All Films

Where Has It Been Seen, Where Has It Been Heard

1973 • 26 min • Soviet Union

A funny story of the artistic debut of the hero of Victor Dragunsky's stories - Denis Korablev.

Pegasus

1973 • 8 min • Belgium

A farmer accidentally creates a self-procreating iron Pegasus.

Grierson

1973 • 58 min • Canada

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term 'documentary film'.

Ward

1973 • 46 min • Yugoslavia

A terrified young man is being pursued by a mysterious man in black. He hides out in a nearby mental hospital, but can he escape his fate?

Häxa

1973 • 59 min

About a young witch's bitter fate, in the dungeon and on the bonfire. Based on records from witch trials in Dalarna, Sweden, in the 17th century.

On Location with Westworld

1973 • 9 min • United States of America

This promotional short shows what went on behind the scenes during the shooting of the science fiction classic Westworld (1973). Director Michael Crichton and star Yul Brynner give their views on the meaning of the film, which emphasizes the relationship between man and the machines he uses for his amusement. We also see how some of the stunts were performed, including the scene where Brynner's character gets engulfed in flames.

Julie's Christmas Special

1973 • 60 min • United States of America

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some traditional Christmas favourites such as Julie’s Christmas Special. This special aired on ABC-TV on December 14, 1973 and featured special guests Peter Ustinov and Peggy Lee. Most memorably, Andrews and Lee duet on a trippy, campy medley that delightfully careens from hit to hit over the most fun 8 and a half minutes you'll ever have with your pants on. Andrews plays a TV Hostess whose wandered into a cardboard forest and stumbles across Lee as the Sugar Plum Fairy lazing on a divan and ready for some fun - complete with ultra soft-focus and a bedazzled microphone.

Tarpon

1973 • 52 min • United States of America

The first of the modern fishing films, shot in the wild panorama of 1970s Key West. Colorful scenes of Key West from another era - with treasure hunters, smugglers, hippies and eccentrics - are background to stunning cinematography and tarpon fishing at its finest. Authors, Richard Brautigan, Tom McGuane and Jim Harrison join with legendary flats guides, Woody Sexton, Gil Drake and Steve Huff.

My Children Are Safe!

1973 • 12 min

Features the daughter and grandchildren of the late President Johnson who demonstrate infant safety in the home.

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 • 27 min • United Kingdom

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.

Balablok

1973 • 7 min • Canada

Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

L'Erta Ale

1973 • 22 min

Short documentary on the volcano Erta Ale.

Parasolka On The Hunt

1973 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The animation tells about the adventures of the funny character Parasolka on the hunt.

Maxi Cat: The Lunch

1973 • 1 min • Yugoslavia

Maxi Cat's strange spaghetti.

Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973

1973 • 57 min • Sweden

Miles Davis performing live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden 27 October 1973 1. Band warming up 2. Untitled Original 730424c 3. Calypso Frelimo 4. For Dave (Mr. Foster) 5. Tune in 5 ------ Miles Davis (tpt, org) / Dave Liebman (ss, ts, fl) / Pete Cosey (g, perc) / Reggie Lucas (g) / Michael Henderson (el-b) / Al Foster (d) / James Mtume Forman (cga, perc)

版畫家廖修平

1973 • 4 min • Taiwan

A short experimental documentary directed by Chang Chao-Tang (張照堂) during his tenure at the China Television Company (中國電視公司) for the program News Highlights (新聞集錦). Using an abstract visual approach, Chang captures the printmaker Liao Hsiu-Ping (廖修平) in his thirties, at the height of his creative vigor. The film is entirely without narration and is accompanied by composer Chou Wen-Chung’s (周以文) modernist piece "Cursive" (草書).

The Boy and The Bird

1973 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An allegory of how important it is to develop a sense of beauty at a very young age and not bury your talent in the ground - because he's like a timid, magical bird that can fly up and fly away, and it will be impossible to bring it back.

September Express

1973 • 6 min • United States of America

"Cine-Sonnet. Rome to Venice. A study of time in motion. An accelerated montage of reflections and landscapes framed in the window of an express train running from Rome to Venice. Dedicated to the writings of J.W. Dunne, the collage of Kurt Schwitters and the cubistic paintings of Braque." –S.D.H.

The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland

1973 • 56 min

"This book is a descent into the soul of a child." On November 26th, 1865, Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was published. In this 1973 broadcast, we discover the genesis of this "masterpiece of the absurd" and delve into the depths of a child's soul, thanks to Jean Gattegno's fascinating analysis. As a bonus, Claude Rich reads us an excerpt from Alice's adventures.

Cahuramanacas

1973 • 14 min • Venezuela

Documentary by Clemente de la Cerda about Caracas.

Fumettophobia

1973 • 12 min • Italy

Short documenting the importance of comic books to children's imaginative development, in spite of adult fears that they might be a negative influence.

Waves

1973 • 26 min • Ireland, United Kingdom

Waves is a visually breathtaking film about the power of the sea. Capturing the Atlantic Ocean in various moods as it crashes against the Irish coasts, the film is a hymn to the relentless power and endless beauty of this elemental force of nature. With coastal scenes harking back to the majesty of Flaherty’s Man of Aran (1934), Carey offers a unique sea-centred depiction of the islands as his painterly cinematography offers mesmerising images of roiling seas, waves crashing against the Aran rocks, sunsets and a golden full moon. John Taylor, friend and colleague of Carey, had originally worked on Man of Aran and filmed some of the additional photography in Waves.

I'm Going

1973 • 3 min • Poland

From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'. // In I'm Going Robakowski attempted an iconoclastic representation of the human body. He initiated a situation in which the materiality of film engaged in a dialogue with the materiality of the human body. Over the course of the film, the growing fatigue of the body carrying the film camera can be heard in the artist's voice and increasingly heavy breathing. The effect is that of the artist delving into his own materiality. The subject becomes merely a thing among things, a living fragment of the matter. With their attempt to shift the "film gaze" onto the machine (a non-anthropocentric point of perception of the world), Robakowski's Records most fully illustrate the antivoyeuristic ambitions of structuralist cinema, which aimed to subvert the traditional voyeuristic model.

Rodovia Belém - Brasília

1973 • 13 min • Brazil

Documents the arrival of progress with the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway, to improve the living conditions of the people in the cities in the interior of the country. It also presents interviews with people from the region, who express their opinion about the benefits brought by the highway.