Clear Filters
Showing 24 of 207,111 films
L'interview

L'interview

1998 • 18 min • France
In the late 1980s, a young journalist obtains an exclusive interview in London with one of the last mythical figures of Hollywood. He makes the trip but nothing goes as planned. The trouble is, he has an article to hand in.
Amarillo By Morning

Amarillo By Morning

1998 • 29 min • United States of America
While filming professional bullriders for a commercial at the national rodeo in Houston, Texas, Spike Jonze befriended two suburban teenagers who aspired to be cowboys. The documentary chronicles an afternoon in their lives.
Sex in a Cold Climate

Sex in a Cold Climate

1998 • 52 min • Ireland
Interlocking interviews of 4 women interred in various Magdalene asylums and/or orphanages because of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, being sexually assaulted, or just being "too pretty".
Dorbees - Making Decisions

Dorbees - Making Decisions

1998 • 34 min • United States of America
The Dorbees follows the adventures of two microscopic balls named Jack and Mary Jane. While skipping school, the two run into a old, scary house. There they meet Dig, a business man stuck in the 70's, who must make a decision between making a friend or a profit.
My Friend Rachid

My Friend Rachid

1998 • 17 min • France
A nine-year-old boy is obsessed with the sizable penis of his older friend.
Pierre Soulages: Black Light

Pierre Soulages: Black Light

1998 • 50 min
"When speaking of light, in connection with black, this sounds paradoxical. However, in reality, black is a colour of light. You cannot imagine there to be light without black being there, also", Soulages explains - one of the most important French artists of the post-war period. Not only his paintings, but also his glass window works for the abbey in Conques and his self-designed house in Sete, seem like poems made up of light and space. Using 80 specially selected works, the brilliant artist talks about the individual segments of his creative period and provides an insight into the philosophy and aesthetics of his poetic work.
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

1998 • 54 min • United States of America
Travel to the mysterious island that time forgot -- the island of Madagascar. Nestled in the tranquil waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, Madagascar is an enchanting paradise where for eons nature has been left undisturbed. As you explore this pristine refuge, you'll discover a variety of dazzling plants and animals unique to Madagascar, because it evolved in isolation from the rest of the world. You'll soar over forested mountains, expansive plateaus and lush green rain-forests, encountering delightful leaping lemurs, colorful chameleons, exotic lizards, graceful ibis and breathtakingly beautiful butterflies -- did you know that there are over 3,200 species of butterflies on the island of Madagascar and, of those, over 2,900 can be seen only here? Witness close-up this primeval world's deepest secrets and closely guarded marvels and feel the power of this impressive island as never before.
Flammes

Flammes

1998 • 4 min • France
Memories split in the space.
How Ghibli Was Born

How Ghibli Was Born

1998 • 28 min • Japan
A contemporary look at the creation and evolution of Studio Ghibli, from ‘The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun’ (1968) to ‘Princess Mononoke’ (1997).
Transworld - Starting Point 2

Transworld - Starting Point 2

1998 • 21 min
The second in the instructional skateboarding video series.
Don Beveridge - Customerization Seminar

Don Beveridge - Customerization Seminar

1998 • 60 min • United States of America
Business speaker Don Beveridge brings his consulting expertise to a corporate engagement for Burger King, Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin' Donuts, Togo's and more.
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

1998 • 58 min • Georgia
"Two years ago [c. 1997], Tato Kotetishvili went to Georgia, his birthplace, where he hadn't been for ten years. After he had come to Holland and found a partner in Rotterdam, the civil war started in Georgia so he was unable to return home. The reason to go home now was a video tape of his wedding, where many Georgian relatives, friends and acquaintances were gathered together. Kotetishvili wanted to know what had panned [sic] to them, how his family had come through the war.The result of this journey was Nostalgia, a personal documentary that shows in an associative style the effects of the civil war on the lives and mutual contacts of Kotetishvili's family. Kotetishvili found out that life in Georgia had changed; what he hoped to find was gone, had changed or become grounds for conflict. He felt an outsider in his own country. The Georgia he knew was only a memory.Kotetishvili died suddenly just after returning to Holland. His partner Ineke Smits completed Nostalgia."
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal

City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal

1998 • 57 min
Documentary examining one of the most notorious incidents in college basketball history, when seven members of the City College of New York (CCNY) basketball team conspired with gamblers to fix games over two seasons (1949-51). Includes archival television footage, home movies, and interviews with p
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

1998 • 28 min • France
Part 7 of Godard's 8 part examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century.
Zenboxing

Zenboxing

1998 • 55 min • Russia
How to defeat a warrior who has not yet been born, if you have already died? Trendy style, paradoxical language, paranormal phenomena, ancient China, black humor, the Internet, love, kickboxing fights - the real magic of ZENBOXING.
Lavender Limelight

Lavender Limelight

1998 • 57 min • United States of America
From Go Fish to Paris is Burning to The Watermelon Woman, this festival favorite goes behind the scenes to reveal seven successful lesbian directors. These talented movie-makers enlighten and entertain as they explore their sexual identity, growing up gay, inspirations and techniques, Hollywood vs. Indie, and of course, love and sex, onscreen and off. The conversations are intimate, the topics unlimited, and the clips from their work enthralling! Featuring Cheryl Dunye, Rose Troche, Jennie Livingston, Monika Treut, Maria Maggenti, Su Friedrich and Heather MacDonald.
September 11, 1973: The Last Stand of Salvador Allende

September 11, 1973: The Last Stand of Salvador Allende

1998 • 56 min • Canada, France
A documentary that chronicles the final hours of Chilean president Salvador Allende, deposed by a military coup on 11 September, 1973 by General Augusto Pinochet, his chosen Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army. The film interviews the people who were trapped in the presidential palace during the attacks and some military who part of the initial strike that led to the military government for a decade.
Lycanthrophobia

Lycanthrophobia

1998 • 15 min
A full moon. A smokey bar. All Ted wanted was a drink. What he gets instead might change his life forever.
Roots In The Sand

Roots In The Sand

1998 • 57 min • United States of America
A multi-generational portrait of pioneering Punjabi-Mexican families who settled, a century ago, in Southern California's Imperial Valley. Through the use of found footage, archival and family photographs, personal and public documents, Jayasri Majumdar Hart tells the touching and inspirational story of a community that grew out of a struggle for economic survival in the face of prejudice.
Everest: The Death Zone

Everest: The Death Zone

1998 • 60 min
Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the very pinnacle of the the Earth, five and a half miles above sea level. For those brave souls who survive the harrowing climb to the top of the world, it is a transformative experience. But can the excruciating ascent—through frigid cold, blasting wind, blinding sun, and severe lack of oxygen—cause permanent, damaging changes to the human brain and body? In the wake of the 1996 disaster that took eight climbers in a single day, scientists follow a team of hikers to measure, for the first time ever, the toll high-altitude climbing takes on the heart, lungs, blood, and brain. Why do seemingly rational people make poor, sometimes fatal decisions as they approach the peak? And the danger doesn’t end there—as NOVA discovers during the descent, when one climber's respiratory illness takes a terrifying turn on the isolated mountainside.
Rice & Potatoes

Rice & Potatoes

1998 • 58 min
Rice: A slang term for gay Asian men. Potatoes: Slang for gay Caucasians. Filmed in San Francisco, the documentary Rice & Potatoes presents a revealing look at the lives of 17 gay men, both Asian and Caucasian. The diverse cast offers frank and insightful commentary on the issues and stereotypes surrounding inter-racial gay relationships, talking candidly about the physical attraction, the differences in cultural upbringing, sexual roles, being out, family obligations, and the use of racial labels. Their stories, often funny, always thought provoking, offer an intimate portrait of men searching for love, coping with prejudice, and building relationships.
Tea

Tea

1998 • 2 min
A middle-aged woman and a young man drink tea and discuss masturbation.
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

1998 • 55 min • United Kingdom, United States of America
John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up a friendship. Shortly afterwards they made two films together, the first of which was Point Blank, during which Boorman found that he learnt a lot about screen acting and how to direct from the contributions and support from Marvin. Later they worked together on Hell in the Pacific. With his friendship providing an insightful collection of memories of Marvin, Boorman leads this intimate documentary on the life of Lee Marvin.
Sesame Street 'A Is for Asthma'

Sesame Street 'A Is for Asthma'

1998 • 30 min • United States of America
There's a new Muppet on the block named Dani who suffers from Asthma. With the help of Luis, they both teach Elmo and Rosita about childhood Asthma through example and music.