All Films

Joe and Petunia: Water Safety (Flags)

1970 • 1 min

Petunia lectures Joe on the importance of warnings about dangerous currents, whilst he is distracted by something at sea.

What the Fuck are These Red Squares?

1970 • 28 min • United States of America

Striking students meet at a "Revolutionary Seminar" at the Art Institute of Chicago in response to the invasion of Cambodia and the killing of protesting students at Kent and Jackson State Universities.

Sean

1970 • 15 min • United States of America

Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck interviews his neighbor, Sean Farrell, a 4-year-old living on San Francisco's Haight Street in 1969. Sean gives his thoughts on life in his home, a hippie crash pad, and casually mentions that he smokes pot, which caused this short film to become a national sensation.

Thomas Bernhard, Three Days

1970 • 55 min • Germany

This portrait of the great Austrian writer combines a brilliant monologue delivered by Thomas Bernhard and the artful film work of Ferry Radax.

The Rainbow Bear

1970 • 5 min

A sweet and wholly psychedelic children's animation by Bill Melendez, of "Peanuts" fame. Soundtrack by legendary Ghanaian Afro Rock band Osibisa.

Uncle Moustache

1970 • 29 min • Iran

A lonely old man takes to terrorizing the kids who build a football pitch next to his house.

Head Rag Hop

1970 • 3 min

A proto-music video: three minutes of experimental animation set to the tune of Romeo Nelson's 'Head Rag Hop'.

Le sexe enragé

1970 • 21 min • Belgium

A bourgeoisie client is transformed into a mouse and cannibalized by a prostitute in flagrante delicto with the camera changing focus in time to her breathing.

Pro Patria

1970 • 10 min

This film constructs an anguished hymn to peace using pieces of movie newscasts, photographs, and monuments about those who have fallen in the Great War.

Tarzun and the Valley of Lust

1970 • 49 min

The lascivious Jungle King has illicit affairs with both blonde bombshell Jane and exotic jungle princess Meena.

Attention! Wolves!

1970 • 17 min • Soviet Union

The story of a boy raised by wolves; A call to quell fascism before it can arise again.

Petula

1970 • 60 min • United States of America

In a staggering example of lacking imagination, Petula Clark's third US TV Special was given the exact same name as her first. Unbelievably, a third special also had that exact same title a few years later! Guests: Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, the Everly Brothers, David Frost. Songs: Beautiful Sounds, duet w/ Peggy Lee (I'm A Woman/Wedding Bell Blues), Games People Play (w/ The Everly Brothers), duet medley w/ Dean Martin on a horse (Hey Good Lookin'/Detour/Things/I Walk The Line/Just A Little Lovin'), medley (Come Together/Great Come And Get It Day), When Johnny Comes Marching Home (w/ Lee), Fool On The Hill.

The Youth Drug Scene

1970 • 28 min • United States of America

A Cristian educational film that tells the story of a former drug addict, Mark Lindley, and his recovery through finding God.

Burns And Scalds

1970 • 6 min • United States of America

Explains the first aid treatment for burns and scalds to relieve pain, to prevent or treat shock, and to prevent infection. Discusses the different types of burns and demonstrates the proper treatment for each. Shows applications of appropriate bandages and cover dressings, and emphasizes the correct and prompt treatment for physical shock.

Diario Spagnolo

1970 • 19 min

The making of Cabezas Cortadas.

Ho Anthropos

1970 • 10 min • Austria

A man sentenced to death reflects on his arrest, interrogations, torture.. and a bit on the time before, long gone, swallowed up by pain and numbness.

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

1970 • 23 min

Serenity!

1970 • 40 min • France

A sadean "huit clos". Originally inspired by Octave Mirbeau's Garden of Torture. A banquet organized by a lord (Hervé de Luze) and his companion (Anne Angel), turns into an orgy and the forced marriage of two guests. Happiness in crime, hence the title of the film. The film was shot with real blood and animal skulls.

Parvana

1970 • 13 min • Soviet Union

The stunning princess desires an inextinguishable fair of love as proof of true feelings. Brave suitors fly to the four corners of the world to look for it.

Mumbo Jumbo

1970 • 6 min • United States of America

The Ant's "lodge brothers" come to his rescue and thwart the Aardvark's nefarious plans.

Spread It Around

1970 • 46 min

3 women don't get enough sex at home and spread it around for a fee.

S.l.i.p.

1970 • 49 min • United States of America

A couple gets intimate in the privacy of their home, but a neighbor's daughter accidentally witnesses, leading to a court trial on Sexual Liberty in Private.

Capriccio

1970 • 16 min • Hungary

Shreds and fragments of film poetry that make its own place on the edge of a document film. The film is a college of dialogue between nature, abandoned country, and human fancy.

This Was the Time

1970 • 16 min • Canada

When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of the people had returned. This is a colourful recreation of Indigenous life that faded more than two generations ago when the great totems were toppled by the missionaries and the costly potlatch was forbidden by law. The film shows how one village lived again the old glory, with singing, dancing, feasting, and the raising of a towering totem as a lasting reminder of what once was.