All Films

home sweet movie

1997 • 33 min • Japan

Between go-signals and stop-signals, Saburo's expectations of love grow. Rika toys with him, wondering how far he is conscious of her. Emi, who knowingly or unknowingly says nothing. By depicting the tension in the less-than-triangular relationship in a leisurely and fluffy manner, the film succeeds in summing up the game played by the three in a classy manner. The happy ending is convincing.

The Banana

1997 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The Velvet Underground's John Cale tells the story behind Andy Warhol's famous LP cover, Auberon Waugh and John Walters recall their first encounters with the fruit after the war, and footballer Brendan Batson considers how they became a symbol of racism hurled from the terraces

Nobody I Know

1997 • 8 min • Australia

A young gay man experiences the difficulties of bringing a pal home for the evening when mom and sis are home.

Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band

1997 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A profile of the Hippest band of the 60's and 70's as they prepare for a reunion gig.

Quest

1997 • 12 min • Germany

A being made of sand wakes up in the desert. It finds a bottle near him, but it's empty. The noise of dropping water can be heard not far away. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

WWF Rock And Rumble

1997 • 49 min • United States of America

A USA Network Special that aired on January 14th, 1997 in the lead-up to that year's Royal Rumble show. Produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)

Mao's New Suit

1997 • 51 min

For decades people in China modelled themselves on Chairman Mao who wore a simple worker’s outfit in blue or grey, known as the ‘Mao Suit’. MAO’S NEW SUIT charts the course of two Beijing fashion designers amidst the staging of their first collection in Shanghai’s annual Fashion Week.

Clancy's Kitchen

1997 • 52 min

Londoner Clancy Self has everything, a sucessful TV cooking show, good looks, fame, and a beautiful girlfriend. Clancy also has Jamie a live in lover. When a dead body is found in Clancy's kitchen, Clancy also has one more thing... a big problem.

Pink Doll

1997 • 10 min • Russia

A careless mother is going on a date with another fan and, in order to brighten up her daughter's loneliness, leaves her alone with a pink doll - the same doll that "wanders around the city and why it is vain to destroy little children". The girl considers the doll to be very realistic, therefore she associates it with herself, and herself with her mother. So begin the serious experiences of a girl who understands that this doll bought off her. At night, the girl dreams a terrible dream in which the doll embodies all her fears... "Pink Doll" creates the illusion of a spellbound fall into the abyss of children's dreams, fantasies and nightmares. The sensual effect is achieved by the game of scale and angle, the nervous rhythm of intraframe movement and graphic thickening of reality.

Penthouse: Lost Treasures

1997 • 60 min

From the vaults of Penthouse Video comes never-before-seen footage so erotic, so provocative, that only now can it finally be released. Take a steamy trip to Paris with blonde beauty Julie Smith. Get up-close and very personal with the sultry Jami Dion. Explore the erotic side of sex star Julia Ann. These are just some of the tantalizing treasures contained in this special collection featuring more than a dozen Penthouse Pets.

Philipp Melanchthon - Reformator wider Willen

1997 • 60 min • Germany

Philipp Melanchthon decisively shaped the history of the Reformation in Germany and renewed German education. In the shadow of his fatherly friend Martin Luther, he tirelessly tried to reconcile Reformation and humanism, Protestantism and Catholicism.

steve.oedekerk.com

1997 • 47 min • United States of America

A mix of stand-up comedy and sketches, notable for its mixing of live action and computer animation. The "premise" is that a young boy is watching the show on a strange CD that his mom bought. Sketches include "Glass Booth Guy" in which a gas station clerk mocks people from his bullet-proof glass box and a sketch in which a woman is trying to break up with her weird boyfriend (he's a skeleton). The undisputed highlight is "OEDEBATTLE", a parody of Mortal Kombat-style games. In it, the young boy tries to defeat Steve's muscle-bound character; unfortunately, the characters he gets to choose from are "Accountant," "Sick Old Woman," "Little Girl," "Puppy" and "HerbaPet."

Erykah Badu: MTV Unplugged

1997 • 23 min • United States of America

Recorded live in the Harvey Theatre at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York in 1997, Erykah Badu performs songs from her debut album ‘Baduizm’ for MTV Unplugged.

Russell Peters: Show Me the Funny

1997 • 46 min

Russell Peters: Show Me the Funny Stand-Up

One Day

1997 • 5 min • France

Originating from the filmmaker’s childhood confusion over an English expression regarding sex, Marie Paccou’s 1998 animation is the absurd, yet emotive tale of a woman who wakes one day to find a small man growing out of her abdomen.

Playboy: Biker Babes, Hot Wheels & High Heels

1997 • 56 min

Get ready for hard-driving excitement as Playboy presents everyman’s fantasy. They’re the ultimate high-performance models – the worlds most beautiful women aboard the sleekest chrome & steel machines. Hosted by Playmate Tylyn John, daughter of motocross champion Tom John, this video adventure makes tracks from the California coastline to Daytona Beach and the open road in between. These biker beauties are the hottest things on two wheels as they take you on a seductive superbike test run, a futuristic fantasy, a grand prix racing striptease and to a machine shop where no uniforms are required..or worn! Plus, there’s nonstop action at Daytona’s Miss Bike Week including Best Tattoo contests and a private invitation to the ultimate biker bash!

Stomp: Out Loud

1997 • 50 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Stomp is a rhythmic, musical extravaganza that has stunned audiences across the globe. If you weren't lucky enough to catch them in your hometown (or you did and you crave more), now there's Stomp Out Loud, a special HBO performance that will bring the unusual musical feats right into your living room. You might just find yourself grabbing a broom or even your remote control to keep time. "It's comedy, it's theater, it's very physical, it's energetic, it's occasionally quite terrifying," says one performer. Taking their show from the theater to the streets, this astonishing troupe can make music out of just about anything and just about anywhere. --Dana Van Nest

Nelson Sargento

1997 • 22 min • Brazil

Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.

Il Était Une Voie Edlinger

1997 • 25 min • France

Fifteen years have passed since the spectacular images of Jean-Paul Janssen's "Life at Your Fingertips" introduced the general public to free climbing and its embodiment: Patrick Edlinger. We witnessed the birth of a sporting phenomenon that would leave a lasting mark on generations of climbers. But fifteen years later, in 1997, beyond the myth, where is Patrick Edlinger? Gilles Chappaz found him on some of the most beautiful walls of the Verdon Gorge and other cliffs during the filming of Maurice Rebeix's documentary "Roc'n Wall 97," where he shares his climbing practice and philosophy with the younger generation, including Liv Sansoz and Arnaud Petit.

Gracious Curves

1997 • 52 min • Finland

A fluid documentary in which director Luostarinen interviews fifty women on birth, body image, and the harshness of contemporary attitudes toward physicality, aging, and inevitable death. The focus is on female bodies, their variety, and the prejudices, processes, and living to which they - and the souls within them - are subjected.

Easy Bully

1997 • 21 min • Germany

Easy Bully is a German television comedy and the first production by Michael Bully Herbig.

Hai Mangiato?

1997 • 3 min

A mother feeds her son to the point of possessing him.

Myth Makers 36: Mark Strickson

1997 • 60 min • United Kingdom

When Turlough first appeared alongside Peter Davidson's Doctor in Mawdryn Undead he was out to kill him - not the best start as a Doctor Who assistant! But over the next ten stories Mark Strickson managed to steer this most complicated of characters through an equally intricate series of storylines to become a firm favourite with fans. Given Mark's ability to deal with challenges, it's lucky he's with Nicholas Briggs as they return to the location used for THE AWAKENING. Because while chatting about Mark's career and his time in Doctor Who they are pursued by an echo from the past - and it's getting closer!

Sesame Street: Kids' Guide to Life: Telling the Truth

1997 • 30 min • United States of America

Telly feels left out when all the other kids at Gina's day care are going to the circus and lies that his uncle is a ringmaster. After Gina reads the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," Elmo has a dream of the story where the boy learns his lesson. When Telly's uncle (Dennis Quaid) drops in for a surprise visit, Telly admits the truth.