All Films

Total Balalaika Show

1994 • 57 min • Finland

A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman."

Blue SWAT

1994 • 20 min • Japan

When Earth is tearing itself apart by means of crime, pollution and war, aliens choose the time to invade, taking advantage of the lowering of everyone's guard. The Japanese government establishes an elite police organization known as Blue SWAT to combat the aliens, known as the Space Mafia. The aliens attack by possessing humans to obtain their goals. When an alien possesses the chief of the Blue SWAT unit to infiltrate the organization, it manages to completely demolish their building of operations and murder all but three SWAT members; Shou, Sara and Sig.

Snow White: The Making of a Masterpiece

1994 • 39 min

Narrated by Corey Burton, this made-for-video documentary treats animation and classic film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Disney's 1937 picture, Snow White. Features archive footage of Disney and his teams of voice actors and animators as they worked on this project that many had said was doomed to failure, but instead became a favorite of millions.

Historias Breves I: La Ausencia

1994 • 14 min • Argentina

An old man seems to direct the lives of the people who pass by on the street, under his balcony.

Suffer The Little Children

1994 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Deborah Hayes is charged with murdering her son Michael, aged 8 months. In the Police Interview Room, suffering from the immediate after-shock of the event, Deborah explains to two police officers and her solicitor why she gave her suffering son her own sleeping tablets and then attempted suicide herself.

それでも夜明けは訪れて

1994 • 27 min • Japan

The pendant has disappeared, the shadow has disappeared. What will disappear next? The protagonist feels less and less alive every day. Even though she is a virgin, the only way she can think of to confirm her own life is to try a pregnancy test. To put an end to her boredom and pessimism, she leaves a message on her dial Q2 and meets a man. What does she get in exchange for making a man with a voice fetish cum? Despite the stylish pictures with a French taste, the story deepens from ennui to horror. The first half of the film, "the sense of alienation peculiar to a period when one is not young enough to be called a girl, but young enough to be called a woman", becomes "a scary story in the style of modern folklore" at the end.

Merci Cupidon

1994 • 13 min • Belgium

A fleeting and accidental moment of happiness in the existence of two solitary souls.

Myth Makers 30: Caroline John

1994 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Caroline recalls her casting as scientist "Liz Shaw", and what it was like working alongside Jon Pertwee in Doctor Who.

Judge Not

1994 • 32 min • Japan

Fuzoku is nothing, so pick up a pick-up. Ken is a university student who refuses to take anything seriously except picking up girls. Shin, a junior student who spends all his time picking up girls with Ken, has a girlfriend called Sakura for the first time. Shin worries about himself in terms of love. Shin gets angry at Ken's attitude of making fun of him, and they finally get into a fistfight. Ken loses out and gets injured, but still goes out into the night downtown to pick up girls again... Conversation between Ken and Shin, who seem to be talking but do not communicate. Ken's pick-up, where he is actually not interested in the other person. Sakura, who doesn't explain anything. The bright emptiness of a generation living with language that does not produce communication is portrayed with a fixed camera like a photo box and night photography.

Pearl Jam: Bridge School Benefit 1994 - Night 2

1994 • 33 min

Pearl Jam play live on night 2 of the the Bridge School Benefit concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA on October 2nd 1994. >> SETLIST: Wash, Not for You, Immortality, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Daughter, Black (with Benmont Tench) >> ENCORE: Bee Girl

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

1994 • 46 min • United States of America

Narrated by George Stevens Jr., this documentary by Oscar-winning director George Stevens trains its lens on World War II in a way that's rarely been seen before: in full color. The effect is nothing less than astounding, as viewers bear witness to the carnage of all-out battle in the European theater, which was home to some of the bloodiest skirmishes ever, from the Norman invasion to the fall of Berlin.

Your Feet’s Too Big

1994 • 2 min • United States of America

Day in the life of a shoe salesman.

From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

1994 • 3 min • United States of America

“This is a hand-painted film whose emotionally referential shapes and colors are interwoven with words (in English) from the first Hymn to the Night by the late 18th century mystic poet Friedrich Philipp von Hardenberg, whose pen name was Novalis. The pieces of text which I've used are as follows: ‘the universally gladdening light … As inmost soul … it is breathed by stars … by stone … by suckling plant … multiform beast … and by (you). I turn aside to Holy Night … I seek to blend with ashes. Night opens in us … infinite eyes … blessed love.’” -SB

Smutsiga ögon

1994 • 60 min • Sweden

A successful ad man records a personal message for his 17 year old daughter.

Laura Sobers

1994 • 30 min • United States of America

A recovering alcoholic, obsessed with her boyfriend Bobby and blind to his ongoing drug use, Laura is quick to forgive when she doesn't get the attention she needs from Bobby.

Men, Movies & Carol

1994 • 47 min

A special with Carol Burnett satirizing movies: Double Indemnity with Scott Bakula and Remains of the Day with Barry Bostwick. Plus a melodious tribute to MGM musicals.

Hung Up

1994 • 6 min

A woman is moving out and tries to reach her ex.

Three Salons at the Seaside

1994 • 40 min • United Kingdom

A film on the staff and customers of three Blackpool hair-dressing salons as they discuss the many facets of life. Stories of love, loss and gritty determination to carry on and make the best of things with a sense of humour abound.

Down on the Waterfront

1994 • 27 min • United States of America

Two filmmakers, eager to make a feature film that will improve the tarnished reputation of the longshoreman's union, meet with union officials. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Who Do You Think You're Fooling?

1994 • 11 min

A short film that took director Quentin Tarantino to task for failing to credit director Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987 film) as an influence upon the making of Reservoir Dogs. It screened at the New York Underground Film Festival.

The Tale of Pigling Bland

1994 • 26 min

Pigling Bland is a young pig who is forced to leave home, along with his brother Alexander, when his mother realizes that she is unable to feed all eight of her piglets. Pigling Bland becomes separated from Alexander and gets hopelessly lost.

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

1994 • 53 min • United Kingdom

A documentary profile on Quentin Tarantino broadcast by the BBC's "Omnibus" strand in 1994 to coincide with "Pulp Fiction" hitting UK cinemas.

Kathie Lee's Feel Fit & Fabulous Workout

1994 • 57 min • United States of America

"Feel Fit and Fabulous" is a unique, time-saving workout that combines special body sculpting exercises for the arms, buttocks, hips and thighs with low-impact aerobic movements. Stretching and abdominal toning round out the program, which is designed to help both beginners and intermediate exercisers burn calories, increase their energy and improve overall muscle tone. Working out with her friends, family and fitness expert C.B. Yelverton, Kathie Lee shows you how to look and feel your very best.

The Biggest Little Ticket

1994 • 60 min • United States of America

This one-hour children's television special is the story of a young girl who slips into an enchanted world of trolls and dragons and finds herself on stage in a magic theatre during a performance by some of the biggest names in children's entertainment: Robert Munsch, Fred Penner and Rockapella.