All Films

Humor Amargo

1973 • 7 min • Brazil

Set of carioca sketches.

Lace of Summer

1973 • 4 min

"A day stands still and can be seen sprouting from its socket, a long toothed day eats its quiet bread and stands as still as ears of corn drying in the sun. It is a day to spread out like a festive cloth and heap with fruits. It is a day to carry in one's arms and lie with under the umbrella of a blossom tree." –S.D.H.

Pinochet

1973 • 5 min • Sweden

Politically animated short film in response to Pinochet's coup in Chile in 1973.

Mayonnaise #1

1973 • 11 min

A silent film featuring Charles Atlas' frequent collaborator, choreographer Douglas Dunn, improvising from a painting by Édouard Manet.

Vowels

1973 • 8 min • Yugoslavia

Structuralist film inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s sonnet Vowels.

Joe and Petunia: Worn Tyres

1973 • 1 min

Whilst on a relaxing drive, Petunia points out signs warning of the dangers of having worn tyres, and asks Joe if he had their tyres replaced.

VD Attack Plan

1973 • 16 min • United States of America

Short animation dealing with the doubts young people have about venereal diseases.

El entierro del gato

1973 • 40 min • Argentina

After the sudden death of El Gato, his body must be carried in the rain to the cemetery.

Oh! You Beautiful 'Doll'

1973 • 60 min • United States of America

Over the hill film starlet Gaye Roman lounges around her rundown Hollywood home and ekes out a living coercing innocent young men into taking her carnal acting courses. Meanwhile, smarmy con artist photographer Rodney Lecoq manipulates lovely and naive hippie girls into doing revealing poses for him.

Undercurrents

1973 • 13 min • United States of America

In the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the undulant beauty and violent potential of underwater life are carefully balanced within the reef community. The coral, the fish, the crabs all live within the balance of a delicate web of life connecting all creatures of the deep, from tiny microscopic plankton to the 2000-pound manta ray and the mighty sailfish. This web of life connects all sea creatures and man by his presence beneath the sea, threatens the very existence of life within the oceans.

"Coisas"

1973 • 23 min • Portugal

All Systems Go: Alan Garner

1973 • 40 min

An experimental, autobiographical documentary presented by Alan Garner

Wild Sync

1973 • 11 min

A restless instructional film, teaching his audience about impromptu sound synchronization, the use of cutaway shots and the total destruction of the clapper board.

The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Tour

1973 • 46 min • United States of America

Animated special about two youngsters who are miniaturized and travel through their Uncle's body, to understand more about his health.

Snövit och de sju små dvärgarna

1973 • 60 min • Sweden

The evil stepmother forbids Snow White to sing. Snow White ends up with a pop band called the Seven Dwarfs.

The 1980 Floor Show

1973 • 59 min

Bowie's final performance as Ziiggy Stardust

Achilles Heel

1973 • 57 min • United Kingdom

A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.

Lost in Space

1973 • 60 min • United States of America

An animated version of the much loved 1960's TV series. This time the Jupiter 2 is a space shuttle on its way from Earth to Saturn, commanded by Commander Craig Robinson and crewed by Robon the robot. The passengers are Linc Robinson, Craig's brother, Geologist Deanna Carmichael and Professor of Biology, Dr. Zachary Smith, who is not a stowaway this time. During the flight they are caught in a meteor storm sending them through a space warp, causing them to be "lost in space". Nearing an inhabited planet they come under attack forcing them to make a crash landing where they find two alien races, but are they friendly?

Defeat

1973 • 26 min • Italy

Demonstrations of metalworkers, students, and their allies on the left, seen from the point of view of an increasingly disillusioned young leftist. Film produced for Nuova Sinistra.

Communists since a Thousand Years (South Yemen)

1973 • 45 min

Troeller/Deffarge once asked a cabinet minister in South Yemen, why socialistic ideas were so readily acceptable in that part of the Arab world. He replied: “Because we have been communists for a thousand years! My mother was a Karmatian.” The Qaramitah, as the Karmatians are also known, had fascinated the reporter-team ever since their stay in Persia in 1950s.

The Heart is a Pleasure

1973 • 6 min • Spain

Experimental short film, On display at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Julie on Sesame Street

1973 • 60 min

Julie on Sesame Street was one of a series of Julie Andrews TV specials, produced by ATV and distributed by ITC. It was broadcast on ABC on November 23, 1973 and later in the UK on ITV on July 10, 1974. Using the alleys and stoops of the Sesame Street neighborhood as the venue for this television special, Julie Andrews and Perry Como join forces with the Sesame Street Muppets for an hour of music and antics.

A Place Called Ardoyne

1973 • 30 min • Ireland

The award-winning 1973 documentary looks at the situation in Northern Ireland as it affects the Catholic community of Ardoyne. Includes interviews with leading figures in the community including social workers, released internees, a parish priest and a Provisional IRA Battalion Commander.

Speech Day

1973 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that they've finished with school and school with them, what comes next for Ronnie, Wally and Rob?