All Films

HBO Presents the Best of Sex Bytes

1997 • 56 min

If you thought computers were a turn-off, then just see how they can be a turn-on! With sound and vision now available on the internet, the world of home computers is heating up. "The Best of Sex Bytes" shows you what people share in cyberspace from the pleasures of food and sex, and artists who bodycast human sculptures, to the pleasures of public nudity, foot fetishes, on-line erotic dancing, sex magic and more. Plus meet a rock band who really turn up the heat on stage: The Impotent Sea Snakes.

Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power!

1997 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Join us on the adventure of a lifetime, spicing it up all over the world! This isn't just our first four fantastic videos, it's a sort of film diary of the last year. There are loads of interviews, behind the scenes footage at the video shoots, pillow fights and general spice-y madness!!! We don't only talk about girl power, we live it. Just watch!

Méliès' Magic Show

1997 • 60 min

This collection of shorts and film excerpts from illusionist and cinematic innovator Georges Méliès showcases his groundbreaking techniques that paved the way to modern filmmaking. Considered to be the father of cinematic special effects, Méliès used time-lapse and other methods now fundamental to Hollywood. "The Music Lover," "A Trip to the Moon," "The Infernal Cakewalk" and other examples of Méliès's influence are included in this compilation.

No Milk No Honey

1997 • 54 min

Lured to Western Australia by the promise of a new life in a land of milk and honey, British Group Settlers endured untold hardship and disappointment in the years following the First World War. For many Britons the end of the First World War brought a sigh of relief and a period of optimism. However, this optimism quickly faded as thousands of ex-servicemen and unskilled civilians swelled the queues of Britain’s Labour Exchanges to form part of a growing underclass of unemployed.

Locked-In Syndrome

1997 • 27 min • France, United Kingdom

On December 8, 1995, at the age of 43, Jean-Dominque Bauby, editor-in-chief of ELLE Magazine, suffered from a stroke and fell into a coma. When Bauby awoke he found himself completely speechless and paralyzed. In Locked-In Syndrome, director Jean-Jacques Beiniex follows Bauby's efforts to write The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which was later adapted into a critically acclaimed film.

Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye

1997 • 54 min • Canada, Ireland

During World War 1, the young Boudreau sisters decide to aid the war effort by catching spies. The strange activities of Nobel-Prize winning scientist Marie Curie make her a prime suspect. When the girls follow Curie to the battlefront, they witness her fight to use science and her X-ray machine to save the lives of the wounded, including their father.

The Revolution

1997 • 35 min • United States of America

Plan B (1997). The fourth and final installment of the Plan B fourology, The Revolution gives a timely nod to the fundamental changes the team's diverse video productions- Questionable (1992), Virtual Reality (1993), Second Hand Smoke (1994)- made in the direction of modern skateboarding. While stomping a broad and progressive path into the sport's future, each and every incarnation of the Plan B team typified real to real skateboarding, period. Over three years in the making , and well worth the wait Revolution is far the most modern of the company's video offerings in both form and content, but by no means follows the standard format of the day, choosing instead to lead the world of skateboarding to the bitter end. In order of appearance: Pat Channita, Matt Hensley, Jeremy Wray, Rick McCrank, Brian Emmers, Pat Duffy, Colin McKay, and Danny Way.

Sabotörernas kung

1997 • 58 min • Sweden

"King of Saboteurs" - Ernst Wollweber, German communist, active in Sweden during the Second World War, eventually Stasi commander in the GDR, finally purged and forgotten. Ernst Friedrich Wollweber (1898 - 1967) was State Secretary of State Security from 1953 to 1955 and Minister of State Security of the German Democratic Republic from 1955 to 1957. He rose quickly through the party ranks and by 1921 had become a member of the KPD's Central Committee and Political Secretary of Hesse-Waldeck. When the KPD was outlawed in Germany after the Reichstag fire of February 1933, Wollweber was forced to flee to Copenhagen and later to Leningrad. From 1936 to 1940, Wollweber organized the "Organisation Against Fascism and in Support of the USSR", better known as the Wollweber League. After World War II, Wollweber returned to Germany and joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1946.

Recife de Dentro pra Fora

1997 • 16 min • Brazil

Film inspired by a poem from João Cabral de Melo Neto and his life in Capibaribe.

Last Hymn to the Night - Novalis

1997 • 17 min

“I tried to imagine what the last hymn to Novalis’s night had been if it was beyond language. (…) is the most elaborate hand painted film I’ve ever made”.

Reflecment

1997 • 8 min

Three children experiment with an Ouija board at a thrilling location but it doesn't go well...

Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950.

1997 • 47 min

The recounting of a deadly Canadian bank robbery in the 1950's and the resulting massive man hunt for the killer.

Erotic Underground

1997 • 56 min • United States of America

From USA to France, Hungary to Japan, it's an revealing look into the inner sanctum of sensuality that's sure to leave you breathless for more. You'll take a tour through the world's hidden erotic nightclubs, venture to a hedonistic getaway where all your fantasies come true, join a school for social stimulation, visit an adult playground at an alternative lifestyles convention, and get dressed to thrill at a fetish fashion ball. Plus you'll get up close and personal with the people who live and work in the sexual underground and see the latest in auto-erotic devices, pleasure toys, sexy tattoos, and so much more to enhance your wildest desires.

Ten Minutes of Silence

1997 • 10 min • Russia

The mute documentary-experimental film "Ten Minutes of Silence" is a film expression of the trends embodied in the painting "Black Square" by Malevich and J. Cage in music.

Sinbad: Nothin' but the Funk

1997 • 55 min • United States of America

Enjoy Comedic Superstar Sinbad as he gives us one of his most stellar stand up performances, shot on the beautiful island of Aruba at the Guillermo P. Trinidad Theatre. As always, Sinbad shows why he’s a veteran in comedy since the 80’s, with an entertaining show that the entire family can enjoy.

Kelly Slater in Kolor

1997 • 38 min

Meet the man behind four world titles. See him at home with his family in Florida. Witness the sheer brilliance of his free surfing performances and controlled contest surfing.

Keve - grabben med erfarenhet

1997 • 56 min • Sweden

Interview-based documentary on the Swedish actor Keve Hjelm where he discusses his career.

The Fall of the Roma

1997 • 9 min

Jeff krulik's favorite DC restaurant closes for good. A bitersweet farewell kiss.

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer

1997 • 51 min • Canada

The life and times of George Johnston, photographer and keeper of memories for the Tlingit nation.

Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas Live

1997 • 55 min • United States of America

Mannheim Steamroller's music is incredibly moving by itself, but add an enthusiastic live performance by some very animated musicians and an intense multimedia presentation and the result is even more powerful. This 56-minute Christmas concert features many favorite numbers from the album Christmas in the Aire, but "Joy to the World" perhaps best epitomizes that distinctive Mannheim Steamroller sound: powerful synthesized melodies and harmonies, an intense drive and pathos, and skillful ornamentation.

Sweet Release

1997 • 22 min • Mexico

The love secrets of a large family are revealed during a trajinera tour on Xochimilco, culminating in a suicide attempt during a jackpot drawing.

His Mother's Voice

1997 • 14 min • Australia

On 25 April 1995 16 year old Matthew Easdale was shot in Brisbane. His mother was interviewed on the radio. Using rotoscoped animation the film presents the story in two very different ways.

Þórsmörk - The Hidden Valley of Thor

1997 • 50 min • Iceland

A breathtakingly beautiful valley between three glaciers, one of them Eyjafjallajökull. It may well have been the inspiration to Tolkien as he visited. Iceland before he started drawing the outlines of the famous Ring Trilogy. Thorsmork can only be reached with difficulty, hidden away between glaciers and trecherous rivers, but is still one of the most popular places in the country to visit. The film about Thorsmörk shows it’s beauty and lure. From bird’s eye view you will experience an overall impression of a magical landscape; where the deep green of lush plants meets the blackness of the wide sands lined with silvery bands of untamed rivers flowing through it. And right above rise magnificent glacier covered mountains. Thorsmörk’s flora, fauna and geography is explained by a narrator, guiding the viewer through the magical landscape of one of nature’s unforgetteble beauty spots.

How To Become A Hollywood Stuntman

1997 • 60 min

If action is in your blood, and you would like to live a life full of Danger, Challenge, and Excitement, then the Stuntman Trade is for you. Join Charlie Sheen as he takes you behind the scenes of a dynamic profession.