All Films

Stalking the Wild Cranberry

1974 • 14 min

This wonderful film traces the steps taken in creating and shooting a television commercial for Post Grape Nuts. This film was produced by George Gage Productions, which filmed the commercial, starring the legendary Euell Gibbons, for the Benton & Bowles advertising agency, with lots of discussions & outtakes. The funky "Cranberry Rag" played by pianist Paul McDonough is delightful.

Rex The Arbitrator

1974 • 9 min • Poland

Rex and the cat are friends. Unfortunately, the cat wants to hunt the bird – a friend of Rex. In order to prevent that, the dog and the bird prepare some traps for the cat, they use a bucket of cold water and a rubbish bin.

Metamorphose.

1974 • 2 min • Japan

Made by Kiyoshi Nishimoto in March 1974 when he was a student of Musashino Art University.

The First Annual Miss Illinois Bikini Contest

1974 • 23 min

Documentary about the first annual Miss Illinois Bikini Contest, held by the Amateur Athletic Union at a theater on Chicago's south side. The event was staged as a means of drawing more eyes to the Junior Mr. Illinois bodybuilding contest held the same afternoon. The men took the stage first, while the bikini-clad contestants waited for over an hour in a cold back room waiting for their turn on stage. After the 31 contestants strut across the stage while their weights and goals are announced to the crowd, we see the Miss Illinois contestants bond backstage over smokes and classical piano.

The Hello Machine

1974 • 12 min • United States of America

The Hello Machine is a short, wordless film-poem, in which he chronicles the building of an entire ESS Mainframe. It is a poetic musing on the connections between handwork and the act of communicating. The film chronicles the act of making and building the mainframe with human hands so carefully that it becomes a handcraft, like weaving or sewing.

Orange Legend

1974 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A film about Stasys Brundza, the winner of the Tour d'Europe, who managed to break into the wide world behind the Iron Curtain through sport.

Matrix II

1974 • 8 min

Matrix II explores the properties of images and sounds in the medium of video. Geometric shapes travel across a ‘matrix’ (grid) of cathode ray tube (CRT) screens. CRT televisions, which use manipulated electron beams to display images on a fluorescent screen, remained in widespread use until the early 2000s. The Vasulkas sought to test the limits of each monitor, creating a fluid motion resembling the behaviour of electronic signals. Matrix II is an early example of video art, which first developed in the late 1960s and 1970s as artists came into contact with new consumer technologies for capturing moving images.

Die Blonde da oben

1974 • 10 min

The janitor of an apartment complex pays a visit to a resident and things get uncomfortable.

29 de Setembro de 1974

1974 • 15 min

Ângelo de Sousa documents a protest five months and four dates after the carnation revolution.

O, Life

1974 • 51 min • Yugoslavia

A mono-drama with Josip Pejakovic in the main role.

The Stones Will Speak

1974 • 17 min

A trip round the west of Ireland where the residents tell of their lives.

Pomorye

1974 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A brief journey through the harsh and poetic land of Pomorye.

The Gingerbread Girl

1974 • 9 min • Romania

A stop-motion animation about a girl made of gingerbread.

Reflections of the Past

1974 • 35 min • Canada

A documentary about the first Ukrainian immigrants in Canada.

Dale duro Cayetano

1974 • 13 min • Colombia

The film depicts the lives and dreams of those who aspire to fulfill themselves through boxing.

Raga - I India

1974 • 3 min • India

A short TV filler rendering the raga Megh Malhar as sung by Ustad Amir Khan. The Megh Malhar evoking the rain gods is generally sung between 11.30 PM and 1.00 AM.

The Girl and the Lion

1974 • 15 min • Soviet Union

An animated puppet film about the circus lion Kirill and the girl who helped him recover and perform at a performance for the gathered children.

In The Bird World

1974 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Short humorous sketches. The first is called "solid character", and it describes the history of a tough chick, which was brought to a hairdresser for the first time. The second is about the uncomplicated life of a bird, which, however, did not prevent her from publishing own memoirs. The last story, "Fathers and Sons" tells of the relationship of adults and offspring.

Grow Old Along with Me

1974 • 11 min • United States of America

A reaffirmation that love and sex know no age.

Creative Artists of India: Satyajit Ray

1974 • 14 min • India

Documentary about Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray

Portraits

1974 • 16 min • Argentina

Short film by Narcisa Hirsch

Secret Spill

1974 • 27 min

In this work, which documents a performance/installation, the tension derives from the ruptures between what is heard, what is seen, and what is ultimately not seen.

Valentino Moon

1974 • 12 min • Italy

‘Castagnoli is the auteur of Valentino Moon, a little Italian gem (is it Rome, is it Venice?) : streets, people, a market, all very quickly and every three seconds (yes it’s Rome and it’s a baroque film by Bernini), a dancing ‘Pierrot’. Pachelbel’s Canon adds to the jubilation. Jouhandeau could have whispered a title to Castagnoli : ‘Life should be a celebration.’ D. Noguez.

Double Self-Portrait

1974 • 14 min • Italy

Produced in January 1974, just after the death of her husband Giovanni Pirelli, the last film by Marinella Pirelli, austere and moving, appeared as an attempt to exorcise this event and the elaboration of grief. In the double role of actress and director, the artist records herself in movement without controlling the image. - Érik Bullot 16mm, digital transfer, colour, sound