All Films

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

1979 • 40 min

Director David Lean became involved in the search for an anchor lost by Captain Cook in 1773. This documentary follows the search for this historic item.

Aerial View

1979 • 59 min

A young Halifax architect withdraws from a promising partnership after experiencing events that lead him to question the ethics of his profession. This radical shift in Geoff's career becomes increasingly isolating. His wife leaves him, while his best friend compromises their earlier ideals. Geoff must now rely on his own personal strength as he begins to construct a small home for himself in the country.

Ein Mädchen aus Schnee

1979 • 57 min • Germany, East Germany

The children’s film is based on Wenjamin Kawerin’s short story "Leichte Schritte". It centers on the ten-year-old Peter who is in love with his classmate Una. Much to his despair, however, Una is attracted to another classmate. Peter escapes into a dream world in which he spends a wonderful time with a girlfriend made from snow. As springtime arrives, the snow girl is threatened by the thaw. In order to preserve their friendship, Peter locks his "Una" into a cold store.

Thé au bois

1979 • 4 min • France

They Called it Sten: Rockpile Live in Denmark

1979 • 30 min • Denmark

Rockpile plays for a Danish Television audience in 1979. Tracks: 1.DOWN,DOWN,DOWN 2.I KNEW THE BRIDE 3.DEBORAH 4.LET IT ROCK 5.HERE COMES THE WEEKEND 6.LOVE SO FINE 7.PROMISED LAND 8.THEY CALLED IT ROCK 9.JU JU MAN 10.HEART OF THE CITY

Hand/Water

1979 • 2 min • United States of America

The filmmaker's waving hand, its wooden facsimile, a steamship, a rowboat, the ocean and a bowl of water are the main elements in this visual pun that is also a study of scale.

Night Train

1979 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The sound of lights passing through a darkened landscape seen from a moving train.

O Cinegrafista de Rondon

1979 • 9 min • Brazil

Record of the life and work of Luiz Thomaz Reis, a cameraman who accompanied Rondon's expeditions through the interior of Brazil since 1915. He documented, in photographs, the revolutionary movements of the 1920s, especially that of Catanduva. In the montage, iconographic material, old films and filming made at the National Museum of Cinema were used, where some of his cameras are located.

Jeunesse et Spiritualité : Cyprien Katsaris

1979 • 48 min

Filmed piano recital given by the then-28 year-old Cyprien Katsaris. Directed by French cinema legend Claude Chabrol. Contains performances of the following pieces: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) : Scènes d'enfants (Kinderszenen), Op.15 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) : Ave Maria (Arrangement : F. Liszt) Jacques Arcadelt (1500?-1568) : Ave Maria (Arrangement : F. Liszt) Franz Liszt (1811-1886) : Prélude et Marche funèbre Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) : Regard de l'Eglise d'Amour (n°20 des vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus)

Castling (An Aquarium Confession)

1979 • 7 min • Soviet Union

One decent citizen was having lunch and indifferently looking at the fish in his aquarium. But suddenly a real monster emerged from the muddy water. However, unwillingness to strain even to save his own life led the hero to slavery. Or maybe nothing has really changed in his life?

Być albo nie być

1979 • 7 min • Poland

A bloody duel between two knights takes place at a medieval court, which becomes the beginning of a cruel war. Soon it turns out that the battlefield was a chessboard, and the participants of the battle are chess figures.

Polvo vencedor del sol

1979 • 25 min • Mexico

Short directed by Juan Antonio de la Riva in 1979

The Exit

1979 • 50 min • Turkey

Pitchfork and the Devil

1979 • 16 min

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this program of 16mm films is culled, thrums with a sociopolitical, humorous sensibility that lends his small-scale, often musically kissed portraits (which he later dubbed “blues cinema”) a personal, artisanal quality. - Film Society of Lincoln Center. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Victims

1979 • 23 min

Psychological drama examining a mental breakdown of an English housewife.

The Master Thief

1979 • 60 min • East Germany

A master thief returns home. There he is threatened with the gallows if he fails to solve the tasks set by the count. So he has to steal the count's personal horse, the bed sheet and the wedding ring as well as the priest and the sexton.

Night Crew

1979 • 6 min

A pre-EVIL DEAD Super 8 short from Scott Spiegel and Sam Raimi that became the basis for INTRUDER.

Ismael Nery

1979 • 7 min • Brazil

Documentary about the painter Ismael Nery, which intersperses daily street scenes with paintings by the artist, under the narration of his 1931 Post-Essencialista poem.

Breaking the Silence

1979 • 42 min • Mexico

This heterodox work draws on fiction resources and the register of documentary to denounce the phenomenon of rape in Mexico. With a complex essay-like structure, the film is a reflection on the various types of sexual violence, from the classist legal apparatus and the connivance of religious institutions, to rejection of and discrimination against victims. At the same time, it introduces community alternatives for victim support. A project by “Cine Mujer,” this film exemplifies the group’s motto and mode of production, and thus one of the maxims of feminism: no personal solutions; only collective action for collective solutions.

A Refugee from Vietnam

1979 • 4 min • East Germany

After becoming notorious world-wide for a bloody killing, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, former general and chief of the South Vietnamese police, moved to the United States and opened a restaurant outside of Washington, D.C. Contrasting images from these two phases of his life are intercut.

Soolo

1979 • 23 min • Soviet Union

A mysterious short film about a raft watchman who meets a strange company by the river.

Honeymoon Operetta

1979 • 19 min

This Kuwaiti comedy operetta follows newlyweds Rashid and Amina as marital tensions arise. Frustrated by Rashid’s modest income and his complaints about her father, Amina directs her anger at Rashid’s mother, leading to a cascade of humorous conflicts.

Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979

1979 • 51 min

Johnny Cash Live In Las Vegas 1979 is a completely unseen concert from the House Of Cash personal vault. Captured on the in-house video system at the casino, the set features Johnny, June and his regular backing band doing many of his most beloved songs as well as his more recent hits like (Ghost) Riders In The Sky and One Piece At A Time. The show was a special treat for the annual convention of the sales people at Century21 real estate and Johnny and June crack several jokes throughout about buying and selling property.

Once Upon a Midnight Scary

1979 • 60 min • United States of America

"Once Upon a Midnight Scary" is a 1979 television program that aired as part of a CBS television anthology series. The program, hosted by noted actor Vincent Price, features scenes from three stories, including "The Ghost Belonged to Me" by Richard Peck, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, and "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" by John Bellairs.