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• Actors: Joaquim de Almeida, Robert May, Karin Anger, Edward Tudor-Pole, Tamara Beckwith
• Directors: Don Hertzfeldt, Marianne O. Ulrichsen, Pedro Serrazina, Piet Kroon, Robert Milton Wallace
• Writers: Karin Anger, Don Hertzfeldt, Pedro Serrazina, Piet Kroon
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 15, 1999
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305458367
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,964 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Short 4 - Seduction" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Have you ever had a dream in which you've been cleaning a bathroom while filmmaker Henry Jaglom (Venice/Venice) talks over the phone about movie sex? Well, now you can have that experience vicariously via Rainier Judd's brief, weird introductions to each chapter in this short film anthology on the theme of seduction (of one or another kind). The section called "Marquee" offers Seth Edelstein's sweet World War II anecdote, Anticipating Sarah, in which an earnest G.I. returning home from European trenches awaits a woman to whom he has written but never seen. Marianne Olsen Ulrichsen's Kom is a touching tale of an old woman's erotic recollections from youth and the richness of love in winter. Hisao is Masahiro Sugano's startling, herky-jerky, experimental document about an underground Japanese singer-songwriter lured by fame. There's also an award-winning, animated piece called Lily and Jim, a witty and knowing testament to the ups and downs (mostly downs) of a blind date. Each of the films is accompanied by selectable production notes, and several feature alternate soundtracks, including a monologue by performance artist Annie Sprinkle for Kom. Certainly the biggest conversation piece among the remaining titles is Jeremy Boxer's The Last Supper, which concerns a rather ordinary-looking, yuppie dinner party in which a small practical joke leads to a shocking conclusion. You'd swear the story is based on urban legend, but Boxer insists it was derived from fact. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

A "magazine" on DVD this includes short films interviews and documentaries. Includes Day Of Freedom the rare follow-up to Leni Reifenstahlchr(39)s brilliant and disturbing Nazi propaganda piece Triumph Of The Will as well as a documentary by Agnes VaRunning Time: 85 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST Rating: NR UPC: 085393677626

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cavet Emptor..., June 21, 2002

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Uncle Borges (Via Lungomare 6) - See all my reviews

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The quality of films presented notwithstanding I feel cheated by the manufacturer/distributor which is Time/Warner. Nowhere do they warn that the DVD comes WITH ADVERTISMENTS THAT CANNOT BE ZIPPED PAST! I did not want to go through an for BMW's, for Henry Jaglom's personal phone call and a few Hollywood schlock trailers. Bad, because short independent films are good for your soul.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars solid collection of short films, November 2, 2003

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David Group (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

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Usually when I take a chance on a collection of films (or songs, or short stories), it's with the expectation that the good ones will offset the bad ones. In this DVD, almost all the films are first-rate. The rundown:

TUNNEL OF LOVE is an expertly-filmed tale of seduction with a twist with a nice 1960s British feel to it.
KOM is a brief sweet tale of love, age, and nostalgia.
ANTICIPATING SARAH-- a World War II story of a woman testing a soldier's love that has a nice O'Henryish twist to it.
LILY AND JIM-- Hands down, the best film on the DVD. This is a tale of a blind date gone horribly wrong, and is as screamingly funny as early Woody Allen.
HISAO is a look at a Japanese singer hoping for success. This experimental film is a bit perplexing and doesn't really fit in with the others, but is interesting nevertheless.
TALE ABOUT THE CAT AND THE MOON-- A simple fable-like tale of a cat who falls in love with the moon, with a beguiling visual sense.
THE LAST SUPPER-- Friends dining in a restaurant decide to play a joke on one of their own by tricking him into thinking he has won the lottery, with shocking results.
T.R.A.N.S.I.T. is a superbly animated tale of love and betrayal told in reverse order based on travel stickers on a suitcase.
THIS IS HARDCORE-- a music video by the band Pulp takes a lush look at some vintage Hollywood cliches.
DIGIPET-- pointless and dumb.
OPENING MOVIE-- a repeat of the opening segment.
CREDITS-- a look at two losers (one of them Ryan Stiles of The Drew Carey Show) who cause trouble in a grocery store. Slight but amusing.

The only reason I am not giving this DVD five stars is because of the stupid commercials that open some of the films (and which cannot be fast-forwarded through or skipped over, two worthless items in the JUNKDRAWER (DIGIPET and OPENING MOVIE), and the fact that the list of films listed on the inside of the case have some of them in the wrong section. Otherwise, a superb collection. This is a good DVD to suggest the next time your girlfriend wants to see a movie but doesn't want to see another action film, and you don't want to see another chick flick.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good content, lose the advertisements, August 5, 1999

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Jerry Gilio (Cicero, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This issue of Short Cinema Journal continues to provide a forum for excellent short features. LILY AND JIM is a hillarious look at dating. KOM is a touching look at aging and love.

The one down side is that advertisements have been added to the begining of each feature. And don't think about skipping over them because the "fast forward" function has been disabled for most of the ads (at least on my DVD player). It's about as tasteful as an art museum putting ads in the spaces between the paintings. I hope they drop them from future issues.