All Films

An Artist

1994 • 5 min • Canada

In this short animation, a girl is so carried away by her love of music that she forgets about her household chores. Her father tells her to finish the dishes. Instead of washing them, she turns them into musical instruments, and he finally recognizes her talent. Based on Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children's right to develop their talents and abilities to their fullest potential.

Children of Dracula

1994 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary about people who claim to be real vampires. Learn their daily routines, what they eat, where they sleep and how they feast on real human blood.

Det svarte alvor

1994 • 35 min • Norway

Det svarte alvor is a Norwegian documentary about black metal music and satanism, church fires in the 1990s, and the assassination of Øystein Aarseth.

Atama

1994 • 1 min • Japan

Countless dwarves appeared from the omelet that the skinhead man tried to eat. They infiltrate the man's brain and finally explode his head. Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

1994 • 60 min

A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Sellars in Chicago.

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

1994 • 44 min

This Academy Award-nominated film takes a moving personal story, illuminates it with insight and humor, and makes it universal. In recounting her attempts to come to terms with her mother's advancing Alzheimer's disease, Deborah Hoffmann explores the relationship between mother and daughter, parent and child, and the tenacity of love.

Daughters of Dykes

1994 • 15 min • United States of America

This is an up-beat and at times humorous glimpse into the thoughts of a group of teenage girls raised by lesbian mothers. It candidly asks questions that the neighbors want to, but never dare. “How do lesbians have sex?” “Does having a lesbian mother turn you into one?” Told through the experience of its eighteen-year-old director, this frank video invites its audience to laugh and, at the same time, to feel comfortable questioning their own sexuality.

Confirmed Bachelor

1994 • 3 min • United States of America

Confirmed Bachelor shakes up a mix of written and spoken text. Angela Carter’s quote counterpoints fundamentalist voices; shots of hothouse flowers play over a born-again doctor’s commentary on the ins and outs of gay male carnality. This humorless spew of a turgid imagination was lifted from The Gay Agenda, an agit-prop tape circulated in the Senate by Christian conservatives. A collision of disco hooks, floating quotes, and fertile nature, Confirmed Bachelor lovingly smothers their moralistic posturing under a blanket of blooms.

Desounen: Dialogue with Death

1994 • 50 min

Documentary travelogue through Haiti.

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

1994 • 60 min • United States of America

This documentary celebrates the work of illustrator Reynold Brown, whose colorful and compelling art graced over 300 movie posters during the 1950s and '60s, ranging from star-studded westerns and studio epics to sensational creature features and low-budget B-movies. Art historians, writers, and movie producers discuss Brown's art within the context of the post-war social climate and an ever-changing movie industry.

Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle

1994 • 24 min

Edith Ann is NOT your average 6-year-old. She sees the world unlike any other child her age. Created by the multi-talented Lilly Tomlin, Edith Ann does her best to do the right thing at the right time. The fun happens when she does the WRONG thing and then must work out her resolutions. Resolutions by a 6-year-old...sounds almost existential but all Edith Ann wants is the truth...AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

Rakthavira

1994 • 1 min

MTV and SyFy channel veteran, Voltaire, takes us on a one-minute tour through Hindu hell.

All About Bette

1994 • 48 min • United States of America

Biography of Bette Davis hosted by Jodie Foster.

As You Like It

1994 • 25 min • United Kingdom

This bright and comic tale is famed as the only play written by Shakespeare in which he is known to have appeared himself - playing Adam, the old retainer to the hero Orlando. The sunniest of his comedies, the play tells of a group of courtiers escaping to the Forest of Arden where they meet, philosophise and fall in love.

The Ironbound Vampire

1994 • 59 min

WWI soldier is saved (or, is he cursed?) by the efforts of a vampire. Afterwards, GI settles in New Jersey, where detective theorizes about unsolved murders and disappearances.

Mad Beef: An Inline Felony

1994 • 47 min • United States of America

From the producers of The Hoax comes Mad Beef - An Inline Felony: A 45 minute quest for truth and the meaning of life. The Mad Beef crew travelled from the streets of New York city to Venice, California via Omaha, Nebraska seeking the most buckled handrails and burliest half-pipes ever. Our quest for knowledge continues with Mad Beef. Watch the best skaters in the world as they represent!!! Mad Beef proves that there is no limit to the sport of aggressive inline skating.

Switchcraft

1994 • 9 min • Russia

An award winning short film by Konstantin Bronzit from 1994.

Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994

1994 • 41 min • United Kingdom

Björk's performance on MTV Unplugged, reinterpreting songs from her first solo album, Debut, with an array of acoustic arrangements.

Lenny Kravitz: MTV Unplugged

1994 • 53 min • United States of America

Multi-talented singer/songwriter/musician Lenny Kravitz taped this Unplugged special for MTV in April of 1994. Kravitz performs material from his release Are You Gonna Go My Way and his previous album, Mama Said. Selections included "Are You Gonna Go My Way," "Let Love Rule," "Always on the Run" and "Believe." Lenny was supported by the Washington Temple Concert Choir. Recorded 14 March 1994 at Sony Music Studios - New York City. Set List: 1. Are You Gonna Go My Way?; 2. Believe; 3. Flowers for Zoe; 4. Rosemary; 5. Sister; 6. Just Be a Woman; 7. Always on the Run; 8. My Precious Love (with choir); 9. Let Love Rule (with choir)

Monday Night Football: 25th Anniversary

1994 • 50 min • United States of America

In September 1970, ABC Sports started a revolution that became an American Institution. Now, 25 seasons later, the beginning of every autumn work week is much easier to handle. The 25th Anniversary of ABC's Monday Night Football celebrates the highlights and history made by football's greatest players and play-by-players. The hard-hitting action is all here in classic overtime victories, amazing runs, winning kicks, blitzes, bloopers and bizarre moments from the NFL's greatest night.

Rosa Was Here

1994 • 51 min • Finland

One morning, Rosa and her friends awake to find that all people over the age of 13 have disappeared. Rosa is due to turn 13 in a few days, and she and her friends spend their last days riotously.

The Rebellious Alphabet

1994 • 8 min • Norway

This is an animated film about a country ruled by a dictator. The little general who has all power in the country, has denied its people to read and write. The one rule after another are being introduced to prevent words from spreading, for general knew understood that art and knowledge are essential for freedom. But there are ways to fool strict generals on. A small book printer will not let himself stop of prohibitions, but keeps confidently on their books and words, and he gets help from both the weather and other great powers.

Samernas land

1994 • 13 min • Sweden

About changes in the Sami living conditions. Traditional remarking and untouched nature mixed with images of brutal industrialist attacks in the landscape.

Penthouse Pet of the Year Play-Off 1994

1994 • 52 min • United States of America

Alluring, inviting, exotic - our Pet of the Year contestants are all that - and more. But mere words don't do justice to what these tantalizing models bring to life in this special video from Penthouse. We dare you to pick just one.