Films like A Bagful of Fleas.

A Bagful of Fleas (1962) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured czech-new-wave / short, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Adieu Philippine (1962) poster
1. Adieu Philippine1962

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Innocent Sorcerers (1960) poster
2. Innocent Sorcerers1960

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Goodbye, See You Tomorrow (1960) poster
3. Goodbye, See You Tomorrow1960

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Les Godelureaux (1961) poster
4. Les Godelureaux1961

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lonely Boy (1962) poster
5. Lonely Boy1962

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Audition (1964) poster
6. Audition1964

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) poster
7. The Bakery Girl of Monceau1963

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Age of Daydreaming (1965) poster
8. The Age of Daydreaming1965

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bellissima (1951) poster
9. Bellissima1951

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aar Paar (1954) poster
10. Aar Paar1954

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Landlord (1970) poster
11. The Landlord1970

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Graduate (1967) poster
12. The Graduate1967

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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