All Films

The Butch Willis Show

1989 • 18 min

A collection of clips featuring Butch Willis, produced and compiled by Jeff Krulik following his decision to cease being manager of the band Butch Willis & The Rocks. The short features Butch at a University of Maryland record convention, Butch singing happy birthday to John Heyn, and Butch pontificating and showing off some records in the basement of his childhood home.

Mikael Wiehe: Tre nya och en som lever kvar

1989 • 26 min • Sweden

Performances and an interview with the musician Mikael Wiehe.

K.

1989 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Strangers in Paradise

1989 • 55 min • Australia

On the eve of bicentennial celebrations, Strangers in Paradise looks at Australian culture through the eyes of tourists on a ‘Dreamtime’ tour.

Brute Charm

1989 • 24 min • United States of America

BRUTE CHARM consists primarily of images of animals I shot in Africa, combined with animation on an optical printer. A steady stream of conscious and unconscious visual choices loosely constructs a journey through the animal kingdom and my thoughts which developed around it. BRUTE CHARM is an exploration into our unsocialized selves. Lion Sex Flamingo Death and a yellow rubber glove in the Kenyan wild. There's mud in your Ear easier than an Elephant thru the eye of the beholder.

Ultraman Ace: Giant Ant Terrible-Monster vs. The Ultra Brothers

1989 • 25 min • Japan

Theatrical version of episode 5 of Ultraman Ace TV series. Two women go missing, with witnesses testifying that they vanished underground. The only common link between the incidents was that both women had type O blood. TAC closes the case, but when Yuko and Seiji are out shopping, Yuko herself is targeted. Seiji manages to free her, and the two catch a glimpse of the terrible-monster, Aribunta.

Watch the Sparrow Bleed

1989 • 22 min • United Kingdom

In a small town in the North West of England a vagrant serial killer is stoned to death by a gang of teenage vigilantes wearing white hoods. He then rises from his grave in the woods as a zombie a year later to gorily kill the vigilantes one-by-one!

The Defender

1989 • 54 min • Canada, United States of America

This documentary is about Bob Diemert of Carman, Manitoba, and his dream of building the world's next great fighter plane. His worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring "warbirds" enables him to finance his dream. The Defender is a lively, sometimes wild and funny, tale about a remarkable, modern-day folk hero.

Go Nagai's Scary Zone: The Mysterious Demon

1989 • 45 min • Japan

Japanese direct-to-video horror film

Anniversary

1989 • 12 min • Canada

Computer animated short film created to commemorate the National Film Board of Canada's 50th anniversary.

Norman Gives A Speech

1989 • 8 min

Just before quitting time Norman's boss makes the fateful decision to delegate tomorrow's big presentation to his least accomplished and most accident-prone employee. Norman works on his speech throughout the night, despite several interruptions, but the next morning he delivers it with typical Krasnerian results.

Weather Diary 5

1989 • 38 min

A man and a hotel room. One of the best of the series. Writes Kuchar: "Set in central Oklahoma during May, I spend 3 weeks in a motel and get talked at by a small weather-radio that seems to rule my life. I, myself, get to talk at the lady who runs the motel and who runs a cosmetic empire downtown. The viewer gets to see her equipment and her corner of the world as storms lurk somewhere off-camera, waiting to enter stage left and bring down the house. This is one of the more social installments of the weather diary series."

Nullarbor Dreaming

1989 • 45 min • Australia

In 1988, Andrew Wight and his team went on to attempt a record cave dive in Pannikin Plains Cave on the Nullarbor Plain, where flash floods turned the expedition into a life-or-death adventure. This was captured on film by his support team, and eventually published as Nullarbor Dreaming. This short film launched his career as an international film-maker and culminated in him becoming James Cameron's right-hand man on many 3D and other film projects. Sanctum was inspired by his Nullarbor experience

The Last Night of Rasputin

1989 • 38 min

Billed as "the final orgy and dreadful end of the notorious monk, Rasputin, on the eve of the Russian Revolution," THE LAST NIGHT OF RASPUTIN tells a story of pre-revolutionary Russia. Rasputin, confidante of the Tsarina, storms through St. Petersburg in endless orgies and bachannales. Into the aristocratic decadence come three friends from the productive classes - a worker, a student and a ballerina. The troika fall victim to evil doers but heroically triumph in the end.

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

1989 • 59 min • United States of America

A documentary about the legendary Jazz player Charlie (Bird) Parker.

Louie Anderson: Mom! Louie's Looking at Me Again!

1989 • 59 min • United States of America

Louie Anderson Live at the Guthrie

A Comedy Celebration: The Comedy & Magic Club's 10th Anniversary

1989 • 60 min

A variety special, taped October 30, 1988 during the 10th anniversary of the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California, featuring routines by stand-up comics.

Life Lessons

1989 • 40 min

Life Lessons is a captivating short film directed by Martin Scorsese, featured as part of the 1989 anthology New York Stories. The film dives into the turbulent relationship between a successful, yet emotionally volatile painter, Lionel Dobie, and his young assistant, Paulette. Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, the narrative explores the intersection of artistic obsession and personal turmoil. With Scorsese's signature intensity, Life Lessons offers a raw and poignant glimpse into the struggles of creativity and love, making it an essential watch for fans of the director and those intrigued by the complexities of the artistic mind.

My Mom is A Sorceress

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

For every child, mother is the best sorceress in the world.

Andy Warhol: Made in China

1989 • 30 min • United States of America

A look at the man behind the legend, capturing the real Andy Warhol, as an artist and as a person, as he travels through China, from Hong Kong's glitter to the mystique of Peking's Forbidden City. Set in the Far East, the story begins with the opening of the most elegant jet set watering hole in Asia, Hong Kong's “I Club,” whose owner, a young Chinese millionaire, decided to try an experiment: to transplant the most advanced, far-out Western culture to the Far East in a multimillion-dollar club that offers everything from restaurants and bars, to a health club and even an art gallery. Warhol is invited to attend the opening as a guest of honor showing his “Celebrity Portraits.” The result of this cultural experiment was varied. Emotions from the “I Club” and Warhol's work ranged from outrage to indifference to wonder.

The Childeater

1989 • 13 min

Eight-year old Betty is sent to stay with family on a remote Welsh farm, but her father has warned her that her uncle eats children who don't behave.

Installation Time

1989 • 6 min

“Mr. Tsuguö Yanaï makes paper objects. He installs these objects in a gallery in Tokyo. The camera was also installed in the gallery. It filmed all of the time of installation and its preparation…. Yet the film is not the documentary of an installation, but of installation time.” - Yo Ota

My Brother Is Afraid Of Just About Everything

1989 • 11 min

Martin couldn't understand his little brother's many fears until he, himself, was scared off by a large dog.

Toga Party Massacre

1989 • 36 min • United States of America

"Frankie" Robertson returns from the grave to wreak havoc on some partying teens in this SOV horror parody.