Cinematic Era: 1997 Vintage

A secret agent who dies on a mission asks Heaven to let him go back to Earth to complete his mission, and much to his disapproval, he is reincarnated in a bellboy's body.

A video promoting Ayaka Akimoto.

A humble shoe shiner is hired by a drug lord as a driver, and he quickly raises up the ranks to become his most trusted hitman. But his biggest desire is a woman that can't be his.

Documentary about four urban teenage girls, and their opinions about religion, music and sex.

María has fled her home of Germany in the wake of the aftermath of the second world war and comes to Iceland to work on a farm.

A man on a sailing cruise down the coast of Mexico lands in the fictional town of El Rosario. When his dog runs off, he ends up wandering around the town and eventually drunk. The next morning he awakens in jail and finds himself sentenced to go to Los Angeles to pick up an unknown cargo, and in return, he gets his dog back. However, on the return trip he winds up with a vintage ambulance and a fast food waitress who talks her way into coming along for the trip. The two are of course destined for romance, but sparks fly in their bickering first.

Joe Fly is a stereoscopic 3D short film about a lazy, dreamy blue bottle fly who finds himself confronted with a nasty beetle, a giant mantis and a ghost. A recut version exists called Joe & Basket "Mostly Sports".

A woman who aspires to be a makeup artist meets a country girl at an old farmhouse.

Backstreet Boys Live in Frankfurt, Germany - World Tour 1997

The morning of February 28, 1997 will go down as one of the most brutal and fascinating shoot-outs in American history! MVP Home Entertainment, Inc. takes you far beyond the combat zone in this exclusive and unprecedented video. Experience an explosive rush of adrenalin as the battle is engaged between the L.A.P.D. and two heavily armed gunmen, right before your eyes!

Taiwan movie

Kepa is a small trafficker who owes a large amount of money. His girlfriend, Ainara, will be his only support.

Seeing his older brother murdered, Qingguang leaves home only to return as a trained assassin ready to avenge his brother's death.

This documentary celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cinema birth. It is an historic running through the technical and artistic evolution of the 7th art. We move from mute to sound, from B&W to color, trough all the genders (musical, Lyric, politic...). Beside it we have a kind of resume of the historic contest in which cinema lived till now, events and movements (neo-realism, classical etc.). All the aspects are taken in consideration: fashion, star system till the end, the sad end, of cinema in the theaters.

Kenichiro Tsushima was swept up in a drug scandal and effectively erased from the entertainment industry. Having changed his name and set up his own talent agency, he stops at nothing to bring down the stars of major agencies. Yoko, who is commissioned by him to work as a ghostwriter, finds herself drawn to him despite sensing something dangerous about him.

A film explores feminine sexual symbols and rituals, tracing its journey from North Karnataka to Kerala and culminating at Kamakhya, a sacred site in Assam.

Independent films that do not have a less than 20 years history. They do not have lost hope and passion despite repeated conflicts and ups and downs. It was possible because of the belief that independent films are at the center of the world in their role, even though they are located on the periphery of society. Through the testimonies of many independent filmmakers, current activities, and footage, Korean independent films are shed new light. The periphery is the center, and the center is on the periphery. A reflection on the inside of the independent film industry to find trust in each other, talking about the hopes of independent films looking for a new path.

The life and work of the 20th century artist Sean Keating and an exploration into the relationships between fathers and sons.

First adventure : Romaine takes a holiday alone because she doesn't have any friends and meets three lumbering guys, a bald one, a fat one and one with grey hair. So what... Second adventure : Romaine wants to go on a course because she has no passions in her life and meets two girls. A guilt-ridden short-change artist and a rep for the "Dumpling & Co" bra company. So what... Third adventure : Romaine loses her memory, a good thing after her two previous adventures. She can start a new life, great idea, but who with ? So what...

A young woman, fed up with her life, decides that suicide is the only way out. While she tries to build the courage to jump off an old abandoned railway bridge, a stranger appears out of nowhere and ruins her day.

A veterinarian called Habib who has tried to expose the crimes of Shoulan, decides to commit suicide under the pressures of Shoulan. He meets a girl called Niloufar who persuades him to commit suicide. Habib does not know that Niloufar is Shoulan's last trick to perish him. Niloufar who dreams of being a singer over the borders, tries her best to kill Habib.

In an amateur soccer match, the referee kicks out the goalkeeper. A very special fan will animate the substitute the rest of the game.

A short segment aired on the public access tv series "Turn of the Century". The short features Dame Darcy, Courtney Love, and Eric Erlandson learning and teaching how to handmake dolls at home.

The tribulations of a few homosexuals who regularly use the services of a network of dominators.

Nestor, Lei, Pierrette, Mohamed, Hafida, Marius, Marc, Galina, Genady, Mike and Lala: through their presence, Le temps qu’il fait weaves a mosaic of stories in which dreams and disappointments, hopes and worries intertwine with the life that is before them. In counterpoint, there are these new landscapes of financial centers, abandoned industrial spaces and wasteland from which we hear the echo of speeches that call to take the train of the new economy. By their simple attachment to a profession which gives them a living, the men and women of the film put up resistance to these slogans. Little by little, a radical rupture is emerging between economic thought and the movement of life. A break that shapes the present time.

When Djénéba returns from the city where she has been visiting her cousin, she brings her husband, Konaté, a wonderful gift: a condom. Konaté is furious and refuses to change his habits. Djénéba, well aware of the effects of AIDS, refuses to give in.

The urban on-line dictionary defines queercore as “Gay-themed, underground, independent music; usually punk rock (Team Dresch, Pansy Division, The Butchies, The Need, etc.)”. See for yourself.

In his world sex is everything (if you don't count surfing, drugs and his mates). She's not so keen on his mates, but... she hasn't tried them all yet.

A child escapes the Nazi raids in the ghetto of Rome. He finds refuge in a cinema.

A young woman living in a Paris suburb answers a marketing survey. The interview goes off course.

Jim, a boy from Stockholm, arrives at a foster home in Luleå. He is placed in a special class that is putting on a musical under the guidance of an anarchistic and committed teacher. The class consists of young people who are more or less scarred by life and therefore considered incapable of participating in regular school education. For Jim and his classmates, working on the musical becomes a journey filled with conflict, but also a search for validation and self-confidence.

A biographical film of Pulitzer Prize war photographer, K. Sawada.

A short look into the life of a loving girl with an abusive mother and a father who stands by during his wife's frequent fits of violence.

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector.

The first film by Boris Khlebnikov and Alexey Popogrebsky, shot while studying at VGIK.

A psychopath escapes from prison and goes on a rampage, torturing and murdering former acquaintances.

A surreal melodrama about a deranged woman raising a child.

1997 documentary with then-new interviews with people who worked with la Callas, as well as archive footage of interviews with associates. Film clips, photos and recordings illustrate her performance powers.

Cyriel has died. Leonie and a few relatives are standing in the hospital room around the bed on which the bodie lies. At Cyriel's death, there won't be no more tears from Leonie, but rather one simple and pleasant memory that expresses Cyriel's unspoken love for her.

Geneviève Lechat is the director of a marriage agency. At 50, she is still very desirable and very fulfilled, especially emotionally. She offers her son, André, to open an agency branch on the Internet.

A village whose inhabitants carry out manual activities is invaded by a wizard, who kidnaps all the virgin girls and turns them into blue onions. This one, however, is a technological wizard, who uses a remote control instead of a wand and does not make his potions in a cauldron, but in a microwave.

Three girls messing about at a bus stop. Four boys, loitering with intent...

This is a documentary about 6 days of struggle at Myong-dong cathedral, which triggered the struggle of the June 1987. In the night of 10th June the protest group was chased by the police, came into the Myong-dong cathedral by accident. Their conflicts and hope, political situations of the time are seen in the film with various sources and witnesses. This film seeks hope for today while showing critical reinterpretation on the struggle of the June 1987.

This independent American feature tells the story of Shay and her boyfriend Radio. While he puts his unexpressed pain into heartrending Hendrix-like guitar-playing, Shay earns a living by stripping in a downtown bar. "Some people feel like they're living a life, I feel like I'm watching TV", is how Shay describes her life.

For some time, in the mind of Rebecca, there is no peace. She feels haunted by something she can not identify that possesses a mysterious force over her, mentally and physically. An incredible journey between eroticism and esotericism that will bring her to the edge of madness...

Short B&W haunted house film. Released on the DVD extras of Campfire Tales (1991)

Filmed live for German television in Bremen on 18 February 1997, Absolut Live captures The Stranglers touring in support of their album Written in Red.

The film is a very personal interpretation of the myth of Icarus, inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's paintings "The Fall of Icarus" and "Children's Games." The film emphasizes the essence of Icarus's drama by showing his loneliness in a world of people preoccupied only with themselves.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" dominates as Halloween comes to Oakdale. Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane while Joe and his two schoolmates participate in Oakdale's scavenger hunt.

Wallin's animation work using silicon graphics, "Exit (1997)", in which appropriated figures from Hieronymus Bosch paintings are pursued by a huge wall of fire, received attention from all over Europe. Every time the fire surrounds and burns a victim, increasing applause is heard.