All Films

The Greedy Spider

1990 • 8 min • Soviet Union

A crafty spider becomes so good at spinning his web that he can no longer control his appetites.

The Notting Hillbillies: Snape

1990 • 54 min

DVD version of the only Notting Hillbillies concert filmed for TV, in Snape 1990. This version is taken from 'Rocksteady' broadcasted in the UK and includes band rehearsals / interview in studio before you can watch the concert. Very good picture quality and sound has been remastered.

Pakhira (The Birds)

1990 • 45 min • India

A documentary capturing Badal Sircar's revolutionary "Third Theatre" movement. It uses the political satire of his play to showcase theatre as a tool for social change. Filmed in public spaces, it blends performance footage with Sircar's narration, highlighting the need for collective action against oppression.

Absence

1990 • 45 min • Lebanon

Is it possible to talk about death in war time? This question is exposed through four people who lost friends and relatives in four different Lebanese regions.

Feel the Fear

1990 • 24 min

In “Feel the Fear” (1990, 24 minutes) images and ideas about television viewing, self-help therapy, alcohol use, acting, mimicry and social responsibility are linked by metaphoric and formal similarities to imitate connections of cause and effect. But the suggestion of causal logic doesn’t hold up and becomes increasingly skewed. The film’s structure is a metaphor for the contradictions of the culture in which it was made.

Without Words

1990 • 3 min • Soviet Union

Attempt of the artist's detached view of what is happening in the world.

The Toad Who Visits His In-Laws

1990 • 8 min • Congo

Rooted in the oral tale recounted by the Tetela in Sankuru, Democratic Republic of Congo, this story explains how it came to be that the Fox ate the Chicken, the Chicken ate the Termite, the Termite ate the Stick and the Stick ate the Toad, when the Toad arrives at his in-laws’ home and is served a meal with a single spoon, sparking off a terrible row!

Life

1990 • 3 min • Germany, Switzerland

The Life of a men which repeats itself fromgeneration to generation.

Because There Was No Nail in the Forge

1990 • 7 min • Soviet Union

A comical opera for children and adults about the absence of a nail that almost caused a World catastrophe. The film is based on English folk poetry translated by S.Marshak.

Sixteen Candles

1990 • 11 min • Canada, United States of America

Sixteen Candles is a recording of a constructed candle chandelier which is suspended by a cord, wound up and allowed to wind down for recording in continuous edited time. The sixteen birthday candles while burning down and finally going out, create a moody atmospheric video having the capacity to colour a space.

Die Puppe

1990 • 7 min

A child is moved around like a doll

Arena Heavy Metal BBC2 Documentary

1990 • 59 min

The classic BBC “Arena - Heavy Metal” Documentary on the History of Heavy Metal from 1989, originally shown on BBC Two as part of their “Heavy Metal Heaven” Night. Live Footage: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix (R.I.P.), Jimmy Page, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Megadeth, Metallica, Motörhead, Napalm Death, Slayer, Steppenwolf, Thomas McRocklin. Interviews: Tom Araya, Dante Bonutto, Geezer Butler, Bruce Dickinson, Malcolm Dome, Shane Embury, Mitch Hale, Steve Harris, Maurice Jones, Jim Marshall, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Page, Axl Rose, David Lee Roth, Penny Rushin, Bill Steer, Lars Ulrich.

Sam Kinison: Outlaws of Comedy

1990 • 43 min • United States of America

When comedian Sam Kinison was on fire, anyone in his path was wise to watch out. His genius seared foes and fans alike, transforming the serious into the seriously funny, the bizarre into the brilliantly hilarious. In this performance, one of the last before his death, Kinison skewers everything from caffeine to contraception and marriage to money, sparing no comic expense and even poking fun at himself in his pursuit of endless laughs.

The Owl's Feathers

1990 • 18 min • Puerto Rico

Based on a Puerto Rican folk tale, the story begins when Mañito, an owl, is invited to a festival. Not feeling happy with the way he looks, Mañito borrows some bright colored feathers in order to attend.

Snack Bar Special

1990 • 27 min • Germany, East Germany

The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR. In the snack bar, the staff are catering for travellers of every kind while in the background the authorities maintain a flow of triumphal statements, but those months between August and October come to feel like sitting out the death throes. Careful observation of people and their work as the current of history suddenly becomes perceptible.

She-Wolf

1990 • 26 min • Soviet Union

A Turkmen shepherd is on an obsessive quest to kill the wolf that's been snatching his sheep.

Study Skills: Verbal Communication Made Easy

1990 • 19 min

A short about learning effective communication techniques.

Let Her Know

1990 • 5 min • Soviet Union

A lyrical story about love and death, realized as a message.

Everyday People

1990 • 22 min • United States of America

JoAnn Elam's unfinished project, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (filmed from 1979 to 1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago (primarily the Logan Square neighborhood). Camera in hand, Elam follows co-workers as they deliver the mail throughout various Chicago neighborhoods. Elam's construction of this film-in-progress creates a lovely cadence and rhythm that transforms the repetitive motions of the postal worker -- pushing the mail cart, carrying the bag, avoiding the dogs, opening the gates, and climbing the steps to the front door -- to something poetic yet startlingly familiar. Their stories (heard mostly in voice-over) are those of everyday people who at the time struggled with issues of race and gender in relationship to their work.

Line

1990 • 5 min • Japan

The scenery of the forest in Ogawa and the city of Kyoto and the abstract animation conceived from there are juxtaposed.

Kafka's Dream

1990 • 8 min • East Germany, Germany

Kafka watches a waitress nibbling from a little pot that she has to serve to somebody. Kafka is outraged and complains about it. The girl gets sentenced to stoning and he complains again and regrets what he has done befoe. When he is not able to stop people throwing stones at her, he committs suicide. However, people help the girl to get up and she continues her usual work.

Who's Say Baba?

1990 • 60 min

This is a historical document. Sathya Sai Baba, Avatar, Guru, the Christ that walked in India. Scientists and people of culture, analyzing the phenomenon Sai Baba. Vibuthi the ash that poured out of his hands, the materialization that he could do of rings, watches, necklaces as divine presents for his devotees. The many miracles, the healing, the fantastic stories about the most extraordinary man you'll ever know.

Solar Do-Nothing Machine

1990 • 2 min • United States of America

In 1957, Charles and Ray designed the Solar Do-Nothing Machine for Alcoa, the Aluminum Company of America. True to the Eameses’ belief that toys are not as innocent as they appear, the machine was one of the first uses of solar power to produce electricity. In the 1990s, Eames Demetrios discovered unedited footage of the wonderful machine. He cut it together to produce a new film that shares a bit of its flavor for future generations to enjoy.

Moko Jumbie

1990 • 15 min

A look at stilt-walker performers.