All Films

Shock Cinema: Volume Three

1991 • 58 min

Subtitled "Bloopers, Babes and Blood!," this video features scenes from numerous CInema Home Video releases as well as behind the scenes footage and bloopers from Nightmare Sisters (1988) and Dr. Alien (1989).

Danchizuma: Meiki hôbaru

1991 • 59 min • Japan

A sex agency started by an "Apartment Wife" - surrogate mother, surrogate secretary, surrogate wife giving birth to a surrogate child... The special service at the back of the throat is very popular.

Madeline and the Gypsies

1991 • 30 min • Canada, France, United States of America

"Poor Miss Clavel, how would she feel if she knew that on top of the ferris wheel, in weather that turned from bad to rotten, Pepito and Madeline had been forgotten?" Luckily, the Strong Man, the Clown and the elephant rescue Madeline and Pepito, and the adventurous pair join the gypsy circus!

Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite: London Philharmonic Orchestra Live

1991 • 60 min • Japan, United Kingdom

Home video featuring The London Philharmonic performing music from Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi, conducted by composer Koichi Sugiyama.

Shizukanaru Don: Yakuza Side Story

1991 • 40 min • Japan

The Little Engine That Could

1991 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Eric, a young boy, is excited about his birthday after reading a book and believes that a train will come for him, despite his sister Jill's disbelief.

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991 • 50 min • United States of America

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

Muppet*Vision 3D

1991 • 20 min • United States of America

The Muppets present a brand-new display of 3D film technology, bringing along their usual shenanigans and chaos.

The Elvis Conspiracy

1991 • 53 min • United States of America

August 16th, 1977. Paramedics arrive at Graceland and trq to revive what appears to be the corpse of Elvis Preslew. They are unsuccessful, and the man is pronounced dead. The world mourns the passing of Elvis... but others begin to question the official story of his death and the mystery begins...

Hans and the Silver Skates

1991 • 50 min

Hans and Gretel have lived the last 10 years mired in absolute poverty, due in part to the serious illness of his father. But one day, the brittle ice rescue the dog from a lady, the lady gives them a brand new pair of skates and is committed to seeking a medical specialist for his father.

Rock with Barney

1991 • 35 min • United States of America

Adam's mother takes the Backyard Gang and Barney (still a stuffed toy doll) to the studio where she works. While there, Barney and the Backyard Gang tour the studio on their own, while producing their own show. From a cereal commercial set and a puppet show and the six little ducks and teddy bears and the US flag and an island paradise and a make up place to a jungle, the show is filmed along with many props in the studio. With the power of imagination and some movie magic, anything is possible when Barney's around.

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991 • 59 min • United States of America

A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

The Life of the Dead

1991 • 51 min • France

A young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.

We Interrupt This Program

1991 • 60 min

We Interrupt This Program (1991) was a live television broadcast presented by The Kitchen in association with Visual AIDS for Day Without Art 1991. The broadcast was directed by Charles Atlas and includes contributions from artists whose work addressed the AIDS crisis in diverse ways included performances by DANCENOISE, Richard Elovich, Karen Finley, Bill T. Jones and Estella Jones, John Kelly, Lavender Light, and Robbie McCauley.

Relax

1991 • 25 min • United Kingdom

An elegant film about one man's fears and fantasies regarding HIV testing.

Maria's Story

1991 • 53 min • United States of America

It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the front lines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war.

Tack ska du ha, Karl Gerhard heter jag

1991 • 59 min • Sweden

Talking head documentary about the early 20th century Swedish comedian and singer Karl Gerhard made for his hundredth birthday.

Death By Unnatural Causes

1991 • 20 min

A visceral homage to those living and dying under the shadow of AIDS in a world run amok.

The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is

1991 • 57 min • United States of America

The emblematic New Orleans soul band, play with a host of guests in a festive concert filmed in 1989.

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

1991 • 60 min • France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Veteran journalist and author Edward Behr spent a year investigating the rise and fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Executed on Christmas Day 1989, Ceausescu was once a hero to his own people, and in the west. Behr's film reveals the truth behind the myth, in a tale of megalomania, farce, and horror.

The Cure: MTV Unplugged

1991 • 23 min

The Cure's Unplugged acoustic performance for MTV recorded on January 24th, 1991 in London's MTV Studios and aired on March 3rd, 1991.

Hunters and Bombers

1991 • 53 min • Canada

The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over the Innu's hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace groups, Indigenous people, environmentalists and the military. But what is often overlooked are the many complex changes underway in Innu society, as social and technological changes confront a traditional hunting culture.

Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop

1991 • 6 min

Mr. Bean tries to get first in line at the bus-stop.

Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again

1991 • 10 min

A short film in which an innocent northern girl discovers her sexual identity on a trip to London, where she goes into a lesbian bar/club, and considers revealing her gayness to her mother.