Cinematic Era: 1991 Vintage

A mixture of shots form a Soviet propaganda film and a documentary about the clinic for incurable alcoholics.

In 1991, comedy legend John Cleese was asked by Video Arts to speak about his experiences with Creativity and the importance of creativity in management and business. Filmed in the Grosvenor House Hotel on 23rd January 1991. At the time it was transmitted via Satellite link to a global audience.

Two Red-head clowns help Princess-Mimo to escape from the villainous White clown's intrigues.

In this piece, I described the way of life of the poet Kenji Fukuma and his wife. I read and liked Mr Fukuma's poetry collection, "Country Life," and we began to correspond. Mr. Fukuma has doubts about modern urban life and is searching for a better place to live. I heard that he was interested in tai chi, a traditional Chinese martial art, and had begun to practice it, so I decided to photograph him and his wife as they naturally communicated with each other. Produced in 1991. The artist is 56 years old. (Suzuki Shiroyasu).

On vacation in the country, a group of friends are requisitioned by a city official to work at the slaughterhouse.

When Pittsburgh Magazine named George A. Romero (1940-2017) Pittsburgher of the Year in 1991, Rick Sebak explored how the filmmaker's career has intersected with the city. See how Romero used the greater Pittsburgh area as the setting for many of his films, and learn about his early work in advertising and television, including Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Doc, an American Vietnam vet, travels to Australia to discover his friend John has been murdered by a mysterious crime boss known as Pirate. Doc inherits John's nightclub and finds it staffed by beautiful women. Finding himself at war with thugs trying to take over the club, he hatches a plan to expose Pirate's identity, save the club, and allow him to get it on with the babes.

Ziya's passion for his partner's wife Zuhal and his past mistakes have made his life miserable. On top of that, when his partner Nejdet died of kidney failure, his world became even darker. That is why he has become hostile towards women.

A story after 100 years from now. A man, Komori who could not receive education and lived by the flow of life came to attend a funeral in a small town that is remote. So, by chance I meet Uchida who is a childhood friend. He is growing up as an intelligent man with a realistic ambition of "conquering the universe."

A ballet about endangered species by David Bintley, orchestrated by Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

Pachinko-themed film directed by Osamu Amuro.

A documentary in two parts on magic in the Philippines, shot in the witchcraft island of Siquijor. First part: Easter: Easter season's sorcerers' magic potions, curses and healing. Second part: Children of the serpent: The magical power given by the snake to the peasants shamans.

As demonstrated by the film's title, Kawanaka has been exploring the theme of “Shishōsetsu” (“realized” fiction) for some time. For the author, there is a personal tension which develops between the self which experiences life, and the self which attempts to record images filtered through time and imagination. (Karen Keane)

A meditative film about the processes of consciousness of a local gangster and his attempts to break away from the group of fellow bohemian villains. The stilled narrative suggests themes such as generalized surveillance, the metamorphosis of the political regime only on the surface in post-communism, the impossibility of escaping from a system – favorite themes of the 90s. Through its metaphorical stylistics, the film is part of a tradition with which the films produced by the National Theatre & Film Academy (ATF) would be associated. -Gabriela Filippi

Sami Potta Mudichu is a 1991 Tamil film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Murali, Sindhu, R. Sundarrajan and Disco Shanti in lead roles.

Since Mina is sufficiently mentally impaired that her judgement is not all that it might be, in this Moroccan drama her actions are not questioned. She doesn't know what's happening when a taxi driver has sex with her, and she's equally clueless about how she accidentally killed him. However, she does recognize that having a dead body around is a liability, and she buries the taxi driver under a pile of sea salt. When it turns out that she's pregnant, her aged fisherman father and loving stepmother put her in hiding and the stepmother pretends to be the pregnant one, so that when the child is born she can claim it as her own.

A girl prepares for her prom night and the funny events leading up to it.

Jeanne, Marion and Paul are childhood friends. Paul and Marion have been married for five years, but Marion knows nothing about the relationship between Paul and Jeanne.

Kalin's short video works function both as visual poems and as alternative music videos. With their astute conjunctions of image, music and text, these tapes respond to issues of sexuality and human interaction in the 1990s, more than a decade into the AIDS crisis.

A group of elderly retirees join a boxing gym, and rediscover their self-worth as they repudiate expectations that they're too old to lead vigorous lives. Jack is particularly relieved to escape the tedium of his retirement home, as he advances to challenge brutish Rocco for the club championship. But Rudy, the club's operator, must battle local officials who are trying to close the club out of fear that the members are endangering themselves.

In 1940s Turkey, the war is recently over, but the wounds are still fresh, and the WWII is going on next door. A different family lives in each room of a mansion. They all lead a scarce life but hold on to life with hope.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Arias from "Don Giovanni"; Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201; Scena and Rondo for Soprano and piano forte obligato and Orchestra K. 505; Symphony No. 35 in D major K. 385 "Haffner" Documentary on the Berliner Philharmoniker and Mozart in Prague.

In 1979, James Brown flew to Santa Cruz, California to make a comeback performance. The filmed tapes of that show were locked away for 12 years, until now. In one of his greatest shows, Brown performs "Sex Machine," "Get Up Offa That Thing," "Georgia on My Mind," "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and more. 1 Get Up Offa That Thing 2 Body Heat 3 Try Me 4 Sex Machine 5 Georgia On My Mind 6 Please Please Please 7 Can't Stand It 8 Papa's Got A New Bag 9 Jam

The stories of three lonely people surviving a sweltering summertime in Athens are interwoven in this gentle romantic drama. Nikos used to be a merchant seaman, traveling around the globe to exotic places and testing his wits and his mettle in different situations. Now he is retired, living in Athens with his wife whom he no longer loves. While at the train station, he encounters a woman who faints more or less into his arms. From her, he learns that this day has already been special to her for two reasons: her husband just died, and it is her birthday. Curiously, this meeting sparks new life in him. Another man suffering through the hot Athens summer is a bank employee who gets calls every day at four p.m. from a woman who seeks to arouse him. What she succeeds in doing is rousing his curiosity, which he is likely to regret giving in to.

Biographical film of the most dramatic period in the life of the famous Ukrainian writer Ostap Vyshnya, who in the 1930s was repressed by the Russian authorities and exiled to Siberia. Faithful wife and assistant Varvara Maslyuchenko shared his fate and followed her husband into exile.

Playboy Video Centerfold: Deborah Driggs - Karen Foster

Sketches for Late City Final (Jem Cohen, Peter Hutton, Jeff Preiss, Adam Grossman Cohen, co-produced by Fred Riedel, c. 1991)

Madrid, 1990. A married couple belonging to the nobility are brutally murdered in their luxurious mansion. Martín Díaz, an atypical police inspector, finds himself trapped throughout his investigation by a world that is alien to him and at the same time hostile and fascinating.

The story of Kia, Ah, and Tong, who are destined to be bent on their backs, making their way to unexpected events in a variety of formats when they have to act as a custodian of a young lady boss up to Chiang Mai to do some missions. with the ghosts that interfere with the work is one of the major obstacles.

Olivia's only friends at Orderly Mansion are Charlie the Horse and Barnaby the Stablehand. When Olivia wants her own special birthday song, Barnaby makes her one, but Snitch the Evil Caretaker tries to keep her from hearing it. The story of one girl's search for the perfect birthday song features the voices of rock star Roger Daltrey as Barnaby and Ed Asner as Charlie the friendly horse.

An ex-police officer witnesses the brutal murder of his wife & son and now seeks revenge on the mobster responsible for the murders.

The first Alien Workshop video stands as one of the trippiest skate videos ever made, and arguably the company's most influential. At times the video feels more like an avant-garde visual experiment than something made to spotlight the gnar shredding of Bo Turner, Rob Dyrdek and other Workshop riders.

A story about a difficult childhood of two twin brothers Boris and Gleb during the first years after WWII.

Two former orphans tied their fate with the mafia. One died and the other was arrested in the Central Asian town.

Filmed live and Recorded live at Sting's 40th anniversary at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on 02-10-1991.

Documentary about the life of spanish director Edgar Neville.

Documentary that narrates the struggles of Chilean women's movements to obtain the political vote. The thread of this documentary video is determined by an interview with the lawyer Elena Caffarena, one of the most active fighters of the cause and a sharp protagonist of her time.

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by nascent global changes embodied by Perestroika, the Tiananmen Square massacre, and many other contemporaneous events.

Three disaffected teenagers talk, listen to music and hang out at a bohemian coffee house.

Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum. Jean Desmet was one of the first Dutch film distributors. Lyrisch nitraat is a tribute to the craftsmanship of early filmmakers, but also shows the brittleness of old nitrate films. Composed as an opera about love and death, set to music by Bizet, Masek and Puccini.

A girl is in danger… surrounded by boys who love her… past…present…future.

After Luo Dan killed Lao K, the boss of drug organization, 1.5 million dollars from the organization went missing. Lao K's wife hires killers to eliminate Luo Dan, at the same time, other crime organizations start to chase this missing money. Luo Dan have to team up with Kai Bo from international police department to fight their way out.

The story of an ex-police chief Jose “Pepe” Marasigan, who went after criminals and then surrendered to the authorities after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

A new shorter and uncensored TV version of Patrons - Télévision (1979). The dates "1978 / 1991" are used in reference to the "missing years", the amount of time during which the film was not authorized to be shown on TV in France.

Mumbai Te Mauritius (1991) starring Ashok Saraf, Laxmikant Berde, Varsha Usgaonkar, Jayshree Gadkar, Sudhir Dalvi & Bal Dhuri. Directed by Satish Randive.

Richard and Janet are an upwardly-mobile black couple keen to “make it” in New York City. Inspired by Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal, which Richard is reading, they take social climbing to new heights by adopting a white child. Larry Carty’s delicious satire was selected for the prestigious New Film / New Directors showcase at the Museum of Modern Art and hailed by Janet Maslin in The New York Times.

Aziza is robbed of her jewelry. A person claiming to be the jewelry thief calls Aziza and asks her to leave her apartment door open so he can return the stolen items. She reports the call to the police, but Aziza is surprised by the entry of her neighbor Esmat, who is arrested by the police hiding inside her apartment. It turns out that he is not the thief who robbed her, but Esmat suffers from sleepwalking.

INXS perform at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, on Michael Hutchence's 31st birthday in 1991.

The story of love between two huge sea creatures that is complicated by distance and ecological issues.