Exposure

April 12, 2000

"La Douche" - Have you ever considered the everyday perils that lie waiting for you in your bathroom? "Kitchen Sink" - The story of a strange relationship between a woman and an unexpected arrival from her kitchen sink. "Descent" - A stream of consciousnessbased on Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon and Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. "The Meeting" - When four executives can't get down to business in their meeting, one of them produces a small wind-up puppy from his briefcase and declares "whoever holds the puppy may speak." "Revolution Action" - Anarchy plus some creative and controversial visual effects consume the employees of a large corporation. "Identity 9" - A generic robot tries to find it's unique identity.

April 19, 2000

"10 Seconds" - In a future where government and the judicial system have gone awry, a family is granted the opportunity to enforce its own form of justice. "Solid Action Love Partner" - Set in the 1930s, a robot servant and a married woman fall in love and plot the husband's demise. "Les Ailes de L'ombre (Wings in the Dark)" - Fearing for his life, a paranoid criminal holds his hospital nurse hostage during a police standoff. "The Night Shift" - A pair of comedic animated monsters argue over whose job it is to scare a sleeping boy in his bed that night. "Eden" - A female gladiator type character battles for her life in an execution chamber. "Maaz" - Trapped in a vast empty city, Maaz runs, wrapped in a heavy cape and black hat. Where is he going, what is he running away from? "Hors Jeu" - An explosive out of control chase through a virtual world.

April 26, 2000

"Skins" - John, a regular guy becomes tired of living his life behind a facade, sheds his skin and finds that no one recognizes him. The skin, angered at being discarded, has other plans for John and plots revenge. "Plug" - In a futuristic society where people live their entire lives plugged into electronic dream machines, a man must choose between the artificial comforts of his electronic heaven and the difficulties and rewards of reality. "Voodoo" - A short dark comedy about a little girl trying to get rid of her mother’s date with a voodoo doll. "Grijs" - A middle-aged gentleman's bleak, colorless existence becomes unbearable when he encounters his doppelganger. "Gas Planet" - In a distant galaxy, three natives of Gas Planet carry on with their quest for nourishment. Their behavior is definitely alien, but also comically familiar to an earthling audience.

May 3, 2000

"Strange Residues" - A man discovers a mysterious black record album and is transported to strange hallucinogenic worlds. "Groping" - A dark, violent tale of urban alienation as an innocent woman is brutally raped and murdered in the street. "Joyride" - A power-line repairman is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of his own car. "Food (Breakfast)" - It examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast. "Accident" - Accident focuses on a family's seemingly accidental loss of a child on a stretch of lonely country road. "Still Life" - A vulture appears at the scene of a car crash to do as it wants with dead driver’s body.

May 10, 2000

"Juicehead" - A doctor's experiment on an ordinary man turns him into an electricity addict. "Food (Lunch)" - It examines the human relationship with food by showing lunch. "Replica" - A data thief prowls through an underworld in constant search of pickings. "Hollow" - A Frankenstein like doctor carves a Halloween jack-o-lantern creating a being very similar to himself.

May 17, 2000

"Mozzie" - Two mosquitoes go after a man who is on the run after his resort development was overcome by rising ocean levels. While being attacked by the man and his bug spray one of the mosquitoes goes where none of his species has gone before in order to save his fellow insect. "Food (Dinner)" - It examines the human relationship with food by showing dinner. "Binary Manufacturing" - On an automated assembly line, a series of robotic workers construct a mysterious device.

June 21, 2000

"Mr. Resistor" - A tiny electrical creature with big plans takes on a forgotten basement brigade of statues and trophies in his quest to possess better biceps. "The Persistence of Memory" - A visually stunning image set depicting the death of a loved one. "The Weight of the World" - The Earth’s gravity is increasingly making everyday activities a strain. "Bride of Resistor" - Mr. Resistor seeks the companionship of a wedding cake figurine only to have the tables turned with unforeseen consequences. "All is Full of Love" - An elegant, moving description of two robots enraptured (Music by Bjork).

June 28, 2000

"To Build a Better Mousetrap" - The mousetrap of tomorrow is here today! The Merchant of Death 2000 doesn't just trap mice, it seeks out and destroys them! Another miracle of science from Blackmire Industries. "Frankenweenie" - Average American kid Victor Frankenstein brings his dog back to life after he's killed by a car. "Pretty When You Cry" - Eerie music video gets inside the mind of the violent pedophile lurking in every man.

July 5, 2000

"On Edge" - Your worst dental nightmare come true. Starring Doug Bradley who was Clive Barker's "Pinhead" in the Hellraiser series. "Salome (Excerpts)" - Salome features early footage from Barker, who also did most of the special effects (by Clive Barker). "The Forbidden (Excerpts)" - Master of the macabre Clive Barker takes us back into his dark liverpool teenage days for this rarely seen short that he made when he was seventeen (by Clive Barker). "Arcade" - Imagine Alice not in wonderland, but in hell and her name is Mary in this beautiful and disturbing award-winning animation.

July 12, 2000

"The Puzzle" - While moving into a new home, a beautiful young woman discovers a mysterious box locked away in the closet. "Requiem" - An experimental look into an Orwellian world where love is a crime and a man is willing to pay the price. "Suspicious" - A woman making a stop on her road trip experiences sudden fear and terror from all the people around her. Starring Janeane Garafalo and Michael Rooker. "Girl Go Boom" - Ever been trapped on a bad date? Girl Go Boom visualizes the desperate way to get out of it.

July 19, 2000

"The Window" - An image appears in the window of a Brooklyn apartment house. Is it the second coming, or is some windex in order? "Migrations" - How long do gargoyles stay perched on buildings? A brave relief statue tries to break away from the building it's attached to with stunning and beautiful results. "Dirt" - A man’s strange obsession with dirt starts as a childhood game, but eventually manifests itself on a most surreal level. "Larger Then Life" - When will society learn that toxic waste and spiders just don't mix?

July 26, 2000

"Oink" - From the writer-director of The Astronaut's Wife comes a bizarre little story of a very angry male chauvinist pig who gets his just desserts. "Bovine Vendett" - This is what a Hereford cow might say if given the chance. Featuring voice over work from Charles Manson. Take this crazy ride only if you dare. "Donkeyhead" - A short absurd digital manipulation of a man with the head of a donkey. This hybrid being doesn't know where he comes from, but has the feeling that such a thing could happen to anyone. "Electronic Labyrinth- THX 1138 4EB" - Man on the run. Lucas' seminal student film which won first prize at the 1967-68 National Student Film Festival (by George Lucas).

August 23, 2000

"George Lucas in Love" - This clever and unique short film, arguably the most watched short on the web, parodies George Lucas' early days at USC. "Tripping the Rift- Love & Darph" - Presumably a test for the networks, this 5:56 pilot introduces some of the characters the will come to be featured in the regular series, including Chode, Gus, Six (of One), and Darph Bobo. "Searching for Carrie Fisher" - Long time Star Wars fan, Stephen Dooher sets out upon a quest to meet his childhood crush – Carrie Fisher. "A Galaxy Far, Far Away" - A cross country exploration into the forces that attracts so many to the Star Wars mythos. "Freiheit" - George Lucas’ senior film project while at USC, depicting a student escaping across the border from East to West Germany.

August 30, 2000

"The Fool" - A foolish man tries to communicate musically with a space ship. "Le Reveil (The Alarm Clock)" - One very sleepy man's oblivious attempt to get up and out of the house in the morning. "Battle of the Sexes" - When a young lady meets a man in a bar she needs to run a background check before they hook up. "Antebious" - A UFO crash lands on a distant planet. Its sole alien survivor confronts two human astronauts on this cosmic outpost.

September 13, 2000

"The Hole" - What dwells in the wells of New Zealand? Hole people, of course and they are hungry. "Boy wit the Flip Top Head" - A boy with special "attributes" learns to make the best of his bizarre situation in this twisted and comedic stop motion animation. "Bobby Loves Mangos" - If you could look into the future and avert disaster, would you do what was required?

September 20, 2000

"Love Bites" - Kevin Corrigan stars as a jealous boyfriend, who suspects his vegetarian girlfriend of cheating on him after he discovers a half-eaten hamburger as well as her newspaper ad for a male roommate. "Dinner" - In a world in which humans fairies and goblins must coexist, Jack and Jill struggle to find their true feelings for each other. "A Gut Feeling" - Two New York City police officers investigate the disappearance of an old woman and get a little more than they bargained for.

October 11, 2000

"A Hollow Place" - A modern and unconventional re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe's Tell Tale Heart. "The Werewolf of Praxton Hall" - Throwback to vintage werewolf movies, shot in black and white. "Season's Greetings" - A scary and funny twist on Halloween. Meet the boy who put the "trick" into "trick-or-treat" and does a number on the boogie man. "Rakthavira" - A stop motion demonic vision like nothing you've ever seen before. A brief and erotic trip to hell narrated by Debra Harry.

October 18, 2000

"Cut" - Imagine, you're a student of horror. You live, eat, and breathe scary movies. You long to learn from the masters. Then one day, your moment arrives. A world class horror director invites you to observe his talents in action. But there's more than a touch of menace in his motives. "Silent Number" - From the director of Urban Legend. A babysitter, a violent storm, a dark house, and a relentless caller. It sounds like a few films you've probably seen before, but nothing will prepare you for the ending of Silent Number. "Verfolger" - A hitchhiker is pursued by a mysterious black van.