas history and his death...Watch Movie
Genres
- Avant-garde
- Avant-garde / Structural
- Comedy / Anarchic Comedy
- Documentary / Crime
- Documentary / History
- Drama / Dramedy
- Drama / Melodrama
- Horror / Occult
- Independent / Documentary
- Independent / Narrative
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Music / Music Video
- Science Fiction / Utopia/Dystopia
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Non-Narrative
Recent Reviews
The Eternal
Risky Business is more "krautrock" this. At least Tangerine Dream did the soundtrack there. This is some really lazy writing.
Envy
Interesting idea. I liked the colors. Seemed like an experiment for use in another project.
The Eternal
Not enough suspense
