All Films

Sermons and Sacred Pictures

1989 • 29 min • United States of America

"An experimental documentary on Reverend L.O. Taylor, a black Baptist minister from Memphis, Tennessee who was also an inspired filmmaker with an overwhelming interest in preserving the social and cultural fabric of his own community in the 1930′s and 40s. I combine his films and music recordings with my own images of Memphis neighborhoods and religious gatherings" -Sachs

Pobres ricos

1989 • 50 min • Mexico

Mexican drama.

The Movie Life of George

1989 • 52 min

When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films.

Pandilleros

1989 • 22 min • Mexico

Short film.

Govan Ghost Story

1989 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock McGinn counters a strange little girl in the flats where he lives. A crucial stepping-stone in the career of distinguished actor and director David Hayman. It was also a seminal work of writer Bryan Elsley who would go on to create the award-winning Skins series.

Le Labyrinthe - le temps, la memoire, les images

1989 • 34 min • France

Third part of an experimental television program led by Grandrieux questionning TV flux aesthetic, this film focuses on a single interview with Jean-Louis Schefer who delivers his hypothesis on man-made images of itself.

L'Homme aux cheveux bleus

1989 • 50 min

From the first meeting with the critic Louis Marcorelles to his last interview in Cahiers du cinéma, a portrait of Glauber Rocha, a leading figure of Cinema Novo, enriched with testimonies from his close friends such as Juliet Berto and Christiana Tullio Altan.

The Cirque: An American Odyssey

1989 • 50 min • Canada

In 1988, the Cirque du Soleil toured the United States and set up its big top in New York City - a grand three-ring circus in itself! - garnering rave reviews. Behind the scenes, artists working in the fledgling Quebec circus talk about what it means to them to be a part of this success, and also the price they pay for sharing the American Dream.

The Birth of Eros

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

2 of One

1989 • 19 min

Two versions of the One music video with an intro and outro by Lars, released on VHS in the US, and the smaller 8" LaserDisc in Japan.

Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan

1989 • 16 min • United States of America

Figment is visited unexpectedly by Peter Pan who has lost his way back to Wendy's house and is in need of assistance. Apparently, he temporarily got pixie dust in his eyes. When Figment begins to write down directions for Peter, the boy who refused to grow up reminds him that he never learned to read. Figment agrees to bring Wendy to Figonia, but a miscalculation brings Amy instead. Through reading, Figment and his friend Amy vividly make the point that books can transport you to faraway lands, transform you into other characters, and open you up to innumerable adventures. By program's end, Peter agrees that being able to read is wonderful and magical. He may even learn to read himself!

How Was History Wounded

1989 • 25 min

Three commentators sit in a news studio in front of a TV discussing the Tiananmen Square massacre as reported by local and foreign media. This film aims to examine the politics of image and the image of politics through commenting on the topics of democracy, media control, consumption and commercialism.

The Star Child

1989 • 28 min • South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America

Pero is a handsome boy, but when he becomes enamored with his own looks, he must learn a difficult lesson about the value of external beauty. Based on the story by Oscar Wilde.

Neo-Geo: An American Purchase

1989 • 9 min • United States of America

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

Illusions of Shameless Abundance

1989 • 7 min

A Machine Performance by: Survival Research Laboratories, staged May 28, 1989 in SF at 4th & Perry St.

Apple Tree

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Professor Mintz invents a drug that accelerates plant growth many times over. However, he did not take into account that plants and fruits decay and die just as quickly.

Spontaneous Combustion

1989 • 34 min • United Kingdom

This relatively unknown Jeff Keen film presents an insistent series of exquisitely composed action and animation sequences and must be one of the only 8mm 'cinemascope' films in the world

The Story of the Other Wise Man

1989 • 24 min • United States of America

Based on a story by Henry Van Dyke. After years of searching, a fourth Wise Man finds Jesus Christ, but he has no gifts left to give Him. He is comforted to learn that "inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" (Matthew 25:40)

The Box

1989 • 10 min • Canada

Oscar-winning animator Co Hoedeman and his newest creature come together in this enchanting and colourful fable about the joys and pains of growing up. No sooner has the paint dried, than the puppet begins to take its first few steps and, urged on by the artist, begins to discover a wider world. He experiences the joys of playtime and sharing and eventually begins to spread his social wings. The film charts the shaping of a personality, and the evolution of a sense of self-awareness until the creature is ready to leave its protective environment. Live-action, puppets and pixilation create this amazing world of fantasy. Film without words.

Leipzig in Autumn

1989 • 54 min • East Germany, Germany

Voigt, Kroske and Richter were among the first filmmakers who documented the events of the historic 9th of October 1989. Their “material” reflects them from different angles: protesters, workers, opposition members, policemen, street sweepers and functionaries. THE document of the “peaceful revolution”.

How They Joke in Odessa

1989 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Based on the humorous short story of the same name by Mikhail Zhvanetsky.

The Button

1989 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.

A Gift from Soldier Ivan Varezhkin

1989 • 36 min • Soviet Union

Based on Russian fairytales.

Prism Season

1989 • 30 min

In a gentle adaptation of Megume Nagata's book Flowers Wait for the Moon, a girl grows up, falls in love, and becomes a mother, realizing that her childhood is now forever behind her.