Cinematic Era: 1981 Vintage

Art film part of the REWIND + PLAY, An Anthology of Early British Video Art box-set.

Norwegian Documentary History Series about the nazi era in Norway.

Karl Kels' first film is a playful short piece comprised of shots of haystacks in the countryside. Quick repetitions of frames and the dance-like rhythm in which the frames are combined create an illusion of movement within the single shot in which no actual movement takes place, save for one passing car. The combination of different images in short sequences forces a new reality upon the haystacks, making them move in every possible direction. Short as it is, this debut already puts its finger upon some of the characteristics that have remained of great importance throughout Kels' entire work so far: the inseparable world of the single frame and time as an artistic controlling device.

At the end of Koryo Kingdom, Ra Young-Kyun attempts to deprive Yongmun secret martial art skill book, which explains the martial art of Yongmun Buddhist Temple, to get rid of all of the warriors who stay in the Buddhist Temple. The great Buddhist priest Ji-Deok of the Yongmun Buddhist Temple gives his best disciple named Nam-Hee the book. Another disciple named Hae-Cheon hurts Nam-Hee by Ra's plot, and looks for the book, but Yoo Cheong-Eun has already stolen the book and hides himself. Hae-Cheon loses his left hand arm to be expelled. Nam-Hee loses not only her teacher but also the book, and becomes pregnant to deliver her baby with Cheong-Eun's help. Cheong-Eun is killed by Ra and his followers, and relays Nam-Hee the book just before she dies. Nam-Hee defeats all of the warriors, who try to get the book, with her excellent martial art, and then leaves the place together with her daughter.

At the middle of Koryeo Kingdom, His Majesty Baek Hyo-Si embosses the Sorim martial art technique at eighteen pieces of beads and keeps it with his body to infiltrate into the land of Koryeo Kingdom. Being aware of such a plan, Ma Ryong-Dae, a Mongolian General, attempts to deprive him of the beads and kills him. The beads is hidden in a reservoir. Twenty years later, Baek Kung, His Majesty Baek's son, who has practiced martial art in the mountains, comes to the town to look for the beads. Then, a man named Mo Ran chases Baek Kung secretly. One day, Ma Yong-Tae succeeds in getting the beads. Baek Kung fights against Ma in order to deprive him of the beads. He recovers the beads thanks to Mo Ran's help. Mo Ran is a girl who was engaged to Baek Kung at her young age.

Lee Hyeong attempts to retaliate upon the owner of skeleton ring. He learns the acupuncture, which can make people laugh, at Park's acupuncture clinic. By making use of the acupuncture, he cures a rich man Hwang's daughter, who suffers from lovesickness, and makes a family in mourning burst into a laugh. He is informed from his younger brother that his teacher has been killed by Cheon Ryong and his followers, and makes up his mind to retaliate upon Cheon Ryong. He arrives at the Fuche Province together with his younger brother, and fights against Cheon Ryong, who is not only the one who killed his father, but also the owner of skeleton ring. At last, he let Cheon Ryong die with smile by his acupuncture attack. On the other hand, he fights against Bi Ho, who used to kill persons with compensation. When both are exhausted in the fight, he gives his younger brother the acupuncture needle and asks to give acupuncture to himself and Bi Ho to die with a smile.

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.........

A guitarist of lower class musical troupe fails to get a job owing to his humble guitar. One day, he earns as much as 83,000 won, and is pleased to go back to his home. On the way to home, he helps Ok-Hee and her mother. But, Ok-Hee's mother steals the money and flees. On the following day, Ok-Hee asks him to return her mother. He and Ok-Hee take a trip here and there, and share sorrow and pleasure with some isolated persons. Ok-Hee steadily forgets the image of her mother who committed wrong things. Instead, Ok-Hee imagines good shape of her mother, which becomes her dream and life objective. In their journey up to the island Jukdo, Ok-Hee discovers that only her mother's light pink colored skirt is left.

An expert detective Park inspects a gang of Jang Do-Il and Ma Jin-Du, who acts mainly at Inchon port' piers. Both crime groups make every effort to take power. Jang Do-Il asks Dr. William to make remote control robot (artificial man) to defeat Jang Do-Il. Jang keeps three robot, that is, Il-Keol, Ee-Keol and Sam-Keol, to attack Ma's agitating post unexpectedly and deprive Ma of the smuggled goods. The three robots become powerful so that the police starts to inspect in full scale. Dr. William intends to move the robots to Hong Kong. Being aware of such a plan, William's female secretary informs the robots that they have been wrongly used for the crime. Upon hearing such an information, the robots rush to William to destroy his plan.

In World War Two, Kim In-Ho stays as a student soldier in the Philippines. Thirty years after returning to Korea, he receives a letter from his previous lover (Ferra) to come to the Philippines. When he arrives at Manila city, he is suspected to kill both Filipino lover of the commander (Iwa Buchi) of the Japanese Army's military police and father of police lieutenant (Jun). But, police captain of Interpol Jerald, police lieutenant Jun, and police sergeant Hoiri suspect that both Iwa Buchi and Johanson (nightclub owner) may be criminals. Iwa Buchi is eager to get information from Kim who concealed great amount of gold ingot at the Valley Datsin during the Japanese rule in the Philippines. For this purpose, Iwa Buchi kidnaps Ferra, while police lieutenant Jun and police sergeant Hoiri are involved in the case. When Iwa Buchi and Johanson deliver the gold ingot to Kerra, or the head of an international crime group, Jun defeats them and recovers it.

Hwang Ryong, a martial arts master, trains in the ten ways of the sword in order to defend his nation from the barbarians to the north and would-be invaders from the east.

A dense assemblage of excerpts from television commercials juxtaposed to a soundtack of extraordinary facts about human beings. MADE FOR TELEVISION presents a humorous and critical view of TV advertising manipulation.

Made with Barbara Klutinis. Shot with an underwater camera exploring the swimming pools of the Hearst Castle, California.

Egyptian film directed by Hasan Yusuf.

Bollywood 1981

A look into the world of early 1980s male strippers in Montreal.

Bollywood 1981

1981 Hindi film starring Madhu Apte, Anita Guha, Surendra Kumar

Bollywood 1981

Bollywood 1981

Film directed by T. Hariharan

A seashell belonging to a northern moon snail twists and turns 360 degrees in multiple wooden homemade contraptions and through contact sheets at a progressively rapid pace, before finally synthesizing the gnomic growth of the spiral shell and exploring the phenomena of virtual and real space and time. Directed by Al Jarnow.

This montage, based on a 1920s pornographic film from the Pathé-Nathan company, uses old prints worn and scratched by generations of projection.

An exploration of the relationship between the film industry and classic tales of mythology. Special effects master Ray Harryhausen discusses some of his most spectacular creatures and effects. We look at Hollywood's treatment of some of the supernatural characters and heroic stories of Greek mythology and examine the early history of motion picture special effects.

Abstract patterns of colorful pixels gradually form, dot by dot. Scored to Klaus Schulze’s “Stardancer.”

Short film.

An experimental film about the politics of fashion and the fashion of politics.

In commemoration of International Women's Day, a short film set in 19th-century Lima tells the story of the "tapadas," women who, hidden beneath their skirts and shawls, defied social norms by finding freedom and independence in anonymity. Admired by artists and chroniclers for their audacity and charm, these women transformed the city into a space of female liberation, despite condemnation from the Church, authorities, and the medical establishment, which attempted to prohibit their clothing and behavior. Through their own voices, the film reconstructs their resistance against these impositions, revealing a silent struggle where identity, desire, and rebellion intertwine in the streets of Lima.

Experimental film on 16mm by Ioan Pleș as part of Kinema Ikon.

Humoorikas film clip about fashion as a social phenomenon, the various functions of fashion, the relationship between fashion and people today, as well as the quirks and advantages of fashion. What was worn on the body, head, and hands in the 1980s, and how it was all obtained under the conditions of the Soviet era. The fashion illustrations are by artist Mari Kanasaar. The narrator text is read by Jüri Krjukov.

The popular ceremony for the deceased which is still celebrated in Magasa di Valvestino (Brescia) in the manner of the 18th century.

Literary, epic, and dramatic content emerges from kaleidoscopic visual impressions and formal interplay, i.e., through references between images. Even the characters remain in the background and do not play a "leading role." The film's underlying theme: serene landscapes, a shadow passing through the image, fear and paralysis.

A moment of transition—from office to office: the administration and production of ship propellers gives way to the administration and production of films, the film office. The new Hamburg Filmhaus consists of a wide variety of rooms, staircases, corridors, and halls. Its new use by filmmakers is beginning to spread: posters, telephones, large tables with many chairs, full ashtrays...

Eva Skerstrupp, night nurse at a hospital, 39 years old, raised in a children's home, once divorced and now widowed. She is raising her eight children alone, the youngest of whom is two years old, the others between 13 and 19. Family life is portrayed in small snippets of everyday life.

The documentary provides a factual look at the lost and found services of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (the GDR state railway).

Panorama's Peter Taylor reports from Maze prison during hunger strike campaign and addresses political and military consequences.

Some Women of Marrakech is an ethnographic documentary that explores the everyday lives, social roles, and personal experiences of Muslim women living in Marrakech, Morocco. It was made by an all-female film crew, which was unusual for its time, allowing access to women’s private, domestic, and social spaces not typically filmed by male crews.

A short house squat in the Virchowstraße.

A film consisting primarily of rapid segments shot in and around New York City with original music and sound usually cut in equal length to each image. The principal subject of the film is New York street culture: birds, dogs, transportation, derelicts, pedestrians and seamy life, intercut with a very few fragments of nature, indoor and simple subjects. Each sound has been written as dialogue or collected from the radio or produced on synthesizer to accompany each image and establish attitude: amusement, amazement, contrast, bewilderment, humor, absurdity.

Images of Deborah Cole's face (and various disguises) are superimposed atop one another.

Seven separate visions of Los Angeles, sprawling, fast-paced city of millions. Myron Emery teaches optical printing at the California Institute of the Arts, using apparatus left over from the first "Star Wars" film. "X-Streams" is the work of seven of his students (including Adrian Bruch from Melbourne); only one of them was a native of the "City of the Angels”.

The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, presented as a game. In front of the nervous citizens the leaders of the world powers play 'Olleke Bolleke' on the globe. The earth apparently cannot withstand this violence and the consequences are left to the imagination.

Super-8 film by Gianni Dal Maso.

The film shows an attempt to persuade a young illusionist to join the party. In the film, these attempts are compared to the tricks of an illusionist who repels the party's attacks with its own weapon - slogan propaganda.

Short film with footage of the Vietnam and USA war

In Simbilá, on the northern coast of Peru, families of potters continue to preserve millenia-old traditions. With a wooden paddle and a stone, they mold clay into everyday objects for contemporary life.