All Films

Vertige

1969 • 44 min • Canada

A psychedelic journey that follows young disillusioned and hedonistic people who are seeking escape in sex and drug use.

I Am Joaquin

1969 • 20 min

Experimental film woven around a poem about Chicano culture in the U.S. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

Jeanne et la Moto

1969 • 22 min • France

A young woman comes to despise her lover because his bike has just broken down.

Owly, Who Watched TV All Day

1969 • 7 min • Hungary

Owly was born when his father watched TV. He gets interested in television himself. But can he learn anything, while all he wants is to watch TV?

B

1969 • 9 min

Some persons bring chickens and fishes as presents to some actors who are playing, while the Warrior tries the mirror's suicide, but fails in seeing the Death. Outside, chewing-gums are distributed away and the Spring passes by, turning into a little girl. –G. L.

Chicken Soup

1969 • 14 min

A personal documentary that chronicles the making of a pot of chicken soup from live chicken to dinner itself. The elderly couple making the soup speak in both English and Yiddish; there is no general narration. –Peter De Domenico

Army (Newsreel #36)

1969 • 19 min • United States of America

Shot in 1969, this film documents the building anger of draftees in the U.S.military, and the growth of the anti-war movement within the military. Soldiers are interviewed and seen as they face brutalizing treatment and indoctrination in bootcamp, military training that made the war atrocities of the Vietnamese War all too possible as "just following orders". The film blasts the U.S. presence and forsees its future in Vietnam, while comparing the South and North Vietnamese armies and their reasons for fighting.

Teacher's Pests

1969 • 11 min

They may be a teacher's worst nightmare, but these hoodlums are a dream come true. They spit, they fight, they curse, and they accept their punishment.

The Hamburger Sandwich

1969 • 9 min • United States of America

"The Hamburger Sandwich" explores the art and craft of creating the perfect hamburger, emphasizing the importance of quality ingredients, sanitation, and imaginative garnishments. It highlights the competitive nature of the burger market, where the average consumer is discerning and expects gourmet flavors. The film provides tips on cooking techniques, innovative toppings, and presentation to enhance the dining experience, encouraging chefs to experiment and cater to diverse tastes.

Portogallo, paese tranquilo

1969 • 35 min • Italy

A clandestine collection of testimonies by anti-Salazarist resistors and army deserters.

Horny Hobo

1969 • 55 min

A young dude, panhandling in the streets of suburban Smutville U.S.A., gets the chance to earn some bread by washing windows but ends up watching bimbos instead. Peeping through the first window he¹s about to clean, he watches two peach-titted lovely lesbos, Miss Cute and Miss Cuter, as they happily bump beavers in bed. When the gals finally discover him, they drag his horny hobo ass inside and take turns rubbing his bindlestiff raw, while he noses around their sweet little snatches, sneaking licks at their ripe cherries. It’s all like some wild Hatha Yoga session as they assume positions no sex-starved swami could possibly dream up. And when Cute and Cuter are all banged out, another gal, Miss Cutest, a brunette with pigtails and perfect breasts, drops into bed for a bout with our hobo. After her, Miss Cutest Of All appears, a platinum blonde who’s really got the goods.

Solomon, the Sea Turtle

1969 • 48 min • United States of America

Scientists study the migratory habits of the green sea turtles, attaching a transmitter to the shell of Solomon, a 350-pound example. Solomon has to fight storms and a tiger shark as he migrates from the Virgin Islands to his birthplace far off in the Caribbean.

Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin

1969 • 2 min • Germany

Song 29

1969 • 3 min • United States of America

SONG 29: A portrait of the artist's mother (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).

Hidden Spring

1969 • 10 min • Italy

An animated film using mixed techniques on the natural world and its metamorphoses, Primavera nascosta starts with a voyage in the tradition of abstract experimentalism, exploring sea creatures and then those of the air, only to digress towards heavenly space and astronauts, prior to the conclusion. —Tate Modern

Drugs: The Children Are Choosing Drugs In Our Culture

1969 • 29 min

Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the sequence. ALSO: Good hippie sequence in Haight-Ashbury.

Grey Morning

1969 • 22 min • Brazil

A couple is arrested and tortured after taking part in a political demonstration, being sentenced to death.

The Canaries

1969 • 4 min • United States of America

Live-action footage of canaries and beachgoers overlaid with hand-painted effects.

Knife Throw

1969 • 5 min

"The static camera is placed in a room lit by an overhead controlled lighting system. Two flashlights are strapped to my ankles and the other to one wrist. I begin throwing the tree knives at 20 feet away from the panel and move toward the panel at 2 foot intervals, throwing the set of knives to 10 feet from the surface and then move back to the 20 ft. mark. The lights in the room are dimmed a specific amount at each interval until the room is totally dark revealing only light specks given by the flashlights reflecting off the broken surface of the panel. The soundtrack consists of the knives striking the surface and sometimes bouncing to the floor; a woman's voice is heard speaking: 'stick, bounce, stick, stick, bounce' etc., as each knife is thrown." - David Askevold

Wreck of the New York Subways (Newsreel #47)

1969 • 15 min • United States of America

During the winter of 1969, the New York Transit Authority increased the public transportation fee fare from 20 cents to 30 cents--a 50% increase. Infuriated riders scrambled under turnstiles and through exit doors, refusing to pay the fare. In THE WRECK OF THE NEW YORK SUBWAYS riders and subway workers denounce the terrible conditions and constant fare increases. The film analyzes the vicious cycle of bonding the Transit Authority, which profits the banks at the expense of the taxpayers.

"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes

1969 • 50 min

A documentary by André S. Labarthe.

Man and Lion

1969 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A kind man cures the lion and grateful lion will pay for the kindness by performing in the Rome's circus.

We

1969 • 27 min • Soviet Union

Monumental picture exploring the identity and fate of the Armenian nation.

Priya

1969 • 16 min • India

Diploma film by John Abraham