All Films

The Long Trip

1984 • 25 min • Brazil

A trip throught brazilian 60's/70's hippie universe.

First Screening: Computer Poems

1984 • 10 min • Canada

In 1983 and 1984, bpNichol used an Apple IIe computer and the Apple BASIC programming language to create First Screening, a suite of a dozen programmed, kinetic poems. He distributed First Screening through Underwhich, an imprint he started in 1979 with a small group of poets. The Underwhich edition of First Screening consisted of 100 numbered and signed copies distributed on 5.25" floppies along with printed matter.

The Meeting

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An alien decides to find out how much humans actually know about extra-terrestrials. The directorial debut of Mykhailo Titov, a master of chimerical animation of the 80s, is based on the story of the Ukrainian science fiction writer Volodymyr Zayets.

How the First Letter Was Written

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Based on the fairy tale by Rudyard Kipling.

Ein Bett mit Passagieren

1984 • 25 min • Germany

Short film by Dagmar Knöpfel. Based on a story by Italo Calvino.

The Unfortunate Kafina

1984 • 45 min • Yugoslavia

A musical drama adapted from a play written by Jovan Jovanović-Zmaj.

Kids Corner: Jasper's Hospital Experience

1984 • 20 min • United States of America

A 1984 special from Kids Corner that teaches kids what happens at the hospital.

Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry Tour

1984 • 60 min

Twisted Sister Stay Hungry Tour '84. Twisted Sister Stay Hungry Tour 84 and videos This is Twisted Sister when they ruled the world in 84 on the Stay Hungry Tour with added bonus videos. Track list: 1. Stay Hungry Live 2. The Kids are Back 3. I Wanna Rock 4. Under the Blade 5. Nature of the Beast 6. You Can't Stop Rock n' Roll 7. The Price 8. Stay Hungry 9. Burn in Hell 10. S.M.F. Come Out and Play videos: 1. We're Not Gonna Take It 2. Leader of the Pack 3. I Wanna Rock 4. Be Chrruel to Your School

Harold of Orange

1984 • 33 min

Tribal trickster Harold Sinseer and his Warriors of Orange make an unusual proposal to the white board members of the Bily Foundation. After having received a grant to grow miniature oranges at their Great Lakes region reservation, they now plan to get funds for growing pinch coffee beans and building coffee houses on the reservation.

Hyster Pulsatu

1984 • 20 min

Video art by Jaap Drupsteen

Little Chicken

1984 • 6 min • Soviet Union

When and where this was is unknown. Only one day at dawn, a chicken, as soon as it was born, called the sun its mother.

17ème jour de tournage du film "Police"

1984 • 12 min • France

Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country

1984 • 26 min • France, Venezuela

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Third episode: from the 1960s, France and Europe showed a real enthusiasm for Latin American cinema, but the latter remained hampered by numerous economic and political obstacles.

Unruhe

1984 • 19 min • East Germany

During a routine visit to an acquaintance, an old, single Sorbian woman reflects on her life.

Citron pressé au Blue Bar

1984 • 12 min • France

The banner of the Cannes Festival shows its three premises: glory, money and politics. If you film the banal, the naive and the superficial of the atmosphere in Cannes at that time, it is for nothing more than to rescue the beauty of the water of its sea.

Wooden Tableware

1984 • 5 min • Soviet Union

Aging and family memories, grandfather, son and grandson.

Race Against Prime Time

1984 • 60 min

This classic case study in media bias examines how the three network affiliates covered urban unrest in Miami's predominantly African American Liberty Hill neighborhood, following the 1980 acquittal of police officers for the killing of a local resident; how it framed the uprising as "riots," chose the community's "spokespersons" and focused on the inconvenience to white commuters.

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

A look at the trial and the use of psychiatric evidence in the criminal proceedings of mass murderer 'The Hillside Strangler' Kenneth Bianchi.

Saving Mother

1984 • 55 min • China

Another classic film from Shanghai Animation Film Studio, "Saving Mother" was one of the most popular animations in China. The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chen Xiang. His mother was a goddess and his father a mortal. His uncle, Erlang Shen, punished Chen Xiang's parents because their marriage was against the rules of the heavens. Chen Xiang's mother was locked in a mountain until her son split the mountain and saved her.

Blue Movie

1984 • 3 min

The somnambulist caressed by shadows disappears into light. Doppelgänger in blue.

The Master of the Winds

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Based on a Nenets fairy tale about how the Master of the Winds punished a greedy sister and helped a kind one.

Three Jolly Fellows

1984 • 30 min • Soviet Union

“Three Jolly Fellows” tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the fantastic: the composed and close-to-nature Mossbeard, the irritable city dweller Halfshoe, and the sensitive poet Muff. An old woman’s inexplicable love of cats has lured many felines to the city. Risking their lives, the diligent and ready-to-help fellows lure the gang of cats out of the city, with the result being trouble in both the city and nature.

Catch the Golden Ring

1984 • 18 min

USC student film by Elizabeth Storer which won fourth place and the Women in Film award at the 1984 FOCUS Awards

Flash That Smile

1984 • 16 min

In 1984, a fashionable young woman spontaneously lectures her friend about good oral hygiene. Produced by the American Dental Association.