All Films

Iron and Beyond

2002 • 14 min

This short documentary explores just how the film Pumping Iron revolutionized the fitness industry and created an international icon in Arnold Schwarzenegger. It also touches on what Hollywood's idea of an action star was and is.

The Little Cotton Girl

2002 • 6 min • Brazil

The urban legend of 'cotton girl'. The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children.

Kafka Goes to the Movies

2002 • 54 min • France, Germany

While working on a television movie project about Franz Kafka, German actor Hanns Zischler discovered a series of passionate writings in Kafka's journals about his own moviegoing. Zischler, who also wrote a book of the same title, spent the next twenty-five years combing through archives and libraries to locate many of the now-extinct films cited by Kafka in his journals. The result is a witty conjecture on the Czech writer's fascination with film and Zischler's fascination with Kafka.

Dolando

2002 • 7 min • Germany, Italy, France

"At the end of filming Umiliati, Straub and Huillet gave thanks to the cast and crew in a graceful way: by inviting Dolando Bernardini to sing several stanzas from Torquato Tasso’s 16th-century epic poem Jerusalem Delivered." - MoMA

Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows

2002 • 28 min • France

In this documentary, produced by Philippe Quinconneau for StudioCanal, editor Françoise Bonnot, actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, composer Éric Demarsan, writer and filmmaker Philippe Labro, cinematographer Pierre Lhomme, and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier share insights and anecdotes about Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film ARMY OF SHADOWS.

Spider-Mania

2002 • 41 min • United States of America

E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film.

Guggen: The Big Cheese

2002 • 14 min • Norway

Guggen is not like the other rat-children. He hates the sewers and loves the fresh air on the roof, where he has emigrated. His mom is worried. What will become of this fresh-air-loving, guitar playing son of hers? She forces her husband, Roger Rotten to take Guggen on a father-and-son trip down the sewers to hunt for cheese. On their adventure they must conquer sewercats, gigantic spiders and alligators. At the end of the day, Roger must admit that he has learned as much of his son as Guggen of him.

Schoolgirl Sacrifice

2002 • 45 min • United States of America

Debbie D stars as a college girl who is attacked and kidnapped by a sadistic killer (Dean Paul) and taken to his makeshift dungeon. The more ordeals she suffers through before her ultimate sacrifice, the more powerful the killer will become! Laura Giglio co-stars as a policewoman investigating the girl’s disappearance. Will she find the girl in time or will she literally “lose her head” in her attempt the rescue the girl?

Underwater Impressions

2002 • 44 min • Germany

Deep-sea diver/former propagandist Leni Riefenstahl explores the undersea world of coral reefs in various oceans around the world.

17 Minutes Late

2002 • 10 min • Romania

Everything is scheduled. A strange car accident and he is late. 17 minutes. He is going to his ex-girlfriend's bar. The place is empty and quiet. He would like to rest a little.

The Cat Returns - Making of

2002 • 34 min • Japan

A promotional film by Studio Ghibli about the work on the film "The Cat Returns" (directed by Hiroyuki Morita)

Mount Rushmore

2002 • 52 min

The story of Mount Rushmore's creation is as bizarre and wonderful as the monument itself. It is the tale of a hyperactive, temperamental artist whose talent and determination propelled the project, even as his ego and obsession threatened to tear it apart. It is the story of hucksterism and hyperbole, of a massive public works project in the midst of an economic depression. And it is the story of dozens of ordinary Americans who suddenly found themselves suspended high on a cliff face with drills and hammers as a Danish sculptor they considered insane directed them in the creation what some would call a monstrosity, and others a masterpiece.

The Salivation Army

2002 • 22 min

A tale of blood, sex, spit, spunk and cult recruitment. “This Is the Salivation Army” was, in his own words, a queer pagan punk publication produced by Scott Treleaven from 1996-1999. The film tracks the rise and demise of Treleaven's zine and the strange cult it spawned.

A New Feeling of Something Happening

2002 • 59 min • Japan

A pair of men are picking and repeatedly enter houses here and there to steal. One day, while ransacking the house they have been picking, they find the girl who lives in the house collapsed in the bathroom. She is a college student who has been hurt by a love like a game that is about to end. When she gets up and sees the two thieves, she says, "You came to save me, didn't you? Will you stay with me forever?" For some reason, she interprets this favorably and trusts them. From that point on, a strange interaction between the three begins.

El agujero negro del sol

2002 • 9 min

Dr. Ulpiano, a psychologist and doctor of letters, lives immersed in a work routine that over the years has healed an aspect of fatigue on his face. He has a recurring dream in which he sees himself reincarnating another person: a caring for old, homeless cars. Such a dream causes him a great concern that makes him doubt about what reality is and what sleep is.

Kalle och bollhavet

2002 • 16 min • Sweden

Kalle accompanies her parents to IKEA and they leave him in the ball pit, despite his protests. Kalle experiences some scary things but also gets to know a nice little girl.

Luchino Visconti

2002 • 60 min • Germany, Italy

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.

Cross Club 2: Project Genesis – The Teaser

2002 • 12 min • Germany

Harsh Euro Barge

2002 • 60 min • United States of America

The Girl Skateboard team travels to Europe for 3 weeks.

Goose

2002 • 6 min • United States of America

A baby goose, adopted by birth by a family of woodchucks, feels like an outcast in everything she does until she discovers - all by herself - that she can fly.

Anna Is Being Stalked

2002 • 7 min

Anna is followed everywhere she goes by a creepy pale assailant with a knife. She doesn't seem to be very afraid. She marches coldly through her day, ignoring him, going about her business. Her stalker looks threatening but his manner seems to suggest that he is just a confused social outcast, trapped in an obsessive, repetitive rut that revolves around Anna. It becomes clear that the line between assailant and victim has begun to break down and that the roles in this relationship are now unclear. Anna has begun to rely on her stalker's presence. She even allows him to carry her groceries. Is the albino stalking her or watching over her? Anna obtains a retraining order against her stalker but she still worries about him, huddled outside her home on a cold, windy night. Neither of them seem able to disrupt or end their oddly comforting, creepy codependent relationship.

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

2002 • 29 min • United States of America

Interviews with cast and crew members detail the making of the Disney classic.

Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'

2002 • 21 min • United States of America

Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin' is a 21-minute behind the scenes documentary on the making of the Keep Fishin' music video that aired on MTV2 on July 14, 2002 and was featured as a streaming video in three parts on Weezer's official website shortly afterwards. The documentary features Pepe the King Prawn and Gonzo interviewing the members of Weezer as well as appearances by Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and other Muppets in outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. The "behind the scenes" documentary concludes with the premiere of the actual music video, Keep Fishin'.

Serpico: From Real to Reel

2002 • 10 min • United States of America

In separate interviews about the classic film "Serpico," director Sidney Lumet and producer Martin Bregman discuss the genesis of the project, the evolution of the script and the early involvement of John Avildsen.