Films like Fragments of an Alms-Film.

Fragments of an Alms-Film (1972) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured experimental / early, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Colours of Iris (1974) poster
1. The Colours of Iris1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) poster
2. Two or Three Things I Know About Her1967

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zabriskie Point (1970) poster
3. Zabriskie Point1970

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sympathy for the Devil (1968) poster
4. Sympathy for the Devil1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua (1978) poster
5. The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua1978

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Passion (1982) poster
6. Passion1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Touki Bouki (1973) poster
7. Touki Bouki1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Mongols (1973) poster
8. The Mongols1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

History Lessons (1972) (1972) poster
9. History Lessons1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Maya Darpan (1972) poster
10. Maya Darpan1972

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Estheppan (1980) poster
11. Estheppan1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Confrontation (1969) poster
12. The Confrontation1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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