Cinematic Era: 1966 Vintage

A second Hershey Lou Reed screen test.

An adaptation of the novel by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly.

The Opening of the Wells with music by the Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu was supposed to be part of Laterna Magika II.: Tour programme in 1960. However, it was banned by the communist committee tasked with judging the performance from “a politically correct” point of view. The committee claimed that Radok’s manners and morals were behind the times, and that the director did not show the ultra-modern techniques of Czechoslovakian agriculture. The premiere was postponed and Radok was fired from the Laterna Magika Theatre. His young colleagues (including Milos Forman) were officially asked to finish the rehearsals without the controversial part, and to make other minor changes in other scenes (these changes were made). Alfred Radok considered this to an unforgivable betrayal, as he expected them to leave the theatre to support him.

Nikos Liosis returns to his homeland, with the wounds of the Korean War still fresh in his mind and body. His wife Vera and all his relatives think him dead. He does not want to be present in his home in the state where he is. One day Vera meets him at random. He denies the identity of Nikos Liossis and is recommended as Alexis Sarris. She asks him to play the role of her real husband who never ceases to love, to avoid the marriage forced by her parents.

This exceptional film covers the goals of picture book programs, general planning, specific criteria for selection of good books suitable for varying age levels, methods of preparing for the session, and the techniques of group control. All aspects of the subject from broad theory to precise details about technique are covered in this filmed record of story book sessions in day care centre and libraries in the New York region.

A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic Claude-Jean Philippe, originally aired 4 August 1966.

"Men and women, face pressed against the wall, go sideways, step by step. They can not possibly cross the street." - kortfilmfestival

This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It is dedicated to the filmmaker Stan Brakhage and was shot without a scenario and edited entirely in the camera.

A leisurely view over Norfolk and Suffolk.

In this experimental animated short, Ryan Larkin (Walking) creates a series of figures who move across the screen and disappear into a hole. Eventually, the hole metamorphoses into a bridge, on top of which stands the young man from whom the others figures originated.

A woman seeks revenge for the murder of her husband and son.

Turgut tries to spy on an occupied town during the First World War.

One of San Francisco Cinematheque co-founder Bruce Baillie's sensuous tone poems, TUNG is a portrait of a friend; sandy skin and flaxen hair in the early-morning light.

"Wanna Come To a Party?" - Four young people, two men, two women, make a party in an empty floor at Karlaplan in Stockholm.

The Spare Parts are a successful 1960s pop band. They are hugely popular, but backstage, there is tension.

hong kong film

A tale of two cities, looking at the ways in which Paris and London have set about cleaning up their appearance.

A lone soldier comes across a fallen comrade. Hearing shots, he takes a position and takes aim, only to see the figure in front of him is not an enemy soldier, but something much vaguer in a robe.

Studio recording of Mikrophonie I with the Stockhausen-Ensemble. Short introduction by Stockhausen in French and German.

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

Nico, eating a banana, sits alongside French singer-songwriter Antoine. They are seated below a large peel-off ‘Banana’ poster of The Velvet Underground and Nico’s debut album

1966 Japanese movie

Experimental composer John Cage tours Europe with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1966.

Ominous commentary on the phases of life.

For a generation of young activists, the reality of war, imperialism, racism and the growing fragility of democratic liberalism was too much to handle. Force became a means to wrestle with this tension. As the discourse of a “country torn” finds its way into mainstream political analyses (for many the deep divisions in this country are not a new political reality), we should reflect on the writings of political dissidents and radicals. We should recognize the diversity of political analysis that is very much alive. The histories of armed struggle, if taken seriously, provide us with a means to think more critically about the center, and complicate its claims of moral and political right.

This Urdu film Jalva (1966) was directed by Younis Rahi.

A mechanical ballet composed of footage of the last steam trains arriving to the Waterloo Station

A wealthy and spoiled daughter has two private tutors, Samir, an Arabic teacher, and Columbus, a music teacher. As she develops a crush on Samir and goes out with him, her father learns of their relationship and grounds her, only for Samir to disguise himself as a doctor and visit her.

"A realism like that of GREED is lifted to a level where it becomes poetry. This is done by stylization and a few well-chosen details... a masterpiece." –Jonas Mekas, Village Voice "A black comedy which, in its cruel ending, has been compared to Harold Pinter. It is a hilarious satire on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Everything is there but the soup, but it's nuts for sure. This is Mass' first comedy, and those who know his early classic works are in for some surprises. Also Hawkins' imitations of sobs, snores, and gobbles are fabulous, especially the ghostly turkey at the end, shot in negative. A favorite on Mass' recent tours of Texas, the Midwest and the South." –The Gryphon Film Group

Prae, a young man from Ban Sala Kwian, is fascinated by the prosperity of Bangkok. He escapes ordination, which devotes to his parents. And also avoids marrying Sabai, a rural girl chosen by her parents, to go to Bangkok. Bangkok causing Prae to be disappointed because he only met people with unkindness including a Bangkok girl that Prae love. Even faced with gangsters try to snatch the Buddha statue, which Prae brought with him, so he had to become a boxer.

This is released as part of Art Haus' Walter Felsenstein edition. Felsenstein, a contemporary of Bertold Brecht, ran the East German Komische Oper from just after World War II to his death. Felstenstein was famous for his ensemble productions and for the enormous amount of rehearsal time that went into his productions.

A study of activity surrounding a changing room by a place of swimming.

A man wakes up, and biker gear magically starts appears on him. The film features multiple superimpositions of him, all leathered-out with his accessories, over a water fountain.

Pinku from 1966.

Actor Antti Litja from the Tampere Workers’ Theatre arrives in Tampere by train, sees the sights and looks for a local girl, actress Tuija Vuolle from the Tampere Theatre. The film by the young director Asko Tolonen evokes a fresh spirit from the 1960s.

You can stop smoking.

Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged.

In Collecting Courage, the second of six parts of his drama cycle Dialogues, screenwriter Ivo Stivicic dealt with the relationship of a young, unambitious and timid factory worker to the people around him, from girlfriends and work colleagues to hooligans from the cafe environment.

A study of the conflict between generations that can arise despite the best efforts of everyone to avoid it. Mrs. Whalley is an aging grandmother who lives with her son's family, and sometimes it becomes a strain to hide hurt and loneliness for the sake of harmony in her son's home.

Short film on the castles in Castilla (Spain)

Impressions of a hardrock miner's life, suitable for the classroom, filmed at the Falconbridge Nickel Mine at Sudbury, Ontario, and showing also the increasing use of nickel in today's space age. Much of what is shown was filmed in the dim world far underground where, "in a bubble of air in a solid mass of rock," the miner drills the ore face.

Family visit turns wild.

A cat's inquisitive look interferes with the pleasurable sensations of a boy while masturbating.

A short film by Louis Skorecki.

Part of the Dirt Trilogy

The Chief sends James Hound to investigate the apartment complex the villain Professor Mad has open to the public for free. James gets a room and finds nothing suspicious until he discovers that the apartment was really a rocket in disguise, intending to kidnap everyone in the building and enslave them for an outer space amusement park. James eventually defeats the villain and safely lands the apartment in a middle of an airport runway. The Chief congratulates Agent Hound for a successful mission and gives him the apartment as a reward. Unfortunately, James has trouble sleeping due to the noisy airplanes taking off by his window.

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

The story of Daedalus and Icarus