Cinematic Era: 1985 Vintage

Compositions of planes, which originate from cross-sections of a cube, parallel to its three main axes.

“A dark, driven montage of Detroit streets, activities & diary entries of my films made in that city, that year. This is also a gritty, heavily spliced journal that cuts quick and dirty on the eye. Yet another recapitulation… toward an end of it all.” (J.B.)

“A soft focus and so very silent, ‘essence of place’ shot in Provincetown to be later ‘remembered’ in Detroit.” (J.B.)

Three stories about Zebra, Horse and Sloth.

Kids build a donkey, a rocket, and a fortress out of snow.

Film created by off camera light projection and bonding foreign emulsion layers (Super 8 and 35mm).

In Colonial Korea, a group of village children are continually bullied by an oppressive landowner and his family. With dreams of sailing away to an island where they can be free, they “borrow” the landowner's boat and set sail. They get lost, encounter storms and finally end up shipwrecked on an island where they must learn to survive without adults.

Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1985 directed by J. Erastheo Navoa and starred Nino Muhlach, Janice De Belen, and Aga Muhlach.

Swedish punk documentary from 1985 about Anti Cimex, more specifically Sixten Andersson. Shows the edgier side of Swedish music in the 80s, the anarchist ideals of the members and friends of the band and an overall discontent with the 'promising' future of the "Svensson life".

Join the fun with Punky and her pals Cherie, Margaux and Allen, her guardian Henry, her cuddly dog Brandon and a very special secret friend called Glomer. Glomer is no ordinary creature. But folks from magical villages rarely are! The fun really starts when Punky tries to explain Glomer's antics to a puzzled Henry. And it's not easy for Punky to explain Glomer's walking through solid walls, flying through the air, or transporting people anywhere in the world with a blink of an eye!

A professor is harassed by a man who is convinced he is Jewish.

1985 Kannada Film

Southside Johnny performs with his Asbury Jukes in a pair of memorable live shows filmed in Germany in 1985 and on his home turf of Asbury Park, N.J., at the Stone Pony Club in 1991 with special guest Jon Bon Jovi. Selections on the set lists include "I Don't Want to Go Home," "Love on the Wrong Side of Town," "We're Having a Party," "I've Been Working Too Hard," "Shake 'Em Down," "Better Days," "Coming Back" and "Soul's on Fire."

Conductor Richard Bonynge leads the Elizabethan Symphony Orchestra in this unforgettable performance from the Sydney Opera House, showcasing the world-renowned voices of opera luminaries Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne. In an event proclaimed as the Australian Opera's "Night of a Lifetime," Horne and Sutherland dazzle the audience, performing arias and duets from many of the landmark operas that helped to build their careers.

Bollywood 1985

Film with a soundtrack featuring the music of Malaysia Vasudevan

Documentary from director Shyam Benegal

Abstract art short directed by painter Dwinell Grant.

One Nation Under TV borrows conventions from traditional animation while using contemporary music and animation techniques. Hand colored and manipulated sequential photographs set to discordant music tell the story of Bob, a hopelessly bored and depressed TV addict.

Two music legends, James Brown and B.B. King, join forces for one unforgettable evening of blended soul and blues, igniting the stage with a set of nearly 20 songs including "Let the Good Times Roll," "Payback" and "The Thrill Is Gone." Also featured are their inimitable versions of the crowd-pleasers "It's a Man's Man's World," "Prisoner of Love," "Gonna Have a Funky Good Time" and "Guess Who."

Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, whose shocking experiments on Auschwitz prisoners made him one of the most wanted war criminals of the 20th century, spent the rest of his life fleeing authorities. His long flight is recounted in this riveting documentary. Through interviews with those who knew Mengele -- both during his early years and during his worldwide fugitive spree -- director Brian Moser constructs a complex portrait of a man and his deeds

A Krasue (aka Filth Eating Spirit, aka flying head with guts dangling from it) wreaks havoc.

In his film work from the early 1980s, the artist used an Apple computer hooked up to a laser disc player. He scratched the laser disc, creating a stammering image, and a disconnection between time and space.

Little magic and plenty of imagination turns a young man's room into a hub where various adventures await him.

The latest work in this anthology, Battery Film is an independent work that presents a unique look at New York City. Seen through animated sequences that dissolve into actual photos from the city, the film makes the viewer see this large city in a different light.

Magnum are a British progressive rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin (guitar, songwriter), Bob Catley (vocals), Kex Gorin (drums) and Bob Doyle (bass) in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club in Birmingham. Magnum have undergone several changes in personnel over the years; however, the core of Catley and Clarkin remain. Magnum's most notable success during their early years was Chase The Dragon in 1982, which reached #17 in the UK Albums Chart and included several songs that would be mainstays of the band's live set, notably "Soldier Of The Line," "Sacred Hour" and "The Spirit".

The Vixens are coming! They've landed on earth to wreak havoc on the male student bodies of Mayfield High. You see, there are no men on their native planet, and every so often, they'll visit earth to fulfill their ravenous desires. Unfortunately, the adolescent boys are no match for these lustful aliens, and in their frustration, the Vixens zap them with their ray guns and turn them into garden variety vegetables--tomatoes, zucchinis, carrots, pickles, even squash!

Deep Purple - Live In Paris

Short film.

The film chronicles the scientific, cultural, economic, and sporting life of the Kirov Region, as well as the historic sites in the city of Urzhum associated with the name of Sergei Kirov.

On the careful stewardship of national culture and the preservation of folk traditions in the fields of applied and musical arts in Chuvashia.

Two elderly migrants from Loreto living in Lima

Short film.

A documentary by the Ukrainian Studio of TV Films, which examines the Nazi occupation of Kyiv, Ukraine, during World War II and the mass murder of Jewish people and others at the Babyn Yar ravine.

Color film directed by Gilles Marceaux.

A short film which explores the hobby of bicycle dancing and interviews some of the leading bicycle dancers.

Something's lurking in the closet...

A boat journey from Wyndham to Derby in the wet season showing the spectacular waterfalls of this rugged and virtually unknown coast. The barramundi fishing, crocodiles, coastal whirlpools and giant tides make this a magnificent wilderness.

A man interrupts his soup when he is struck by a chattering rhythm and lets his imagination drift into the world of music.

Using a metaphor of peeling skin, images from the film-maker's family history are combined with black and white images of famous paintings. A woman is seen being physically manipulated into each of the archetypal representations falling upon her skin.

This film is the last in a series of four films about European history. The film describes the apparent goal of European history: the blessed state of the social democratic paradise.

Documentary film about the living conditions and situations of five rural women from Nord-Kehdingen on the Lower Elbe, born before the First World War, whose lives followed a fixed pattern: they were always dependent and poor. A piece of evidence from the past, impressive and moving in the stories told by the old women.

A modern fairy tale about a tragic wedding between the Postmaster General and the crossword queen. The ceremony is conducted by the newsreader. Also present are: Mona from the Post Office, Josefine, the singer, and the Pure Amateur. When Josefine refuses to sing, chaos ensues.

Two different positions and perspectives develop images and sounds based on the same things and texts. Montage of different places – "Outside the Ocean": North – South, Hamburg – Naples, GDR – Southern Italy, USA – Paestum. The aura of places. In the cockpit of the camera. Seeing the differentiation between things.

Impressions of a day, two people in a big city, she the victim, he the perpetrator. An inexplicable murder.

The artificial human in the artificial forest.

75 years without watching television, and then suddenly in color.

Enraged by the absurdity and oppression of the times yet unable to find a way to change reality, “I,” a university student, gradually realize my own growing sense of helplessness. As the comrades who once wrestled with how to transform the world alongside me are arrested by the police or drafted into the military, “I” find myself standing at a crossroads.

One film when passed through two projectors the film will be shown on two screens in a multi-screen format. There is a time difference between the two projectors due to the distance between them. One person on the left and right screens. It looks as though they are enjoying the conversation. It is an installation and performance piece.

When passing through San Joaquín, a Venezuelan town, and seeing its street vendors, one understands the symbolic value of the gesture and its collective significance...