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Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their reunion by discussing, among other things, La Chienne (1931) and Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932).
Documentary about teenage life in the mid-60s.
A Tibetan Lama. His disciple. The disciple's wife, young boy and terrier. An old tugboat crossing the Mississippi River. A man in his seventh month of solitude. His hermitage built by his own hands. The man's bloodhound; his cat. Clouds crossing the Continental Divide. A mountain stream. A girl. The sun.
The 237th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: 'Marilyn', 'Sight Restored' and 'North Star'.
BALLADE AUX SOURCES, Med Hondo’s first film, is a documentary about the journey of an African emigrant through his native land shortly after the independence of North Africa. This film allows us to glimpse the themes that are dear to Med Hondo: pan-Africanism and pre-colonial African history. It is presented as “restoration in progress” without sound, introduced by Annabelle Aventurin (cine-archives).
A mockumentary directed by Alexander Maxwell.
Advertising posters for the Berliner Kindl brewery in the stands of Berlin’s sports arena show beer drinkers through the ages, from an organ-grinder at the turn of the 20th century to a fashionable "Beatle wannabe". A critical analysis of the images leads to the parody motto "Berliner Kindl is a swindle".
After a short biography of author Boris Pasternak, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Doctor Zhivago (1965).
The world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the succulent mussel.
The different works and routines typical from the lands near the canal of Larmahuino (or Almahuino).
We are getting a look at painter Sigurd Winge's studio in Oslo City Hall, where Sigurd tells about his work with many decoration projects.
A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.
A classroom training film that promotes a career in distributive management, a branch of retail sales. Through engaging instruction, it highlights the skills, responsibilities, and opportunities in the field, presenting the profession as both rewarding and dynamic.
This short documentary introduces us to a town where no one pays rent: Simoom Sound in central British Columbia, where loggers live on sturdy river craft. Every week there are visitors: the general storekeeper, the flying postman and most importantly, the forest ranger, who is ever alert to the threat of fire.
A documentary about Sicily and its peculiar customs, with an emphasis on religious rites and the clash of modernity versus traditional values.
A color documentary on the latest advancements in molecular biology and genetics.
A look at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, and a more detailed examination of the Berlin Wall in Germany.
An overview of Luis Buñuel's career. Includes an interview with the filmmaker.
Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as “Johnson murderer” and sing “Murderer, many people are being killed”. It is the late sixties. In his film, Van der Keuken presents his visual view of the changes in the mentality of a growing group of young people in Western society. He films youngsters who paint their faces and react against the monotonous lives of pen-pushers and civil servants. Their attitude exudes resistance against existing social structures.Van der Keuken exchanges images of protest marches that occasionally get out of hand with charming pictures of nature. He said the following about this film: “In the case of these youngsters, the surrounding violence is turned inside, as it were, and directed at the exploration of personal observations.” (idfa.nl)
Exploring some of the industrial applications of film, and the many ways in which it is used as a tool in man's search for knowledge.
Bruce Gordon, a 22-year-old organizer for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, is interviewed in Selma, Alabama, during the height of a drive to register Negro voters.
Jewish people - and a few Gentiles - muse on what it means to be Jewish in 1960s Britain. The challenges of maintaining faith and culture outside Israel, and in a society where ‘Jewish’ and ‘English’ are seen as mutually exclusive identities are perceptively explored in this astute documentary. Some secular Jews are keen to distance themselves from traditional Judaism and especially Zionism (one defines himself simply as a Marxist). Gentiles are on hand to cheerfully perpetuate some of the old stereotypes, and we’re treated to colourful snapshots of the Jewish community in London: the rag trade, a kosher butcher and restaurant.
"España insólita" is that different, unknown and humble Spain that does not appear on postcards or tourist itineraries. Aguirre embarked on a trip to the most remote villages of the country to witness the existence of a legend, an ancient custom, an unknown dance.
Film record of the traditional and popular pilgrimage or journey of penance made by believers to the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, with a perspective of respect and an interest that goes beyond the sociological.
"Mondo" sort of documentary around English customs.
An experimental film about the city of Stockholm.
Poetic film about the struggle of man's will and muscles against nature, about the rock-climbers who prevent landslides and eliminate their consequences.
Commissioned work by Julian Beck and members of The Living Theatre (featuring Beck and Judith Malina, co-founders of The Living Theatre, in performance) for broadcast on KQED-TV, San Francisco. The Dilexi Series represents a pioneering effort to present works created by artists specifically for broadcast.
A look at a number of different sights, including the Manchester Whitweek walks, liners, pet-shop windows and holes.
This short documentary is about Mike Duff, a Canadian motorcycle racer, and the sport that almost killed him. After a near-fatal crash in Japan and extensive surgery and therapy, Duff returned to racing to claim two victories in Canadian races. Though the sport takes its toll on the lives of his friends and fellow competitors annually, the racer explains he can’t give up just yet – not before winning a world championship.
Among other artists contributing to the February's Cineprobes is Les Levine, the Dublin born sculptor, who migrated to Canada, whose works have been exhibited and circulated by The Museum of Modern Art. His film is called "White Noise;"
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the basic features of detergency using animated diagrams and live action photography.
This cartoon film presents in a nutshell, with the help of animated maps and diagrams, some geographical and economic facts about India. It shows how the people of India under the Five Year Plan Projects are striving to achieve a fuller and better life for all.
An instructional film by Bruce Lacey.
Bettie de Jong performs the same dance nine times, starting and ending in a reclined position. As the film proceeds the camera becomes more and more adventurous.
Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on British Railways.
A cross-cultural study of child-rearing in India, France, Japan, and Canada, observing how family practices around a one-year-old reflect broader cultural values, with commentary by Margaret Mead.
The film tells the story of folk and pop songs from Bukovyna in the mid-1960s.
"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old area of Montréal is to be demolished to make way for a new low-income housing development, is there anything the residents can do to protect their own interests? The film documents such a situation in the Little Burgundy district of Montréal and shows how the residents organized themselves into a committee that successfully influenced the city’s housing policy." - Anthology Film Archives
Iconoclast Lenny Bruce appears at San Francisco's Basin Street West in what was his next-to-last live appearance. His act that night consisted of reading allegations and transcripts from one of his several obscenity trials and then commenting on what he'd actually done or said. While there are some "bits" in the performance (including the prison riot with Dutch, the Warden, Father Flotski, and Sabu, the prison doctor), this is much more a social commentary on government intrusion and censorship than it is a comedy routine.
Poetic documentary about the cityscape of Berlin.
The main hero of this film is the city of Vilnius. Vilnius is also a metaphor for the historicity of Lithuania. However, this film is unique not only for its cinematographic historical reflections on the statehood of Lithuania; it also reveals the history of cinema, encompassing both Soviet montage techniques and the first traces of cinéma-vérité in Lithuanian cinema.
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
By creating a counterpoint between the older residents who inhabit Split’s market square during the day and the young people who party there at night, director Lordan Zafranovic and editor Ivan Martinac tell the story of one of the most important spaces of Split’s social life.
Short by Motoharu Jonouchi.
Shots of windows across Croatian coastal towns.
Toni is an elderly man who lives in a nursing home in Vittorio Veneto (Treviso). Every night he has a nightmare: crows attack him and peck at his face, leaving him frozen in terror. For him, the nursing home is a waiting room for death, but he still wants to live. Around him are other elderly people in bed and in the dining room.
Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.
An exciting exploration of the weather and how man may one day learn to control it. For this film a great deal of extraordinary colour footage of the sky was put together, including a demonstration of rain-making. There are views of the geysers of the sun, of bright streamers of northern lights, of wind-stirred clouds, and even the awesome fury of a hurricane.
The Roman city is essentially a meeting place, a radiant center of Latinity. Gaul is Romanized by road and by the city. The city is a place of residence, of worship, a cultural center of exchanges and leisure. We end up with the Gallo-Roman civilization (source: Média-Scérén)
A documentary based largely on images of violence, abuses, crimes and genocide that occurred in the world, accompanied by the poems of Dylan Thomas ( “Hands have no tears to shed”)
Documentary/performance-film hybrid about the famed music scene in Nashville. Features performances from many stars of the day.
A film portrait of Peter Whitehead that takes the form of an interview without questions - an experiment with Being and Time.
Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
A look at the River Thames, its past and present, from source to the sea. An examination of what has been done and is being done to modernize port services and to keep traffic moving—from holiday pleasure seekers to bustling commerce.