Evidently the first installment in a series that didn’t continue, this instructional film shows idle twelve- and sixteen-year-
old brothers learning how to improve their surroundings by painting an old door. With the narrator giving step-by-step instructions, the boys go through the processes of sanding, applying primer, and mixing different types of paint. Whatever its educational value, the film’s quiet enthusiasm for its subject also reflects Kiarostami’s own interest in woodworking.

Evidently the first installment in a series that didn’t continue, this instructional film shows idle twelve- and sixteen-year-
old brothers learning how to improve their surroundings by painting an old door. With the narrator giving step-by-step instructions, the boys go through the processes of sanding, applying primer, and mixing different types of paint. Whatever its educational value, the film’s quiet enthusiasm for its subject also reflects Kiarostami’s own interest in woodworking.

A look at how industry workers spend their time when they are not at work.

Paint is the story of three art-school grads (Joshua Caras, Olivia Luccardi and Paul Cooper) realizing that their degrees and artistic ambitions haven't necessarily prepared them for the real world and putting themselves in positions to confirm that darkness and pain are necessary to produce great art.

Paint is the story of three art-school grads (Joshua Caras, Olivia Luccardi and Paul Cooper) realizing that their degrees and artistic ambitions haven't necessarily prepared them for the real world and putting themselves in positions to confirm that darkness and pain are necessary to produce great art.

Leisure is certainly not a privillege which belongs to a minortity few of the society who can afford it. Indeed, every man should have a claim to Leisure! 　　In this short Oscar-winning animation, a philosophical exposition of the meaning of LEISURE is expounded.

10 hours of paint drying on a wall.

风和日丽的一天，心情愉悦的唐老鸭（克拉伦斯·纳什 Clarence Nash 配音）正在给爱车粉刷油漆，涂满红色油漆的机壳在阳光下格外漂亮。就在此时，一只不识时务的小鸟破坏了唐老鸭的雅兴，忙于搭窝的她无意中落在汽车的机盖上，偏偏刚刚刷上的油漆还未干透，于是便留下一串扎眼的脚印。这个不速之客令本就脾气火爆的唐老鸭气急败坏，他决心惩治小鸟，而小鸟也不堪示弱，与唐老鸭展开连番周旋。在这一过程中，那台无辜的汽车不断遭殃，最终变得花花绿绿，更如同疯了一样满旷野乱跑。这一切都令唐老鸭愤怒非常……

This early, Godard-inspired structuralist sketch analyzes an empty apartment by way of a continuous pan as Schanelec's voice-over narration recounts her uneasiness with her new roommate.

This early, Godard-inspired structuralist sketch analyzes an empty apartment by way of a continuous pan as Schanelec's voice-over narration recounts her uneasiness with her new roommate.