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Reines d'un jour

Reines d'un jour

1997 • 26 min • Switzerland
Six tumbling bodies on mountain slopes of the Alps, caught between heaven and earth, among the cows and the villagers.
Diary of a Madman

Diary of a Madman

1997 • 9 min • United Kingdom
An update of Gogol's comic story about a man who thinks the way to his boss's heart is by sending letters to her dog. Starring Steve Evets, Yasmin Mills and The Fall's Mark E Smith
Rock-A-Big Baby

Rock-A-Big Baby

1997 • 5 min • United States of America
The Action League is up to their greatest challenge yet when a giant baby attacks the band KISS during one of their concerts.
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

1997 • 49 min
A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal shots and opening gala footage.
Song of the Siren

Song of the Siren

1997 • 14 min • New Zealand
A plain woman with a beautiful voice is trapped in a difficult life caring for her cranky elderly father.
Caged In

Caged In

1997 • 33 min • Brazil
Middle class man surrounded by fear and paranoia become prisoner of his own world.
Rammstein: Live in Philipshalle, Düsseldorf 1997

Rammstein: Live in Philipshalle, Düsseldorf 1997

1997 • 30 min
Rammstein performs live in Philipshalle, Düsseldorf in 1997. Setlist includes "Spiel Mit Mir" "Herzeleid" "Weisses Fleisch" "Asche Zu Asche" "Du Hast" "Engel" and "Rammstein"
In the Teeth of Jaws

In the Teeth of Jaws

1997 • 50 min • United Kingdom
BBC documentary about the making of Steven Spielberg's Jaws.
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm

The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm

1997 • 14 min • United States of America
Flares of color break into streams of light, leaves, wood grain and prism-etched vegetation. A moon lifts out of this dark weave to be replaced by autumn leaves against a grainy sky, a fiery sky. A gray cat licks itself. A black cat sits quickly down on a green lawn. A "night" of showering dark, a "dawn" of pinks and yellows of plant growth in close-up. A gentle yellow "high noon" prevails into which the orange worm appears and reappears, twisting, arching, turning. A phosphorescent orange of leaves explodes midst greens and black holes appropriate to the image of the worm. The forms of many varieties of leafage mix with a veritable rain or clash of overall tones, a fire of forms, a glowing color photo-negative of worm, and the final canopies of autumn tone and sky tone permeated by sun, sun streaks and octagonal prism shapes ad infinitum.
The Move

The Move

1997 • 60 min • France
Clovis has eight hours in which to move his household to a tonier apartment. Fortunately, he has his uncle and a circle of good friends to help him get settled in before his girlfriend arrives from England. This bittersweet French slice-of-life film follows their struggle to get the job done in time. The friends include two outspoken women, the clumsy younger brother of his friend, a good-humored bank clerk, and a reserved young man who works at a local mortuary. Later the workers are joined by a Swiss violinist who has come to Paris for an important audition.
Superstition

Superstition

1997 • 10 min
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, takes you on a trip into her magic-filled house of Superstition. Superstition Still - nWave Film.
Rétention

Rétention

1997 • 14 min • France
A young woman wanders through her apartment, feeling dizzy.
Transworld - Cinematographer

Transworld - Cinematographer

1997 • 46 min
Video #4 ″A unique new video focusing on the people behind the camera” Atiba Jefferson, Dan Wolfe, Danny Minnick, Dave Swift, Jon Miner, Josh Stewart, Lee Dupont, Mike Manzoori, Raymond Echevers, RB Umali, Steve Celentani, Ted Newsome, Tim Dowling
A Very British Psycho

A Very British Psycho

1997 • 51 min
A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding its release, and the life of its screenwriter, Leo Marks.
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait

Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait

1997 • 11 min • United States of America, Italy
Described as "a cross between a video and a documentary, but actually being neither of the two", singer/songwriter Elliott Smith plays three acoustic songs in this Jem Cohen-directed short film.
Chile: Obstinate Memory

Chile: Obstinate Memory

1997 • 59 min • Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany
After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzmán returns to his country to screen his documentary The Battle of Chile.
Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997 • 52 min
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside)

Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside)

1997 • 4 min
Deemed "too ambient for broadcast" by MTV's AMP, Thaemlitz' first video "Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside)" contrasts cinematic footage from drag performances in upstate New York with highly processed digital audio from his CD "Couture Cosmetique" (US: Caipirinha/Japan: Daisyworld, 1997). Thaemlitz is known for his fusion of computer synthesis techniques with non-essentialist transgenderism as two methodoligies which appropriate and critically recontextualize cultural signifiers, whether they be audio sources or gender constructs. The audio for "Silent Passability" deals with fears of violence while travelling in 'passable' drag between safe zones, and Thaemlitz' unsettling compulsion to remain silent in such circumstances so as to avoid confrontation. Antithetically beatific images from the transgendered stage question posturing as a means for alieviating and/or concealing such oppressive circumstances.
Shulie

Shulie

1997 • 37 min
Elisabeth Subrin’s masterful film is a shot-by-shot reenactment of an unreleased 1967 documentary portrait of SAIC student Shulamith Firestone, who, a few years later, would become a central figure in the rise of radical feminism. Through its meticulous staging, the film expresses in Subrin’s words, “the residues of the past,” and the resonance of issues around gender and class today. (Gene Siskel Film Center)
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery

Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery

1997 • 52 min • Norway
Film about art forger Elmyr de Hory. He was also one of the subjects of Orson Welles' documentary F for Fake (1974). A Norwegian production directed by Knut W. Jorfald, spoken in English.
Obsessed with Vertigo

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997 • 30 min • United States of America
A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo." Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well.
The Oak

The Oak

1997 • 28 min • Estonia, Latvia
The oak tree in Seja is roughly 700 years old. Around this monumental tree, the peaceful and repetitive life goes on in the village, a group of houses in the middle of the forest. It is an almost unworldly existence in a condition of absolute simplicity where people are grateful for a hot cup of coffee and a good potato harvest.
Marisa Monte: Barulhinho Bom - Uma Viagem Musical

Marisa Monte: Barulhinho Bom - Uma Viagem Musical

1997 • 48 min • Brazil
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997 • 45 min
The story of how Audrey Hepburn survived World War II, became an award winning actress, and gave back to the world as a humanitarian.