All Films

Earthen Aerie

1995 • 3 min • United States of America

This hand-painted, step-printed film begins with several seconds of blank white (interrupted by red and brief electric yellow) and then proceeds to multiply flecked earth and rock shapes and root-like forms which seem to suck horizontally inward and upward midst phosphorescent greens and blues increasingly flecked with light-yellows giving way to tree-top branch likenesses taking oblique shape against a phosphor sky. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Widow's Pink Salon: A Variety of Mature Women

1995 • 56 min • Japan

An eros work that depicts behind the scenes of the sex industry in a pink salon only for widow. Setsuko, whose husband died six months ago, works at a pink salon while raising her elementary school son, Kazuo. There is also a widow salon, where there are veteran Fumiko, widow Sayuri, and Fujiko who is not close to each other. One day, when the teacher visited Setsuko's house on a home visit of Kazuo, a customer named Shuji came to her shop..

Winter, Winter...

1995 • 6 min • Lithuania

An animated film about comical incidents on a ski slope.

Mr. Withers' Apartment

1995 • 3 min • United States of America

A bizarre short that originally aired on "Weird TV" in 1995.

Reckoning

1995 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A short film about suicide.

Antigravitation

1995 • 20 min • Lithuania

An isolated village in the Lithuanian countryside. Seated in her house, an elderly woman recites an old folk story. Then she climbs up the tall ladder that takes her to the rooftop of the church.

Ah, l'Amour

1995 • 2 min • United States of America

In this clever satire of toxic men, a cartoon pickup artist is violently torn apart by the women he targets, seen only through his own one-sided, ridiculously misogynistic point of view. Don Hertzfeldt's first student film, he plays the part of a mentally unwell animator who's losing his grip within his own movie; an idea he'd later revisit in other early "meta" shorts "Genre" and "Rejected". Despite being produced at the age of 18 and not intended for exhibition, HBO named it "The World's Funniest Cartoon" in 1998.

"KZ Buchenwald. Aushalten. Wir eilen euch zur Hilfe"

1995 • 30 min • Germany

Former inmates and American soldiers remember the cruel conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp.

Space Nuns

1995 • 10 min

Kate has always wanted to fly in space, and when the Vatican announces plans to send catholicism to the stars she signs up. Her motivation however falls somewhat short of purely evangelical, and the mission fails to proceed exactly according to (divine?) plan.

Alice in Wonderland

1995 • 45 min • United States of America, Japan, Canada

A girl follows a rabbit into a magical world.

The Cranberries: MTV Unplugged

1995 • 43 min • United States of America

Since their 1993 debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, the Irish quartet, the Cranberries, have been captivating audiences with their unique sound. The band is comprised of frontwoman/lyricist Dolores O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Feargal Lawler. For their debut performance on "MTV Unplugged," The Cranberries performed material off their debut album and No Need To Argue. Recorded 14 February /95 at Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY. Set List: 1. Dreaming My Dreams; 2. Ode to My Family; 3. Linger; 4. Free to Decide; 5. I'm Still Remembering; 6. Empty; 7. Zombie; 8. Yesterday's Gone; 9. No Need to Argue

Get Street Smart: A Kid's Guide to Stranger Dangers

1995 • 37 min • United States of America

An alien named Corny fights off repeated attempts at abduction/molestation. Featuring such wisdom as: "There are so many ways to kidnap kids"

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Lord Zedd's Monster Heads

1995 • 30 min • United States of America

When Lord Zedd peeks in on the Angel Grove High School Halloween Party, he decides to throw his own bash. After all, who could host a better Halloween party than the supreme monster maker himself? Join Lord Zedd, Goldar, and their bumbling henchmen as they reminisce about some of the greatest monsters ever to battle the Power Rangers. This special episode features incredible fighting scenes with the meanest and ugliest monsters including Eye Guy, Silver Horns, the Pumpkin Rapper, Snizzard, Lips, the Terror Toad, and many, many more.

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

1995 • 37 min • United States of America

This short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously available elsewhere) with all the usual suspects involved in the making of the cult film.

Chicago Live In Japan 1995

1995 • 60 min

The concert is recorded in Japan in support of the Chicago Night and Day (Big Band) album. Not released and performed with a Japan Big Band ensemble and one of my personal favorites in my Chicago live concert video collection. Setlist: Band Introductions Saturday In The Park Questions 67 and 68 You're The Inspiration Free Hard Habit To Break Colour My World Look Away The Making Of Night and Day - Big Band Night And Day Chicago Don't Get Around Much Anymore Moonlight Serenade Goody Goody Make Me Smile Beginnings Just You And Me Does Anybody Rally Know What Time It Is I'm A Man Hard To Say I'm Sorry In The Mood 25 Or Six To 4 If You Leave Me Now

Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town

1995 • 40 min • Japan

Takeru meets the boy Jodis which is in trouble for theft. Takeru saves him shares the night with him, finding out that Jodis is a girl. Later she is been kidnapped and Takeru goes to rescue her.

Marehito

1995 • 30 min • Japan

A soldier, swaddled in body armor, guards the border of his country. This is not an area of tension; nothing warlike happens here; all that comes from across the border over in the enemy land are radio waves carrying the speeches of its leader, Marehito played by Hideyo Amamoto (Yojimbo, Kamen Rider). The soldier's only duty is to monitor these speeches, and he is sick to the teeth of the dictator's raving. In his quarters is a female android, a 'comfort woman' issued him by the government. He lives quietly with his green-eyed ILYA Type 6, and is responsible for his desert border area. That is the whole of this soldier's life. One day a military official pays a call on his quarters. There has been a shuffle of personnel in the high echelons, and a slight change in policy has been made. The ILYA Type 6 is to be upgraded.

Barriers of Solitude

1995 • 52 min • United States of America

Based on a best-selling book in Mexico written by Luis Gonzales, Barriers of Solitude looks at the effects of major historical events on the village of San Jose de Gracias. He interviews the residents, recording their collective reactions to new rulers, revolution, and civil war. The surprising results are presented in this program, indicating that occurrences that might seem to have far-reaching influences do not have a significant effect on rural populations. When Maximillian was installed as the new emperor of Mexico in 1857, the people of San Jose de Gracias recall that the highlight of the year was a breathtaking display of aurora borealis.

Crazy Hand Jive!

1995 • 2 min • United States of America

An animated short film about a cat trying to catch a mouse.

Bintou in Paris

1995 • 17 min

A "fictional documentary" concerning the volatile topic of female excision, Bintou In Paris tells the story of a young Malinese mother faced with the critical decision of whether or not to excise her baby daughter.

Fractals: The Colors of Infinity

1995 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Explores the revolutionary world of Fractal Geometry - its far-reaching and often unexpected implications - its powerful and revolutionary applications.

Behind The Sun

1995 • 56 min

Samir Majan a young man born and raised a Muslim in the Middle East attends college in America. While at college Samir becomes a Christian, and must go home and face his family.

Pueblo en vilo

1995 • 52 min • France

The Chilean documentary maker enters the small Mexican town of San José de Gracia, marked by its conservative spirit, following the book with which historian Luis González narrated a good part of the town's past and its strong involvement in the Cristero Wars.

Guy Debord, son art et son temps

1995 • 60 min

Except for a few brief evocations of Debord’s “art” during the first ten minutes or so, most of this “antitelevisual” video consists of television clips illustrating the extreme degradation and delirium of the present society. It’s a powerful denunciation, but not so deft and subtle as Debord’s films, perhaps because it was made during the worsening stages of his final illness. Presumably intended as a parting shot at the society he detested, it was completed shortly before his death in November 1994 and shown January 9, 1995, on a French cable channel along with La Société du Spectacle and Réfutation de tous les jugements (whence the video copies that have since circulated).