All Films

Macbeth

1971 • 60 min • Germany

Fusing Shakespeare‘s tragedy with the Verdi opera, Schroeter's Macbeth is a fascinating television experiment shot entirely in a studio with several electronic cameras. As Schroeter would recall, "I arranged the Verdi music for a quartet of violin, accordion, piano and oboe, but modeled the rhythms on Argentinian tangos and boleros. The actors sang with horrifying, shrill voices.... The use of video allowed me to produce extraordinary colors.... Of all my films, Macbeth was most unwelcome: Audiences don’t like their Shakespeare to be presented in this way, but I do not differentiate between kitsch and culture...". - MoMA

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

1971 • 36 min • United States of America

Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a hot plate.

The Blue Meteor

1971 • 4 min • Soviet Union

A today's schoolboy can become a large scientist that is waited by the great opening in the future, but for this purpose thinking of studies is needed already now.

Too Much Loving

1971 • 54 min • United States of America

A scientist revives dead nude women in his basement, and commands them to obey his every sexual desire.

I'm Too Sad to Tell You

1971 • 3 min • United States of America

This short film is part of a mixed media artwork of the same name, which also included postcards of Ader crying, sent to friends of his, with the title of the work as a caption. The film was initially ten minutes long, and included Ader rubbing his eyes to produce the tears, but was cut down to three and a half minutes. This shorter version captures Ader at his most anguished. His face is framed closely. There is no introduction or conclusion, no reason given and no relief from the anguish that is presented.

Attack No. 1 - Tearful Immortal Bird

1971 • 60 min • Japan

Kozue, who was in the first year of Fujimi Gakuen High School, and Tsutomu, who succeeded the fruit and vegetable shop of the family business, were close friends who encouraged each other. At that time, Kozue's chest was struck by the trinity attack of the three Yagisawa sisters. Teradoin High School, where these three sisters are, won the Inter-High for the third consecutive year. There is no glory for Kozue unless this attack is defeated. Then, Kozue's bloody practice was repeated, and the final match with the temple temple high school that he headed for. However, during that time, Tsutomu received the news that he was in critical condition due to a traffic accident. With sadness in his chest, Kozue challenged a new technique, double attack, as much as he could.

Brazil: A Report on Torture

1971 • 60 min • Brazil, United States of America

The filmmakers spoke to ex-political prisoners who had been tortured by the military government who were at that point supported by the US government.

The Apology of Socrates and Death

1971 • 56 min • Yugoslavia

The dramatization of Socrates' trial for spoiling the Athenian youth which resulted in his death sentence.

Ruben's Revenge

1971 • 13 min

An old mechanic takes revenge on some hippies.

Padre Cícero

1971 • 10 min • Brazil

A short documentary that presents the legacy of Padre Cícero, an important priest for the Juazeiro do Norte community, who managed to bring progress and new developments to the town after a miracle to brought plenty of attention to the region.

Users Are Losers

1971 • 17 min • United States of America

Educational film about the dangers of drug use and abuse in high school. Framed around the death of a classmate from overdose.

Black Snow

1971 • 17 min • United States of America

An experimental film which Roger Watkins created in order to prove how easy it is to create experimental films.

Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR

1971 • 23 min

In August, a brand new 16mm source of this event surfaced on the French INA Archives, featuring continued camera angles as well as entirely new angles. Putting all 3 of these camera feeds together creates an uninterrupted 23m14s clip showcasing the entirety of two songs, "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" and "Cymbaline".

Notes on the New York Film Festival

1971 • 29 min • United States of America

An interview with Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom who were presenting films at the ninth New York Film Festival (1971). The documentary was first presented on the television program Camera Three.

Thank You Very Much

1971 • 40 min

A social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors. 

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 10 - The Woman Who Nails Ghost Stories

1971 • 60 min • Japan

Tenth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

Wondering About Things

1971 • 21 min

Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological society. Their answers add up to the view that science is an indispensable part of mankind's hope for the future. Interviewees include Haskell Wexler, Joan Baez, Ann Halprin, Benny Bufano, Art Hoppe, Zubin Mehta, Phil Ochs, George Pimentel, Ben Maddow.

The Battle of Kerzhenets

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols.

New Yorkers

1971 • 29 min

Set in and around E. 77th St., New Yorkers follows inhabitants of the neighborhood, documenting their small businesses, daily encounters and commentary on New York in the 1970s. With the neighborhood experiencing changes in culture, cost and character we get to know a wide range of residence each vastly different from the last.

Broken Fall (Geometric)

1971 • 2 min • Netherlands

One of a series of ‘falls’ by Bas Jan Ader that he recorded on film, this work was filmed in West Kapelle, Holland in 1970.

The Youngest Rain

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

About a little rain that did not immediately learn to benefit people and plants.

The Woman's Film

1971 • 42 min • United States of America

Produced collectively by women, this documentary is a valuable historical document of the origins of the modern women's movement in the United States. The film delves into the lives of ordinary women from different races, educational levels and social classes. Filmed mostly in small consciousness-raising groups, from which the women's movement grew, the women talk about the daily realities of their lives as wives, home-makers, and workers. They speak, sometimes with hesitancy, often with passion, about the oppression of women as they see it.

Jabberwocky

1971 • 14 min • Czechoslovakia

In stop-motion animation, a wardrobe moves through the countryside. It arrives in a house, a child's voice recites Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," and various objects, such as toys and dolls, move about, disintegrate, and play out archetypal scenes. Like Carroll's verse, the images are at once familiar and unfamiliar. A child's play suit, hanging in the wardrobe, becomes the adventure's protagonist.

Conversation with Allende

1971 • 31 min

This interview was conducted shortly after the late President Dr. Salvador Allende won the Chilean elections of 1970. Dr. Salvador Allende was the first democratically elected socialist president in Latin America. Three years later, Allende was killed during a coupe lead by General that overthrew the Allende government.