Movies Similar to Like a Wave in the Sea

Melody(1971)

Although Gainsbourg and Birkin had appeared in a string of films since their magnetic collision in Pierre Grimblat’s Slogan, Melody was a bit of diversion from their collaborations since it’s a series of interwoven videos inspired by the Gainsbourgalbum. For '71 it’s a novel concept to bring visual life to an LP, but even more surprising are the short film’s amazing visuals that director Averty crafted using a wealth of video filters, overlays, camera movements and chroma key effects. Averty applies these in tandem with the increasing tone of Gainsbourg’s songs, which more or less chronicle an older man's affair with a young girl. Each song is comprised of steady, sometimes brooding poetic delivery, with refrains timed to the phrase repeats of each song, while Alan Parker’s buzzing guitar accompanies and wiggles around Gainsbourg’s resonant voice. The bass is fat and groovy, the drums easy but steady, and the periodic use of strings or rich vibrato makes this short a sultry little gem.

6.5

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What You Mean We?(1986)

WHAT YOU MEAN WE is a surreal short film by experimental artist Laurie Anderson.

6.0

The Path of Wind(2004)

Animated video for Horishita Sayuri's Kaze no Toori Michi produced for NHK's Minna no Uta.

5.0

Revisited Remunerations Rapturously Collapse When Recompensed(2017)

Your raging romp results only in rescinded regret @ the hands of radder cadets.

10.0

Every Ambulation a Betrayal(2017)

Return to 'burn' only to find out you're already in that urn.

10.0

We Could All Do With a Little Back & Forth As Far As It Concerns the To & Fro of Everywhere Each of Us Go(2017)

(Some of us) Still run down the same [mental&emotional] streets we revered/reproached/replaced as children.

10.0

This Cacophony Runs Over Me(2017)

This cacophony runs over me, over everything I see, everything I want to see: it's me.

10.0

Finds Itself in Corners(2017)

Lines align during acclimated apexes, shadowy vertices, and bright burrows.

5.5

Moonwalker(1988)

Moonwalker is a 1988 American experimental anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, some of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after his famous dance, "the moonwalk", which he originally learned as "the backslide" but perfected the dance into something no one had seen before. The movie's introduction is a type of music video for Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" but is not the official video for the song. The film then expresses a montage of Michael's career, which leads into a parody of his Bad video titled "Badder", followed by sections "Speed Demon" and "Leave Me Alone". What follows is the biggest section where Michael plays a hero with magical powers and saves three children from Mr. Big. This section is "Smooth Criminal" which leads into a performance of "Come Together".

7.0

Kinda Cool to Expend This Much Drool(2017)

Don't ask me why, but I feel we're about to cry trying.

10.0

Ruminative Meditations(2017)

Say Om as you reach home only to realize you never really left/stopped saying Om.

10.0

Remind Me Why I Came Here(2017)

It's time the times met each other over & over.

10.0

Cremaster 5(1997)

Cremaster 5 is a five-act opera (sung in Hungarian) set in late-ninteenth century Budapest. The last film in the series, Cremaster 5 represents the moment when the testicles are finally released and sexual differentiation is fully attained. The lamenting tone of the opera suggests that Barney invisions this as a moment of tragedy and loss. The primary character is the Queen of Chain (played by Ursula Andress). Barney, himself, plays three characters who appear in the mind of the Queen: her Diva, Magician, and Giant. The Magician is a stand-in for Harry Houdini, who was born in Budapest in 1874 and appears as a recurring character in the Cremaster cycle.

6.1

Beatles Electroniques(1969)

Part of a collection of restored early works by Nam June Paik, the haunting Beatles Electronique reveals Paik's engagement with manipulation of pop icons and electronic images. Snippets of footage from A Hard Day's Night are countered with Paik's early electronic processing.

8.0

FUCK TV(2019)

After concluding the now-legendary public access TV series, The Pain Factory, Michael Nine embarked on a new and more subversive public access endeavor: a collaboration with Scott Arford called Fuck TV. Whereas The Pain Factory predominantly revolved around experimental music performances, Fuck TV was a comprehensive and experiential audio-visual presentation. Aired to a passive and unsuspecting audience on San Francisco’s public access channel from 1997 to 1998, each episode of Fuck TV was dedicated to a specific topic, combining video collage and cut-up techniques set to a harsh electronic soundtrack. The resultant overload of processed imagery and visceral sound was unlike anything presented on television before or since. EPISODES: Yule Bible, Cults, Riots, Animals, Executions, Static, Media, Haterella (edited version), Self Annihilation Live, Electricity.

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Rytmus(1942)

An experimental film from Jirí Lehovec, mixing the sound process with animated rhythms.

8.0

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story(1987)

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

7.1

Scanning of Modulations(2001)

Eye-popping digital moving image work with an equally arresting soundtrack from noise music heavies.

0.0

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The Eye & the Ear(1945)

Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.

4.8

Calypso(1955)

Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

5.0