All Films

The Casting Couch

1995 • 57 min

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.

Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas

1995 • 8 min • Canada

Based on the short story by Stephen Leacock, this is a satirical camera-animated story about Christmas expectations and the loss of innocence. Young Hoodoo has bought his parents cigars and a brooch for Christmas. As he opens his presents expectantly on Christmas morning, he keeps his hopes up until the end--will the next gift from Santa Claus be a pair of skates, a puppy dog, Noah's Ark, a sleigh or a drum...? When none of the gifts meets his expectations, he decides to do things differently next year.

I Love Snuff

1995 • 51 min • France

An S/M couple kidnaps a young victim and tortures her. They film the tortures and send the videos to the girl's husband, hoping to horrify him and get a reaction. But the husband is excited and asks for more...

Never Twice

1995 • 17 min • France

After much hesitation, a gigolo decides to take a shot of a radical remedy to save his failing virility.

Pinky & the Brain: A Pinky and the Brain Christmas

1995 • 22 min

The Brain designs a mesmerizing doll, Noodle Noggin, and plans to have Santa Claus deliver one to every house so he can make people do his every command through mind control.

Hand of the Master

1995 • 6 min • Croatia

A video on the edge between sci-fi, video clip and narration which is suggests tension of story and events, while at the same time real dramaturgy is neglected, and the plot line is followed by rhythmic music in real and electronically generated areas, accompanied by actors, maquettes, puppets and models.

Looting For Rodney

1995 • 14 min

Ken Jacobs film on Rodney King and the LA Riots utilizing Pulfrich 3-D, in which a single dark filter is placed before one eye.

Harry Hill Live

1995 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Recorded live at The Queens Theatre, London in 1995.

The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde

1995 • 57 min

The story of Oscar Wilde's life, told by his grandson and others.

Mastering the Theremin

1995 • 45 min

"Mastering the Theremin" covers basic theremin techniques in 6 lessons - and includes exercises designed by Clara Rockmore. Lydia Kavina also performs three of her original compositions for theremin. This is the main resource you need for learning to play theremin or for improving your technique.

Mi pollo loco

1995 • 40 min

In this 1995 cult comedy spoof of and homage to Allison Anders' Mi Vida Loca, Misty, Pinky, Cha Cha, and Blanca remind us that blood is thicker than water, but not as thick as liquid eyeliner. Featuring OG drag legend Jackie Beat as Lupe

The Tardy Model

1995 • 36 min • United States of America

In The Tardy Model, Tina plays a spoiled model who comes late to the photo shoot and refuses to do as she is asked by Dawn. Only by binding and gagging her can Dawn get the photos she needs. Will Tina be left behind completely helpless while Dawn goes away for the weekend?

Hercules

1995 • 50 min • Japan, United States of America

In Ancient Greece in the land far away, when people read Greek mythology came the time of legend – the greatest son of Zeus – Hercules. Hercules was once destined to be the King of Mycenae as his father Zeus had planned but his jealous stepmother Hera had other plans.

Nob Hill Cinema

1995 • 3 min • United States of America

Short film shot by Todd Verow and later edited into Frisk.

Hermaphrodite Bikini

1995 • 5 min

Director Clio Barnard, using Harry and Paintbox techniques, intercut with a Hi-8 video diary, presents a non-narrative collage addressing sexual difference and artifice, both imagined and real.

Highgate House of Horror

1995 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Before they reached success, comedy team The League of Gentlemen made this home made comedy horror; Three horror stories all set in a flat in Highgate.

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the SeaWorld Adventure

1995 • 25 min

The twins investigate a mystery at Sea World in Florida.

O vară indiană

1995 • 9 min • Romania

A short film that raises questions about what is seen and heard on screen. Questions about the perception of reality, as well as questions about the perception of love.

The Mail

1995 • 20 min • Latvia

The morning begins when the mail is delivered - this has been a tradition for almost an eternity. This film looks at daily things, daily movements, daily life and the daily routines of the postman, which are nevertheless meaningful to those who await and receive newspapers and letters.

Summer Games

1995 • 28 min • France

18 year old Éric, on vacation in the South with his parents, decides to escape the stifling situation especially with his 50 year old father, and join a group of fellow youth.

Mii-chan no Tenohira

1995 • 22 min • Japan

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

1995 • 58 min

Beginning with their small wrapped objects of 1958, this portrait examines the continuously bold and ambitious artistic ventures of the enigmatic duo, CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE. Though their large scale environmental projects, such as Running Fence and Wrapped Coast, are often met with distress and concern from the surrounding community, perceptions of the project are likely to shift when it comes time to interact with the grand, finished piece. Neither permanent nor purchasable, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s works exude the essence of freedom and exist only for the sake of existing.

Kazuo Ohno

1995 • 14 min • Japan

Kazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the stage only at the age of one hundred, three years before he died. This short, dialogue-less film presents the exceptional range of expressions that this Japanese dancer could achieve, both with makeup and costumes and without.

Workers Leaving the Factory

1995 • 36 min • Germany

Using one of the Lumière Brothers' first films of workers leaving the Factory as his starting point, Farocki provides an insight to changes in industrial production, workers' strikes and motion pictures-- via images of workers leaving factories throughout the years.