All Films

The Attendant

1993 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired by a 19th century painting of slaves in chains called Scene on the coast of Africa. The man remembers his past as a singer and delivers Dido's lament from Purcell's opera.

Close

1993 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Vincent has recently become a father and is preparing the house for his newborn daughter's homecoming. His joy and excitement, however, turn into something darker when one of his neighbours (a sad, drunken man whose own children have recently thrown him out of the house) suggests a sordid future for both Vincent and his child. Something inside him snaps and he embarks on a psychotic mission of 'close cleansing'.

Honban roshutsu gurui

1993 • 59 min • Japan

Beasts

1993 • 6 min • Hungary

Short animated Hungarian film. Based on works of Hungarian avant-garde artists: Wahorn András, fe Lugossy László, and ef Zámbó István.

Growing Up with John Waters

1993 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Growing Up with John Waters, the self-proclaimed Pope of Trash and king of US Independent Cinema. John Waters discusses his traumatic childhood in Baltimore and the films which came out of these experiences.

Talking with Ozu

1993 • 40 min • Japan

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders

That's When Things Changed

1993 • 60 min • Japan

Moriyama leads and guides an organization that aims to create a global environment that can coexist with forest slime molds. During an activity in the park, other members spot members Nagayama and Itagaki making love to each other. Kijima could not forgive the fact that there was such a relationship in the same group, but when Moriyama learned of this, he told Nagayama that sodomy and living in search of slime mold were the same, and told Nagayama that he had a relationship with other members. He suggested that they have a relationship. Later, the body of Kijima, an opposition figure, was found...

The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

1993 • 24 min

Cast and crew take viewers behind the scenes into the production and creation of his 1993 stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tenchi Muyou! The Night Before the Carnival

1993 • 44 min • Japan

A few days after Kagato is defeated everything returns to normal. Ryouko finds Mihoshi and Sasami reading shoujo manga, which Sasami mistakes as guides on how to win a boy's heart... Earth style. So Ryouko decides to try out the ideas from the manga to win over Tenchi. But Aeka finds out what her rival Ryouko is doing and tries to take advantage of the same method. Naturally, the results are less than satisfactory for all involved...

Sírius

1993 • 12 min • Brazil

A homeless boy roams the city streets on Christmas Eve. Your dreams in shock with the harsh reality.

Queen of the Wild Frontier

1993 • 31 min • United Kingdom

Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and they wind up at a remote farmhouse occupied by Fiona and Susie, two sex-starved sisters who have been waiting to have babies with the right men, whilst these two may not be the right ones, they are certainly available.

Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!

1993 • 30 min • United States of America

Let the kids go to Busytown for the day and learn all about the many different jobs people do, so they can see what they might want to be when they grow up.

Swk4

1993 • 33 min • Portugal

A portrayal of Futurist artist José de Almada Negreiros, who said: "I wanted others to say of me: 'Look, a man!' The same way they say: 'Look, a dog!' when a dog passes by; or how you say: 'Look, a tree!', when there is a tree. Which means as an entity, without the use of adjectives, only as one whole: A man!"

The Dutch Master

1993 • 28 min • Germany, United States of America

The Walter Mitty-esque tale of a Brooklyn dental hygienist who escapes into a painting by 17th-century Dutch master Peter de Hooc. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993 • 14 min • United Kingdom

All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.

Thumbelina

1993 • 50 min • Australia

The Marvelous Magician gifts the kind widow Hobbs on her birthday with a tiny child - Thumbelina. Percival the Pig, Hobbs' companion, gets very jealous of Thumbelina and arranges for a bullfrog to kidnap her.

Autumnal

1993 • 5 min • United States of America

This is a film composed of two elements: (1) simple hand-painted frames and brief strips of hand-painting, and (2) strips of blank colors, which appear as overall hues or color tones filtering light itself rather than any pictured scenes. These two elements are interposed in editing so as to suggest the seasonal changes of tree-leaf (from greens to golds, reds and browns) and the sky (from varieties of warm-to-cold blues).

Anamorphosis

1993 • 15 min • United Kingdom

The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This artistic technique, often used in the 16th- and 17th centuries, utilizes a method of visual distortion with which paintings, when viewed from different angles, mischievously revealed hidden symbols.

Platinum Series: Buns of Steel 2000

1993 • 53 min • United States of America

The Platinum Series team of Tamilee Webb, Donna Richardson and Tracy York lead the latest in target training exercises designed to shape your buns fast.

The King of Minami

1993 • 46 min • Japan

The first in a series of original video animations based on the popular manga by Dai Tennoji and Rikiya Go. The main character is Ginjiro Manda, a man who runs a black market and is feared as "the demon of Minami" by those around him. Ryuichi Sakagami, who came to Minami with the dream of becoming a gangster, applied to be Ginjiro's apprentice. As his first job, Ginjiro orders Ryuichi to collect money from Kyozo Washioka, a disgraced executive of Naniwa-kai. One day, Ginjiro helps Washioka open a video game café, to win back the money he lost gambling and regain his honor within the Naniwa-kai.

Work on the Grass

1993 • 42 min • Japan

Two boys are starting their work day together. Their job is to cut the grass of a large field. One is a seasoned professional who has been doing this work for quite a while, the other a first-day temp who missed the introduction classes. The start of their day is pretty rough, but as they get to talking, they slowly develop a bond.

A.R.U. - Die Türsteher

1993 • 22 min • Switzerland

Portraits of the bouncers of the Flamingo Club in Zurich.

Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

1993 • 51 min • United Kingdom

Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the help of his newfound friend Pandora/Julie (Bonham Carter) the stripper. It was the third episode of the first series of the Granada Television series Rik Mayall Presents.

Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'

1993 • 13 min • Japan

In this 1993 video interview, filmed for the Directors Guild of Japan at Tokyo’s Haiyuza Theatre, director Masaki Kobayashi talks to fellow filmmaker and longtime Kobayashi admirer Masahiro Shinoda (DOUBLE SUICIDE) about THE HUMAN CONDITION.