All Films

One in Five

1982 • 52 min

Invites a diverse throng of gay men and lesbians to a party in the hallowed arches of London’s Heaven nightclub. Lesbian punks, drag queens and moustachioed muscle Marys mingle and chat about the problems facing queer people in Britain and how to tackle them. Grace Jones performs.

La Grande Adozione di Lodi

1982 • 39 min

Directed by Alberto Lattuada

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex

1982 • 58 min • Japan

Rachi has aspirations of becoming a punk rocker. But his tendency towards self-sabotage and a budding sexual addiction makes matters increasingly difficult for him and his band mates to make it big.

Doug Henning's World of Magic

1982 • 60 min

Fun with Mr. Future

1982 • 9 min • United States of America

An animatronic talking-head replica of Abraham Lincoln (voiced by Phil Proctor) hosts a tour of what the future will look like.

The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

1982 • 60 min • United States of America

Rodney Dangerfield's first ABC special, featuring stand-up and sketches.

Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti

1982 • 30 min • Brazil

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto Cavalcanti, after a trip to Brasilia in 1978.

Victor Jaras barn

1982 • 40 min • Sweden

Rarely screened two part documentary on the Swedish-Chilean folk music group Victor Jaras barn [Victor Jara's Children], formed by folk musician and researcher Mariella Ferreira. One of several films by Peter and Zsóka Nestler in the 1970's and 1980's on the political situation in Latin America, produced for Swedish public television.

The Cracking of Glen Canyon Damn

1982 • 10 min

The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legendary direct action at Glen Canyon Dam in March of 1981. The film contains one of the only interviews ever given by the late, great author Edward Abbey along with his classic speech from the back of a pick-up truck.

Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!

1982 • 10 min • United Kingdom

An educational film about proper hygiene.

Nuclear Scrapbook

1982 • 45 min • Japan

A film essay about nuclear energy in Japan, composed of newspaper clippings collected in scrapbooks

Split Cherry Tree

1982 • 26 min • Canada, United States of America

Split Cherry Tree is a 1982 short film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. A father learns the importance of education and gains an understanding of his son and an insight into his dreams and ambitions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

A Woman of No Importance.

1982 • 48 min • United Kingdom

Award-winning one-woman drama starring Patricia Routledge. What do Miss Schofield and the gang find to talk about at their table in the canteen? Yesterday they were discussing the rash Pauline Lucas's mother keeps getting on her elbows. Miss Schofield puts her social success down to that fact that she doesn't talk about herself, and she laughs of course, she always laughs.

Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men

1982 • 57 min • United Kingdom

1. Decades 2. Dead Souls 3. Love Will Tear Us Apart 4. Shadowplay 5. Day Of The Lords 6. Digital 7. Colony 8. New Dawn Fades 9. Autosuggestion 10. Transmission 11. Sound Of Music 12. She's Lost Control 13. Walked In Line 14. I Remember Nothing 15. Love Will Tear Us Apart 1 hour half inch tape from Ikon FCL. All songs published by Fractured Music Live footage (albeit poor quality) from the Apollo in Manchester and Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Autumn

1982 • 42 min • Soviet Union

The third film of the biographical cycle based on Pushkin's drawings and texts.

Two Top Bananas

1982 • 40 min • United States of America

This burlesque-style special featured Don Rickles, Don Adams, Carol Wayne, The Unknown Comic, and Rhonda Shear.

New Year's Song of Father Frost

1982 • 5 min • Soviet Union

"New Year's Song of Ded Moroz" - Soviet animated film produced by the creative association "Ekran", shot in 1982 by the director Aleksandr Tatarskiy under the script of Eduard Uspensky. It was made using the technique of Plasticine animation. Ded Moroz and the Snowman congratulate the audience on the New Year. Scenes with festive toasts follow one after another.

The Other Side of the Wall

1982 • 26 min • United Kingdom

A behind-the-scenes look at Roger Waters and Alan Parker’s 1982 film, “The Wall”

Invitation to Hell

1982 • 44 min • United Kingdom

When a young girl visiting a friend's mansion in the English countryside is suddenly taken prisoner after a costume party, she realizes that darker forces may be preventing her from leaving.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double: Trouble Live at Montreux 1982

1982 • 43 min

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live at Montreux July 17, 1982. By the summer of 1982,Stevie Ray Vaughan was already a veteran of the Southern blues circuit. Desperately searching for his big break, he was asked to play “Blues Night" at the annual Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux，Switzerland. Playing like his life depended on it, Stevie put on a fiery performance-full of future SRV classics like “Pride And Joy” and "Love Struck Baby." The audience could have cared less. Every song Stevie played was greeted by an increasing wave of boos and hisses and he left the stage bewildered and heart-broken.

The Adventures of Pollyanna

1982 • 49 min • United States of America

Pollyanna’s Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but Pollyanna has other ideas. She joins a secret club with a group of orphans, and they spy on a mysterious new resident in town, only to learn that her standoffishness is because of her desire to shield a retarded son. Pollyanna helps the town accept the boy and his mother.

Gallagher: Totally New

1982 • 60 min

The unpredictable Gallagher is back in action for this comedy special, taped live at the Mayfair Music Hall in Santa Monica, California.

Magic Cure

1982 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A modern fairy tale about how a boy, who was called a coward, decided to take revenge on the guys with the help of a magic pill, but soon realized that being vindictive is not good and judging others based on first impressions is unfair.

King Crimson: Live in Munich, 1982

1982 • 42 min • Germany

King Crimson's legendary performance at the Alabamahalle in Munich, Germany on the 29th September, 1982.