All Films

Wizards

1985 • 5 min • Hungary

Lost visions, forgotten dreams, ancient images with magic.

Cesare Pavese. Turin – Santo Stefano Belbo

1985 • 60 min

A poetic documentary on the Italian poet Cesare Pavese and his connection to two particular locations - the city of Turin and the village of Santo Stefano Belbo. 16mm, color

Gay Tape: Butch And Femme

1985 • 28 min

Cecilia Dougherty’s first video, made while she was a student at Berkeley, Gay Tape: Butch and Femme applies “a little fine-tuning” to the question of representation, honing in on the subjective particularities of the butch-femme dynamic as experienced by members of Dougherty’s local Bay Area dating pool.

Athos: The Holy Mountain

1985 • 46 min • United Kingdom

An brief overview of the history of Mount Athos and the lifestyle of its residents

Teat Monteok: The Tale of the God of Lightning

1985 • 19 min • Mexico

A grandmother tells her granddaughter the origin story of the Ikoots people, while the everyday life of San Mateo del Mar unfolds on screen.

Work of Art in the Age of Electronic Reproduction

1985 • 8 min

In an homage to Walter Benjamin and his essay The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, Buchanan's video questions how image processing transforms the role of the artist in society, as well as the nature of contemporary society itself, by juxtaposing images of the making and eating of a television-shaped cake, distorted text from writers Georgi Plekhanov and Herbert Marcuse, and footage of herself working.

水鹿

1985 • 28 min

Two young sociopaths are bested by an old blind woman and an ancient deer spirit.

Christmas Time for Teddy Bears

1985 • 20 min • United States of America

Read-along and sing-along for preschoolers.

Botco

1985 • 1 min • United States of America

An Animated Short Film by Pacific Data Images

Dancin' On My Sofa

1985 • 5 min • France

"The little dancer followed the music..."

Matter of Clarity

1985 • 28 min • United States of America

The third part of the trilogy, MATTER OF CLARITY completes this particular cycle of discovery, and brings to resolution these themes, grounded in matter. "... rich tactile images of the natural world ...

Grandma’s Pie

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A documentary film about childish games.

Signs

1985 • 2 min • Soviet Union

About the danger posed to passers-by by an intoxicated driver.

Hanjuku shōjo 4 katayama kei watashi “chikan reipu” yurushite ageru

1985 • 30 min • Japan

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu.

Spirit of the Land: Hawai'i: Continuing Traditions

1985 • 28 min

The Hawaiian people have a rich historical and cultural tradition. Their values, art, music, gods and legends reach back thousands of years to ancient Polynesia, where they lived before sailing to the islands we know as Hawai‘'i. Recently, there have been efforts to revitalize these traditions and teach them to young Hawaiians. Hawai'i: Continuing Traditions looks at ways in which the “"spirit of the land" lives today, as we explore special places, where old ways are thriving in the modern world. Visit a working taro plantation in Maui and an isolated fishing village on the isalnd of Hawai‘'i. Discover how a small community in Kaua‘'i creates beautiful shell necklaces, and voyage back in time on an ancient Polynesian sailing canoe.

Téléphone

1985 • 4 min • Canada

An artist’s hectic day-to-day life revolves around the telephone, straight out of the artist's drawing board. In less than five minutes, we've experienced a day jam-packed with little incidents.

Bakuro

1985 • 7 min • Japan

Low-budget indie tokusatsu werewolf short film

El rey del bandolín

1985 • 28 min • Venezuela

Cruz Quinal, "the mandolin king," lives near Cumana in a mountain valley surrounded by sugarcane fields. Perpetuating 16th century Spanish traditions of guitar-making, Cruz fashions such musical instruments as cuatros, marimba, escarpandola, and his own creation, a mandolin with two fretboards. He is an accomplished musician as well. In this moving portrait, Cruz compares himself to a decaying colonial church across the street: revered yet neglected, the village altar stands, paint peeling, under the open sky.

The Award

1985 • 45 min • United States of America

Members of a high school football team decide to present an "award" to the "Ugliest Girl in School."

Halloween According to Old Weird Harold

1985 • 8 min

The "local boogeyman" tells stories of Halloween as it used to be in rural Ontario.

Blowin' in the Wind

1985 • 1 min • United States of America

A field of grass blows in the wind below a blue sky.

Miniatures '85

1985 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Picturesque sketches on the themes: “Waltz”, “Apple Trees”, “Spot”, “Boats”, “Duet”.

Supplicating Women

1985 • 3 min

While shooting in Benares for Forest of Bliss, I stumbled upon a temple visited by women who came to it with a variety of ailments including love sickness and problems with their families. This fragment begins to indicate the extent of their despair.

Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's

1985 • 57 min

Ronnie Scott’s opened in 1959 to provide a place where British Jazz musicians could jam. Eventually, American music musicians such as Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk, Al Cohn, Stan Getz, Sony Stitt, Benny Golson, Donald Byrd, and Ben Webster played at the club making it the legendary Jazz club it is today. Today, the club still books the greatest Jazz acts in the world, but also plays host to such diverse musicians as the talented Nina Simone. This film features Nina Simone (vocals, piano) delivering an intense emotional performance at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, London on November 17, 1985. Simone is an eclectic musician, who adds a soulful mystique to whatever material she interprets. This brilliant performance at Ronnie Scott’s is testament to this fact.