6. Living a Beautiful Life, Corinna Schnitt, United States/Germany (2003, 13 minutes). A beautiful couple in a Beverly Hills mansion describe what appears to be their perfect life; their dialogue actually comes from Ms. Schnitt's interviews with 14-year-olds in Los Angeles about their ideas of happiness.
7. Polaroid Cocaine, Michel Auder, United States (1993, 5 minutes). A montage of images accompanied by cabaret music that, in Mr. Auderís words, "simultaneously reveal and feed an addiction to spectacle."
8. Occupation, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Germany (2001, 8 minutes). A film crew tries to shoot a night scene with 200 extras standing inside a rectangular painted boundary.
9. I Verdi Giorni, Diego Perrone, Italy (2000, 3 minutes). The mischievous and increasingly violent antics of four young children are depicted in classically styled hand-drawn animation.
10. The Landscape Is Changing [see image above], Mircea Cantor, Romania (2003, 12 minutes). A march, staged and filmed by Mr. Cantor in Tirana, Albania, in which the demonstrators carry large flexible mirrors that create undulating reflections of the city around them.
Related: Blockbuster Art, The top 5 most frequently borrowed titles from e-flux video rental [NYT, Greg Allen]
e-flux video rental [thanks Anton and Julieta]
