Cinematic Era: 1974 Vintage

The "Dynamo theories" of Henry Adams portrayed first person/sexual vision: an American businessman as lord of all he surveys.

Nostalgia for the past. The film is about new relationships that undermine the traditions of the patriarchal village.

Painstakingly filmed over a five-year period, this intimate view of our country's magnificent landscape will take you on the getaway you can only imagine. Witness the splendor of nature as you've never before seen it.

Lasanda is the name of the girl played by the famous actress Nita Fernando. Her acting amplifies the moral qualities of her heroine – a proud woman, irreconcilable to everything that degrades human dignity. The world is divided into two clearly delineated camps. In one of them are the rich mine owners and their accomplices, in the other - the working class, the poor, forced to make ends meet with odd jobs. The first reign supreme, believing that they can buy off any crime with money, although they fear an organized uprising by workers. The second are almost powerless in the face of tyranny and violence; their existence, their future depend on the whim of their masters.

Engineer Ilir wants to drill for oil in an area in which there exists no data from previous researchers. Faced with disagreement from his colleague, as well as the lack of experience, he is determined to finish the job.

"The quote is Joseph Conrad answering a critic who found his books too long. Conrad replied that he could write a novel on the inside of a match-book cover, thus (as above), but that he "preferred to elaborate." The "Life" of the film is scratched on black leader. The "elaboration" of color tonalities is as the mind's eye responds to hieroglyph." - S.B. (Note: it seems possible that Brakhage misattributed this quote, which appears to be from William Faulkner and/or W. Somerset Maugham). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.

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This film was created by Sokurov before or during his VGIK student years for the regional TV of Gorki. He does not consider it a part of his filmography. For its creators, it was just a TV program, and the people who worked on it most often were being given no distinction in the credits. This document of the very origins of Sokurov gives us a notion of his "pre-stylistic" period, where the personality of the future great filmmaker reveals itself in spite of means and circumstances.

Documentary focusing on the two most successful football clubs in Scotland; Celtic and Rangers. This film outlines the origins of the clubs, their accomplishments and the socio-economic importance of the clubs to their home city; Glasgow, Scotland.

After the accidental drowning death of their son, a military truck driver begins to doubt the faithfulness of his wife.

Princeton: A Search for Answers is a 1973 American short documentary film, directed by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage, and produced for the Princeton University Undergraduate Admissions Office as a recruiting film. In 1974, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 46th Academy Awards.

The theme of the rural exodus has inspired many African authors. In the past, by tradition, the young peasant went abroad temporarily to earn the money needed to settle in the village. Now, he leaves the countryside with no idea of ​​returning, convinced that he will find all the means to make his fortune in these mirage cities. Issa, in turn, takes the road to the capital. Before leaving, Aminata slips a bronze bracelet on her arm as a token of loyalty and love. Then begins for Issa the inexorable chain of disillusions, bad luck, misunderstandings

A detailed retrospective of animation and animation techniques at the National Film Board of Canada.

Siamak (Farzan Deljo) and Sisi (Darius) are failing to steal. Once upon a time, Siamak takes refuge in a church and faces Helga (Aylin Weigen) and her father (Arman).

About the coup in Chile. Animation of children's drawings with the music of Violeta Parra.

Experimental documentary that takes its source on the banks of the Creuse and we discover the baroque sculptures of the abbey in a fantastic atmosphere.

A movie of epic narrative about General Shapovalov. Having lost his son and best friend, commander Gaidabura, during the war, he meets at the end of the war his favorite woman, whom he thought was dead.

27 shorts films about francophone traditional music in America.

A quiet man with a burning desire to live in peace and in freedom pulls a daring one-man crusade against a gangster clique.

An assault will create a whole series of situations and problems between the couples who stay in a transient hotel.

Margaret Tait's impression of the interior of her studio premises in Rose Street, Edinburgh. The film consists of slow pans around her studio focussing on the walls and artwork there - presumably as she is about to leave. There is also some footage of construction work on flats on Rose Street.

A young employee of a production plant opposes the unethical practices of the director.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Dilli Dalli is an adventurous boy who can bring his toys to life. Now, however, he needs to meet his opponent - the evil Perpendicular, who makes everything that's living to disappear. Dilli Dalli goes to the kingdom of the evil Perpendicular to save his toys he brought to life.

A dance performance by Trisha Brown, shot from ten feet above the floor to give the viewer a bird's-eye view.

With this 32-minute short film, based on Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published book A Moveable Feast, György Fehér commemorated the author, who died 75 years ago. In the film, Tamás Cseh - one of his earliest film appearances - sings live the lyrics of the song, which are only sung in this film. This was the first time György Fehér and he worked together.

One of Nejat Uygur's most legendary plays, Cibali Karakolu, may sound like a cliché, but it will take you away from the troubles, splinters, agops, crow's feet, and other annoyances of daily life and bring you back to the true spirit of the site.

Alerts and informs the audience about criminals who prey upon the unwary through fraudulent schemes such as those dramatized.

Experimental short by Mario Schifano.

This is an attempt to process abstract images without the use of camera. The central circle divides the creen into two parts that continually vibrate hypnotically and change colors to the accompanying rumbling of modulated sound.

A woman discovers the true nature of the man she married.

Chicago, IL @ PBS Soundstage (1974)

The film consists of seven sections: the first section, "Specimen I," a "flicker" film, is the subject for the other sections of ANALYTICAL STUDIES III. ... "Specimen I," as with most of my other works, also exists as a "Frozen Film Frame," wherein the entire footage of the film is cut into strips and aligned serially between sheets of clear plexiglas.

Short film about the upgrades and technological improvements on the British railways.

A documented journey of wilderness animals filmed all over the globe. Real life footage includes some rarely seen animal behaviors.

Oscar-nominated documentary follows two doctors as they travel around the world studying how children learn in various cultures. About the founding and operation of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential.

A story of love and vengeance across lifetimes. When a young archaeologist named 'Akkanee' (Sombat Metanee) meets a mysterious woman, 'Sarochinee' (Aranya Namwong), who has the ability to see into the past, he encounters increasingly unbelievable events the more he gets to know her. This continues until he is involved in a car accident. Although he miraculously survives, he begins to recall his past life—specifically, the past in which he committed grievous misdeeds against Sarochinee, this very same mysterious woman.

(1972-1974)

Recorded in Woodstock, New York, Rock City Road incorporates multiple levels of rescanned images of walking on different surfaces, including pavement and snow-covered terrain. The images have been rescanned and manipulated using reel-to-reel videotape recorders. Editing actions—fast forward, reverse, pause, as well as “scratching” through and between frames—remain present as the sounds they make. Noises inherent to the medium, they function as metaphoric links between the texture/materiality of the world and that of electronic media.

Osman's fight with the mafia, who lost his father at a young age.

In this show ony can see the changes Hermans went through in this phase of his life. Instead of being just the clown, he started using experiences from his own life for his shows.

A Hector Heathcote short.

Short documentary written, directed and edited by Aleksandar Ilić. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Krakow Film Festival.

Early abstract digital painting.

Filmmakers Tom Palazzolo, Jeff Kreines, and Bernie Caputo attend the annual Chicago Senior Citizens Picnic hosted by the Democratic Party. Shot in the style of direct cinema, they spend the afternoon in a Chicago park following the seniors as they have a musical revue, hula dance, listen to speeches, play organized games and generally seem to have an all around fabulous time.

The final part of Keuken's 'North-South' trilogy, which examines the complex and unequal relationships between industrialized and developing nations. The film draws a sharp parallel between two distinct groups of people: impoverished Peruvians living in the cheerless slums outside Lima, and a family of young Dutch factory workers, including three sisters and a brother, who lead monotonous lives.

JERRY'S DELI is a testament to a bygone era when shrieking lunatics could run successful (even popular) businesses. Shot on film-stock leftover from television cameramen, Tom Palazzolo's portrait of Jerry Meyer offsets sequences of the tyrannical deli owner (seen berating his employees and physically dragging customers to the counter) with personal interviews in which a soft-spoken Meyer calmly describes his decorated military service in World War II, his early stand on civil rights and this one time when he stabbed an employee in the arm. - Tom Fritsche

In this short animation based on an Inuit legend, a goose captures the fancy of an owl, a weakness for which he will pay dearly. The sound effects and voices are Inuktitut, but the animation leaves no doubt as to the unfolding action. A story with the wry humor characteristic of many Inuit tales.

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

The result of a three year collaboration [1971-1974] between the Resolution film group and a number of community groups struggling to save their home and neighborhoods from "urban renewal". In San Francisco, as in most other cities, "urban renewal" means destroying minority and working class neighborhoods and building lucrative luxury developments. As usual, the key government people have been bought and paid for by the big developers. Redevelopment is a "tool" not in the "here's how to fix it" sense, but rather as an aid to understanding local issues in the larger contexts of the political-economy of the city and a variety of community organizing strategies. The film has been used and enthusiastically received by community and tenants' groups all over the country. It has proven itself as an effective means of stimulating discussion in the neighborhood and the classroom.