All Films

Bread and Show

1988 • 6 min • Bulgaria, Czech Republic

How to Become a Human Being

1988 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A demon, sick of sin's monotony, asks a priest for instructions on how to become good. Based on the motives of L. Andreev's story The Rules of Kindness.

Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo

1988 • 60 min • United States of America

In this spoof of a television talk show, Midler portrays the Italian bombshell hostess, Mondo Beyondo. Her guests include monologuist David Cale; Bill Irwin, mime, comedian and clown; and the bizarre Kipper Kids.

Night Cafe

1988 • 3 min • United States of America

Computer animated short featuring salt and pepper.

Bar-B-Que Movie

1988 • 11 min • United States of America

In this twisted spoof of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," a vacationing family encounters a communal group of cannibalistic misfits, played by legendary punk band Butthole Surfers. After drinking a hallucinogenic beverage, and eating part of his own son, the father witnesses a live performance by the band.

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio

1988 • 45 min • Japan

Documentary about the life and career of Japanese actor Chishu Ryu.

Crystal

1988 • 12 min • Japan

Crystal unfolds as a series of evocative, non-linear vignettes where fleeting images and sensations merge into a meditation on memory and time. A solitary figure moves through shifting urban and natural landscapes—fragments of childhood recollections, dreamlike encounters, and dissolving reflections in water or glass. Objects transform unexpectedly - a lantern flickers into a memory, a stranger’s face blurs into light - blurring boundaries between past and present.

Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

1988 • 1 min • Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

Appleseed Special Prologue

1988 • 3 min • Japan

In 1988, Bandai had the animation studio GAINAX make this live-action, roughly three-minute short promo film for the 1988 OVA based on Masamune Shirow’s breakout manga series.

Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

1988 • 50 min

Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral - Christmastide 1988

Time of the Angels

1988 • 9 min • United States of America

The history of the Americas is considered from an Indigenous perspective, featuring the poetry of the Aztec emperor Nezahualcotl, Jose Chocan, and Gabriela Mistral.

Aesthetic Memory

1988 • 10 min • Japan

Shot on 8mm by Isao Yamada.

Stitches in Time

1988 • 6 min • Canada

While knitting, two women recall moments from their lives--memories of their neighbours, husbands, mothers, and of other women knitting.

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

1988 • 30 min • United States of America

Fozzie Bear teaches the viewers -- as well as his young friends P.J. and Kai-Lee -- to tell funny jokes and perform impressions and magic tricks. At the end of the video, Fozzie encourages the viewers to bring their parents and friends into the room, to see their Big-Time Comedy Show.

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

1988 • 56 min • Yugoslavia

A monotonous life of a timid clerk from Zagreb takes an unexpected turn when an easygoing slacker from Bosnia deliberately moves into his apartment.

Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat

1988 • 47 min • Australia

Strange experimental short film that follows four days of a writer.

Caramujo-Flor

1988 • 22 min • Brazil

Film based on Manoel de Barros poetry. Story about poet's life in the swamp area of Brazil (Pantanal) and its wildlife; & his obsession with the sea and his new life in the big metropolis in Brazil.

Somethin's Cookin'

1988 • 4 min • United States of America

Roger Rabbit is given the task of babysitting Baby Herman by Mrs. Herman, or risk "going back to the science lab". From his crib Baby Herman spots a cookie jar on top of the refrigerator, and promptly escapes his crib into the kitchen. Roger tries to stop him as he wanders into danger, but fails. Herman eventually makes it to the top of the refrigerator while Roger has various mishaps, and eventually Roger ends up with the refrigerator landing on his head. Then the director Raoul J. Raoul cuts, and scolds Roger for having birds circle his head instead of stars. Mother leaves Roger in charge of watching Herman. Herman wants a cookie, and nothing Roger does can prevent Herman from getting the cookie. Note: This short film appears at the start of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It appears on the DVD as a separate viewable short film similar to the other Roger Rabbit shorts.

The Sound of Progress

1988 • 39 min • Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test Dept.). An unprecedented insight into the workings, the methods and the ideas that made these names legendary. Filmed in Hamburg, Amsterdam and London, 1985-1987.

The Deadly Rapeman 2: Lust, World, Slave, Beast

1988 • 60 min • Japan

A schoolgirl is tortured by classmates. She is avenged by a trio that includes a hopping vampire (Jiangshi).

Vinnie Vincent: Metal Tech

1988 • 60 min • American Samoa, United States of America

In Metal Tech, former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent shows you his unique approach to Soloing. Topics included are : Major and Minor scales patterns, chromaticism, arpeggio shapes, sweep picking, hammer-ons and pull-offs, intervals and altered, diminished and whole-tone scales. Vinnie Vincent also teaches you Pick-Finger combinations for playing superfast scales, arpeggios and licks along with right hand techniques to create rhythmically accented picking. This video will enable you to expand your melodic range and develop state of the art Rock techniques.

The Sketch of Snow

1988 • 25 min • Japan

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts

1988 • 44 min • United States of America

It’s sun, sea and sand celebrity style from exotic cities to fantasy islands. Come join in the fun with the jewels of the jet-set on a celebrity voyage of discovery. All your favorite stars at their most secret, romantic hideaways. A world where the Rich and Famous™ find time to relax. With Deborah Shelton in the timeless beauty of Thailand; Andie MacDowell on the South Pacific fantasy island of Fiji; Leann Hunley in exotic Bali; Tracy Scoggins cruising the French Polynesian Islands; Teri Copley in sun-splashed Barbados; and Elke Sommer in the exclusive Las Hadas in Manzanillo, Mexico. There’s a first class ticket waiting for you now at the Lifestyles reservation desk. Come fly with me and share it all in an unforgettable journey. With champagne wishes and caviar dreams from your friend and guide, Robin Leach.

The Benefactor

1988 • 25 min • Soviet Union

An elderly, lonely employee of the Giga Museum, has been saving money all his life. He decided to give the accumulated amount to a family with many children in need, but people had become unaccustomed to noble and selfless actions. With their distrust, they cause undeserved pain to a kind person.