For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsible for some of the best scripts of 2013. We asked them each to write a single line for us — not a scene, a script or a scenario, but simply an intriguing, amusing or captivating line of dialogue. Then we gave these lines to one of the great movie artists of our time: the cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, a two-time Oscar winner. Kaminski used these lines as inspiration to create 11 original (very) short films. Each short evokes a style or genre of the cinematic past and stars an actor who gave an especially memorable performance in 2013.
A woman’s face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty bu...
After discovering a demonic talisman in his pocket, an unsuspecting teacher is possessed and wreaks ...
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-r...
When her imaginary friend is kidnapped, Olivia has to go on an epic quest to get him back.
Marie, a pretty young woman, wanders through the aisles of a futuristic supermarket where everything...
A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat the...
An emotional and generational conflict between mother and son in the twenty-first century, except fo...
A sinister fairytale depicting the lives of two brothers and their daily suicide attempts.
Vision of the Dark Tower is a dream within a dream. Based on the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King, ...
A man is led by his creative brain as he copes with his muse.
Nona asks "do you love?" and the boy repeats his answer: True love will never die. As a Warden leads...
Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real f...
She has waited 300 years for the other to be born again. Can their relationship find a new start whe...
A short story about a young witch, Alyssa, so envious of the genuine beauty and sweetness of her twi...
An absurd man, feeling hopeless, decides to end his life. The night before, he dreams of a perfect w...
Sippy takes Leander on a hike over the woods to a big tree to show Dre that she's responsible.
The story takes place in a dystopia deprived of freedom of making choices and begins as the protagon...
A lesbian short film released by RelaApp as a valentine's day special starring real life couple SUN&...