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Still from Tokyo Story (1953), directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Here, beautiful Noriko (Setsuko Hara) encapsulates the mood of the film.

My plasterheads contemplating the future. 

Papier-mâché mask under construction. 

http://vimeo.com/15127588

Mindless.

Stream-of-consciousness aphorisms aplenty here in Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963).

A common occurrence. From Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1987). 

Hysterically dramatic puppetry in Being John Malkovich (1999).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI

Garfield helps lift the mood in Chungking Express (1994), directed by Wong Kar-Wai with brilliant cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Lau Wai-Keung. 

Another self-explanatory image from Jan Švankmajer’s Faust (1994). 

Self-explanatory image from Jan Švankmajer's Faust (1994). 

"We're smothered by images, words and sounds that have no right to exist, coming from, and bound for, nothingness." Film Director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) gets down on tumblr in Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963).