Directed by Kidlat Tahimik • 1977 • Philippines Starring Kidlat Tahimik, Mang Fely, Dolores Santamaria

Acclaimed by Werner Herzog as “one of the most original and poetic works of cinema made anywhere in the seventies,” this exhilaratingly imaginative DIY landmark of Filipino cinema stars director Kidlat Tahimik as a starry-eyed jitney driver obsessed with American culture (particularly its space program) who gets a crash course in the failures of globalization during a sojourn in Paris. Shot through with offbeat wit and invention, PERFUMED NIGHTMARE wraps a cogent critique of Western capitalism in the guise of a surreal, satiric picaresque.