All Films

La Lune

1985 • 8 min • France

Michel Piccoli reads the first pages of Victor Hugo's 'Promontoire du songe'. In this text, Hugo describes his sensations when he sees, enlarged 40 times, the Moon through the telescope of the Observatorium of Paris. His visions drive him into a meditation about the relationships in between dream, reality and poetry.

Dinosaur!

1985 • 60 min • United States of America

An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading paleontologists of the time, and an on camera as well as voice-over narrative by Christopher Reeve. Shot on location in Los Angeles and New York at the American Museum of Natural History

Dinosaur Matrix

1985 • 1 min

A method by which drawings can be enlarged on a grid.

Nora

1985 • 57 min • Japan

Nora is on vacation in a "Holiday Inn" space station. When the artificial gravity fails, the whole space resort becomes chaotic but she helps solve the problem.

Cinderella

1985 • 51 min • United States of America

An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.

Videoviolín

1985 • 3 min • Spain

A visual exercise which aims to synchronize classical music to the digital image. In this manner, two completely different cultural paradigms are put together.

Berlin Now

1985 • 59 min • Germany

A voyeuristic panorama of a specific moment in the German independent music scene.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

1985 • 50 min • United States of America, Japan

The Great Ak calls a council of the Immortals to ask that Santa Claus be given immortality. And to justify it, he tells the history of Santa Claus. The Ak found an abandoned baby and gave it to a lioness and a fairy to raise, who named him Claus. When Claus grew up, the Great Ak showed him the evil and hardship in the world and Claus decides to live there and relieve some of the suffering. He decides to make toys for orphans, but King Awgwa, the ruler of the valley where Claus lives doesn't want the children to be happy, and there is a great battle among Immortals.

Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye

1985 • 55 min • Japan

Shingo is planning the film "A Story of Two Worlds" starring Megumi. Yuu's transformation into Creamy Mami is happening without her wanting it. She is asked to star in the film too. But the magic doesn't last...

OL yûkaihan - Hagu!

1985 • 60 min • Japan

An office lady encounters a bank robbery in progress while at the bank to extend the repayment of a loan for her lover. In the ensuing panic, she steals her loan book but is kidnapped by the robbers as they escape. Her life soon becomes a living hell.

White City

1985 • 60 min

A film based on Townshend's album "White City: A Novel". The story is based on the area where Townshend was raised. The drama is directed by Richard Lowenstein.

Mauvaises réponses

1985 • 12 min • Belgium

Marion Hänsel was cast for this story of a man's job interview for an important position in a company that doesn't go the way he expected.

After Hours

1985 • 26 min • Australia

A sensitive portrayal of a young office worker who alleges sexual abuse by her employer. She loses her job as a result of her claims. This dramatised situation looks at the ways in which an employee can be victimised in an office environment without those around being aware of the situation.

Captain Tsubasa Movie 01: The Great Competition of Europe

1985 • 41 min • Japan

Tsubasa and his comrades take on the "All-Europe Boy's Soccer Team", a league of players with skills that they have never seen before in previous matches. Will Team Japan come out on top against this diverse group of players?

Motel Capri

1985 • 18 min • United States of America

Mother Superior commits murder to save a soul from eternal damnation. Motel Capri was original material improvised as we went along. Scenes were concocted to suit the individual members of the class and my Catholic upbringing plus immersion in horror movies helped mold the plot. The class also was populated by students interested in splatter and macho cycle gear. Joyce Wieland, the Canadian artist and filmmaker is featured here as the mother superior. She was reading her lines in the Marlon Brando technique (they were pasted onto the face of her student co-star). – GK

Groper Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall

1985 • 59 min • Japan

Rinko and Shinpei are reporters for a rival weekly magazine. Rinko was investigating the love affair between popular stars Masahiko and Mingdai, but was caught by Shinpei in a scoop. So she concocts a scandal involving the earnest rakugo performer Manchou, but when Representative Karasawa proposes protecting the privacy of celebrities in the Diet, she and Shinpei begin a battle for coverage that will expose Karasawa's private life.

Bobby's Girl

1985 • 44 min • Japan

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.

Fire Tripper

1985 • 50 min • Japan

A massive gas explosion in modern-day Tokyo throws 17-year-old Suzuko back in time — 500 years into the past and into a death-strewn battlefield. Rescued from lecherous bandits by the young warrior Shukumaru, Suzuko struggles to untangle the time lines. Slowly she begins to understand the strange force that has exiled her, and how it relates to her own mysterious past. Shukumaru and Suzuko tackle mystery, tragedy and disaster as time unravels amidst the roaring flames of past and present.

The Cap

1985 • 24 min • Canada

A baseball crazed 12 year old gets, and loses, a prized cap. A father struggles for dignity in his son's eyes. Based on Morley Callaghan's short story "A Cap for Steve."

Yasuko Yagami ONANIE

1985 • 60 min • Japan

Mio lives alone in a villa in the woods near a lake. Her ex-husband Muraoka comes to visit her and demands that they get back together. However, Mio enters her room and locks the door. After a while, she hears moaning from inside the room. She goes around to the balcony and peeks in, and finds Mio leaning her body out and engrossed in masturbating...The next day, students Mako and Toru come by car. Toru has been told that he has a part-time job, but he is not told what it entails. That night, Muraoka, who is still there, is shocked to see Mio and Mako entangled. He then tries to get Toru, a virgin, to embrace Mako and break up with Mio, but..

Dengeki Sentai Changeman: Shuttle Base! The Critical Moment!

1985 • 20 min • Japan

After a Space Beast throws them off Shuttle Base, the Changeman scramble to get their ship back as Sayaka tries to protect it from the inside.

Star Fairies

1985 • 37 min • United States of America

A princess star fairy named Sparkle lives up in the clouds in Castle WishStar. Her job is to grant wishes to children when they wish upon a star. But lately, she has been overwhelmed by the increasing number of wishes being made. So she asks for help and receives not one but five new star fairy helpers. But more troubles arise when they meet a little girl who is upset but cannot think of a wish to make her happy.

Kôkô kyôshi: Shisshin!

1985 • 55 min • Japan

A female teacher, Kumi Yamamoto, was raped by a man, Yuichi Kobayashi ,who failed to commit suicide after the crime. Kumi knows that Yuichi is driving a taxi in the city. She is about to collect the moral debt.

The Tunnel

1985 • 36 min

A prize show horse, valued at $250,000 disappears without a trace and three kids-- with the help of two clumsy detectives and a retirement community-- believe they know where the horse is.