#800 – It’s Such a Beautiful Day, 2012, Don Hertzfeldt
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt’s animated short film trilogy.
#801: Room
#801 – Room, 2015, Lenny Abrahamson
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
#802: Russian Ark
#802 – Russian Ark, (Русский ковчег), 2002, Aleksandr Sokurov
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
#803: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
#803 – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939, Frank Capra
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys’ camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
#804: Elle
#804 – Elle, 2016, Paul Verhoeven
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.
#805: Knife in the Water
#805 – Knife in the Water, (Nóz w wodzie), 1962, Roman Polanski
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband’s panic results in unexpected consequences. This was the first feature directed by Roman Polanski.
#806: Black Hawk Down
#806 – Black Hawk Down, 2001, Ridley Scott
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
#807: Stroszek
#807 – Stroszek, 1977, Werner Herzog
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.
#808: The Green Ray
#808 – The Green Ray, (Le rayon vert), 1986, Éric Rohmer
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
#809: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
#809 – The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle), 1974, Werner Herzog
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
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