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"Mnemo.Diario" is a touching and intimate work that Studio Azzurro loves very much. It testifies to an important moment in the history of the group, namely the approach to the spaces of the Fabbrica del Vapore and the discreet and profound closeness of a friend like Giuseppe Baresi.
MARCIAL’S VERSION juxtaposes reality with illusion, in a manner reminiscent of the ‘Film Noir’ style of the 40’s. Filmed in the underbelly of Buenos Aires, the film plunges the viewer in the murky investigation of a crime where love, money and betrayal are all intricately woven together. With seductive strains of Tango in the background, the viewer is jarred by the counterpoint between Marcial's discourse - his version of the events as told to the police - versus the truth on the screen.
A documentary made on the alleged crash of an alien spacecraft in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, after the now infamous footage of an autopsy of an alien was published.
The two Sicilan men Pasquale and Virgilio used to be best friends, but had a falling out. Virgilio dies, and there is no hope for reconciliation – but then Virgilio's ghost appears in front of Pasquale.
On September 10, 1898, Sisi, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, was stabbed to death with a sharpened file by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni. The successful fiction about Sisi by Norbert Beilharz is based on Elisabeth's inner monologue and, subjectively, on many events in her life.
Ripley, the vampire, was frozen in the late eighteenth century, but has revived in modern times and becomes a successful businessman. At a ceremony to invoke Satan, Ripley learns that his revival has come with a price: in the next three days, he must kill three women in order to gain another year of life. Miranda's father, Davenant, arrives and tells her that she must marry the Earl of Marsden to secure a business deal.
A man lies dying - you see pictures. A short film about the final few seconds.
Two over-sensitive friends get together for a chat and a cup of tea to talk about their favourite subject – themselves…
An ironic examination of personal identity and social conventions, in this tale of a teenage girl who resolves her anxieties by wearing a paper bag on her head, permanently.
Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
While everything is in ruins in Berlin in the spring of 1945, the British bombers are flying overhead and the Red Army is not far away, 15-year-old Kalle is not particularly interested in doom or final victory - because he has kissed Inge Kaliska and he knows that he loves her. At this moment in world history, nothing carries as much weight as this first love.
The cock wakes the sun every morning. His hens are loyal to him in return. When he oversleeps the sun's wake-up call, it rises anyway. The hens realize the deception and a fierce battle for power begins.
Sophia is going nuts about her relationship to Peter. One day when she is in the middle of committing suicide she meets Olga, who helps her through the night. Both women get to know each other better and both have certain difficulties with their lovers. Although they are both quite different, they are fascinated of each other. Sophia begins also to be fascinated of Olga's lover.
Monique Zimmer, in her sixties, killed her lover, Oscar Foulard, cut up the body of the corpse, and is now walking with a suitcase containing Oscar's trunk. This one continues to speak, and comes to testify during the trial of his widow.
A night full of coincidences. Without knowing each other, Pierre and Jasmina break into the same museum and head for the self-same painting – problems that are difficult to solve amicably. Plus there is Martin, the only watchman on site...
Despite being forcibly converted to Christianity in 1497 many of the Jews of Portugal continued to practice Judaism in secret. Today, residents of the village of Belmonte practice an amalgam of Christian and Jewish rituals.
Paul has left his wife and children. Now his wife and ex-mistress is on the hunt for him.
Pierluca Rossi's Lungo La Pista Dei Contrabbandieri (1990) is an adventure documentary about a mountain bike crossing of the 700 km between the towns of Tamarasset and Djanet in the southern Algerian Sahara, from the Hoggar mountain range to the Tassili n'Ajjer. This crossing, supported by a 4x4 truck and a motorcycle, and never before undertaken by bicycle, emphasizes the rediscovered dimension of slowness, similar to the caravans of the Tuareg, in contrast to the unnatural speed of mechanized desert travel in the 1990s, which was considered the norm at the time due to the distorted image provided by the Paris-Dakar Rally and other similar events.
One of Müllers's vocal cords was paralyzed as a result of a life-saving radical operation (1995). At the beginning of the discussion Müller observes that figures from Greek mythology live on today as trademarks for products (Ajax as a cleaning agent, Polydor as a record).
While preparing her next exhibition, Olivia, a young painter, tries to save her life with Simon from sinking, already cruelly tested by a first year of separation. During a trip to Majorca, she meets Alexander, an Irishman with whom she falls in love. When she returns to Paris, she chooses to leave Simon, without mentioning her romance with Alexander. But the two men meet during an exhibition.
BBC2 documentary of Eddie Izzard's first foray into world touring. Beginning in her "hometown" of Eastbourne and and culminating in her month long show in the East village of New York, Izzard travels to Paris (her first, unsuccessful French language show,) Copenhagen, Reykjavik, and Stockholm.
A diary-like collection of short film clips lasting two to three minutes, created using single-frame recording techniques at the animation table using various techniques, some of which involve phase animation.
Documentary portrait of the Austrian farmer's son and village photographer Martin Humer, who as a "porn hunter" leads a dubious campaign against porn bars, peep shows and sex stores. His methods have made him enemies, including his worst adversary, a porn publisher. The film shows the contradictions between morality and fanaticism, as well as the Janus-faced nature of pornographic consumerism and the inhuman pleasure industry.
Ljuba, a woman who has recently become a model, gets involved with a uranium thief.
This BBC film, written and performed by South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Ulys, is a video postcard to the British Prime Minister from one Mrs Evita Bezuidenhout, South African ambassador to the fictitious black homeland of Bapetikosweti. Relishing his opportunity to satirise both the new and old South Africa, Dirk Uys delivers a lesson in history
Witness the exhibition that literally gets under your skin and where nobody can remain indifferent. Over 28 million visitors worldwide have already admired them: the authentic anatomical specimens from Dr. Günther von Hagens - uniquely beautiful and instructive. Experience a digital reunion with "The Runner", "The Chess Player", "The Skin Man" and other plastinates. Meet the mind behind BODY WORLDS, his pioneering invention, his work.
The fate of Ilse Stein, a German Jew who was saved from certain death in a concentration camp by the love of a German Wehrmacht officer.
A group of young people enter a deserted house for a party. One by one they get brutally murdered by two Killers.
A practical guide on ways to help young children to develop the background skills which lead them into reading. Through out the film it has actor Peter Sallis talking about all of the guide ways to get young children to develop the background skills which can lead them into reading.
Frédéric is arrested for illicit use of narcotic drugs. In jail, he meets he get up close with various sorts of people among which he looks for a role model as a 18-year-old boy.
Peter Sandmann, the charming owner of a marriage institute, is a brilliant matchmaker. His problem: all the candidates would love to share a table and bed with him straight away, but the lively mini-playboy is extremely reluctant to exchange rings. This inevitably leads to some turbulence in his love life...
A young child and his mother face a visit from the terrifying sandman.
A 1990 short film from Alain Guiraudie concerning the conversations of two film makers as they meet each night.
When an offensive passage in the lyrics causes a stir during choir practice, the snowmen engage in a fundamental discussion: suddenly, the connection between body odor and winning the 1974 World Cup becomes clear.
A woman travels in a compartment of a train and a young man sits next to her with whom, almost immediately, sparks strike: once they arrive at their destination the boy realizes that the young lady has forgotten a book and so follows her to to return it. When the two are alone at home, without having even introduced themselves, they soon end up in each other's arms and spend an intense night of love. At dawn the man leaves. Also at dawn that same morning, a man is killed in his garage and it is soon discovered that he is the brother of the young man on the train.
Over a period of several months, director and writer Mariana Otero has been looking through the uncompromising lens of her camera at the realities of life behind the scenes at a commercial TV station: the Portuguese channel SIC.
Genoa, 1945. The war is over but not for 4 partisans who still try to capture the remaining fascists. They are not satisfied with the concept of justice that the new born Italian Republic tries to instigate.
A young man gradually retreats from reality after his mother falls into a coma.
A black father and son discuss the ways in which popular myths have shaped their everyday experiences. Go West Young Man, created on an Amiga home computer, parallels their dialogue with a montage of historical moments that have influenced Western perceptions of black masculinity.
During a business lunch, a hearing-impaired woman becomes an “earwitness” to a murder plot, which she reads from the lips of a man at the next table. She informs the police, but initially ends up with a corrupt policeman who lulls her into a false sense of security, but in reality has been working with the man who hired her for some time. Her life is in grave danger, but the policeman is reluctant to eliminate the witness, especially as he has fallen in love.
Deep in the woods lives a hermit called Taggett who thinks that aliens inhabit the woods, On the way through the woods A group of local ruffians encounter Taggett and a fight ensues as He thinks they are aliens, Later Hawk decides to rape Kim Ferguson, and then her Father ( David Rankin ) seeks revenge.
How vibrations in the air allow us to hear sound.
Christine and her friend Linda live together and get on very well - except when it comes to men. While Christine is still mourning her ex-boyfriend, Linda takes things like sex and relationships rather casually. Barbara, the third in the group, is completely different: she has been in steady hands for seven years and still believes in the one great love.
A film in the form of a riddle is a special kind of entertainment film whereby the film's content must be deduced from the film's formal structure.
In 1969, a bloody cult ritual of the "Cross Club" ends with the intervention of a special squad. Only a baby and a little boy are among the survivors. 30 years later, perverse murders keep the whole city in turmoil. Andy and his colleague have been on the trail of the killer for some time, but they are treading water. Only when they are lured to Spain and come into possession of a miraculous liquid, the extent of the danger becomes clear. Because through this material it is possible to bring the dead back to life!
Jerome leaves his home to seek a job in the city. He finds a job at the town hall and works with Lucien. First they are responsible for the decorations of the city for Christmas. But their next mission will prove very different.
In Walking Around, you'll take a surrealistic stroll through the strangest neighbourhood on this, or any other planet.
Filmed on location at Houlgate Village near York, a working Anglo-Saxon settlement, this DVD provides incredible insight into a period of which little is known. The Dark Age is shrouded in mystery - Who were the Anglo-Saxons? How did they live? What were their customs and beliefs? With expert commentary from Ian Wood and Dave Thirlwall, and the use of detailed reconstructions, these and many more questions are answered about a relatively unknown era of British history.