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“Series summation; a regathering and extension in red, black, blue & white. This is a charged compression of both in-camera editing and bench-cutting… a splice dance under the ocean, in the fire, on the ice. A built-in edit of film editing portrayed.” (J.B.)
Kathe Sandler’s 1981 portrait of dancer Thelma Hill, a founding member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
A visually stunning all-Hungarian production of Bartok's only opera, memorably led by Sir Georg Solti, one of the composer's greatest interpreters. The great Hungarian maestro, Sir Georg Solti, conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a film version of one of the great Hungarian masterpieces of the 20th century. An all-Hungarian cast, led by the celebrated soprano Sylvia Sass as Judith.
“With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set against darkness, or occasionally against white, these momentary flickers that materialize tenuously out of emptiness. But the darkness is not ‘night,’ or even simply some more abstract absence of light, but a more profound vacuum: it represents a world stripped of all the coordinates of the known, an unmeasurable absence. […] These lushly sensual, pleasurable-to-view films are also terrifying: their unpredictability, continually enacting new dramas of surprise, alternatively swamps the viewer in light and leaves him adrift in darkness.”
A young man and an older woman are prepared for a funeral ceremony, theirs.
Daughter of Mobius shows the struggles of an independent women living in the early 80s - an era when it was much more difficult for women to be independent. The movie follows a 29-year-old single woman - who at the time was the object of social prejudices - through her daily life, showing the sights of Seoul in the early 80s and the life of the woman, in documentary style.
Super8, colour, silent.
Becoming old - the autumn of man's life is the same the world over, wherever he lives. But the way one spends old age is different everywhere, and distinguishes one society from another. How do senior citizens live in the GDR - what are pensioners lives like? Are they alone, forgotten or do they live with others? What is done in this country for the older generation, the generation which built up the country and which can now sit back?
"A sixth meditation on aspects of filmmaking with repeated tracings of light traveling through glass (emblematic of cameras, viewers, meters, projectors). This one also macro-views editing bench equipment, as sites the eye/ mind goes to while splices dry. Super 8, silent, experimental, non-narrative."
Dan and Carole meet and confess to each other that they want to die. They go on a petty crime spree, then commit a murder.
The various phases of work in a spinning-mill, and the harsh working conditions of the women spinners, cause them physical pain and breathing diseases, not compensated by low wages.
A slice of life, summer in Australia: sunstroke, syphilis and varicose veins. The quiet seaside resort of Mallacoota is flooded by tourists seeking their holiday paradise. How can they know that their very search destroys everything they yearn for? We follow the life of a local boy, Donny, and his friends Larry and Leo, as they await the new season's arrivals, new adventures. Donny meets Debbie, an old flame from the previous year who has changed a lot in the meantime. They also meet a two drag-queens, Wanda and Michelle, who have come to town to put on a show. Their arrival adds a new dimension to the local colour. The holiday is full of minor events including a messy Australian-style rodeo. Some of the characters get what they are looking for. And some do not.
In the fight against Ma Sa-Keol, or the head of gang, to protest Ma's exploitation at a business district at Hong Kong, a Korean youth named Han Seok is killed by Ma's subordinates. Since then, Wang, who is the owner of a store of business district, has been bothered by Han Yong's careless action. On the other hand, Ma threatens Su-Ryeon, or the owner of a ranch at new development site, to deprive him of the ranch, while both Han Yong and Wang are chased by Ma and his followers to go to the ranch. Han Yong, who is Han Seok's younger brother, disguised himself as a chief cooker at a restaurant to look for the one who killed his elder brother. The owner of the ranch is also Korean. In the fierce fight at the ranch, they defeat Ma and his followers.
A second lieutenant Kim In-Ho, who has been brought to Manila city as a student soldier under the Japanese occupation during the World War Two, becomes friendly with not only the Japanese Army's major general Oh Cheol but also his daughter named Eun-Hee. Iwabuchi, or the chief of the Japanese Army's Military Police, gives him instruction to make the arrested Filipino guerilla flee falsely, by which the guerilla's agitating post is discovered. A guerilla named Jose and his younger sister Maria express gratitude to Kim to become friendly each other. According to Iwabuchi's order, Kim has hidden the gold ingot of the Central Bank of the Philippines, but almost dies by Kwabuchi's plot. He barely escapes and goes to the Filipino guerilla Jose. On the way looking for Kim, Iwabuchi is attacked by the Filipino guerrillas and flees. Upon the US Army's arrival at the Philippines, Kim is forced to sent to Korea. And Maria.........
Games and precautions in winter from the perspective of a child.
Bedrooms filmed in a Freudian way.
A collage film, made as much from splicing tape as it is from celluloid.
Worker becomes boss of his company through inheritance.
Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1981
Via the New York Times: "[This documentary] deals with... the fiscal problems facing American cities as exemplified by what has happened in recent years in New York City and Cleveland."
A film in two parts. In the first part, the narrator describes the events that led to his impulsive decision to rob his former employer. The camera meanwhile walks about above the nearby road junction, surveying the distracted environment. In the second part, he recounts the anatomy of his panic following the crime, while the walking camera reconstructs his escape route. A final caption reports what happened after that.
Strippers around the world.
Follows the Mariel boatlift, a mass emigration of Cubans who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980.
Fighting Life is a remarkable film rejoicing the spirit of life. It is the dynamic tale of two brothers who overcome immense physical and emotional handicaps, and become vital members of society
Nakamura’s trademark repetition technique and variety of moving-image materials convey hints of a mysterious and transgressive narrative. The textures of desire and death stirring within the tableau-like arrangements of figures embody the underlying tone that pervades Nakamura’s films.
Documentary short for Larry Fessenden's 1981 short film, HABIT.
It's director Oberholzer's sixtieth birthday. His wife and daughter Anna receive the guests who are invited to the feast, with a dish of pike as the main course. But suddenly, the celebration turns sour at the appearance of an unexpected guest - namely Oberholzer's brother Alois, the black sheep of the family, who disappeared years ago. As it turns out, Alois has since changed his name to "Obolski" and become ringmaster of a major circus. Him and his wife Iduna quickly threaten the morals and standards of the bourgeois party, and they proceed to turn the boring proceedings into a turbulent circus show. Fortunately, after much confusion, the story ends happily - altough the pike has burned black in the oven!
A documentary directed by Siamak Bayat that explores the history of Qashqai Kilim weaving, the preparation of its raw materials, and the role of women in the tribe, including their leadership and management of daily life.
A story about a naughty rabbit
Documentary on the building of the Panama Canal with archival and contemporary photographs, film, and more.
The research phase of the documentary "Dolmabahçe and Atatürk," made in 1981 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Atatürk's birth, took a year, and filming was completed in three months. The documentary examines the world-famous palace in detail, both in terms of location and structure, and compares its changing functions from the Ottoman period to the Republican era, influenced by Atatürk's presence.
Diary-films, portraits of visitors. Visiteurs is the result of great editing work, while Portrait de Gaël was made in two times, two places, without editing, improvising with the camera.
Dutch writer Jacq Firmin Vogelaar and Flemish writer Daniël Robberechts talk about their craft.
A pastoral hymn to the God Pan; filmed at the Short Mountain Collective in Tennessee; adapted from a text by Aleister Crowley.
The 8mm documentary "Not Satisfied" (directed by Tatsuya Ota) follows the band Anarchy
Self-explanatory film. Animation and live action. Homemade and found fragments tortured on an optical printer. The dog barks are fake. The chicken came first.
Intimate view around the life of the famous political leader, Simón Bolivar.
This film by Rosi S. M., which was made in close cooperation with the residents of a top-floor apartment in Berlin-Schöneberg, offers close-up insights into the life of a commune. The people who live here are looking for alternative ways to live together as a community and share everything – including their partners. The declared goal of the joint project was to use film as a medium for critical self-expression and to create publicity for their political activism.
16mm/1981/11 minutes. Music played on a toy Atari machine by Richard Nelson.
Short story about Florian and a old landy in the window.
This is a film about the communal disturbances which stormed the streets of Nalanda District of Bihar in May 1981.From the personal point of view the film goes into the discovery of the humanitarian causes and repercussions involved in such acts of savagery. How can people engage themselves in such acts of killing? Covering common people's opinions, this film offers a diagnosis.
A film about French Acadiana
This animated short film portrays a man's commute into the city. Director Michael Patterson employs a combination of pencils and rotoscoping, similar to his work in the music video "Take On Me."
Albert Rumantir, a wealthy widowed businessman, lives with his two sons, Frans and Tommy. They receive a telegram from Manila, sent by Mrs. Rudolf Rumantir, about an inheritance. Rudolf Rumantir was Albert’s late father. Albert is hesitant when he receives the news, as he is reluctant to look after his stepmother. Frans argues that he is busy, so Tommy is the one who picks up and deals with the step grandmother. He is told that she must not be brought home. It turns out that Mrs. Rumantir is very young and beautiful. In accordance to his father’s wishes, Tommy takes her to a hotel. Tommy is having fun and Frans joins in. Finally, Albert also finds out and has dirty thoughts. Albert decides to bring his stepmother home. Seeing their bad intentions, she hauls her son and grandsons to a better life, full of morality and responsibility.
A documentary made by the United Methodist Church which explores the possibilities of decolonization in Puerto Rico. Interviews are done with farmers, Puerto Rican intellectuals, and different reverends from the UMC located around the island.
Dibakar, a humble factory worker sets out with his wife for his marital home in Choto Bokulpur as his wife was disturbed after hearing the news of unrest and violence there. She wants to assure that her parents are safe amidst the revolution of the peasants which the police and army were trying hard to suppress. As they reach the outskirts of the village they are stopped by few men who start questioning them. They are thoroughly searched and their luggage is thrown open to check if they are revolutionaries. They get no evidence against them in their luggage. But, when Dibakar is searched they find a paan wrapped in a piece of paper bearing an advertisement lauding the brave efforts of the revolutionaries and condemning the tortures of the suppressors. Despite Dibakar’s repeated assurance that he isn’t a revolutionary they kill him mercilessly and thus ends an innocent life.
Disco-Film 38: In a cheerful interpretation of the song "Tanzt keiner Boogie", the group Silly and their singer Tamara Danz target the dance behavior of young people.
Panorama de Santiago, is a video-performance classified as the first video art made in Chile (1981). In it, the artist runs for several minutes with his camera, making a tour from the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes to the stairs of the Biblioteca Nacional. The image oscillates and distorts as if the spectator were the one running frantically, an effect that -in the artist's words- seeks to speak of the Chilean dictatorial context at the beginning of the 1980s.
Based on the novel by Gilbert TANUGI. Veronique, a young blind woman, is the victim of a kidnapping. Alphonse Galley, her father, is a rich industrialist who has only one love in his life: his daughter... This is the Achilles heel of this lonely man. The kidnappers, led by the enigmatic "man from Hamburg", contact Alphonse Galley. Their demands vary from day to day. Ready to do anything to find his daughter, the industrialist warns the police in a moment of panic, a move he immediately regrets. Little by little, he is caught between the police and the kidnappers.
The Cramps perform live from NYC's Mudd Club in 1981. Highlights include: "TV Set", "Goo Goo Muck" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".
Video-tape documentary program about the First Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting that took place in Bogotá in July 1981. The documentary includes interventions, interviews, photographs and other materials, focusing on the main themes of the meeting: feminism and political struggle, culture and sexuality.
1981 short film made by Nik Allday, the drummer on Cabaret Voltaire’s critically acclaimed third album ‘Red Mecca’, and features music by Allday and the Cabs’ Stephen Mallinder. The 10 minute abstract film uses raw material of video feedback and some nuclear bomb footage to represent “the cruel chaotic dysfunctional nature of the human condition with all its potential for self destruction”. Allday wanted a soundtrack that complemented the film thematically and approached Mallinder to see if he’d be interested in creating the audio.
This short animation film, which is part of the series Musikalische Arabesken (Musical Arabesks), is a colorful and expressionistic interpretation of Antonin Dvorák’s Humoresque played in a modern version by the Jo Kurzweg Orchestra.