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The Short Films of Nacho Vigalondo

Staggering Jack — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:46:30 -0800

The Best Youtube Videos of Spanish Filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo (previously). A few additional Nacho links: -his blog (in Spanish). -Io9 interview on his upcoming movie Timecrimes. -2005 Salon article about 7:35 in the Morning.

Engaged...

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:24:47 -0800

La Cabina (The Telephone Box) 1, 2, 3, 4 Emmy winning short Spanish film. Saw this once as a kid and I’ve never forgotten it… There's no subtitles but that doesn't really matter.

I had come to Spain with some notion of writing newspaper articles, but I had joined the militia almost immediately

Len — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:48:17 -0800

"I had come to Spain with some notion of writing newspaper articles, but I had joined the militia almost immediately." – George Orwell, writing about the revolutionary war which started 70 years ago yesterday: July 19th, 1936. Also: Anarchism and the Spanish Civil War. The Visual Front: Posters of The Spanish Civil War. Photos from the Spanish Civil War. Films from the CNT (National Confederation of Labour), 1936-1938.

7:35 de la manana

still — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:59:51 -0800

Last night I didn't fall asleep until early in the morning. And I've got a long day ahead of me. So, what the hell is making me smile at seven thirty-five in the morning? (embedded quicktime)

Madrid bombings documentary

Holly — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 04:44:44 -0800

We Were All On That Train If any adventurous film festival directors happen to be reading, a Spanish production company called Docus Madrid has just released a fine documentary, comprising 24 short films, about the terrorist train attacks in March. The pressbook can be downloaded from the home page in MS Word, in English: otherwise, it's all in Spanish. Ticket money goes to relatives of the victims.