All Films

Reconstruction

1987 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Erfurt - Gesichter eines Bezirkes

1987 • 22 min • Germany, East Germany

Documentary film about the agricultural and industrial district in Thuringia. The focus is on the district town of Erfurt, with Gotha, Eisenach and Weimar as other towns worthy of mention and steeped in tradition. This documentary, which has the characteristics of a promotional film, still bears witness to the wealth of its owners and the cities, but more than ever to all those who used their skills in the context of monument protection in the GDR to restore these buildings with their Gothic and Renaissance splendor and preserve them for posterity forever.

You Don't Know Martin

1987 • 44 min • Yugoslavia

A subtle play of characters, in which people who live isolated lives in concrete skyscrapers are tempted in particular situations.

I Am Not a Freak

1987 • 40 min • United States of America

This film is a fascinating look at some people afflicted with congenital deformities of an extreme nature. Their ability to live with their aberrations while remaining socially involved and upbeat is truly inspirational. While their predecessors were often seen in so called "freak shows" that were part of various exhibitions from Coney Island to traveling circuses, these performers were actually the more fortunate ones in an era of little tolerance for those who were different from the accepted norm. Many became famous and extremely wealthy, such as Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton), who worked for many years with P.T. Barnum.

England's Glory

1987 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A humorous documentary on the making of Alex Cox's punk biopic SID AND NANCY. Features exclusive behind the scenes production and commentaries from Alex Cox, Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Eric Fellner and more...

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

1987 • 20 min

A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

1987 • 60 min • Brazil, France

Gilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on brazilian music and vision of the black people.

The Case of Sherlock Holmes

1987 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Tim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.

Kobayashi Hitomi vs Takasugi Rei: Daburupettingu

1987 • 50 min • Japan

Sexandroïde

1987 • 57 min • France

Welcome to the temple of fear and eroticism, as a monstrous madman slowly mutilates poor young girls! See the sensual act of voodoo performed on an innocent bar patron! View the lustful bite of a vampire!

Small Happiness

1987 • 58 min

Part Two: SMALL HAPPINESS - Despite the tremendous advances women in China have made, serious problems continue. Long Bow women talk about love, marriage, work, birth control, birth customs and the now outlawed custom of foot binding. Truly moving interviews with Lingqiao and her mother-in-law draw us into their lives.

The Valley and Its People

1987 • 19 min • Soviet Union

An inside look at life in the Alay Valley, a dry and picturesque expanse in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Daughters of Darkness, revised and corrected

1987 • 4 min • Belgium

The daughters of Pandora on a special mission ...

An Evening of Alan King at Carnegie Hall

1987 • 60 min • United States of America

Comic Alan King brings his humorous everyday insights and biting topical wit to the stage.

Top Gun: The Real Story

1987 • 35 min

Top Gun - America’s best aviators - train together at “Fightertown U.S.A.” for the most challenging and dangerous air-to-air combat in the world. Fly with Navy’s leading Vietnam War ace, Commander Randy “Duke” Cunningham, TOPGUN instructor and adversary squadron commander. Hear him tell how he put his training from the first TOPGUN class into practice as he shot down five MiGs over North Vietnam. Se actual dogfights, crashes and MiG confrontations. See America’s real TOPGUN pilots in action over Libya, the Indian Ocean and off the Soviet Union. Hear actual air-to-air combat radio. Feel what it’s like to fly at twice the speed of sound. See if you have what it takes to be a TOPGUN pilot.

The Duxorcist

1987 • 8 min • United States of America

Daffy is a professional paranormal investigator come to help a possessed damsel in distress.

Nephi and the Brass Plates

1987 • 25 min

The prophet Lehi preaches repentance to the people of Jerusalem and is persecuted. After he and his family leave Jerusalem he is told by the Lord to return and obtain the brass plates containing the sacred books of Moses. Nephi and his brothers muster their faith, obedience, and determination as they return to obtain the plates from the wicked Laban. 1 Nephi:1–5.

Lily My Love

1987 • 45 min

Lily is 13, Colin is 39 and a vagrant. They run away together. 'One and a half to the English Lakes, single, because we're never coming back, we're going on.'

Alter schützt vor Rotlicht nicht! - Sicherheit für Senioren

1987 • 10 min • Germany

Short film about dangers for seniors in road traffic

Nihil, or All the Time in the World

1987 • 50 min • Germany

In an post-apocalyptic future, a group of young terrorists fights desperately against the obscure "Professor", the personification of all that is unwholesome in society, who ingeniously controls the ruins of civilization.

Amiga: The Movie

1987 • 18 min

Amiga - The Movie, is a promo showcase of the Amiga computer, produced by Commodore CBM in 1987.

The Birthmark

1987 • 31 min • United States of America

At the end of the 19th century, a man becomes obsessed with removing the small birthmark from his bride's cheek.

TATSURO & EIZIN: Southward Bound

1987 • 48 min • Japan

A collaboration between City Pop artist Tatsuro Yamashita and pop artist Eizin Suzuki, known for his lush, vivid images of Americana.

+1 -1

1987 • 7 min • Italy

This humorous animated short offers one possible answer to the philosophical question: what would life be like if I had never lived? The first half of the film follows a man from his conception to his funeral, focusing on the effect his life has on the people and events around him. The second half looks again at the same people and events, except now the man is not there - he had never been born. The differences will surprise you!