Eric Leiser displays his boundless creativity in this short collection; A stunning compilation of works presented with a mixture of live action, stop motion animation, puppetry and pixilation techniques, produced between 2001 and 2006.
2006-05-30
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Eclectic Shorts by Eric Leiser
A space expedition to Uranus is menaced by a giant brain that can make illusions come true.
A young magician must save her rabbit from the hands of three evil men.
An animated cartoon anthology featuring 92 vignettes created by various artists of the titular character.
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
Inside a room full of plants, a woman finds shelter from the outside world. Submerged in delirium, Alba experiences her withering.
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
Gorgeous IRA operative Marie flees the British authorities and finds herself somewhere in the American continent, where she meets a stunning woman also named Marie, a singer in a traveling circus. The new friends start a vaudeville act that grows exponentially more popular after they incorporate striptease into their routine. When the singer Maria falls for a charismatic rebel, the girls leave the circus behind and recreate themselves as wild-eyed revolutionaries.
After the death of his friend Begbie, Palomar decides to go to the City, a bizarre and intimidating metropolis, whose citizens have abolished sleeping and the law of gravity. To get there, the man waits for a bus that never comes, falling into a restless and suffocating wait.
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director Pierre Filmon. A personal journey with the brightest shadowmaker and his friends.
An "electronic puppet" version of the Humperdinck opera, adapted for children and using spoken dialogue as well as Humperdinck's music.
In a dense forest, a monoceratops-type plant-eating dinosaur is stalked by a carnivorous Tyrannosaurus rex.
Following the Events of the first film, Scarecrow 2 follows the Farmer attempting to defeat the Scarecrow for good. With the help of Hector, a mysterious pumpkin headed man, will the Farmer succeed or will the Scarecrow end them both.
Impossible Decision follows a dying man who realizes there's no one to take care of his autistic son after he's gone. The story revolves around a decision he believes is his son's only chance to survive without him. Unfortunately the decision causes his life to spiral out of control when he discovers a billionaire scientist's plot to kidnap and experiment on autistic boys. This high energy futuristic story compels you to ask the question, if this were you what would you do.
A man kills a toy designer and steals his latest product. The product, a mini-army complete with weapons, then wages war on the killer. The first Ukrainian screen adaptation of Stephen King's story.
A short educational Claymation film about dinosaurs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
This film is a portrait of hypnotist and artist, Marcos Lutyens. It examines the idea of incorporating hypnotism into art through the filmmaker participating in a hypnotic induction.