All Films

Kieslowski: Dialogue

1991 • 53 min • France

Documentary featuring a candid interview with Kieślowski and rare behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Double Life of Véronique

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

1991 • 32 min

U.S. network TV special surveying the history of Robin Hood in popular culture, emphasizing the 1991 film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". Interviews with principal cast and crew from that film highlight the special. Pierce Brosnan hosts.

The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents

1991 • 50 min

This documentary is a history of The Residents hosted by Penn & Teller. It contains excerpts from most of their videos and some are in their complete form. It also contains the complete "Don't Be Cruel" video, their performance of "From the Plains to Mexico" and "Teddy Bear" on Night Music, and other TV appearances.

The Missing Finger

1991 • 10 min

A cooking accident turns Sidney's romantic evening at home into a nightmarish chase across London

The great voyage of Captain Neptune

1991 • 16 min • Peru

Two madmen wish to avenge the historical Peruvian ship "Monitor Huascar" under the command of Capitain Grau: a hero, and a symbol of the 19th century war lost to Chile.

How Much Is That Window in the Doggie?

1991 • 1 min • United States of America

A John Callahan Cartoon

Rap Damage

1991 • 12 min

Thurston on a bender. Shot one day during a break on the Ragged Glory Tour. Hip Hopped-up NYC roadie Maurice Menares plays the psychotic sidekick/bunny. Offensively endearing, in the face of P.E., N.W.A., REM, and Desert Storm. Chance occurrence of fire, predating the LA riots. Stopping at yard sales, ended up on Venice beach. By the end of the day, I went nuts. Keep in mind, this was at a time when "Rico Suave" by Gerrardo was in heavy rotation.

Bamse i Trollskogen

1991 • 27 min • Sweden

Bamse is a good-hearted bear whose grandmother cooks a special kind of honey, that gives him superpowers. When someone starts transforming the bear's friends into balloons and other things, Bamse and his friends Skalman (a turtle) and Lille Skutt (a rabbit) must journey through the woods to stop this person.

Seifuku bôkôma: Hôkago-gari

1991 • 60 min • Japan

Winter. In a quiet residential area, a high school girl is on her way home. A car slowly approaches from behind...

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

1991 • 19 min • United States of America

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, overlaid with readings of letters from US troops fighting in each war. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Hunting to Live

1991 • 28 min • Soviet Union

The story of a chance meeting between taiga hunter Nikitich and a young guy who escaped from prison...

Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

1991 • 59 min • United States of America

For the past ten years Zappa in composing has turned away from Rock and Roll music - for which he first became famous - and has been working on new, contemporary, orchestral electronic music; in solitude and beyond any commercial conventions or commitments. It is the first time that Zappa has allowed a film crew to study him during compositional work, actually filming the first moments of a new compositional process. By contrast, in a staged interview Zappa gives comments on music. This film seeks to reveal the sensetivities of Zappa's personality and character also beyond narrative content.

Lord of the Sky

1991 • 13 min • Canada

In this animated environmental parable, we find a people living in harmony with nature, until carelessness leads to the ravens' revenge. We follow a boy's courageous journey to the spirit world to find the only one who can save his village from the resulting darkness--the Lord of the sky. An artistic unity of form and content, Lord of the Sky is a dazzling combination of 3-D models, puppets, special effects and cut-out paper animation. Its intricate, beautifully rendered drawings reflect the natural environment and cultural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. The film speaks strongly of the need for ecological balance in the world.

Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

1991 • 9 min • United States of America

When Winnie, who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her.

Unobvious Textbook

1991 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Funny Monkey, omniscient Parrot, polite Elephant and pensive Boa start to learn mathematics.

North of Vortex

1991 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A gay poet heads west from New York City in his convertible. He picks up a muscular sailor who's bisexual; then Jackie, a waitress at a diner, joins them. Jackie is attracted to the poet who rebuffs her romantic gestures; rejection fuels her continued interest in him. The sailor and the poet are bonded by sex, but the sailor's frank advances to Jackie make him uninteresting to her. The sailor can get violent, the poet is passive, Jackie is glamorous and detached. The landscape changes, they stop in cities and in the desert. They reach a lake. Who will be left out of a final pairing?

Overview of National Defense of Various Countries

1991 • 56 min

This is a Chinese video tape released internally in 1991, which mainly introduces the military overview of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. The entire film uses the technique of found footage to collage a large number of external image materials for relevant personnel to understand relevant military knowledge.

Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful

1991 • 51 min • United States of America

In this made for Showtime television spoof of Madonna's "Truth or Dare" documentary, comedienne Julie Brown portrays Medusa, an egocentric, hyper-sexual (and not particularly talented) pop star on an international five-day world tour, "The Blonde Leading the Blonde" show. Brown painstakingly duplicates costumes, sets and hairstyles while spoofing Madonna's seeming self-obsession. Madonna visits the cemetery where her mother is buried; Medusa visits the pet cemetery where her dog Buster is laid to rest. (Or is it "Boomer"?) Madonna performs fellatio on a bottle, at the dare of a friend; Medusa does it on a watermelon. And so on...

R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged

1991 • 48 min

1. World Leader Pretend 2. Half a World Away 3. Disturbance At Heron House 4. Swan Swan H 5. Radio Song 6. Low 7. Perfect Circle 8. Fall On Me 9. Belong 10. Love is all Around 11. End of the World 12. Losing My Religion 13. Pop Song 89 14. Summertime

R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy

1991 • 47 min

22 March 1991 – Shocking Club, Milan, Italy

Magical★Taruruuto-kun: Moeru! Yuujou no Mahou Taisen

1991 • 40 min • Japan

Second movie of Magical Taruruuto-kun

The Danger Team

1991 • 28 min

A budding detective solves crimes with the help of three stop-motion animated clay characters.

Prince of Winter

1991 • 5 min • Norway

This is the film about father of King Harald. He came from Denmark as young and became Prince of Norway. And like all Norwegians he had to learn to ski...

The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous

1991 • 27 min • Soviet Union

Irina Evteeva’s debut quickly became a kind of manifesto for the one-room experimental studio: it defines classification by interweaving animation, appropriated footage, feature and documentary to form a unique whole, a film that rushes backwards into the future, thereby re-inventing Futurism. Mayakovskiy is the star; his occasional presence holds together a film driven by the sound, the beat, of his poetry. Evteeva develops a dramatic structure of flaring, fading, being from light: violin strings become rays, quivering dull yellow spots, pictures. The plot assails the material from which it derives energy from material. History, growling and roaring, finds its form.