All Films

Soviets of 1905

1985 • 30 min • Soviet Union

Beezbo's Adventures: How to Behave Like a Human Being

1985 • 50 min

This live action video is designed to teach manners to children. The adventure begins when Gracie and Gilbert Turner discover a disabled spaceship and its short, furry, alien pilot, Beezbo, who suddenly transforms himself into a rather odd but cute human being. Through a series of enjoyable adventures, they give him lessons in table and telephone manners, greeting and introductions, as well as basic courtesy.

Painting as an Art Form

1985 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Follows the theory of painting and its components.

Rally de Portugal 1985

1985 • 55 min

The euphoria of the French Peugeot team, which was expected to remain sky-high after Ari Vatanen's soar-away success in Sweden, received a severe setback when the Finn went out of the 1985 Portuguese rally. But all was not lost. Late leader Walter Rohrl also hit problems in his Audi leaving Peugeot back-up Timo Salonen to score a fine win and take the Championship lead. Perhaps though, the real surprise was the defeat of the Audis by the consistent Jolly Club Lancia Rally driven by Massimo Biasion. Once again, the drama wasn't confined only to the drivers. Close-quarters camera footage vividly illustrates the 'enthusiasm' of the excited crowd, clamouring to get as close as possible to the action!

The Divine Right

1985 • 11 min • Canada

An adaptation of J. G. Frazer's text - Golden Bough - The Divine Right was conceived as a series of improvised dramatic moments for the camera. As the narrator advises the spectator about regicide - the archaic act of killing the king when he grows ill or feeble - a man dressed in a Los Angeles Kings' hockey sweater covers the emblem of a crown with a white cloth. The tape was produced at the Experimental Television Centre, Owego, New York.

Safari Rally 1985

1985 • 60 min

The most gruelling round of the 1985 World Rally Championship. Filmed to a very high standard, the cameras are often frighteningly close to the cars as they hurtle past. Stars such as Timo Salonen, Walter Rohl, Stig Blomqvist, Ari Vatanen, Henri Toivenen, Markku Alen, Juha Kankkunen, Tony Pond, Michele Mouton, Bjorn Waltergard, Per Erklund and many more feature. Strap yourself in for a thrilling view of the best rallysport in every sense.

Tour de Corse 1985

1985 • 60 min

Comprehensive review of the Tour de Corse (Corsican Rally) 1985. The longest stage rally in the world provided a second win in four years for Jean Ragnotti in his debut in the Renault Maxi 5 Turbo. In an event favouring the French teams, he led from start to finish to romp in over 20 minutes clear. This film brings out vividly the terrific pace of the all-tarmac event and shows the highly-developed World Championship in its colourful and devastatingly fast presentation.

RAC Rally 1985

1985 • 55 min

In 1985, the RAC Rally once again brought the curtain down on the World Rally Championship season. With the title already decided, the best drivers on Earth went all-out for victory over the 65 stages and more than 560 competitive miles of the Lombard RAC. This action-packed highlights programme follows the action from the safari parks and stately homes of the opening stages to the forests of Wales and Yorkshire. This programme is packed with awesome action footage from around Britain, and fascinating interviews with Pond, Toivonen, Salonen and other stars.

Beehive

1985 • 16 min

A film and ballet developed by painter/designer Frank Moore and choreographer/dancer Jim Self. Bees—who naturally dance to communicate—lend themselves well to performance. Moore’s scientific interest in bees and plants blended with Self’s desire to add “funk” into a dance world focused on abstraction and minimalism, resulting in entirely original imagery and movements.

El Doble

1985 • 50 min

A politician who is emerging as a presidential candidate for his party loses his voice on the eve of the great convention that will elect him. His advisor, an unscrupulous and bold man, urged by the limited time they have left, hatches the idea of ​​replacing him with a “double” since he remembers a character who looks strikingly similar to the candidate. A modest barber prepares intensively and the applause for his first speech is thunderous.

Un Ascensor de Película

1985 • 25 min

On four different floors of a commercial building, funny stories unfold that an elevator operator must connect to clear her confusion.

Momentos de un Domingo

1985 • 24 min

Flipping through an album of old family photographs, a mother reminds her daughter of the beautiful kites she made when she was little. Although the parents do not agree and argue in front of their children, the father makes a beautiful colorful kite while the mother prepares lunch. Everyone collaborates with the paste, the cutting of the paper and the framework of the skeleton. Rosita runs happily in the field and unrolls the kite that she herself saw being born step by step.

Publicitate (D’ale publicității)

1985 • 10 min • Romania

A satire of artificiality in advertising, especially surprising due to the moment when it was made, in the mid 1980s. The ironic clichés anticipate the sexualized imagination of the 1990s: young women biting lasciviously from a piece of chocolate that melts on their face, lovers sipping allusively on a champagne, the cork of which pops under pressure. Advertising is, at the same time, a tribute to the efforts of the shooting crew, forced to work in difficult conditions - that are hyperbolized in the film - and to find all sorts of ingenious solutions so that the implausible situations they present look as polished and as desirable as possible.

Ypolipsi

1985 • 55 min

Two women fight for a man's heart. A television film by Lena Voudouri.

Dokyumento za meiki tokkun PART - 2 suikomu

1985 • 45 min • Japan

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Tomorrow at 11 AM

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A story about a romantic robot who loved art. But the evil aliens don’t like this, and then, in revenge, the robot begins to create new types of weapons.

Grimaces

1985 • 8 min • Switzerland

The “king” secretly dreams of showing his ass to his subjects, and they do just that. Dominant and dominated share the same fantasy of social rites. A carnivalesque temptation whose hallmark is not to touch the reality of social relations, but only to play on their reversal.

If Only the Generals of the Whole Earth...

1985 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The fantasy is that generals will stop fighting and start growing flowers.

Steve Lacy: Lift the Bandstand

1985 • 50 min

The accomplished soprano saxist details his life and musical adventures with the likes of Cecil Taylor, and performs with his band. Includes interviews and footage of a concert at New Jazz at the Public Theater, New York City, New York, on October 29, 1983. "Lacy shows how jazz continually becomes world music... That makes for a video that gives more and more, a real investment" Kevin Lynch, DOWNBEAT "This is one of the better jazz documentaries. The virtuosic soprano saxophonist talks about his entire career... and performs with his group" Scott Yanow, AMG

Kuulugu

1985 • 11 min • Soviet Union

The lunar calendar of the Estonians at the time and related beliefs and customs. In the film, archival footage alternates with staged scenes depicting the work and activities of the peasantry. The wisdom and teachings of the ancient people are shared about which jobs could be done during the old moon and which during the new moon.

A Well

1985 • 6 min • Bulgaria

Cowboy Games

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The winner of the computer games will receive a $5,000 prize. However, the game goes beyond the game salon and turns into a tragedy.

Whose House Is It Anyway?

1985 • 40 min

Most people believe their home is their castle. But it isn't. If the council want it, it's theirs. Billy and Gordon Howard still believe Rose Cottage belongs to them. Barnsley Council knows better. It has placed a compulsory purchase order on the cottage and surrounding land. Legally the council is the owner. The bachelor brothers are 65 and 73. They are set in their ways and absolutely refuse to budge. They doggedly refuse to recognise the validity of an order confirmed by a Secretary of State. Their stance is a symbol of the impossibility of reconciling individual freedom with community needs. For when the bailiffs come, the brothers say they will shoot, rather than give up their birthright.

Deadly Dangers: Jack in the Box Training

1985 • 5 min

A training film for Jack in the Box employees on potential safety hazards in the workplace.