All Films

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

1982 • 52 min • United States of America

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

1982 • 25 min • United States of America

The Cat in the Hat is all set for a lovely picnic, but the evil Grinch changes his plans by inventing a contraption that captures noise and makes it sound ferocious. The Cat has to save the world from the clutches of the Grinch and the only way to do it is to reach Grinch's soft spot.

A Different Image

1982 • 51 min • United States of America

An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. In cultivating the friendship of a male office mate, she aspires to a relationship where romance is not a factor, seeking someone who can "see her as she is," rather than see only what he wants to see. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)

Los Alamos: The Beginning

1982 • 49 min

A documentary composed of historical footage and contemporary interviews from the men and women of Los Alamos, recalling their experiences of the community and the creation of the atomic bomb from the inception of the program in 1943.

Sunstream

1982 • 7 min

Experimental short film shot at Berkely in the Fine Art Department.

Pond and Waterfall

1982 • 15 min • United States of America

An experimental movie where the viewpoint starts in a placid pond high inland, and follows the flow of water down to the sea. The movie experiments with viewing both the air, the water, and the surface of the water at the same time. The tempo changes from calm to frenzied later in the movie as the water is more disturbed.

Singlehanders

1982 • 49 min • Canada

Follow two Canadians, Bob Lush and Mike Birch, aboard their yachts during the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. More than a record of this prestigious international sailing event, the resulting film is the starting point for an epic of challenge and determination.

Diamir - The Bewitched of Nanga Parbat

1982 • 51 min • France

Mountaineering documentary on the Nanga Parbat expedition, in India, in 1982. Led by mountaineer Pierre Mazeaud, this international expedition brings together eight French people, two Germans, an Iraqi, an Austrian and an Englishman including Michel Afanassieff, Michel Berrueux, Walter Cecchinel, Kurt Diemberger, Hans Engl, Shah Jehan, Karim Imamdad and others. On July 14, 1982, Hans Engl reached the summit after twelve hours of struggle.

Callahan

1982 • 25 min • United States of America

Indiana Jones spoof, an unsold pilot. Callahan and his new assistant try to solve the world's problems through science.

Canta Gitano

1982 • 10 min • France

A short dance performance.

Take One: Fear on Film

1982 • 25 min

Mick Garris hosts this look at horror films with John Carpenter, John Landis and David Cronenberg all discussing their favorite scare films as well as what they think makes them work.

Bill T. Jones: Four Duets

1982 • 49 min

On four consecutive evenings between September 30 and October 3, 1982, Award-winning choreographer/dancer Bill T. Jones presented four dance pieces at The Kitchen. The documentation of those dances represents a snapshot of the early 1980s dance scene.

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

1982 • 58 min • United States of America

An adult Ralphie Parker narrates several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.

Greenaway

1982 • 51 min • United States of America

In 1982, Sue Gilbert interviewed her wealthy parents about their lifestyle and values. Set on their lush private island (Greenaway Island), the film covers diverse topics such as the historical relevance of servants, the hidden agenda behind US politics, spirituality and religion. The Gilberts argue for tradition, marriage, and faith in God. In probing these subjects, Greenaway transcends the personal realm to become universal and provocative.

Maman Que Man

1982 • 55 min • France

While his mother is dying of cancer, Laurent starts a relationship with a handsome stranger who promises to help him with a film carreer.

Communicating Non-Defensively

1982 • 21 min • United States of America

A 1980s educational video that teaches the view how to communicate more effectively in the workplace.

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

1982 • 14 min • United Kingdom

Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter

1982 • 9 min • United States of America

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

Three Horsemen

1982 • 53 min

Three Horsemen: 1978/1982 An old Aboriginal stockman, his nephew, and his 13-year-old grandnephew on Cape York peninsula, northern Queensland, try to get an old cattle station going again in their traditional clan country. 54 minutes. Presents the Pootchemunka family and life at the TiTree settlement in Northern Queensland Australia.

Twisted Sister: Live at Reading

1982 • 45 min

1. What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You) 2. Sin After Sin 3. Bad Boys (Of Rock 'n' Roll) 4. Destroyer 5. Shoot 'Em Down 6. Tear It Loose 7. Under The Blade 8. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll Twisted Sister's historic appearance at the Reading Festival, August 1982. Pete Way of UFO, "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Lemmy join Twisted Sister for their closing, then standard, cover of the Stones' "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)." This is especially notable as the first time Clarke appeared on stage with Lemmy since leaving Motörhead just three months earlier.

Pompeii New York, Part 1: Pier Caresses

1982 • 12 min

A crumbling pier, its walls covered with graffiti and erotic frescoes reminiscent of pagan Pompeii, the locus of the seduction rituals of men longing for men, is the focus of this meditation on gay cruising at the height of sexual freedom before AIDS. Shot in 1982, this is the first segment of a film capturing the life, death, and rebirth of the legendary “sex piers” over the last three decades.

The Making of 'The Thing'

1982 • 9 min

But No One

1982 • 9 min

A dream that was "left over" from Gently Down the Stream. Like many dreams, it transformed the familiar world into something more disturbing, contradictory and amoral.

Life By The Fingertips

1982 • 27 min • France

Life By The Fingertips is a documentary film by Jean-Paul Janssen released in 1982, directing Patrick Edlinger totally living his passion, climbing, which he practices here solo ("with bare hands"), it that is, without a rope or any kind of insurance. The film begins with a session of solo sea crossings on the Piade site near Toulon. In the second part, Patrick Edlinger trains in Buoux before carving a solo route in this now famous climbing site. This mythical film in more than one way is considered the first climbing film, that is to say where climbing is an activity in itself and not a means of preparing for mountaineering. His media success was such that he propelled Patrick Edlinger to the rank of world star, and above all he made climbing known to the general public, and was even nominated for the César for best documentary short film.