All Films

Sliced Light

1977 • 15 min

Buena Vista Park in San Francisco like you've never seen it. "Playing" my 16mm Beaulieu camera like a musical instrument with extremely rapid zooming and inverted images. The virtuoso musician Peter Plonsky plays his Chromatic Khaen, an ancient Laotian instrument. He had never seen the film. One fourteen minute take, responding directly to the images in the studio.

Little Things in Life

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Two vignettes on drunkards and their enablers.

Frammenti Montagnola 1977

1977 • 8 min

Filming for a movie that will never be made, starring Gianni Celati and Roberto Freak Antoni of Skiantos, shot at Montagnola in Bologna in the winter of 1977.

Porträttet

1977 • 28 min • Sweden

Interview with the Swedish artist John E. Franzén.

Women

1977 • 22 min • Yugoslavia

With limited means to feed their families, the women of wartime Dalmatia turn to what they do have: the sea. After extracting salt by boiling sea water, they travel with their product, far inland over inhospitable terrain, to barter for food.

Akaoni to Aooni no Tango

1977 • 2 min

A video for the song by Isao Bitou that was featured in Minna no Uta program.

Still Life

1977 • 10 min • Poland

The production is a poetic impression, its tone is mournful. The film shows the landscape of Vietnam two years after the end of the war. There is no commentary in the production, the image is accompanied by Mozart's composition.

2 Eylül Direnişi (Resistance of September 2)

1977 • 24 min • Turkey

Documents the daily life struggle for survival by tens of thousands of rural Turkish immigrants who make their home in 1 Mayis Mahalllesi, a squatter's shanty-town on the outskirts of Istanbul, and their march on Istanbul to prevent the government from demolishing their home. (parahrapsed from Kathleen Modrowski) Işıtan’s documentary displays the conflict between the neighborhood residents and the police, with graphic images of violence. It uses a voice-over narration with a dramatic tone describing the events and Turkish folk singer Hakkı Bulut’s song—Gecekondu [Shantytown] (1978). The end of the film declares that it is dedicated to Hasan Kızılkaya murdered on September 2, 1978. It is highly likely that Işıtan’s film is the only surviving film of the People’s Cinema Group. (via the Amateur Cinema Project)

Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas

1977 • 12 min • Brazil

LEGO City

1977 • 1 min

LEGO City depicts four different unrelated events happening in the city. A pilot downed at sea is rescued and his seaplane is recovered. Meanwhile, a woman is run over by a car which attracts the attention of the police and hospital staff. Construction vehicles are seen to cause disruption at the city's airport. Finally, astronauts are shown enjoying exploring around the moon. Adam Zaner, filmmaker of this brickfilm, later became an executive producer of Bricks in Motion: The Documentary, supporting the film financially, and LEGO City was seen in the film.

Tornadoes: A Spotter's Guide

1977 • 16 min • United States of America

This is a NOAA storm spotter training film. It became the highest selling U.S. government film during peacetime.

Spray-On Video

1977 • 1 min

Commercial for spray-on video

Belleek, An Enduring Heritage

1977 • 24 min

This award-winning documentary on Belleek pottery was made jointly by filmmakers Roy Spence and J.J Tohill. Narrated by RTÉ newsreader Cyril Smith, this stunning documentary highlights the talent and craftsmanship that goes into each and every single piece of fine china and the generations of skilled artisans who create these works of art.

First Impressions

1977 • 25 min • United States of America

A documentary about the performers at a Denver drag bar, consisting largely of interviews conducted backstage as the performers apply their makeup.

Il Mec e La Mec

1977 • 12 min

Super8 short film by Gianni Bertini.

The sunset paradises

1977 • 8 min • France

Images on a text by Per Jakez Helias

Scherzo per clarino

1977 • 5 min • Italy

The video makes visible the hypothetical journey made by a sound. The air trapped inside a tube placed at the end of a clarinet travels a long way before being able to free itself through a note. The time that constitutes the duration of the video passes between the production of the sound and the possibility of listening to it.

铁证如山：福建军民怒斥“四人帮”

1977 • 43 min

The Sum of Perfection

1977 • 3 min

A film by Franklin Miller

Palestinian Visions

1977 • 30 min • Palestinian Territory

A short film about Palestinian artist Ibrahim Ghannam. A production of the Palestine Cinema Institute (PCI).

Fantomobil

1977 • 11 min • Poland

A film mocking the consumerist attitude towards life.

Geography of South America: Brazil (Revised)

1977 • 10 min • United States of America

Geographic features of a great frontier land, including scenes of the exciting new capital, Brasilia.

The Carpet Plane

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Based on oriental legends about a magic carpet that will serve only good people.

Today, the Information Explosion: Tomorrow...?

1977 • 15 min • United States of America

Examines the vastness of media and its effect on daily life. Explains that since the invention of the printing press, the availability of information has expanded rapidly.