Lotus 2007 · 3 min · ★ 5.0 · Animation Vivid, chromatic animation. Show more Directed by Nobuhiro Aihara + My List Mark as watched ↗ Share Your Rating ★★★★★ Make it a double feature 9m together Lotus + Partly Cloudy A close match in mood and era. More from Nobuhiro AiharaSee all →‹Chirico · 2008Chirico★ 8.02008MovieAnimationA wordless short homage to the maestro of pittura metafisica.▶+Water Ring: Karma 2 · 1980Water Ring: Karma 2★ 7.01980MovieAnimationAbstract forms animated in drawings.▶+Gavora · 1989Gavora★ 7.01989MovieAnimationPsychedelic animation that impresses with eyeballs and other motifs.▶+Wind · 1999Wind★ 6.01999MovieAnimationPhotos taken with pinhole camera, sky + clouds. Swirling animation like smoke against a black background.▶+Zap Cat · 2008Zap Cat★ 5.02008MovieCircles printed on white paper. Animation frenzy as music becomes more erotic/erratic.▶+Yellow Fish · 1998Yellow Fish★ 5.01998MovieAnimationImages of the sea and clouds seen from the top of the mountain, the candles of the Tibetan temple, etc., and a chaotic psychedelic animation are juxtaposed.▶+Twilight · 1985Twilight★ 5.01985MovieAnimationHands / flicker / morphing animation suggests sexual organs in a frantic dance.▶+Shelter · 1980Shelter★ 3.51980MovieAnimationDocumentarySet in a cave imagined as an air-raid shelter, images of the surrounding trees are painted over directly on the film. Vivid colors intermixed with the sound of wartime radio communications and bombing create a harmonious composition of documentary and animation.▶+Trip · 2005Trip2005MovieAnimationBy the maker of Yellow Night. Also an exercise in the storyless and meaningless description of a drawn journey through the subconscious. Hallucination as a cheerful firework display. Made with style and skill, because nonchalance obviously has to be conquered. (IFFR)▶+Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1 · 2013Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 12013MovieAnimationA compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.▶+Noise · 2006Noise2006MovieAnimationAn experiment concerning the attempts at creating a ‘moving image’ long before the invention of cinema. A re-experiencing of the history of ‘magic with light’ unfolds through the use of various devices and techniques, including flip-book animation and Muybridge’s photographs in motion zoopraxiscope. (IFFR)▶+Shunga · 2009Shunga2009MovieAnimation▶+Inch-High Samurai · 2007Inch-High Samurai2007MovieAnimationA collaborative film between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara with a new interpretation of the traditional Japanese folk tale.▶+Cherry Blossom · 1970Cherry Blossom1970MovieBegun in 8mm film, but completed in 16mm following the purchase of a new camera, this work continues with the psychedelic and anti-war themes, while moments provide the seeds of his later abstract exploration.▶+MY SHELTER · 1981MY SHELTER1981MovieFollowing on from Shelter (1981), the setting is again an air-raid shelter. Close-up images of trees are dissected and reformed abstractly. The film culminates with images of elderly survivors of the war in another example of Aihara’s unique blending of documentary storytelling with abstract illustration.▶+Dusk · 1985Dusk1985MovieAnimationA uniquely psychedelic animation of sordid and chaotic images.▶+›More Like This‹Partly Cloudy · 2009Partly Cloudy★ 7.72009MovieAnimationFamilyEveryone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and bring them to life. Gus, a lonely and insecure grey cloud, is a master at creating "dangerous" babies. Crocodiles, porcupines, rams and more - Gus's beloved creations are works of art, but more than a handful for his loyal delivery stork partner, Peck. As Gus's creations become more and more rambunctious, Peck's job gets harder and harder. How will Peck manage to handle both his hazardous cargo and his friend's fiery temperament?▶+Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore · 1983Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore★ 6.71983MovieFamilyAnimationWinnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore.▶+Dug's Special Mission · 2009Dug's Special Mission★ 7.02009MovieAnimationComedyDug is sent on foolish missions by Alpha, Beta, and Gamma so they can hunt for the Bird of Paradise Falls by themselves. Dug may find that where he belongs is not where he's been looking.▶+›
