Short art film re: Death and doves
January 4, 2007 11:50 AM Subscribe
WhatWasThatFilmFilter: What was that short black-and-white film that featured Death and the line "No, that's a different dove"?
I saw this short film in high school, on VHS, c. 1993. It was somewhere between 10-30 minutes long, and seemed to be a parody of pretentious art films. I recall that Death was a character in it, and that the final line, about the dove, was really funny in context. I've tried online searches before; both at google and imdb, but I can't find this.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
I saw this short film in high school, on VHS, c. 1993. It was somewhere between 10-30 minutes long, and seemed to be a parody of pretentious art films. I recall that Death was a character in it, and that the final line, about the dove, was really funny in context. I've tried online searches before; both at google and imdb, but I can't find this.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Good Lord, it had Madeline Kahn in it! I haven't seen that movie in something like 35 years, but I'd really love to see it again. It was funny as hell.
posted by languagehat at 12:41 PM on January 4, 2007
posted by languagehat at 12:41 PM on January 4, 2007
Response by poster: That's exactly it; thank you backwords.
Does anyone know if/where this can be viewed or purchased?
posted by Sprout the Vulgarian at 12:53 PM on January 4, 2007
Does anyone know if/where this can be viewed or purchased?
posted by Sprout the Vulgarian at 12:53 PM on January 4, 2007
Thisa hask gota beska vone of ta funniensk filmas I'vesk ever seenka!
The first time I saw this I was at a party, watching projected on a sheet. As the movie progressed I thought to myself: "Wow, Swedish is closer to English than I thought!" No, I wasn't drinking heavily.
I started to show my photography students this film when we were talking about preconceived ideas about looking at a photograph (i.e. things aren't always as they seem). I never told my students anything about this film until it was over.
Thanks for the mp4 link. I've been looking for this for years.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 10:49 AM on January 5, 2007
The first time I saw this I was at a party, watching projected on a sheet. As the movie progressed I thought to myself: "Wow, Swedish is closer to English than I thought!" No, I wasn't drinking heavily.
I started to show my photography students this film when we were talking about preconceived ideas about looking at a photograph (i.e. things aren't always as they seem). I never told my students anything about this film until it was over.
Thanks for the mp4 link. I've been looking for this for years.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 10:49 AM on January 5, 2007
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posted by backwords at 11:55 AM on January 4, 2007