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California Big Hunks

California Big Hunks

1985 • 56 min • United States of America
Six sexy California hunks perform erotic dances while stripping down to T-strings.
The Best of Cannon & Ball

The Best of Cannon & Ball

1985 • 51 min
Double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball entertain us with their own unique brand of humour. The programmes feature various sketch shows along with many celebrity guests.
The Rhythmatist

The Rhythmatist

1985 • 59 min
A musical oddessy through the heart of Africa in search of the roots of Rock & Roll.
Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

1985 • 58 min
Arata Isozaki: Early Work in Japan takes a detailed look at the architect's pieces, exploring applauded projects such as the EXPO '70 Osaka Festival Plaza, Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Kitakyushu Municipal Library. The extraordinary series of architectural breakthroughs made during this time contributed significantly to the evolution of contemporary architecture worldwide, and eventually gained him his first foreign commission
The Tale of Yevpatiy Kolovrat

The Tale of Yevpatiy Kolovrat

1985 • 20 min • Soviet Union
Based on XIII century historical chronicles (The Tale of the Destruction of Riazan by Batu) it's a story about how folk hero Yevpatiy Kolovrat seeks revenge on Batu Khan for burning the city of Riazan.
Tales of Meeting and Parting

Tales of Meeting and Parting

1985 • 32 min
Tales of Meeting and Parting is a 1985 English language short film directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, starring Jeanne Sakata, Patricia Ayame Thomson and Patti Yasutake. An elderly Japanese man recalls his experiences as a young interpreter during a particularly brutal prisoner-of-war interrogation. The kindness he showed was unexpectedly returned following the war when he was being held captive by the Allies. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
The Sappy Sap

The Sappy Sap

1985 • 4 min • United States of America
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme

Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme

1985 • 19 min • Soviet Union
Short film from Sergei Parajanov, a personal view of the director on the spectacular heritage of Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), a Georgian primitivist painter.
The Devil Worshippers

The Devil Worshippers

1985 • 25 min • United States of America
"The Devil Worshippers" investigates Satanism and focuses on allegations that there are satanic cults committing crimes and murders in the United States. “Police have been skeptical when investigating these acts, just as we are in reporting them. But there is no question that something is going on out there, and that’s sufficient reason for ‘20/20’ to look into it.”
Mabuse in Mind

Mabuse in Mind

1985 • 15 min
Rudolf Schündler, who played the role of Hardy, describes his experiences on Fritz Lang's Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse.
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour

Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour

1985 • 55 min • United States of America
The Private Dancer Tour was the fifth concert tour by singer Tina Turner. In support of her fifth studio album, Private Dancer (1984), the tour helped to establish Turner as a major solo artist of the 1980s and a dynamic solo performer, after initially starting out singing with ex-husband Ike Turner's band. The tour is often considered one of the best comebacks in music history. The 180-date, eleven-month world tour traveled across Europe, North America and Australasia. Notably, Turner played a show in Budapest, Hungary, the only show of the tour behind the Iron Curtain. The concerts received many accolades, including the "Most Creative Tour Package" and "Comeback Tour Of The Year" awards from Pollstar. The two March 1985 shows at Birmingham, England's NEC Arena were filmed and released as Tina Live: Private Dancer Tour. It featured special guests Bryan Adams and David Bowie. In 2025 a 4K upgraded blu ray of the concert came out, including bonus video clips.
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

1985 • 52 min • United States of America
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written, how producer Quincy Jones and songwriters Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie persuaded some of the most popular performers in America to donate their services to the project, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the marathon recording session that produced the single.
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

1985 • 38 min
This was a concert video released thru Sonic Death, filmed on January 5th, 1985 in the Mojave Desert. This was SY's first west coast excursion.
Profession grimpeur, Eric Escoffier

Profession grimpeur, Eric Escoffier

1985 • 26 min • France
A documentary portrait of the legend Eric Escoffier at the height of his mountaineering career. A true athlete, Escoffier has comprehensive, cutting-edge preparation in three different climbing disciplines: rock climbing, ice climbing and solo free climbing, without any safety devices. Philippe Lallet's camera follows Eric in his performances and in his preparation for one of the first La Sportroccia climbing competitions, in 1985 in Bardonecchia in Italy.
Treasure

Treasure

1985 • 9 min • Soviet Union
L'art d'aimer

L'art d'aimer

1985 • 15 min
L’art d’aimer / The Art of Loving (1985), another colour short, is probably the weakest of the ten films, mostly because it’s a blurry monologue (read by Smolders) from the perspective of a man confused about past events from his youth, and the fate of his mother. Smolder’s voice is deadly monotone, and the short drones on towards a climax set in an old age home, and a room filled with men and women suffering from diverse ailments, or seniors trapped in some darkened mental gloom. - kqek.com
Casiopea: Live

Casiopea: Live

1985 • 52 min • Japan
Recorded on April 27, 1985 at Shin Kokugikan, Ryogoku, Tokyo. 1. Down Upbeat 2. The Continental Way 3. Fabby Dabby 4. Twilight Solitude 5. Marine Blue 6. Looking Up 7. Eyes Of The Mind 8. Asayake 9. Galactic Funk
Ginger Cat

Ginger Cat

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union
A puppet film about a boy who loved to go into the forest to pick mushrooms and communicate with forest inhabitants. All the forest animals loved to play with the boy and helped him pick mushrooms.
Kids Can Say No

Kids Can Say No

1985 • 20 min
Kids Can Say No! is a 1985 British short educational film produced and directed by Jessica Skippon and written by Anita Bennett. It is intended to teach children between ages five and eight how to avoid situations where they might be sexually abused, how to escape such situations, and how to get help if they are abused. In the film, the pedophile Australian celebrity Rolf Harris is in a park with a group of four children and tells them about proper and improper physical intimacy, which he calls "yes" and "no" feelings. The film has four role-playing scenes in which children encounter paedophiles, with Harris and the children discussing each scene.
Wolfy

Wolfy

1985 • 6 min • Soviet Union
About the adventures of a cute wolfy. He loves to sing, thinking it is a wonderful skill. However, his howl excites other forest residents, causing not the most pleasant emotions. With the advent of winter, life around freezes, all animals hide, and our hero becomes very lonely and sad. What awaits him now?
About Time

About Time

1985 • 57 min • United Kingdom
Film Essay based on “And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos” by John Berger.
Personal View: Victoria Wood

Personal View: Victoria Wood

1985 • 25 min
Victoria Wood discusses her career and her writing, and gives a glimpse of life backstage on her comedy tour.
È Pericoloso Sporgersi

È Pericoloso Sporgersi

1985 • 28 min • France
È Pericoloso Sporgersi is Robert Nicod's first short film, shot in 1985, featuring four young climbers, two women, Catherine Destivelle and Monique Dalmasso, and two men, Alain Bultel and Marc Lecomte-Durouil, in the Verdon Gorges. In a natural setting of cliffs, rivers, sinkholes and vertical waterfalls, Catherine Destivelle and Monique Dalmasso climb the Bombé de Pichenibule. This progression, filmed as a female climbing adventure, represents a successful first 7b+ ascent for the French champion. The film received the Genziana D'Argento for best sports film at the Trento Film Festival in 1986.
Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

1985 • 58 min
Through composer Colin McPhee's passionate and detailed writing about his time in Bali it becomes evident how strongly the country impacted both his career and life. Seduced by recordings of Balinese music he heard in Paris in the 1920s, McPhee traveled to Bali and remained there for six years. The film blends McPhee's writings with observations and praise from fellow composers and colleauges.