Coming up are four pages of written babble. If that sounds unappealing, let me attempt to coax you in with an alternate approach. The text is riddled with footnote-links that lead to more text but are actually an excuse for images. The point of movies is that they move, but they do so by sequencing still frame after still frame; and some of these frames, viewed individually, have an atmospheric and mysterious appeal of their own.

That being the case, if you do nothing but hit all those links and look at the pictures (don't miss the asterisks *), you'll have a pretty good idea of why I care about these films, and the text you can take or leave.