Cinematic Era: 1992 Vintage

Recorded at the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg in April 1992

For better or for worse... Provisions, while things are still working. (first TV commercial for a german undertaker)

(Visuals for a live performance of the band Maria Kron aka Maria Lux)

Two young rubbish cleaners are working in a deserted high-rise before dawn. A middle-aged businessman walks past them, deliberately cracks open a bottle of alcohol and walks away. They stare at him with dark eyes, still feeling the way they did a month ago when they found the dead body of a woman. As one of them picks up a bottle of wine, the other finds a plastic bag in the pile of rubbish, which seems to contain a cat.

The Nutcracker is a puppet production by Jim Gamble, featuring the music by Peter Tchaikovsky, and adapted from E.T.A. Hoffman's 1816 story and Marius Petipa's 1896 ballet, that was produced and released for the 1992 holiday season.

An unemployed male, forced to marry a wealthy woman, is not only evicted but must also pose as her servant.

This dynamic and captivating documentary-style production pieces together the unofficial story behind the Riot of ’88 and reveals the ugly side of forced gentrification in New York City. The production traces the transformation of Tompkins Square Park from being a tent city for homeless people and bastion of free expression for artists, bohemians, rebels and crazies, to becoming a central battleground in the fiercely contested class war over the Lower East Side; to a riot scene complete with burning trash cans and unwarranted police violence; to an empty, fenced-in wasteland; and finally, to the safe and sterile environment it is today. The production features passionate interviews with people who made their home in Tompkins Square Park in the 80’s and those that defended their right to do so, as well as guerilla footage from the riots, rallies and protests that occurred in and around the park.

a rogue dollar bill makes its victims disappear

The three panels of Bill Viola’s triptych show video footage of birth (on the left), death (on the right) and a metaphorical journey between the two represented by a body floating in water (in the centre).

"[An] experiment that aims to highlight the number of shots of a specific scene [from Hitchcock's Psycho] by replacing the shot of the image with several of the credit titles from the same film [...] An early work, which would be the first official of Pinent's filmography, made when he was only 16 years old, [...] Two years away from Matthias Müller's 'found footage' reference work, 'Home Stories' (1990), a key piece in the genre." -Center de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Sellers crowd India's inter-state bus terminals, selling wares as variegated as their own life stories. From foodstuffs and necklaces to juicers, general knowledge books, pills and potions. The list is endless, the items cheaply priced, often useless. The work is hard, the buses overcrowded, the days long and relentless. The sellers know that it is not the product that sells but their performance. And so the aisle of the bus transforms into a stage where the sellers are the players. Nurtured by fantasies of Bollywood, these actors who will never be, briefly hold the limelight and eke out a living.

This is a documentary about the life and work of Atahualpa del Cioppo, one of the outstanding figures in Uruguayan and Latin American theatre. We are shown his life today, his old friends and his passion for the theatre, against the backdrop of his home, the city of Montevideo.

Alex and his dad move into a new house. What they don't know is that an inter-dimensional monster is lurking in the closet. Short film by Justin Young and Byron C. Miller, made when they were in the eight grade.

The images seem to suggest a traditional Chinese funeral ceremony associated with ancestor worship, though Wong has remarked they do not represent any particular ritual. The work deals with death, remembrance, and history, and was conceived as a memorial to the Chinese workers who died building the Canadian railway through the Rocky Mountains. It is also dedicated to the artist’s father, Hoy Ming Wong, and to two friends and collaborators who committed suicide, Ken Fletcher (1954-1978) and Paul Speed (1967-1991). Wong created the work while artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. Chinaman’s Peak is the name of a mountain near Banff where, according to legend, a Chinese worker killed himself. The work was first performed at Tunnel Mountain, Banff in 1992, before being exhibited as an installation at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, for the Chinese New Year, in 1993.

This is a documentary on the subject of male masturbation. It goes beyond the conventional talking head documentary and explores a new experimental genre where the body instead of the face is used as the communicative mode for the dissemination of information through the expression and demonstration of the act.

Every evening, Eugène Fortin becomes Madame Simone, to the delight of club-goers around town. His flamboyant costumes, a pastiche of many styles, give him the look of a clown from the end of the last century. One day, Madame Simone hears a voice urging him to go to the Wigstock festival in New York: a gathering dear to both transvestites and wig fans.

When 'Allied' forces launched a war against Iraq in 1991 the Arab community in Britain sat horrified as they witnessed on television the death of innocent civilians and the destruction of a country. 'After The Storm' takes us through the experiences of a settled Arab community of Iraqi, Palestinian and Yemeni children, writers, political activists and steelworkers. It examines how Arabs are attacked and despised in the media and how this is manipulated to sway public opinion in times of war.

This DVD explores over 30 of Utah's national parks and monuments, state parks, and historic sites, including Bryce, Zion, and Arches national parks, the Wasatch and Uinta mountains, Dead Horse Point, Flaming Gorge, Timpanogos Cave, and Dinosaur National Monument.

PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY, DO NOT EXCEED RECOMMENDED DOSAGE. 1. Put your 3D spectacles firmly on your nose. 2. Position yourself comfortably in front of the T.V. screen + prepare for an unforgetable journey into ecstasy. 3. Listen to this virtual audio system (3D sound) with stereophonic equipments. To get more effects, we recommend the use of headphones. 4. Turn off the light, kick back, relax+enjoy.

The famous Serbian painter Milena Pavlovic-Barili, author of the masterpiece "A girl with the lamp", spends her last summer accompanied by young, curious actress.

Television registration of Dutch theatre comedy by Annie M.G. Schmidt. This three-act comedy plays at the office of the New Positive Foundation – which aims to keep literature pure and especially to keep sex out. The story revolves around the frivolous divorced mother of a young employee at the Foundation, who has tampered with the books a bit. To help prevent the suspicion of fraud, this frisky mother enters the Foundation as a new employee, with all its consequences.

Hard hitting strategies to deal with gangs, drugs and street safety for kids.

Documentary about a small castle in the GDR, which was used as a Police Academy.

Experimental film by Kambiz Kouladjie.

A murderous tree attacks people at lakeside lodge.

Guerrillas In Our Midst takes a look behind the scenes of New York's blue chip art market, and reveals how a contemporary art movement is "created." The anonymous art activists, the Guerrilla Girls, provide a witty foil to SoHo's business-as-usual, protesting the underrepresentation of women and non-white artists with satirical posters and their trademark gorilla masks.

A trip around Europe's soldier graveyards

"Le roman d'un truqueur" mixes the story of a fictional investigation with the reality of its filming by the author, in a spirit of humor, self-mockery and pastiche. After having unscrupulously infiltrated the action, the producer, confusing fiction and reality, tries to hijack the investigation for his own benefit. Entangled in their investigation, but true to their role, the actors thwart the producer's schemes and then look for a financing solution themselves to bring the film to a successful conclusion.

A young girl journeys through a strange landscape of dream and memory.

A casual morning in the city of Athens, a woman, some unexpenting news, and the gradual improvement in the weather

Saikati is a young Masai girl who has been promised in marriage to the chief's son. Rather than marry, Saikati runs away to Nairobi to live with her cousin and pursue her education. Nairobi, however, offers other problems and soon Saikati must struggle to return home.

MAGIC IN MINNESOTA revels in the mesmerizing masterpiece of Jack Morris' 1-0, 10-inning Game 7 and Kirby Puckett's unbelievable heroics in Game 6. This celebration salutes the contributions of superstars, support players, and the deafening, intimidating Minnesota Twins fans who electrified the Metrodome like never before and includes: Interviews with two-time World Champions manager Tom Kelly, Kent Hrbek, Gene Larkin, Dan Gladden, and John Gordon; Extensive game highlights, exclusive footage, and more! MAGIC IN MINNESOTA is more than just another film about just another championship team. It's about the Twins - your Twins - and perhaps the greatest World Series of all time.

A zany, violent tale from a Hamburg filmmaking collective

A study of artist Andy Goldsworthy’s work in Scotland and Japan.

O.Funmilayo Makarah crosses the country interviewing people about their reactions to the "not guilty" verdict in the 1992 Rodney King beating case and the resulting unrest in Los Angeles.

After a woman moves in to a Victorian apartment, she soon suspects her neighbour of murder.

Experience the Book of Revelation as Jesus gave it to the Apostle John . . . VISUALLY! In Revelation Illustrated you not only hear the dramatic narration of the scripture, but you also see the visions John describes. Hear the thunder and the singing of the angels! Expert editing and computer generated special effects make this a breathtaking visual adventure. The mood of each moment is enhanced by a fully orchestrated sound track of classical music by Handel, Mozart, Holst, and others. It is performed by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. Also included is a short interview with the artist on the creation of the art and the making of the video.

Sound: unrecognition unidentified, in time, you hear? Image: recognition identified, out of time in time; not not knowing the unknown but not knowing the known, no trace of 'no trace of any thing'. E.g. grain: is grain silver, black & white, or colour? Is silver black & white or colour? You see? - P.G. Feb 1992.

A young scientist, Roman Vitalievich Voziy, is engaged in scientific activities and aspires to become a professor. His difficult relationship with his wife, Khrystia Parmenivna, who constantly demands money, blackmails and manipulates him because of her love for their six-year-old son Natusia, is a hindrance. Roman sincerely falls in love with the actress Olga. She reciprocates his feelings... But his paternal instinct is stronger than anything else. The film is based on the drama “Natus“ by Volodymyr Vynnychenko.

A portrait of Amanda Katz (Posner) spinning, weaving and talking. A film about story telling rather than one that tells a story. The VHS copy of this tape was one of the most rented tapes in the local film section of the Brookline Videosmith.

A divorcee keeps having a recurring nightmare that someone's trying to stab her to death. Meanwhile, a series of brutal real-life murders are occurring. A police detective and doctor investigate.

Forming in Dublin out of the ashes of the band Last Chance, vocalist Dave Couse, guitarist Fergal Bunbury, bassist Martin Healy and drummer Dermot Wylie came together as A House

Nevermore at the RKCNDY, Seattle, WA The Dreaming Mind Unknown Song White Rabbit The Hurting Words Taste Revenge Sanctuary Garden of Grey The World Unborn

Leave the Past Behind, Static Acts, Don't Follow Me, Part of the Machine, The Eleventh Hour, Point of View, Silent Cries, Life in Still Water, Eye to Eye, Nothing Left to Say, The Ivory Gate of Dreams: IV. Quietus, Damnation, In a Word, Through Different Eyes

For his first opera production, Dario Fo, the theatre director known for his brilliant wit, chose to stage Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia sung in Italian for the Netherlands Opera. First mounted in 1987, it was a huge success and a live recording of its revival in May 1992, the 200th anniversary of Rossini's birth, has been made. Fo has said that Rossini is the musician of eating and love. He composes music rich in herbs and aromas, in which you find olives, tomatoes, fish, grapes, roses and rosemary, sheets and tablecloths, dry wine and the laughter of girls. His Barber is a joyful carnival. During the overture he fills the stage with carnival revelers and immediately the commedia dell' arte origins of opera buffa are restored. Visual theatrics abound, never at the expense of the music, but highlighting it, engaging the eye as well as the ear. Fo addresses the heart more than the intellect and Rossini's comedy comes up dazzling and vital.

Animation about blood, flowers and stuff.

Walter Benjamin is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, yet his work is relatively unknown to many. One Way Street is both an exposition of Benjamin’s ideas and a search for Benjamin the man in locations as diverse as the academics of Moscow, the bookstores of New York, Parisienne arcades and the cemetery in a Spanish costal village that has become a place of pilgrimage for Benjamin devotees.

A woman, Zsuzsi Weinstock, survived the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp as a child. The film documents her story while providing a collage of images, most not directly linked to the story.

Unstable man spends the summer in an empty mansion, where he meets punks, serial killers and witches.

The narration and intertitles describe the ultimate teenage fantasy road-trip: a female version of Bonnie and Clyde in love, in trouble, and unstoppable. With dreams of freedom, a life of crime, and the glamour of Hollywood, the film depicts the ultimate wish list of the lesbian bad girl whose life is not only constrained by school and parents, but also by the fear of a world that cannot tolerate her difference.

An erotic and painful allegory of dark desire featuring blazing performances by its lead actors. Stew, a guitarist and intellectual, is traveling to the country with his girlfriend Carrie and their dog, Max, to Stew's recently-deceased grandmother's home to deal with her estate. Just as death is palpable in the house with its eerily silent rooms filled with boxes of decaying furniture and old photographs to be auctioned off, so too is the couple's relationship creeping toward an unspoken demise. Stew, who suffers from an unknown ailment and is in a perpetual state of denial, frantically clutches at his over-sexed girlfriend, who resents being tied down by any man. She sets her designs on an unwitting local gardener and uses him as a pawn in her game of sexual manipulation and destruction. Through voyeuristic imagery and a deafening silence, the tension builds to a climax.

A lonely man works as a model for students studying fine arts. He meets his love in the person of a young student at the end of his life.

A man enters video dating with a lie but it gets him a date.