Cinematic Era: 1998 Vintage

The 1998 live tour promoting the new album

As a young man, he had a One-Man Band act, which he periodically revived at various stages of his life. You can see him doing this act at a somewhat younger age in his biography film "The Sid Saga." But here is presumably his last shot at glory with this act- an audition tape for The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, a variety show in Palm Springs featuring performers over the age of 55.

Hilarious stuff from the Brilliant Irish Comedian, Ardal O' Hanlon.

David Blum, the internationally respected musician and writer, produced this film as he neared death from cancer. Blum believed that his inner discoveries and experience could help others realize their own spiritual strengths in a time of crisis.

"Now, this is your grandpa" in various disturbing situations.

Short film by Valérie Pavia.

The director resumes at the theater Laura Berti who reads the most beautiful lyrics of Pier Paolo Pasolini, giving with his hands, voice and words, rhythm and unity to the work.

Film about the tragic history of the illustrious Neumann family house, one of the last remaining old building of the Zizkov district of Prague.

Using extensive game footage and comments from players, coaches and sports journalists, this video gives an in-depth look at the Denver Broncos' victory in Super Bowl XXXII. A quick review of both the regular season and the playoffs shows how the Broncos reached the final game against the Green Bay Packers and emerged with an easy win. The film pays special tribute to Broncos coach Mike Shanahan and quarterback John Elway, both long time NFL bridesmaids who had come close to a Super Bowl win on several occasions but had never accomplished the task. Running back Terrell Davis, the game's MVP, is also profiled, along with defensive standouts Neil Smith and Alfred Williams. The victory was the first for the Broncos organization.

Song for Flower is a self-documentary in which she explores her own existence by pointing her camera at her family and friends. It is a film that will change the landscape of the venue after you leave the screening.

Hector the cat tries to sell a watch to the audience.

The images of this "handcrafted and DIY" film were either recovered or filmed by me. Originally in black and white, they were brutally treated in photographic toning chemistries before being re-filmed with expired film. The soundtrack has undergone the same kind of treatment: the sound is made with old vinyl records, diamond on the edge ...

Desire, fantasy, and passion meet Bollywood in this series of spicy vignettes.

Short film by Brendan Muldowney.

Documentary follows several teens struggling with their everyday life in East-Helsinki.

This film is a travel depiction from a Christmas celebration in Gran Canaria. About women seeking love on the island where frozen Norwegians "warm up".

"Pomegranate Tree" is an experimental film inspired by the lush and ceremonial paintings of the Qajar dynasty from Persia and Eli Langer's violent, aggressive sketches. The film is a subtle study of sensuality. Originally shot on Super 8 and blown up to 16mm, the film was made for the Splice This! Super 8 Festival in the summer of '98.

Rågsved, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. People, atmosphere, politics, football and punkrock. Revolving around the youth center "Oasen".

Documentary on the research for the production of the film Lavoura Arcaica (2001), based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Two filmmakers take a trip with an uncertain destination through the mountains of Lebanon, Syria and southern Spain.

The 1998 version of Carmen is an opera performance directed by Herbert von Karajan, which was produced in Switzerland. The performance is based on the famous opera by Georges Bizet and was realized by the production company Cosmotel in Switzerland. The actress playing the title role, Carmen, is Mirella Freni, and the production was carried out by the renowned production company Cosmotel.

1998 Dutch Experimental Film

A man goes on a thanking spree.

An enchanting, award-winning film from Polish director Andrzej Fidyk about a mobile cinema run by the Bengali Mr Battu and his two assistants. But, in addition to bringing movies to appreciative Indian villagers, there's a more serious side to Battu's mission...

20,000 Watt R.S.L. is a compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in October 1997 on their own label Sprint Music. The word "Collection" appears on the front of the DVD along the hinge in the same type face as the title and the name of the band and may have been intended as part of the album's title; however, it does not appear on the spine. The release has also been distributed inside a cardboard sleeve which adds "Midnight Oil: The Hits" to the album art, distinguishing it as a compilation album. The compilation covers the majority of Midnight Oil's career, starting with their 1979 album Head Injuries, and includes tracks from all their major studio releases (and one EP), even including two songs from Redneck Wonderland, which was released after the compilation in 1998.

Using mainly dolls like Todd Haynes’ Superstar, Burtt’s film dramatizes the true story of “The Vampire of Sacramento,” cannibal-killer Richard Chase, from his childhood, through his mental deterioration, to his ghastly crime spree, trial and death.

Apr 25, 1998

This series is a living approach to a hundred years of cinema through the notion of plan. It takes into account around thirty shots, in the most lively way possible, in the form of dialogues between two actors; a bit like a dialogue in front of an editing table. In the picture, we can only see this shot, but slowed down, stopped, traveled in all directions, with no other special effects than these changes in speed. These voices of today's actors, which the viewer recognizes - Fanny Ardant, Michel Piccoli, Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin - are a link between the cinema of the past and the cinema of today.

Fresh out of college, Adolfson - a Korean adoptee who grew up in Coon Rapids, Minnesota - decides to return to his land of birth for fun and new experiences. After spending six months at Yonsei University living among drunk foreign exchange students, he relocates to a boarding house, determined to get a better sense of what life outside the dormitories is like. What he finds ranges from the painful to the provocative. He briefly participates in a student demonstration, resulting in his choking on tear gas. He is compelled to volunteer for an orphanage and muses over his own barely remembered childhood. Events culminate when Adolfson is reunited on Korean national television with his three long-lost siblings. An absorbing account of how cultural barriers can stimulate rather than hinder personal growth, PASSING THROUGH offers a unique look at a young man's coming of age.

In 1971, some young Peruvian playwrights founded the group Yuyachkani, a Quechua word which means: "I am thinking, I am remembering. 25 years later, in 1996, the group celebrates its anniversary, performing a retrospective of its most important works, which allows them to think and remember about the scene they have traveled

The creator of Spawn, Todd McFarlane, talks about how the film 'Spawn' (1997) compares to his comic book creation.

During the Croatian war of independence, five members of the National Guard escape from hostile confinement. While trying to break through the enemy lines, they fight against various paramilitary groups, dying one after another.

The film is both a folkloric film and a social documentary about the Selkupi people who live in Siberia and make their living from hunting and fishing. The film follows the life of Yuri Mikhailovich Kalin's family, which consists of fishing, trapping fur animals, and bartering their catch for food and other goods. The film also describes the gradual disappearance of the Selkup way of life, as young people are no longer very interested in the traditions of their people and many of them move to villages to live and seek work in the oil industry.

This video is based on a photograph dating from 1932, taken at the opening of the new Antonio Sant’Elia kindergarten in Como, Italy. We see children playing in the school’s functionalist garden (designed by the architect Giuseppe Terragni). The light is cold and it seems as if the sun is low, creating the long shadows of early spring. The image of the children remains in between a spontaneously captured moment and a composed picture. The movement of the young trees suggests that the image is frozen, while it simultaneously continues to melt further into motion, as though undecided in which direction to go.

An analysis of the space of the Stadium of the Decade. Formerly the site of the most important sporting events and state celebrations, since 1989 it has become one of the largest markets. The director, presenting one day in the life of the Fair Europe, shows his multi-level construction and the hierarchy of sellers, often coinciding with the topographic layout of the stadium and national affiliation - mainly Polish or Vietnamese, though there are also other visitors from outside the eastern border. The film creates a mosaic of stories told by traffickers, policemen and local criminals. Their accounts show the realities of stadium life - the day of work begins at night, and besides trade, it is filled with numerous thefts, frauds and ethnic tensions. The film also uses archival material from the Documentary and Feature Film Studios, showing the life of the stadium in PRL.

Rockpalast Festival, Lorelei, Germany

A parody of consumer society, Promo constructs a domestic utopia in which everyday life is overwhelmed by the rhetorical absurdity of advertising language.

an CGI Animated Short film about the Hungry Dog.

A man watches a cartoon of a cat and mouse, and cheers as the mouse scores a victory over the cat.

A Christmas Song!

Intervista seeks to deal in microcosm with the issue of how Albanian communist-era elites have sought to justify their roles in the now-discredited regime that ruled the country for nearly half a century. This brief film offers some poignant vignettes of contemporary life in Albania... [and] also underscores the reluctance of Albania's former Communist elite to confront its past. Both the quality of its content and its length make Intervista a potentially valuable instructional resource

Rolling out the proverbial red carpet for some of the National Basketball Association's most beloved heroes -- including five of the league's all-time greatest players -- this exciting compilation combines highlight footage with player interviews for an action-packed experience like no other. Among the featured cagers are point guards Tim Hardaway and Gary Payton, power forward Karl Malone, center David Robinson and more.

The postcard obviously begins with a map. Posted in the Caribbean, it is addressed by a father to his son. We quickly understand that the mother and her child are preparing to leave for the funeral mass of the father in question. Confident in his father's life and good health, the boy refuses to believe that the coffin is occupied and, indifferent to the solemn atmosphere of the moment, he worries about a young woman standing apart from the procession.

A whimsical, drunken journey through a small French village in the foothills of the Pyrenees with an adult human size rabbit. Presented between a miniature velvet theatre curtain and featuring an alternate soundtrack by Stereolab, the viewer accompanies a humanoid bunny on his hi-jinks adventures as he hops through the countryside

This is about a supposedly very large man, whose body was cut into pieces for burial. The chapel was very small; his feet stuck out of the door. In several places, he was buried with his treasure. He owned the entire area. People didn't know that digging up gold during a full moon was a terrible thing to do. Then, hands on his body began to come to life and kill people in the forest.

Half-hour National Geographic documentary about landslides with a lot of clips that will have you wondering if the person filming made it out.

The afterlife of Russian literature was clearly filmed at the same time as Gory, in the first half of the 1990s. However, after Pushkin's transformation into a statue, we see a blinded Novikov holding a golden hatchet.

With high invention into Los Angeles urban studies, filmmaker Paul Forrer chases the puzzle of theory and conjecture behind Norman M. Klein's fascinating book on a social imaginary which spirits myth into Los Angeles.

For the hero of this grotesque, The Man, the nine circles of Hell are nothing more than a fun fair pavilion, a Sunday stroll in Disneyland, a trip on the roller coaster, and a ride on the Ferris wheel. There are nine circles in Hell, but life is the Ten Circle. Sartre says, "Hell - these are the others!" And maybe, we are all Hell... Jokingly, of course.

‘Diary, a haunting short film by Peter Todd, crafter of poetic ruminations about ordinary life….just a camera trained on nondescript surroundings, made poignant by the soundtrack’s medley of voices and the director’s sensitivity to the layers of emotions that shape the most ordinary lives.’ Geoff Brown. The Times. 1998.‘Or different voices, still lives: Todd’s short is a poeticrather melancholy meditation on memory and the difficulty of expressing love, which counterpoints evocative images of London with a familial litany of questions and confessions. Moody and intriguing.’ Geoff Andrew. Time Out. 1998.