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Eyewitness

Eyewitness

1999 • 39 min • United States of America
Eyewitness is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Bert Van Bork. The film explores the lives of three artists forced to work in secret while living in Nazi death camps: Jan Komski, Dinah Gottliebova, and Felix Nussbaum, and who all witnessed and painted the horrors of the Holocaust. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

1999 • 60 min • Netherlands
A documentary about the life and works of the artist M. C. Escher. Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
Life, Autumn

Life, Autumn

1999 • 35 min • Germany, Russia
It was filmed in rural Russia, near the city of Smolensk. It shows a small village, where all young people are gone and only older people are left.
Celtic Legends: The Arthurian Legends

Celtic Legends: The Arthurian Legends

1999 • 53 min
Though modern scholars fail to agree whether he actually existed, the legend of King Arthur and his noble knights of the Round Table has endured throughout the ages, thanks in part to its immortalization in works by Chretien de Troyes, Richard Wagner and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This installment of the Celtic Legends series explores Arthur's ever-changing image throughout history, from fearless warlord to romantic hero.
City Walk

City Walk

1999 • 6 min • United States of America
An early Bill Morrison short, in this work he traverses an urban landscape utilizing high contrast black and white footage. The bustling nature of the setting is complimented by the energetic music by Michael Gordon.
The Best of MusikLaden: Kool & the Gang

The Best of MusikLaden: Kool & the Gang

1999 • 45 min
For three decades, the German television mega-hit "MusikLaden" drew an impressive list of musical legends from all over the world, capturing rare and memorable live concert performances. In this energetic show taped in 1982, disco impresarios Kool and the Gang perform hit songs with a unique blend of R&B, funk and disco, including "Celebration," "Ladies Night," "Get Down On It," "Too Hot," "Go Dancing" and "Big Fun."
2 Spellbound

2 Spellbound

1999 • 8 min
experimental film by Les Leveque
Ad Vice

Ad Vice

1999 • 7 min
"Ad Vice consists of a succession of colored projection surfaces with segments of text from the worlds of advertising, sport and popular culture." - Anita De Groot
Kingsbury Beach

Kingsbury Beach

1999 • 7 min
Digital stills and video footage of a child on a beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, are manipulated and obscured to create a nostalgic atmosphere of remembrances. The Amiga computer has now been replaced by the Macintosh. The editing program is the Media 100.
If I give you my humbleness, don't take away my pride

If I give you my humbleness, don't take away my pride

1999 • 14 min
An investigation of the two feelings, anger and desire. One woman (Swedish) and one man (Egyptian) in the Saharan desert on a hill. The heat is 55 degrees. The language is their own: sweat.
I Am Alive

I Am Alive

1999 • 40 min
With films like Det perfekte menneske and Det gode og det onde in mind the consistent black and white portrait film Jeg er levende gives the impression that Søren Ulrik Thomsen has been invited into Leth's filmic universe, which conversely allows room for the poet's words. Thomsen gives an account of brief memories of childhood in a deliberately "staged" fashion, but more particularly of his experience of writing and on the art of reading aloud, and likewise describing poetry in general as a balance between emotion and cognition.
Taiwan Video Club

Taiwan Video Club

1999 • 14 min
Taiwan Video Club (1999) introduces an underground world of television piracy in Taiwan. The protagonists record and trade videotapes of their favourite ‘epics’, broadcast daily on television. Focusing on their fanaticism and the materiality of the recording process, this video draws a connection between electronic and cultural forms of translation.
Untitled #29.95

Untitled #29.95

1999 • 15 min
Originally produced anonymously and distributed by RTMark, Untitled #29.95 tells the story of the commercial art establishment's attempt to turn video art into a precious commodified object through the release of limited editions during the nineties.
Fatherless

Fatherless

1999 • 44 min • Japan
“Fatherless” is a genuinely eerie docu about a 22-year-old bisexual who goes in search of the father who abandoned him when he was a child. Though the pic was billed at 90 minutes, its actual length was considerably shorter, which may account for some unexplained gaps in recounting the disturbing history of Masaya Muraishi.
Darling International

Darling International

1999 • 22 min
A dark and sensual experimental narrative that explores a skilled technical worker's fantasies during her nights as a femme in the lower east side of New York.
The Heat, The Humidity

The Heat, The Humidity

1999 • 4 min
A bank robber flies in to a tropical town where the only conversation is: ”It's not the heat, it's the humidity”. First the weather wrecks his plans; then it destroys him.
E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre

E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre

1999 • 52 min • France
A Turma da Limpeza

A Turma da Limpeza

1999 • 9 min • Brazil
This video, directed at children, merges clay animation and real images to show the various dimensions involving urban waste: trash and sweeping the streets, and household waste, composting and recycling of materials. The gang formed by Vassourinha, Dr. Basket and Mr. Truck, stimulate correct habits for children and the responsibility of these issues.
I Love Who I Want To Love

I Love Who I Want To Love

1999 • 54 min
Young gay and lesbian Norwegians share their experiences of coming out. As a counterpoint, the candid opinions of a number of their less enlightened peers are also included.
The Fabulous Story of the Cuban Cigar

The Fabulous Story of the Cuban Cigar

1999 • 60 min
Welcome to Havana, Cuba...home of the legendary Cuban Cigar! This is a fascinating place where a stick of rolled tobacco leaf is turned into an intricate art form -- producing a desire of international passion. The secret of this extraordinary cigar is born from the rich Cuban soil, her special seed and the magnificent leaf itself. The island's famous tobacco growing regions, including the legendary Vegas of the Vuelta Abajo, are hailed as those which produce the legendary "Havana smoke" -- renowned for being the best the world has to offer and "The Puro"...meaning of pure Havana origin. You will discover the Cuban cigar's history from the experts including the Havana historian, the Cuban peasant with his hands of gold and the legends collector. Through human contrasts and into the discovery of a living tradition, this film follows the footsteps of the "Havana myth" that they each personify in their own way.
Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View

Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View

1999 • 54 min • United Kingdom
Kennington to High Barnet via Charing Cross Finchley Central to Mill Hill East The Northern West End branch starts with our train heading south around the Kennington reversing loop. When we say you will see all of the Northern line on this one DVD that is what we mean. Running through the West End via Charing Cross and Tottenham Court Road, we see Camden Town once more but from a different perspective. Running into the open at East Finchley - a classic design of 1930s underground architecture we arrive at the terminus on the edge of Hertfordshire, High Barnet. Finally, you will see the Mill Hill East branch starting from Finchley Central, nowadays the only single line tube branch on the entire underground. All lines were filmed aboard brand new 1995 stock trains in bright weather using the latest digital cameras.
The Curse of Tutankhamun

The Curse of Tutankhamun

1999 • 52 min • United States of America
As legend has it, there is an ancient curse associated with the mummys and tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs. Disturbing these embalmed remains has been said to bring bad luck, illness and death. Shortly after unearthing King Tut's tomb, Carnarvon was found dead.
Pigskin Orgasm

Pigskin Orgasm

1999 • 3 min
Jennifer and Amber Cluck accompany a montage of potentially homoerotic touching from TV sportscasts with a song about being "in love with a guy who's afraid to use his charms."
The Intruder

The Intruder

1999 • 10 min
a documentation of Bookchin's online adaptation of Borges' short story.