All Films

Guest

1990 • 3 min • Soviet Union

In a strange alien landscape, its denizens receive a visit from an alien visitor who isn't what he seems.

Himmel oder Wienerstadt

1990 • 12 min • Austria

Four men on a roofl. One of them wants to jump off, while the others are singing a fare-the-well song.

The Spirit of Brendan Behan

1990 • 30 min

A film about the writing of Brendan Behan realised through three performers wandering through Dublin reciting extracts from his work. Together it tells of Behan's life and also prison, about executions,about the fear that sometimes penetrates the soul and of the disgrace of day to day life in jail. Their Irish accents strengthen and empower the words during the unrolling of the 30 minute film immediately grabbing the harshness, force and cry of Behan's world. "The Irish dislike those of their kind who think", said Behan, who wrote a lot, lived a lot, and drank a lot.

The World According to John Coltrane

1990 • 59 min • Germany, Japan, United States of America

The World According to John Coltrane is a documentary film about saxophonist John Coltrane

Tatlin

1990 • 1 min

Made as an exercise in my animation class at Swinburne University in 1990, Tatlin is rumination on the life & work of Vladimir Tatlin.

The Cry of the Bird

1990 • 40 min

Documentary film created in 1990 based on the script of artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko. Picturesque landscapes of Kolguyev Island, conversations with the Nenets, intimate personal reflections of Volodymyr and Ada and their work in the workshop. "The Cry of the Bird" is a philosophical parable, the main character of which is the Kolguyev Island.

In the Name of Truth

1990 • 14 min • Bulgaria

One of the first examples of documentary media from post-socialist Bulgaria. Shortly after the July student strike of 1990 the "Largo" square becomes a tent encampment. Students, elders, journalists, lawyers, performers, cooks, clergy and more picket to demand the resignation of president P. Mladenov, to uncover the truth about socialist labor camps and to demolish G. Dimitrov's mausoleum.

A Dandelion, Rosaceae

1990 • 8 min • Japan

Drawing our attention to the ambiguities of sexuality, queering the relationship between body, image and voice; the filmmaker refers to it as an indirect reflection on the worldwide AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

How Soon is Now?

1990 • 3 min

A film portraying the thrill of convalescence. A man bows his head, but also walks upright. Music by the Smiths.

Chaos

1990 • 28 min

This is a video made by Rudy Rucker to demonstrate the 1990Autodesk program, "James Gleock's CHAOS: the Software."

Puppenhead

1990 • 7 min

Berlin, 1934: John Flaus plays Goethe, the puppeteer whose mechanical clockwork knife-throwing act is under surveillance by a slimy SS agent (Heinz Boeck). The showdown comes at a New York presentation of the show.

Beautiful Sisters Entanglement

1990 • 59 min • Japan

Pink film distributed by Xces.

Which Man Is It?

1990 • 60 min • Japan

In a corner of Shinjuku, there is a run-down hotel called Sankai Hotel, which used to be a gay-only Hatten inn that is quite famous in this world. One day, a man arrived who had inherited the land and building of the hotel from a distant relative of his. The man's wife ran away with him, he was laid off from his job, and he was in the depths of despair. He was thinking of starting his life over by running this hotel. However, the man was straight, so of course he didn't know about the actual situation at this hotel. What the man saw there were customers who were enjoying being gay and enjoying sex with whomever they wanted.

Beuys

1990 • 10 min

Beuys Projection, 1990

Viz: The Documentary

1990 • 51 min

Tongue-in-cheek documentary about British adult humor magazine, Viz.

Petals

1990 • 15 min • Soviet Union

Film exploration of Solveig Mastekaitė’s “Novels about the Night” motifs.

Building Images: Anna Asp on Scenography

1990 • 50 min • Sweden

Documentary on production designer Anna Asp's work with director Andrey Tarkovsky, during the shooting of his film Offret (The Sacrifice).

Cupid Aims High

1990 • 47 min

A comedy of an amateur puppet theater, eviction and modern women with their old-fashioned methods.

John Peel: Suffolk Comfort

1990 • 30 min

A 30 minute documentary, made by BBC East in 1990: it was never broadcast at the time, for reasons which are currently unknown. The documentary follows John in his day to day life with his family, as well as documenting his career as a DJ. It also shows him attending a gig from Ipswich band Extreme Noise Terror.

Super Gals Mate

1990 • 30 min • Japan

Compilation of heroines from various Toei tokusatsu series.

Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

1990 • 52 min • France

A landmark work of symbolistic imagery. The words that the filmmakers speak offscreen are imaginary conversation with Cézanne quoted from a critique by Joachim Gasquet. An exchange of memories spanning over 250 years interweaves everything from the philosophy of Empedocles to excerpts from the film Madame Bovary, to extant paintings by Cézanne, to the buildings of the artists’ village at Mont Sainte-Victoire. —ntticc.or.jp

Mermaids of Magic Cavern

1990 • 60 min • Jamaica, United States of America

Three beautiful young women, on the rebound from failed relationships, decide to take an impulsive trip to escape the oppressive atmosphere of their home town. Under the spell of magical Jamaica, they explore beautiful reefs and deserted keys au natural.

Love and Death of the Ordinary Potato

1990 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The life story of a potato, which was born in one of the fields and then was taken to the city along with her other counterparts. Once in the apartment, she oversees the life and atmosphere of the new place. The potatoes meets a knife and falls in love with him at first sight...

Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember

1990 • 18 min

A portrait chronicling the life of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, focusing particularly on her work in the field of mental health.