All Films

How to Catch a Cold

1986 • 9 min • United States of America

When a young boy is sick in bed with a cold, a Disney book on his shelf comes to life, from which Goofy explains some of the mistakes the boy might have made that led to his cold and how to protect himself so he won't get others sick.

Dream City

1986 • 18 min

This film is a portrait of New York in the 1980s by famed photographer Steven Siegel, including footage of the subways, the parks, Times Square and other neighborhoods. The film is narrated by teenagers of that era.

Somewhere in the Arctic...

1986 • 4 min • United States of America

A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Young Sierra, peso pluma

1986 • 52 min • Spain

Young Serra , after a boxing match dies falling from the roof of his house. The coach of his opponent that night, and old friend of Young, hire the services of Pepe Carvalho to find the mother of the son of Young so it will not be alone .

Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra

1986 • 60 min • Portugal

A documentary following the process of sculpting in stone, from the creation to the final work of art.

Giraffe

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union

There is only one animal living in the zoo - the giraffe. No one but the little girl goes to see her. To attract visitors, the director of the zoo orders an advertising giraffe. But then it turns out that people are only fascinated by artificial giraffes, they are not interested in a living animal. The general "giraffe boom" begins. The film ridicules the fascination with "mass culture" not from the real and the living, but from the imitation and the artificial.

Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile

1986 • 5 min • Philippines

A restless lizard and a man move faster and faster to a punk beat.

Maniac II: Mr. Robbie

1986 • 5 min • United States of America

A children's television host solves all kids problems. Shot as a promo reel for a sequel to Maniac (1980) but was cut short due to the untimely death of actor Joe Spinell.

Tester

1986 • 25 min • Soviet Union

The young hero's father, a famous test pilot, dies in an airplane crash. But comes the first deep feeling for the girl Tanya - and the hero finds the courage to overcome this seemingly intolerable grief. The action takes place in the fifties.

Alberto Carlisky

1986 • 5 min

Maldoror traces the dramatic life of the self-taught sculptor Alberto Carlisky, who fled his native Argentina after being imprisoned in 1944 by the Perón regime for his political views, and who apprenticed in the Paris studio of the Russian Cubist sculptor Ossip Zadkine before striking out on his own.

Anger

1986 • 20 min • Germany

In 1986, filmmaker Maxi Cohen was one of seven women filmmakers commissioned by German television to interpret the Seven Deadly Sins. She was given the sin of “anger” and began by putting an advertisement in The Village Voice that read, “What makes you angry?” Along with fellow filmmaker Joel Gold, she recorded the conversations with the people who replied. This exploration lead to a heart-wrenching and emotional film that shows the complexity of anger and its origins. Thirty four years later, Anger continues to resonate, especially as health, economic and political turmoil place anger at the forefront.

Isaac Asimov: Voyage to the Outer Planets & Beyond

1986 • 53 min

Travel to the edges of our solar system with this unique blend of photographic images, video and computer animation. Hosted by renowned scientist and author Isaac Asimov, the program is set to Gustav Holst's moving 1917 musical suite "The Planets." The infrequently seen footage from NASA includes images of planets and other impressive galactic bodies, including Jupiter, Saturn's rings, Pluto and much more.

Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!"

1986 • 53 min

This 1986 Showtime Special features the late great Harry "The Hat" Anderson performing a slick, occasionally shocking mix of magic and comedy for a live audience, inter-cut with a few sequences in which he repeatedly scams a mark. Look for Night Court co-star John Larroquette in a key scene.

In Traction

1986 • 50 min

Matters are bad enough when Mr Gentle tries to commit suicide. They are even worse when the attempt fails. Worst of all is being confined to a hospital bed when a bunch of juvenile delinquents are sent to visit you.

First International Conference for Black Women

1986 • 2 min

In this report on an annual conference known as RIFEN, Black women from around the world gather to discuss points of common interest and need, including community leadership and shared experiences of migration and transplantation.

Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure

1986 • 14 min

Pooh thinks that Christopher Robin has forgotten his lunch and he, Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger, Owl, and Eeyore hop on a school bus to give it to him at school. While on the school bus, they demonstrate and discuss the rules and safety of riding the bus.

Masters Of The Gridiron

1986 • 17 min • United States of America

The Browns clan defeat the Lion, Bear, and Bengal clans in a quest to retrieve a ring from The Lord of the League. Once they retrieve the ring, the city by the lake called Erie will become home to the Masters of the Gridiron. The Browns clan was played by the 1986 members of the Cleveland Browns.

George Lucas' Star Tours

1986 • 18 min • United States of America

Originally aired in late 1986 during NBC's "Disney Sunday Movie."

Roger Rabbit Screen Test

1986 • 1 min

Live action and animation composite test for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The short clip resulted in Richard Williams being hired as the film's animation director.

The Wind and the Bomb

1986 • 25 min

The making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director Jimmy T. Murakami and writer Raymond Briggs

Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

1986 • 3 min

Commemorating the 1986 Tunis-Paris exhibition Privileged Spaces and Times: French-Speaking Intellectual Production in Tunisia, Sarah Maldoror’s film points the way toward a more polyvocal understanding of the role of France’s National Library worldwide.

Valuable Parcel

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

About how a grumpy crow found a book of rules of good manners and, teaching them to the inhabitants of the forest, became polite herself.

Wild in the City

1986 • 17 min • Canada

This short documentary films some of the wild animal species that have adapted to the city of Vancouver, from the familiar pigeons and starlings to the less familiar herons nesting in Stanley Park and a coyote in a farmer's field.

Richard Meier

1986 • 58 min • United States of America

Meier guides the viewer on a retrospective of his white buildings, from private houses of the 1960s to the Frankfurt and Atlanta Museums of the 1980s--all variations on his trademark spatial and planar treatment. His influences from Corbusier, Wright, Mies, and Baroque Germany are shown. Clients and colleagues offer opinions.