All Films

Vögel

1991 • 11 min • Soviet Union

"The forest smelled damp, and the sun disappeared behind a cloud. Vitalik put a Quartz camera in my hands. "I'll pretend to be a bird, and you'll take it off sometime." Vitalik lay down on the ground, and I pressed the first lever I saw. Branches cracked somewhere, and a duck quacked loudly in the air. It feels like something has cracked inside me too." - Sergey Kochurov

Philosophy with a Hammer

1991 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A musical and visual exploration of Christian symbolism in the pictorial style of Caravaggio and LA Tour. Exposes the nature of sexuality, the status of woman and the Christian doctrine, seen after two thousand years of that morality and symbolism.

Backyard Transformations

1991 • 26 min

This exploration in combinatorial media and the morphology of narrative integrates motion picture, sound, and text elements in a story construction environment for children. Introduced through a series of card games that elicit spontaneous, improvisational creation, a collection of fanciful characters, unexpected events, and imaginary viewpoints, fabricated in the storyteller’s own backyard, are shuffled and revealed like a deck of Tarot cards. 174 movie intervals furnish scenes and threads from which children construct and narrate original stories. The project was developed in Los Angeles, CA at Alan Kay’s Apple Computer Vivarium Lab.

Be There Here

1991 • 15 min

Being where your body isn't. This primer on Virtual Reality, produced for Telepresence Research, contemplated fresh visions and demonstrated emerging technologies for virtual environments and remote presence. With Brenda Laurel, Scott Fisher, Scott Foster, Mark Bolas, and Michael Naimark.

Miguel Ramón Utrera

1991 • 23 min • Venezuela

Documentary about the poet Miguel Ramón Utrera.

Die Hausspitzmaus

1991 • 15 min • Germany

Characteristics and behavior of the house shrew are illustrated.

Qwerty Dancing

1991 • 2 min • United States of America

an CGI Animated Short film about Dancing Computer

Big Stone and Small Night

1991 • 12 min • Japan

“I created this film using my favourite motifs and techniques - the surface tension of water, the image of night and time permeating the stone, vertical movement in space, and action cutting to transcend distance. I took my time with it, like bonsai or gardening as a hobby. I repeatedly made and remade it, and there were parts I was still unsure of, but I presented it anyway a year later. That's when the filmmaker Kanai Katsu spotted it. I had an idea based on what he pointed out to me, so I remade that part and the work took its final form. Maybe because I enjoyed making it, I'm fond of this work.” (Isao Kota)

Neon Mud Bucket

1991 • 3 min • United States of America

Plasticine clay is sculpted and sliced into strata-cut time blocks.

Shishōsetsu 5

1991 • 25 min • Japan

As demonstrated by the film's title, Kawanaka has been exploring the theme of “Shishōsetsu” (“realized” fiction) for some time. For the author, there is a personal tension which develops between the self which experiences life, and the self which attempts to record images filtered through time and imagination. (Karen Keane)

The War We Left Behind

1991 • 58 min

Frontline investigates hidden strategies of air war against Iraq and its devastating impact on Iraqi civilians.

PAINT FILM 2 aka CUNTY JUICE

1991 • 16 min

Hand painted on 16mm found footage,

War in the Gulf: The Ground Assault

1991 • 46 min

In the early morning hours of February 24, 1991, the coalition forces launch a ground attack against Iraqi forces in Kuwait and Iraq. In a rapid 3-day drive, the Desert Storm forces routed the Iraqi Armed Forces. Listen to U.S tankers explain the M1 Abrams firepower of the MLRS rocker launchers. Ride along with a French tank unit preparing for the battle. Watch actual footage of the Qatari tank attack which crushes the Iraqi offensive at Khadfji. This documentary portrays the operation in unprecedented detail.

War in the Gulf: Desert Shield

1991 • 54 min

On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait prompting a coalition of forces led by the United States to build up in the Gulf region in preparation for conflict with the largest and most battle-hardened Arab army. This programme, produced before the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991, is the next best thing to a classified Pentagon briefing on the military power of both sides of the then-ensuing conflict. Based on previously classified intelligence reports, it examines what was known of the massive arsenals of the Iraqi armed forces and the multi-national forces based in Saudi Arabia. Major weapons systems on both sides are examined, including previously unseen views of little known Iraqi weapons. America's top experts on Iraq predict the outcome of the battle with uncanny accuracy.

The Convoy

1991 • 20 min • China

Documentary by Leng Yefu. Screened at the landmark November 1991 conference for Chinese New Documentary in Beijing.

Eartha Kitt: The Most Exciting Woman in the World

1991 • 60 min

Concert film of Eartha Kitt performing many of her greatest hits.

The Study

1991 • 8 min • Kyrgyz Republic

A struggling painter has trouble finding inspiration for his latest study.

Hygiene No.3

1991 • 25 min

In 1991, an exhibition called the “Garage Show” was held in an underground garage on Hengshan Road in Shanghai. Zhang Peili presented his video piece Hygiene No.3 at this show. On screen, a pair of hands continuously washes a live chicken in a basin using soap and water. Before the washing begins, the camera shows a plaque on the back wall that reads “Hygiene Advanced Unit.” The person washing the chicken wears a prison- or hospital-style vertically striped shirt, and his actions are mechanical and impassive.

Charles Gatewood's Painless Steel IV

1991 • 60 min

More crazy "subversive" culture madness from San Francisco photographer of fetish, body modification, and fashion—Charles Gatewood.

Ukrainian Baroque

1991 • 29 min • Ukraine

The amazing, exquisite Baroque style came to Ukraine in the mid-17th century, during the era of liberation wars and the awakening of national consciousness. Ukraine gave the world its own version of Baroque, enriching it with traditions of folk art and architecture. The film shows only the Kyiv style of Ukrainian Baroque, preserved and destroyed architectural masterpieces. Among them are the creations of Rastrelli and Grigorovich-Barsky.

Italian Hand Gestures: How to Speak Italian Without Saying A Word

1991 • 40 min

Ah, the Italians.... what are they up to now... Well, here it is. Italian Hand Gestures in 30 easy lessons. Speak Italian without saying a word. Now, you can understand what your girlfriend or boyfriend is really saying with that special gesture...

Motherland! We Have Returned

1991 • 20 min • Ukraine

A short documentary.

Contrary to Common Sense

1991 • 25 min • Ukraine

Secrets of the Chornobyl Disaster

1991 • 20 min • Ukraine

A short documentary about the Chornobyl disaster.