All Films

Nastya and Egor

1989 • 32 min • Soviet Union

The main characters of the film are members of the group "Nastya" Nastya Poleva and Yegor Belkin. The half-hour half-documentary tape included footage taken by Balabanov in 1985-1990. In addition to the main characters, the documentary footage captured many prominent figures of Sverdlovsk rock club, in particular Vyacheslav Butusov, Leonid Porokhnyu, and local actors.

Fatal Addiction: Ted Bundy's Final Interview

1989 • 56 min • United States of America

Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer responsible for the murder of as many as 50 young women and girls, granted an interview to psychologist James Dobson just before he was executed on January 24, 1989. In that interview, he described the agony of his addiction to pornography. Bundy goes back to his roots, explaining the development of his compulsive behavior. He reveals his addiction to hardcore pornography and how it fueled the terrible crimes he committed.

Behind The Mask: The Making Of Toronto’s ‘Phantom Of The Opera’

1989 • 47 min

CBC documentary about the making of the original Canadian production of The Phantom of the Opera

Adorno - Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen

1989 • 43 min • Germany

Documentary aired on German television in 1989. Includes interviews with Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Alexander Kluge and more.

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

1989 • 51 min • France, Switzerland

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.

The Man Who Met the Trains

1989 • 12 min • East Germany

A top administrator in the Federal German armed forces measures the machinery of murder at Auschwitz according to the effiency principle, and deems it a triumph. Militaria dealers market all the components for a do-it-yourself SS officer. The film assembles on, piece by piece, from a price list: the complete Hauptsturmführer for 2,921 Deutschmarks, ready to meet the trains arriving at Auschwitz with the appropriate aluminium lurex armband at 45 Marks.

The Making of Yaaba

1989 • 34 min • Senegal

Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature film. A documentary full of humorous anecdotes regarding the dangers of shooting in Burkina Faso.

The Phone Ranger: The Legend of the Old West

1989 • 4 min • United States of America

An DNA Productions Short

The Beauty and The Beast

1989 • 35 min • Denmark

A Danish, silent, stop-motion puppet adaption of the fairy tale “The Beauty and the Beast”

The Circle

1989 • 17 min • Soviet Union

The film is about political events which took place in 1989.

Piggy Bank

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animated adaptation of Kir Bulychyov's sci-fi short fiction.

Ridin' the Dog

1989 • 49 min • United Kingdom

The world-famous Greyhound bus is almost as old as the Wild West. It is a symbol of North America, of progress, and of nostalgia. Reporter Studs Terkel travelled 2,000 miles across the United States by Greyhound. From Seattle to Chicago, he observes his fellow-passengers. He meets a number of travelers who appear to be very interesting people: a Native American boxer on his way to his birthplace in Montana, a bar owner who was a bank robber in a former 'career', a 99 year old woman who is still running a busy hotel, and, of course, a pedigree cowboy. The spectator of this film listens to their personal stories, watches the beautiful scenery, and is treated to famous feature film fragments in which the Greyhound bus plays a part. Seven states and two time zones later, he is back in his cinema seat.

Pickle Surprise

1989 • 2 min • United States of America

A short, hilarious cooking mantra.

Claudia Jones: A Woman Of Our Times

1989 • 29 min

Profile of political activist Claudia Jones, the woman who started the Notting Hill Carnival and founded the West Indian Gazette, the first popular newspaper within the Black Community.

The Boys of Zimmer: The Story of the 1989 Chicago Cubs

1989 • 60 min • United States of America

The 1989 Chicago Cubs were not exactly the favorites to win the National League East championship. Fourth place finishers the season before, there seemed little hope beyond that for '89. But something magical and wonderful happened in 1989: Don Zimmer's team believed in itself and started winning. With a combination of youth and experience, coupled with a daring style of play, they simply went out and beat the favorites. This is the story of that team, and how they caught the imagination of Chicago and the country and became known as "THE BOYS OF ZIMMER."

Üks pilk Betti Alverile

1989 • 26 min • Soviet Union

Over the years, Betti Alver rejected all attempts at capturing her personality, but the poet's poems remain. Respecting the beliefs of the poet, the authors of the film Paul-Eerik Rummo and Vallo Kepp focuse on his world of poetry.

The Sneetches

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

No one will argue that fashion is a terrible force. But it’s bad when people follow it blindly, turning their appearance into a cult.

MEGUMI The Campaign

1989 • 40 min • Japan

Megumi Odaka (小高恵美) idol VHS tape, Megumi the Campaign - Idol Roke Zenkoku Jyuudan, 1989. She is best known for the role of Miki Saegusa in six Godzilla films from 1989 to 1995.

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

1989 • 52 min • France, Germany, Mali, Niger

Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and 'beauty pageants', where eligible young men strive to outshine each other and attract mates by means of lavish makeup, posturing and facial movements.

The Tale of the Old Echo

1989 • 6 min • Soviet Union

About the friendship of a little fox with his father's old friend, the forest echo.

Naughty Mom

1989 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A story about a naughty mother, based on a poem by Alan Alexander Milne.

Carmen

1989 • 46 min

In more repressed times, Carmen was one of NZ's most colourful and controversial figures. Geoff Steven's doco traces the life story of the transgender icon who was born in Taumarunui in 1936 and went on to be a dancer, sex worker, madam, cafe owner — and one of the few non-MPs to appear before the Privileges Committee.

Come Back, Kapitoshka!

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A wolf cub misses his friend Kapitoshka and wants to see him again and have fun with him. Kapitoshka is an unusual creature that is completely made of the water, which wears a funny beret and loves to sing and play. A letter brought by a crow will help shed light on whether Kapitoshka will be able to return to the wolf.

As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro

1989 • 57 min • Brazil

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the Brazilian artistic world. Starring actresses Zezé Motta, Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia, Zenaide Zen and Adele Fátima, as well as activist Lélia Gonzáles.