Cinematic Era: 1996 Vintage

A dramatized documentary film about an old Finnish man who meets a young African immigrant girl and wants to help her.

A film about Srat Chandra Sinda, a former cheif minister of Assam and a face in the crowd.

Primetime special previewing the ABC Saturday-morning lineup for the 1996-97 season.

A psychological drama that sheds light on old and new social conflicts through the work and life of old confederate Dorley.

On the road to Las Vegas, a hitchhiker forces a woman to tell him three erotic tales in order to survive.

The story of the new Swedish hit band The Cardigans.

The loss of minimum wage in Britain has resulted in the gap between the rich and the poor growing hugely. Newtown just outside Birmingham is looking dirty, rundown and old. 50 % of its citizens are unemployed, living in grey towerblocks overlooking the urban devastation. The flats are poorly equipped with basic furnishings. All people can do is watch television. As the rich people get richer, the poor get poorer. Chris Pond from the Low Pay Unit blames poverty and hardship on the Conservative Government's free market economy and their opt-out from the social chapter. Journeyman Pictures investigates the harsh reality of 1990s Britain.

Kitanoshi High School Movie Club project produced in 1996.

Documentary about a farmer's wife in former East Prussia.

The rituals and the ancient carols practised by the shepherd communities in the Carpathian Mountains are nothing short of those of the ancient Greek and Roman rituals.

This stacked two-screen video installation shows the artist washing his hands with a vigour that goes beyond a daily cleaning ritual. The energy of the gesture and the distortive effect of the double screen evoke a sinister prior event and a sense panic or fear. Here Nauman continues his ongoing investigation into human psychology and feelings of discomfort. The sense of anxiety is heightened by the echoing sound of the water draining away for the fifty-five-minute duration of the double footage.

In this work, shown on two stacked monitors, Bruce Nauman washes his hands with a thoroughness bordering on obsession. Each from a different vantage point, the two monitors present a simple everyday action, extended to fill almost an hour. The work is a self-portrait in which the hands serve as a metaphor for the artist’s creative potency. The camera’s unorthodox angle, the image’s shifting colors and the repetitive movement unite in giving this commonplace act an hypnotic effect. Bruce Nauman is particularly renowned for his video performances of the 1970s in which his body is the focus of improvised, repetitive acts. The works produced in the ‘90s refer back to the strategy he pursed in his earlier career.

Two lovers find themselves on opposite sides in a war that has engulfed their village. They are separated by a bridge fiercely guarded by snipers. The only way to cross is to bribe the snipers. It is a story about the precarious balance between the unshakeable optimism of young lovers and the very real potential for unthinkable disaster.

An exhibition at cinema Rex in Belgrade.

A look back at the film-maker's career, via the use of out-takes, unused scenes, scenes from uncompleted films, home movie footage, etc.

Included is Junji Inagawa's ghost story live performance titled "Mystery Night Tour '96" in August 1996. As a video bonus, many terrifying ghost photos are presented with Junji Inagawa's commentary.

"A Posioned Life" - about drugs and addiction in Sweden. "Dokument 65" shook the television audience with it's openness about drug addicts in Sweden. 30 years later the producers of "Dokument 65" return to the lives of those that took part in the program 1965. "A Poisoned Life" also deals with young female addicts and report on today's situation.

Pablo, Lolo's brother, is platonically in love with Lorenza, the barrier guard's widow. The woman suffers from a deep addiction to Herzian waves.

"Page 73" is a short movie directed by Jeffrey Darling, released in 1996. The film explores the power of dreaming and the archetype of the quest for love. Noted for its excellent black and white photography and direction by Jeff Darling, along with superb acting by the cast, the movie has been compared to the works of Federico Fellini for its originality and unique aesthetics.

A poem-like tribute to Japanese photographer Koji Inoue, narrated in sign language by deaf actor Levent Beskardes.

Animated short.

A brief survey celebrating form through the morphing of objects from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Craft.

A short film made by a couple of kids in the mid 90s in which an ape goes bananas and fights dinosaurs.

1996 DCI World Championships held in Orlando, FL held on August 17, 1996 1. Blue Devils (1st Place Tie 97.40) 2. Phantom Regiment (1st Place Tie 97.40) 3. Cadets of Bergen County (3rd Place 96.90) 4. Cavaliers (4th Place 93.80) 5. Santa Clara Vanguard (5th Place 92.30) 6. Madison Scouts (6th Place 91.50) 7. Bluecoats (7th Place 86.30) 8. Crossmen (8th Place Tie 85.50) 9. Magic of Orlando (8th Place Tie 85.50) 10. Carolina Crown (10th Place 82.10) 11. Colts (11th Place 81.30) 12. Blue Knights (12th Place 80.70)

A documentary looking at the first Sony deal of LTJ Bukem's Good Looking label in Japan and LTJ Bukem coming into the USA. The documentary follows Good Looking Records – (mainly) Tony Fordham, Danny Williamson and Conrad Thompson - giving you an insight into how different the scene was back then along with a margin of similarity that still remains. Vinyl pushing / Expanding the Brand / Cutting House “They’re fuckin bootlegging my records mate!”

A kaleidoscope of computer animated imagery pulsating to a continuous house mix from Praise House and Hymns In The House…

An information film about the group of maritime patrol aircraft with the Lockheed P-3C Orion.

They were American born and bred yet they had the face of the enemy.
 Spanning generations and wars, Looking Like the Enemy is a bold and daring exploration into the often horrifying yet always ironic predicaments faced by American soldiers of Asian descent who fought in World War II, the Korean and the Vietnam wars.

Jane Hansel shares her creative techniques and magic for the perfect gift wrapping.

Durugin: Anay ng lipunan: Directed by Tony San Agustin. With Romeo Campos, Dan Fernandez, Kimberly Diaz, Bernard Bonnin.

A day-by-day animated diary of a year's sunsets, recorded directly onto a continuous strip of 35mm film using a variety of materials such as magnolia petals, net stocking, lacquer and ink, to create a dazzling expression of the visual music revealed by 365 setting suns.

Jagan, a poor blacksmith, kills a rich man who is allowed to go scot-free after killing Jagan's son. Now known as Jagannath, he once again faces the ugly side of a flawed judicial system in Ranigadh.

Short film by Jeanne Dunning.

Ara Mina plays a woman who romances a ghost. One who’s trapped in the mystery locked beneath the patter of rain on a cold night. That's when she falls in love with another, a man, not the earth-bound spirit that has given her taste of carnal schooling, all jilted hell breaks loose.

Portrait made for the magazine Brut.

After twenty years Walter returns to his now-abandoned chocolate factory.

Ultimate Hype 6th April 1996 Groningen Kardinge

Ling is having an affair with Midnight Cowherd without telling her husband, and one day unfortunately, the Cowherd and two gangsters take nude photos, and then intimidate and blackmail her. Unable to bear the humiliation, Man Ling got into an argument with the gangsters, and was killed and her body mutilated. The gangster was ruthless, and then contacted Man Ling's husband, Zhen Feng, to demand a kidnapping and ransom...

"We see a small traveling show performing in various outdoor Ohio locals; actors do scenes from Frankenstein, Dracula, and Jekyll and Hyde. Myers intercuts clips from old movies, including versions of the same three stories; as well as footage from his own effort -a "Frankenstein" begun when he was 12. All of these elements are deftly combined to interpenetrate rather than collide; the banker's voice often continues when the old movies begin so that he seems to be narrating them as well. The result is that present and past, the personal and the public, Hollywood and amateur theater all seem to meld. Myer's sensuous, grainy black and white cinematography- is the key to the film's tone and meaning." -Fred Camper, Chicago Reader

The Escape (of Marie Antoinette) is composed of layered and overlapping footage. The very title of the film encapsulates this willed contradiction, as Marie-Antoinette did not, of course, escape; she was captured and her extraordinary life brought to a violent and untimely end.

Film by Johnna MacArthur

An originally staged film based on a seemingly familiar scenario. A young handsome stranger suddenly bursts into the life of a simple Sakha family of a hunter and his young wife. And then the action develops in the form of a classic love triangle. The denouement is a duel between two men: who will win in this fight? Love or passion?

A documentary film about a country where Tibetan Buddhism has preserved its original culture. When steel birds begin to fly in the sky, when horses begin to ride on wheels, the time will come when Buddhism will begin to spread to the western countries," predicted in the eighth century the Tibetan saint and magician Padmasambhava. After many centuries of an impregnable and isolated land of monks living in countless monasteries, Ladakh has been made accessible by cars and airplanes. A unique cultural and religious heritage of the world has been revealed in the former kingdom, lying on the western edge of the Tibetan Plateau guarded by the high ranges of the Himalayas and the Karakoram. its ancient traditions and knowledge of the hidden powers of the human soul and the highest knowledge are mortally threatened. It depends only on humanity whether these riches of the world will disappear forever or become the spiritual property of a future higher civilization. (distributor's official text)

Sexy witches do sexy/witchy things? - Got a making of article and you could order it through Draculina Magazine #25 (1996)