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Short film by Maurizio Ponzi. Stefano is the younger son in a family who lives in the outskirts of Rome. He's been expelled at school, and is starting to work at a newsstand. A poetic look at the life and responsibilities of a poor kid in late-60s Italy.

Jean Renoir talks about the making of La Petite Marchande d'allumettes.

A 22 minute Warholian two-screen silent film featuring Syd Barrett along with other friends of Kevin Whitney.

Accompanied by the songs of singer-songwriter José Antonio Labordeta, a poetic journey through the inhospitable shire of the Monegros, located in the region of Aragón, in Spain, in search of peace and isolation.

A man talks about his addiction to amphetamines and illustrates his struggle by his sudden inability to fix a radio.

Archaeological exploration encourages the filmmaker to reflect on the flow of time and life.

A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 12 May 1969.

A young driver from the village went to work in the capital. He comes to his Steshitsy only on weekends: “to dance” and, not having settled down in the city, he tries to improve relations with Volka, with whom he has a child...

This year, the annual bike race will pass the highrise where little Max and Tüte live. It is a very hot day and the two boys try to come up with an idea to refresh the bikers. They finagle a huge water sprayer and all their neighbors get involved. But right at the crucial moment, a cat causes a huge accident and the would-be winner in the yellow jersey gets the worst of it.

The women’s committees in the GDR factories promote the technical and ideological-political qualification of female staff members. However, the film identifies deficits in the women’s private environment, since the men by their side often support their professional development only to a limited extent and the women’s multiple responsibilities persist despite state support.

Claude Léveillée expresses the frustrations of a taxi driver steering his vehicle through the obstacle course of downtown traffic. Accelerated camera action heightens the fury and the frenzy.

The uneven gait of one soldier forces the entire army to conform to his unusual way of marching.

Everyday life takes place in a square. The pedestrians move like mechanical toys. Among them are two pedestrians, who, apparently dissatisfied with this state of affairs, abandon this monotonous way of life. Like cyclists, they go towards an imagined goal where life is different. Having reached their goal, they find themselves once again in the same mechanical movement on the same square. The scene from the beginning of the film is repeated.

Film about skiing and other winter sports.

Documentary by Joaquím Jordá, part of the Barcelona School.

Filmed in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert in July 1969, "Hard Core" opens with an establishing shot of an expansive blue sky immediately evoking the American West, which sets the scene for De Maria's innovative and experimental film. The work intercuts two differing cinematic approaches: one that explores the observational potential of the medium through wide-angle, 360-degree shots that pan over the changing desert landscape, and the other that appropriates familiar visual tropes taken from the Hollywood Western movie genre—such as pistols, Levi's jeans, boot spurs, and leather chaps—and implements them in a performance. The soundtrack is an edited compilation of two of De Maria's "drum compositions," "Cricket Music" (1964) and "Ocean Music" (1968), which creates a sense of anticipation for the viewer. In the last minute of the film, a series of unexpected events unfolds in rapid succession, producing a dramatic climax.

GROUP I: GRASS (1969, 1 min, 16mm, silent) Grass to reeds to sky – the gradual melting of grass image to become the blue of the sky. ICE (1969, 2 min, 16mm, silent) Sensual icicle images in process of melting – drops of water eventually fall. SNOW (1969, 1 min, 16mm, silent) The mystery of snow illusion – a snow-covered walkway is followed to a short flight of steps to a bicycle wheel transposed by snow. VIBRATIONS (1969, 8 min, 16mm, silent) “VIBRATIONS is a truly photographic poetry, a transformation of sunlight into art light.” –Michael Snow

"This short film documents a day in our backyard while also standing in as a mini- creation myth. The film begins with word fragments written on the leader. There is sound, and the leader then lets there be light. Soon animal life appears on the earth, followed by people – and at some point, civilization and culture appear by way of a cast off TV set. Life continues as other events occur, and Time continually presses onward toward night. Throughout the film, we hear cryptic voices whose messages are unclear, and, as darkness descends and the TV set dominates, one voice from the ether constantly repeats a phrase. The sound is blurry, and as with a Rorschach test image, you will make of it what your inner life hears. I, of course, know exactly what the voice says, because I am the creator. But you will believe your own ears. (Spoiler alert. It’s in English). That’s the way of the world, and there’s no way out of it as far as I know." –Abbott Meader

A woman remembers the moments with her lover and believes she's made herself ridiculous. She's become a clown.

This creative educational film by Pieter Van Deusen features a variety of wind instruments performed by noted musicians Eli Hollander & Tony Plog. The film crew included Les Blank as 2nd Camera along with assistant Skip Gerson. This film was part of a music film series for Churchill Films: WIND SOUNDS, Percussion Sounds, and an offshoot film by Pieter with Les Blank entitled Christopher Tree.

[…A] tribute to the Sun. It is a celebration of light and water shot in Ohio and while crossing the country to the Northwest during the spring and summer of 1969.

A sunny comedy about a young man who finds himself destined to spill coffee on everyone he meets, whether they be friend or foe. –D. D.