Some of these films have been on the festival circuit for awhile now and have finally picked up distribution...
Able Edwards
One of the early all-bluescreen films. Shot on a Canon XL-1. b/w noir sci-fi + 3D models. Looks like crap but I still want to see it. In a mixed metaphor, the creator of the film compares himself to Mozart: "Francis Ford Coppola once said there would come a day when some little fat girl from Ohio could borrow her dad's camcorder and become the next Mozart of moviemaking. We would like to think that Able Edwards is that little fat girl."
The call of Cthulhu
In one of my older posts I wrote about the HP Lovecraft Historical Society, a group devoted to hard-core real-life adventure game play using incredible props (the post was on the Electriclerk computer). This faux 20's silent film was shot in their b/w "Mythoscope" process which probably means shot on miniDV and routed through After Effects. In one of those Queen-like moments ("no synthesizers used!") they state, "we are pleased to say there are no CG effects in the movie." They mean no 3D models. They do use some green screen. I want to see this one for its swamp made of yarn.
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)
A strange integration of dvx100 b/w footage composited onto a newer print of Caligari reframed in 16 x 9. I'm not sure what the point of this one is but there's a write-up in the April 2006 issue of American Cinematographer. Doug Jones, the most famous actor you've never seen (Pan's Labyrinth, Fantastic Four, Hellboy) plays Cesare.
Criterion Collection: La Jetee
Finally, what appears to be a decent print of La Jetee released on DVD in the original French with subtitles.
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