All Films

Alien Dreamtime

2003 • 60 min

Produced as a live multi-media event in San Francisco, on the evenings of February 26 and 27, 1993. The performance is divided into three movements, each reflective of Terence McKenna's ethnobotanical theories: Archaic Revival, Alien Love and Time Wave Zero. McKenna's presence is combined with the neo-psychedelic visuals of Rose X and ambient techno improvisations by Space Time Continuum and didgeridusita, Stephen Kent.

Lost Boundaries

2003 • 5 min

Lost Boundaries is comprised of footage shot by Julien on location, in England in the summer of 1985, during the making of the Sankofa film and video collective's first experimental feature film The Passion of Remembrance (1986), which he co-directed with Maureen Blackwood, another member of the collective. In recapturing those moment Lost Boundaries both deconstructs and foregrounds the means of 16mm film production while weaving together a fragile community of Black artists and actors who came to prominence at a time when debates in film theory - such as those of the Screen film journal and of "third cinema" discourses where cinema was intertwined within (Brechtian) filmmaking practices - were at the forefront of forging a new politics of artistic representation. A Black avant-garde.

Mickey's Philharmagic

2003 • 12 min • United States of America

Disney magic meets Disney music in this spectacular 12-minute, 3D fantasy adventure starring Donald Duck.

Things That We Shouldn't Do

2003 • 5 min • South Korea

A sarcastic and hilarious short archival documentary on the Korean military style, this film uses recorded footage of the Vietnam War and military educational films from the 1970s when Korea participated in the war with the U.S. As it wittily demonstrates the close connection between macho aesthetics and militarism/patriotism, it also criticizes the massacres carried out by the Korean army in Vietnam, and humorously questions a Korean society that, at the time of production, was approving the dispatch of troops to Iraq.

Chernobyl Heart

2003 • 39 min

This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.

The Secret Origin of X-Men

2003 • 15 min

Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, and others discuss the origins of the X-Men comics and their influence on the films.

Dad

2003 • 12 min

An ode to Stephen Dwoskin's father. The film blends found family footage of the young and the ageing father. It takes the tiny gestures of daily life and turns them into the monumental moments of tenderness and respect. Part of trilogy of memoirs of loved ones.

Steve-O: PCP Saved My Life

2003 • 33 min • United States of America

A film documenting Steve-O's 5 day long PCP trip.

Giants: Friends or Foe

2003 • 60 min

Giants appear in almost every culture throughout history-they've wrestled gods, conquered empires, and inspired heroes to rise in stature. From real-life figures such as Andre the Giant and former basketball player George Muresan (who stands 7'7"), to authors Carol Rose (Giants, Monsters & Dragons) and Paul Robert Walker (Big Men, Big Country), Giants: Friend or Foe?

L'homme qui aimait les hommes

2003 • 48 min

Four interviews with homosexuals who are asked to talk about their sexual orientation, through their desires, their history, their feelings.

Mon corps vivant, mon corps mort

2003 • 14 min

What will you do, God, when I die? (R.M. Rilke)

The Real Blair Witch

2003 • 50 min

A group of teenagers from Flint, Michigan filmed themselves kidnapping and terrorizing a new acquaintance, before taking her out to a woods and dumping her in a shallow grave. They then taunted their terrified and blindfolded victim asking if she had any last requests before they cut her throat. But was the kidnap real or just a game? Three days later the tape was in the hands of the police and the 5 teenager friends were in custody facing life imprisonment. This program talks to the people at the heart of this story - including two of the defendants - in an attempt to understand what really happened in the woods around Flint last year. It also screens the video of the 'abduction'. What is revealed is an extraordinary and disturbing record of a night when something went terribly, terribly wrong.

Toto: The Ultimate Clip Collection

2003 • 37 min • United States of America

Africa - Holyanna - Can You Hear What I'm Saying - Cruel - Hold The Line - 99 - How Does It Feel - I Will Remember

The Books

2003 • 6 min

I made an animation work with the theme of "book". The first half uses a "paperback book" and the second half uses a "mail order" free book. 1996, 8mm work.

Magnetic Storm

2003 • 60 min

What is weakening Earth’s invisible shield? Magnets have the power to attract and repel—sometimes on a massive scale. The Earth’s molten core—a violent mix of searing heat, crushing pressure, and a billion trillion tons of liquid iron—creates an invisible shield that surrounds the globe, guarding against a constant barrage of deadly radiation from space. But over the last few decades, the Earth’s magnetic field has weakened dramatically, intriguing scientists across the globe. The power generated 2000 miles beneath our feet protects us every day, but the loss of Earth’s magnetic field is a brewing storm that affects us all. While experts research and debate, persistent questions remain. Is a rare geomagnetic reversal the cause of earth’s inner turmoil? And if the magnetic field were to vanish altogether, would Earth become as lifeless as Mars?

NО̄

2003 • 33 min

Filmed in real time and from a fixed camera angle, NО̄ creates a visual choreography from an everyday action. A Japanese peasant couple is bundling hay and later spreads it out again over the field. This action, which occurs in linear geometric precision from back to front and vice versa, ensures an observation of the landscape, perspective, light, and time. Lockhart’s work emerges as a landscape painting in real time.

I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman

2003 • 25 min

A short documentary on the life and songs of Randy Newman

21

2003 • 53 min

Leigh, 15, has troubles. Her jock brother torments her, her estranged father just blew into her life and her mother can't pay the bills. Worst of all, if Leigh loses seat play-offs, she wont be able to sit next to her long developing love interest, Jen! When Leigh's father announces he's leaving and John steals Leigh's diary, tensions within the family erupt. As Leigh falls into becoming her own person, she must reconcile with her brother to pull her existing family together.

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

2003 • 11 min • United States of America

In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules Furthman writes a script, which follows the book closely. The location of the story is Cuba, but the US Government is against depicting corruption and violence on Cuba, and threatens to withdraw the film's export license. William Faulkner rewrites the script, and relocates the story to Martinique. Hawks's wife, Nancy Slim Gross, happens to see a young model at the cover of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and shows it to her husband. Hawks is a star-maker, who likes to discover and nurture new talents. After a screen test, he chooses the 19-year-old model as the lead actress opposite Humphrey Bogart. She changes her name from Betty Perske to Lauren Bacall. At the first takes she is so nervous that she shakes.

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

2003 • 50 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about Rosalind Franklin, the scientist who first photographed and discovered the shape of DNA.

Ressonàncies magnètiques

2003 • 10 min

Seuls sont les indomptés

2003 • 52 min • France

Created in 1966 by Jean-Marie Rodon and Jean-Max Causse, the Action cinemas has succeeded in establishing itself as the leading group for the distribution of classic cinema in the world.

Tim Tom

2003 • 5 min • France

Tim and Tom persevere and successfully connect despite the interference of their higher power.

Lost Dreams

2003 • 20 min

Lost dreams is made out of those little remnants of images, from a single glance to a detailed moment, of those women from youth’s love and young dreams. They are woven together, like fragments of the mind, from the ends of the film to the corners of the frame.