body

narrative

performance

science

sound

space

vision

What follows is a general list of films relevant to each of the conceptual areas--narrative, performance, space, body, vision, science, sound--that define the ACTLab/Convergent Media curricula. The categories are only for organizational purposes...overlaps between them will be evident in the case of some titles. (under perpetual reconstruction. Suggestions welcome via the lists.)

body

Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott

Freaks (1932), dir. Tod Browning

 

narrative

La Jetée (1962), dir. Chris Marker

Mindwalk (1990), dir. Bernt Amadeus Capra

 

performance

Shadow of the Vampire (2000), dir. E. Elias Merhige

 

science

suggest movies

 

sound

Forbidden Zone (1980), dir. Richard Elfman

 

space [bio-cosmo-pods]

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), dir. Stanley Kubrick

Abyss (1989), dir. James Cameron

Alien (1979), dir Ridley Scott

Architecture of Doom (1991), dir. Peter Cohen

Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott

Death by Design (1997), dir. Jean-François Brunet & Peter Friedman

Draughtsman's Contract (1982), dir. Peter Greenaway

Dune (1984), dir. David Lynch

Entr'acte (1924), dir. Rene Clair

Existenz (1999), dir. David Cronenberg

Explorers (1985), dir. Joe Dante

Flight of the Navigator (1986), dir. Randal Kleiser

Icicle Thief (1990), dir. Maurizio Nichetti

Independence Day (1996), dir. Roland Emmerich

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), dir. Don Siegel

Judge Dredd (1995), dir. Danny Cannon

Kisho Kurokawa (1992), dir. Michael Blackwood

Matrix (1999), dir. Brothers Wachowski

Metropolis (1927), dir. Fritz Lang

Microcosmos (1978), dir. Palomo Cruz Delgado

Particles in Space (1966), dir. Len Lye

Prospero's Books (1992), dir. Peter Greenaway

Roam Sweet Home (1997), dir. Ellen Spiro

Star Trek (1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002)

Star Wars (1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2005), dir. George Lucas

Strictly Propaganda (1993), dir. Wolgang Kissel

Terminator (1984), dir. James Cameron

They Live (1988), dir. John Carpenter

Toy Story (1995), dir. John Lasseter

Tron (1982), dir. Steven Lisberger

Videodrome (1991), dir. Peter Cohen

 

vision

Ballet Mécanique (1924), dir. Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy

Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (1920), dir. Robert Wiene