Christmas USA (1949)

Here, Markopoulos uses fragmentary editing and intercuts between claustrophobic and mundane scenes of domestic life ?shaving, vacuuming, setting the table ?and images of the carnivalesque, the mysterious, the magical. While a young man gets ready for the day and interacts with his family, Markopoulos cuts in shots of carnival rides, a mysterious ritual taking place in the woods, and a strange dream-like scene in which the man gets out of the bath to encounter a creepy moving toy. The theme seems to be the discovery of the fantastic and the wondrous amid the trappings of the everyday.