All Films

The Stalls of Barchester

1971 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.

Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971

1971 • 49 min

Weather Report performing live in Hamburg on German TV show Beat Club on 22.06.1971. Joe Zawinul: Fender Rhodes / Wayne Shorter: Tenor and Soprano saxophones Miroslav Vitous: Electric and acoustic bass / Alphonse Mouzon: Drums / Dom Um Romão: Percussion 1. Umbrellas 2. Orange Lady 3. Waterfall 4. Seventh Arrow 5. TH 6. Morning Lake 7. Improvised Medley incl. Dr. Honoris Causa

Losharik

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The film tells us about the circus horse made of wooden balls who became the best actor in the circus. Yuri Norstein was it's sole animator. His handling of puppets and decor created a rare elegant beauty. Being known as the worlds greatest puppet animation director, many people in the west forget that he was animator too.

Never Go with Strangers

1971 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Never Go With Strangers was intended for children aged between seven and ten and its purpose was ‘to warn them of the dangers of accepting lifts or presents from strangers’. Due to potential distress government officials instructed that the film only be shown under ‘responsible adult supervision’, thus denying it a TV airing for many years.

Somebody Else's Tracks

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee

1971 • 50 min • United Kingdom

In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.

Top of the Bill

1971 • 46 min

Documentary feature about the great days of variety.

Peter's Chair

1971 • 6 min • United States of America

Narrated by Loretta Long A little sister means big trouble for Peter -- first his parents paint his cradle pink, and then they paint his crib! But he won't let them paint his chair!

Sexual Meditation: Room with View

1971 • 4 min • United States of America

Directly in the tradition of SEXUAL MEDITATION #1: Motel, this "sequel" does explore further possibilities of nudes in a room. - Canyon Cinema

Sikkim

1971 • 55 min • India

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat from both China and India. Ray's documentary is about the sovereignty of Sikkim. The film was banned by the government of India when Sikkim merged with India in 1975. The ban was finally lifted by the Ministry of External Affairs in September 2010. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

The Weather Report

1971 • 28 min

The Death of Djurica the Peasant

1971 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

A farmer's spiteful death against fascists who chase him down through his cornfield.

Photography

1971 • 15 min • Hungary

Journeying photographers criss-cross the country. The apparatus in their hands creates a reality that never existed: group pictures of those who never faced a camera together, soldier and civilian, clean shaven and moustached. A mother of three is far from satisfied with her photo, this is not how she imagines herself at all. Time for the retoucher to get to work. Pál Zolnay made this affectionately ironic short as a study for his feature film Photography (Fotográfia).

Fox Fire Child Watch

1971 • 3 min

Ken, Flo and Nisi Jacobs in the Syracuse Airport: this is what you might call baby-sitting in the swamp.

Forbidden Photos: Third Story (Photo)

1971 • 58 min • Egypt

When the police find a woman's body at the pyramids, a group of people sees their missing loved ones in the dead woman's picture, including a mother whose daughter ran away to work in Cairo, a manager whose mistress left him, and a man who used to flirt with his young maid.

Behind the Wall

1971 • 56 min • Poland

Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compassion, but Jan, absorbed with his career, remains immune to Anna's clumsy efforts to pierce his defenses.

Walt, King of the Dumper

1971 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Walt finds the voluptuous Jasmine a more exciting proposition than digging a trench...

Snow White

1971 • 25 min • Switzerland

A short film based on the German fairy tale.

£60 Single, £100 Return

1971 • 30 min

A play by Bill Lyons. Encouraged by his adventurous friend Des, Pete wants to holiday in India. But can he convince his fretful mother, and what does Des' family think anyway?

Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life

1971 • 29 min • Italy

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.

Birdbath

1971 • 40 min • United States of America

During the course of one night, two strangers, a lonely waif and a prodigal poet, form an unexpected connection.

Vietnam! Vietnam!

1971 • 58 min • United States of America

Inspired by a series of articles by Thomas Duggan Goss. Part One - Vietnam:The People and the War - The Vietnamese in their normal daily routine. Their lives when having been affected by insurgents. Wives of prisoners of war in Vietnam talking about their incessant activities on behalf of their husband's plights. (36:28) and Part Two - Vietnam:The Debate Students, Wounded U.S. Soldiers, Demonstrators, and a number of elected officials, foreign dignitaries, and lawyers air their personal and/or political feelings about the Vietnam War in the 1960's and in the early 1970's.

Mama

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A poetic novel for adults about the love of a mother to her child and how she always worries for him.

Pandora

1971 • 6 min

Experimental filmmaker and color cameraman here collaborate in a surrealistic retelling of the old myth. But this is a dream fantasy with no real parallel to Pandora, replete with striking symbols where everything is larger than life--the silhouetted image of a mother and an infant, the profiled view of two sculptured heads spouting smoke and fire.