All Films

George on George

2003 • 50 min

A lengthy interview with comedian George Carlin.

仲根かすみ「夏を探して…」

2003 • 46 min • Japan

Japanese model and gravure idol Kasumi Nakane - Looking for summer... DVD

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

2003 • 49 min • United Kingdom

The full bizarre, tragic but celebratory story of Syd Barrett, the co-founder of Pink Floyd.

Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~

2003 • 60 min • Japan

A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Clock Tower 3, focusing on legendary film director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) and his first foray into the world of video games. Given as a pre-order bonus for 'Clock Tower 3' on PlayStation 2, exclusively in Japan.

South of the Border: Caliente

2003 • 59 min • United States of America

The salsa runs hot as these lusty Latinas show you the true meaning of la vida loca. The sun drenched, lush locations of Central America provide the perfect setting for your glamorous cover models to share their intimate, erotic moments, showing all they have to offer ... and then some.

Market Update

2003 • 1 min

Joshua Oppenheimer reimagines a sixty-second stock market update as maniacal monologue by a mumbling madman giving a bizarre play-by-play of floor traders and urban pedestrians as the trading day comes to an end. Created while in the midst of production on the feature-length GLOBALIZATION TAPES, this brief film is Oppenheimer's most concentrated piece of socio-political commentary: a quick, colorful political cartoon of capitalism plucked out-of-context and set to a soundtrack that is both comic and somewhat sinister. The upbeat musical accompaniment only enhances the empty celebration of meaningless activity.

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

2003 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.

Day for Night: A Conversation with Jacqueline Bisset

2003 • 9 min

An interview with actress Jacqueline Bisset about Francois Truffaut’s 1973 film “Day for Night.”

Bigg Snoop Dogg | Raw N Uncut Volume 1

2003 • 60 min

Feel like a guestlisted VIP with this all-access look at the 31st-birthday bash of gangsta rap superstar Snoop Dogg. Recorded in 2003, RAW N UNCUT captures all the musical, sexual, and pharmaceutical decadence expected of such a pimped-out event, offering candid and revealing documentary footage of some hardcore partying, as well as guest appearances by P-Diddy, Warren G, Soopafly, Battle Cat, Bishop Don Magic Juan, E-White, Julio G, Goldie Loc, and many of Snoop's closest family and friends.

The Fight for the Fox Box

2003 • 32 min

In this special, a myterious evildoer is fed up with the bad guys losing to the good guys all the time. He steals the broadcast codes of the Fox Box and breaks it before giving each piece to the likes of "Kirby: Right Back at Ya's" King Dedede, DMP member Dialbolic from "Ultimate Muscle," "Cubix's" Dr. K, Dr. Eggman from "Sonic X," and The Shredder from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." The Funky Cops overhear this plot and set out to stop them. The Turtle see a preview of "The Shaman King" before setting out to find parts of the code. They are joined by Cubix, Kid Muscle, Kirby, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Can the good guys along with 1,000,000 viewers watching this special stop the bad guys and save their Saturday Morning block? Or will the villains be victorious for once? Well, how much do you want to bet on any side?

The Art of 'Spirited Away'

2003 • 15 min • Japan

The people that brought the film Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (a.k.a. "Spirited Away") to the US explain how it was converted into English, with some minor confusion between languages, and how well it did in both Japan and America.

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

2003 • 19 min

Behind the scenes of the making of Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

2003 • 7 min

This is a lovely documentary that pays tribute to the career of star Jessica Tandy, as the filmmakers recall what it was like to work with this marvelous actress. This featurette is fairly short, but it offers fine insight, history and heart

Autobiography of an Insect

2003 • 22 min • Canada

A shy comic book artist falls in love with his teacher.

David Blaine: Above the Below

2003 • 48 min

In part concerns David Blaine's 2003 stunt in which he was sealed in a transparent case suspended 30 feet in the air near the River Thames, London, without food, for a period of 44-days. Beyond that there are scenes of strange spectators and Blaine wandering the streets of London making pranks and so forth...

Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

2003 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Hailed as the "Rembrandt of the Video Age," renowned American artist Bill Viola became the first contemporary artist ever to be featured in a one-man show at London's prestigious National Gallery. This documentary directed by Mark Kidel features rarely seen footage from Viola's own archive and in-depth interviews with the video maverick. Viola talks passionately about his life and the influences that have driven his artwork from the beginning.

Freestyle Short Movies

2003 • 50 min • Japan

Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"

The Game

2003 • 7 min • Canada

Part 7 of 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches

2003 • 3 min

They say that when the Earth is destroyed beyond habitation, the only survivors will be the cockroaches. Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer gives the indomitable insects the floor in this perversely comic commentary on affluence and self-destruction. Leashed with thin ribbons, a small intrusion of cockroaches scramble over magazine spreads of the good life while a schizophrenic pest voice-over mutters like an asylum inmate recalling the good old days, when food was plentiful and the roach traps were the enemy. It is consumption and consumerism as empty activity and madness, played-out as a natural history documentary in the guise of an invasion picture, all set to the theme song from LOVE STORY.

Celluloid Crime of the Century

2003 • 40 min

40-minute documentary on the making of Wes Craven's 1972 classic, The Last House on the Left.

Sssowing the Ssseedsss: Musings on being an Ice Warrior

2003 • 24 min • United Kingdom

The actors talk about how they got the parts of Ice Warriors and how they played them. They also discuss how the costumes were made and fitted, giving first hand accounts of what is was like to be on set as an Ice Warrior.

Last Thoughts

2003 • 7 min • Canada

Part 3 of 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

Encomium

2003 • 2 min • United States of America

I shot this roll of film at a party Bard College threw when it awarded Stan Brakhage an honorary degree. A few days after he died, I dug it out and watched it again. I had meant to make Brakhage a gift of the roll, but instead it became a farewell.

Once upon a time returning to my hometown

2003 • 8 min • Japan

Extra, behind scenes from Hideaki Anno's film Ritual (also known as Shiki-Jitsu).