REQUIEM FOR HUMANITY a Classic of Cinema Art Film - Our story in 2 minutes (the original 1970 film)

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REQUIEM FOR HUMANITY is among the Classics of Cinema Art Film, since the 1900s to the present day. These films have been presented by the "Dubai Community Theater & Arts Centre (DUCTAC)" at the Emirates Dubai "LUMA Art in Film" exhibition of cinema in 2014 (14th-25th March and 9th-15th April). The films were playing continuously in the gallery throughout the exhibition’s run, and the program featured the groundbreaking work of Georges Méliès, Hans Richter, René Clair, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali, Fritz Lang, Alexander Korda and others (including Marios Lefteriotis).
Here is the complete list of these films . REQUIEM FOR HUMANITY is the 20th (according to the production year 1970 of the film):

1. Le Voyage Dans la Lun by Georges Méliès (1902)
Duration: 11 mins 48 secs
2. Das Kabinett des Doktor Kaligari by Robert Wiene (1919)
Duration: 1 hr 11 mins
3. Rhythmus 21 by Hans Richter (1921)
Duration: 2 mins 10 secs
4. La Symphonie Diagonale by Hans Richter & Viking Eggeling (1921)
Duration: 7 mins
5. Le Retour à la Raison by Man Ray (1923)
Duration: 2 mins 10 secs
6. Entr’acte by René Clair & Francis Picabia (1924)
Duration: 20 mins
7. Le Ballet Mecanique by Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy (1924)
Duration: 14 mins
8. Emak Bakia by Man Ray (1926)
Duration: 17 mins
9. Filmstudie by Hans Richter (1926)
Duration: 3 mins 30 secs
10. Vormittagsspuk by Hans Richter (1928)
Duration: 6 mins 23 secs
11. Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali (1929)
Duration: 16 mins 25 secs
12. M by Fritz Lang (1931)
Duration: 1 hour 50 secs
13. Rembrandt by Alexander Korda (1936)
Duration: 1 hr 24 mins
14. At Land by Maya Deren (1944)
Duration: 14 mins 44 secs
15. Traité de Bave et d'Eternité by Isidore Isou (1951)
Duration: 1 hr 52 mins
16. Labirynt by Jan Lenica (1962)
Duration: 14 mins 14 secs
17. Daikaiju Gamera by Noriaki Yuasa (1965)
Duration: 1 hr 18 mins
18. The Colour of Pomegranates by Sergei Paradjanov (1968)
Duration: 1 hr 12 mins
19. 400m IFF by Lutz Mommartz (1969)
Duration: 13 mins 35 secs
20. Requiem For Humanity by Marios Lefteriotis (1970)
Duration: 11 mins 50 secs
21. Death Of Stalinism In Bohemia by Jan Svankmajer (1990)
Duration: 2 mins 9 secs

This film, "REQUIEM FOR HUMANITY" (initial title : “REQUIEM” and for the Salonika Festival “Elegeion i Rekviem”), was uploaded on YouTube, on Vimeo and on Internet Archives and it was produced in 1970,
It was accepted, worldwide, as avant-garde, because it introduced in the film industry, for the first time in history (1970), a completely new style - “Flashing Pictures” editing style - to tell a story (rapidly changing images, following the soundtrack beat) ..! It was shot on Super 8 film and was edited by physically cutting and rejoining the film (hundreds of times) by the use of a special glue (there were, at those days, 1970, no computers, or videos, or timelines to do the job digitally) and had almost completely worn by the projection machines after 37 years played in cine-clubs and theatres (copies of the movie, were not used because of poor image quality), but after strenuous processing techniques, survived in its current form.
It has been filed with its Salonika Festival title, in the archives of IMDb (INTERNATIONAL MOVIE DATA BASE) to be preserved in time, together with another film by Marios Lefteriotis (Kerkyra - Corfu)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2806266/
and also in the Greek Movie Database
http://www.shortfilm.gr/films.asp?nam...
The innocent children, everyday victims of a terrible heritage of violence ...
This film was made in 1970 (Vietnam war, Kennedy's murder, first man on the moon etc) and it was a 3 Stars winner at the London Ten Best Festival (1971). Later on it was shown on the National TV and at many cine clubs, worldwide, where its avant-garde shooting, was extensively discussed by the filmmakers and the audience ! This film maintains its originality even to-day, nearly 46 (2016) years after it was made, and it is suitable for all times, especially ours...
Do not miss the last part of this video with the Direcror’s 1974 interview on the Greek TV and the prophetic comments, about the coming dark days of our time ..
Finally pay attention to the scenes with the flying planes and the falling buildings, which predict in a way 9/11 ..

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