All Films

Lamento

1988 • 27 min

Chronicles the hopeless reunion between a mother and daughter, as they try to rekindle their relationship after twelve years of being apart.

The Passions

1988 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

In the film, we see at first glance a harmless pet, a Great Dane-Harlequin breed. Then we see the man, the trainer, and we hear him order several times: Slaughter it, slaughter it! In the end, the dog becomes an obedient executioner, and it kills bloodthirsty. At that time, a bloody war was being prepared, and different, far more sinister trainers appeared: national leaders. They trained the brain of the Balkan man to kill and slaughter... The film is not about dogs, it is not a document or a testimony, but a metaphor about the transfer of evil from ideologues to executors.

Weingarten d'Linse

1988 • 3 min • Germany

20.03.1988

Where America Began: Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown

1988 • 60 min • United States of America

VHS tape gives you a video tour of the historic Williamsburg Colonial area as well as Yorktown and Jamestown. Plan your vacation stops in advance!

Beauty Queens: Elizabeth Arden

1988 • 48 min

As a pioneer of the cosmetics industry, Elizabeth Arden built up a business worth billions. Her goal was to make decorative cosmetics – previously the preserve of actresses and ladies of ill repute – accessible to women everywhere. Eila Hershon and Roberto Guerra paint a portrait of an ambitious woman who equipped the suffragettes with red lipstick, had her own radio show and whose company still stands for innovative cosmetics today.

Osnabrück Lagerhalle

1988 • 2 min • Germany

Found footage experiment using a war movie.

The Persistent Peddler

1988 • 8 min • France, Canada

Featuring a salesman and a consumer, this animated short is a humorous study of the patterns that define buyer-seller relationships. The Persistent Peddler is based on Claude Cloutier's hit comic strip La Légende des Jean-Guy, first introduced in Quebec humour magazine Croc.

Mole as a Movie Star

1988 • 30 min • Czechoslovakia

An Evening With Charo!

1988 • 49 min

Now for the first time, Charo brings here sizzling Las Vegas Show to your home. A cast of over 30 dancers and musicians join Charo in an evening of non-stop entertainment live on stage in the Bally's Grand Room. Charo displays her full range of talent, that has made her not only a Las Vegas headliner, but an international superstar, and according to Guitar Players Magazine, the best flamenco guitar player in the world.

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

1988 • 44 min • Germany

Portrait of Georg Glaser, who is a writer in the mornings and a blacksmith in the afternoons.

My J-W-F

1988 • 10 min

1988 short film

The Spike Jones Story

1988 • 59 min

This program presents a combination of entertainer Spike Jones' personal and professional history, featuring Milton Berle and Danny Thomas, plus numerous family members and collaborators.

Aïta

1988 • 26 min • Morocco

Documentary on aïta, a Bedouin musical style that originated in the countryside of Morocco. Women aïta singers are shown performing and discussing their nomadic lifestyle and profession.

La venganza del Dr. Scratch

1988 • 50 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

When Blacks Dance

1988 • 35 min • Brazil

Documentary focusing on contemporary black race status in Brazil, with interviews intertwined with staged scenes.

The Land of Shadows

1988 • 30 min • United States of America

A man with a cloak and a sword who is traveling along the road and something attacks him where he has to throw his cloak to the ground and fight.

ACT UP at the FDA

1988 • 13 min • United States of America

ACT Up's closing down of the FDA in October 1988 is dramatically recorded by Ellen Spiro.

The Tower of Babel

1988 • 5 min • Yugoslavia

A man lives his life while endlessly falling from a tower.

Yonanam

1988 • 23 min • Israel

Outsider develops friendship with a cockroach

Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal

1988 • 56 min

"The Rite of Spring is all about sex and reproduction. This is a beastly music brought to the highest, most refined point."

Put More Blood Into the Music

1988 • 52 min • United States of America

PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of their powers in 1988.

Tokimekizakari

1988 • 60 min • Japan

Erotic drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Pullahiiri

1988 • 59 min • Finland

A teenager (Sari Puumalainen) starts to suffer from bulimia nervosa after her boyfriend tells her to loose a bit weight. The illness makes her neglect the school and her friends until she realises that she is not alone with her problems.

Artists in Theatre, Film and Television

1988 • 20 min • Soviet Union

A documentary about challenges facing art directors and production designers in theatre, film and television.