All Films

A Very Merry Cricket

1973 • 30 min • United States of America

A sequel to "A Cricket in Times Square," in this feature a musical cricket returns to his New York City home and his friends, a cat and a mouse, to discover the meaning of Christmas.

A Hymn on the Death of the Young

1973 • 11 min • Poland

A surrealistic portrait of restaurant guests as seen by an otherworldly visitor who has the ability to read people’s subconscious.

Chile 1973 - Workers do not participate in the government, they are the government

1973 • 58 min • Chile, Netherlands

Documentary about the process of socialist transformation initiated by the Unidad Popular government, a review of its difficulties and achievements, on the eve of the parliamentary elections of March 1973.

Only for Adults II

1973 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Two plots: "Quarrel" and "Heroic Symphony".

Satdee Nite

1973 • 17 min • Australia

A short observational account of one Saturday night in the mundane life of Stuart. He gets drunk, goes out to clubs,, searches for love and falls asleep unfulfilled on the floor of the club.

A Sketch in Six Parts

1973 • 14 min • Poland

Loosely connected scenes in the life of a young student.

Joseph Schultz

1973 • 13 min • Yugoslavia

A German soldier in Yugoslavia refuses to participate in a firing squad.

Pinscreen

1973 • 39 min • Canada

Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows.

Mururoa 1973

1973 • 27 min

In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in the test zone; when The Fri was boarded and impounded by French military he had to hide his camera in a barrel of oranges.

Journey to the Outer Limits

1973 • 52 min • United States of America

Journey to the Outer Limits is a 1973 American documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff. The fillm is a National Geographic documentary about students in the Outward Bound program as they confront themselves while training to climb the Santa Rosa Peak in the Peruvian Andes. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

China Cat Sunflower

1973 • 4 min

As though one gradually becomes aware of the music of the universe, the Dead break into consciousness as their images merge with the oneness of light, becoming discrete momentarily, then dancing away to the cosmic rhythm that permeates reality. A film composed in the camera in the heat of intuition frame-by-frame, and then recomposed frame-by-frame in the optical printer.

Garden of Luxor

1973 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A silent avant-garde experience created by Derek Jarman, filled with superimposed images forming a whole picture. His palette consists mostly of reddish random images of Egypt and the pyramids; a strange garden destroyed from time to time by a man with a whip; a young peaceful man relaxing on the floor; other smoking and eating insects. This is Jarman's view of the Garden of Luxor and its mysteries.

Toadstool

1973 • 2 min • Yugoslavia

An unusual appointment with the doctor.

Lazarus' Whims

1973 • 46 min • Poland

Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.

People's Temple

1973 • 22 min

A filmed documentary on Rev. Jim Jones and his cult.

Me and Jack

1973 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Five-year-old Serezha and his dog go to the North Pole. The story of one feat in the snowy outback.

The Attendant

1973 • 17 min • Yugoslavia

A rural community in the mountains. A story about death.

Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home

1973 • 52 min • Japan

“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not to return to Japan after the war. I found several of them who had remained in Thailand. Two years later, I invited one of them to make his first return visit to Japan and documented it in Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home. During the filming, my subject Fujita asked me to buy him a cleaver so that he could kill his ‘vicious brother.’ I was shocked, and asked him to wait a day so that I could plan how to film the scene. By the next morning, to my relief, Fujita had calmed down and changed his mind about killing his brother. But I couldn’t have had a sharper insight into the ethical questions provoked by this kind of documentary filmmaking.” —Shôhei Imamura

Huntsman

1973 • 15 min • Soviet Union

A screen adaptation of the short story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.

Under the Men's Tree

1973 • 15 min • Australia, United States of America

At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David and Judith MacDougall captures one particularly riveting discussion one afternoon under the men's tree. The conversation on this particular afternoon becomes a kind of reverse ethnography, centering on the European's most noticeable possession, the motor vehicle. This is a uniquely delicate and intimate film, filled with the humor of the Jie and, implicitly, the ironic wit of the filmmakers.

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973 • 60 min • United States of America

Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

Five Days in a Life

1973 • 50 min • Mali, Senegal

"Cinq jours d’une vie" is about a young man, N'Tji, orphaned at an early age, who lives under the supervision of his uncle. He is sent to Koranic school, where he is forced to memorize and recite verses of the Koran; soon, N’Tji escapes and begins to craft his own destiny. Unfortunately, he is found and thrown in prison, and must live with the implications upon release. In this film, Cissé explores the institution of the Koranic school and its detrimental effects on young people’s autonomy and ability to explore their futures.

Not I

1973 • 13 min • United Kingdom

Performed at the Royal Court Theatre on 16th January, 1973 Produced for the BBC in 1977 by Tristram Powell Directed by Anthony Page and Samuel Beckett Cast: Billie Whitelaw

Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block

1973 • 7 min • United States of America

Martin Scorsese, discusses the locations and personalities that inspired the film, in a promotional short for the film "Mean Streets."