All Films

Ski-napper

1964 • 6 min • United States of America

Chilly tries to borrow some coal from the ski resort Smedley works at, but Smedley stops him.

Nightspring Daystar

1964 • 18 min • United States of America

The film springs from the night through the dawn to the daystar, following the adventures of the mind on the way.

The Meeting

1964 • 10 min

A young woman's encounter with a mysterious lover. This short film is an extra on the BFI Flipside DVD The Pleasure Girls.

The Fugitive

1964 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Among the Brighton gangs, the Mods and Rockers, a teenager is victimised by a member of his own group, who then steals his girlfriend. He can take no more, and knives his rival in a fight. But his troubles are just beginning. His girlfriend is not coming back. The police are after him, as are the other members of the gang. Everywhere he is a fugitive. He suffers a breakdown, and fantasises that the doctors in the hospital are killing his injured rival, and that he will be blamed. He steals a bottle of serum that a doctor had used for an injection, hoping to convince his former friends that he is innocent, but it is just an empty bottle which will convince no-one. He finds himself cornered in a dark lane where there is no way out.

Tempo Nel Tempo

1964 • 3 min

Short by Bruno Munari and Marcello Piccardo.

Anmeldung

1964 • 10 min • Germany, Netherlands

An elderly lady joins an old peoples' home, but while filling in the form is lost in memories of the past.

Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

1964 • 4 min • United States of America

Screen test by Andy Warhol with Dennis Hopper as the subject.

Midsummer Nightmare

1964 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

Francis Bacon, peintre anglais

1964 • 26 min

Papers, photographs, sketches, tubes of paint and canvases litter Francis Bacon’s London studio. It’s a place where friends, lovers and eccentric figures pass through, haunting his canvases after a mysterious creative alchemy. Bacon explains in French his carnal relationship with his canvases, the painters who inspire him, and his relationship with alcohol, violence and death. He talks about his homosexuality, his personal life and the way it spills over into his painting. An exceptional portrait captured on the spot, over the course of a rambling, inebriated conversation.

Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I

1964 • 45 min

The 32 year old Liston defended his title against the 22 year old Clay on February 25, 1964, in Miami Beach, Florida, Clay weighed in at 206lbs while Liston was 218 lb. Many of those watching were surprised during the referee's instructions to see that Clay was considerably taller than Liston, the so called 'Big Bear'.

Opus 1

1964 • 5 min • Canada

Abstract film by Pierre Hébert, originally made in 1964 and remastered in 2007.

Armageddon or The End

1964 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

Break-up flick.

Handy Man

1964 • 10 min

A janitor newly hired at a hotel is told that he is never to disturb the guests on the 19th floor.

One Day at Teton Marsh

1964 • 48 min • United States of America

Depicts the animal life, including ospreys, otters, beavers, and others, in a small area near the Grand Teton Mountains. Based on the book by Sally Carrighar.

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson

1964 • 28 min • Canada

This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one would follow him. What he discovered instead was an inland sea, a discovery that ended in tragedy.

Naked Moonshine

1964 • 10 min

Three naked women are having a party and run out of money to buy liquor, so they decide to make their own.

Horror!!!

1964 • 20 min • Switzerland

Horror stars are interviewed about their craft and films. Included on Severin Films' "Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Vol. 1" collection.

The Land Burns

1964 • 12 min • Argentina

A short film describing the bleak reality of life in the rural regions in Brazil through the story of thirty-five-year-old farmer Juan Amaro.

Fields of Sacrifice

1964 • 38 min • Canada

This 1964 documentary returns to the battlefields where over 100,000 Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The film also visits cemeteries where servicemen are buried. Filmed from Hong Kong to Sicily, this documentary is designed to show Canadians places they have reason to know but may not be able to visit. Produced for the Canadian Department of Veteran Affairs by the renowned documentary filmmaker Donald Brittain. (NFB)

The Supermarket

1964 • 10 min • United States of America

The Supermarket is a short film by Ezra Baker from 1964 about the chaotic and often humorous day to day operation of a supermarket.

The Child of the Future: How Might He Learn?

1964 • 58 min • Canada

Education is increasingly affected by technological advance. How the changes affect the child are shown in this far-ranging study of what is new in educational theory and practice. Appearing in the film are several leading educators and innovators, including Dr. Jerome Bruner of Harvard University and host-narrator Dr. Marshall McLuhan.

Tempo lavorativo

1964 • 9 min • Italy

Avantgarde short by Brass.

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics

1964 • 25 min • United States of America

A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind.

Le Grand Escroc

1964 • 25 min • France

Patricia Leacock, reporter for an american television, is in Morocco on the trail of a counterfeiter-philanthropist. Based on a real story which Chaplin had already thought to adapt into a film.