All Films

Birds Past

1989 • 28 min • United States of America

Two young San Franciscans journey to Bodega Bay along the path set by Tippi Hedren in Hitchcock’s classic, The Birds.

The Seats of the Alcazar

1989 • 53 min • France

A French man recalls his moviegoing adventures at the now defunct titular theater as a journalist for the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma during the mid-1950s.

The Butter Battle Book

1989 • 24 min • United States of America

The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over the butter and bread - on which side should one spread?

Rangiku densetsu

1989 • 60 min • Japan

Tokio and Yamashita's encounter was sudden. At that time, a detective named Yamashita came in front of my husband, who was addicted to drugs. Yamashita, who was also gay, forcibly held Tokio on the spot instead of having him arrested. At that time, Tokio fell in love with Yamashita. Yamashita, who was dismissed from his post due to a certain incident, suddenly disappears from Tokio's presence...

Birthright

1989 • 60 min • United States of America

The story of a rebel with a cause, this dystopic art film takes place in a future where humans have become drones in a decaying post-industrial hive.

Looking for Langston

1989 • 45 min • United Kingdom

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.

Ultraman: Terror on Route 87

1989 • 25 min • Japan

Theatrical version of episode 20 of Ultraman (1966 TV series). An enormous bird-monster is attacking motorists on Route 87. The Science Patrol discovers a supernatural link between the monster and a statue located nearby.

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

1989 • 60 min • United States of America

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensive stop-motion techniques) brings Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book to life. When the villainous Weasel and his crew of thugs kidnap an unsuspecting Toad and send an impostor to take over Toad Hall, Badger, Rat and Mole aren't fooled. But can they figure out a way to save their friend before it's too late?

Follow That Star - Amitabh Bachchan

1989 • 51 min

Documentary on mega star Amitabh Bachchan by Nasreen Munni Kabir with interviews by Ramesh Sippy, Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, Mukul Anand and Javed Akhtar

Flying Logos

1989 • 2 min • United States of America

The 3D animation of Flying Logos.

Don't Touch Me

1989 • 3 min • United States of America

Dozo dances and sings a song. Advanced motion capture, advanced facial CGI animation, first dancing CGI human animation. Designed as an art film to demonstrate in the technical development of virtual actors in its actual state, without references to stars in concerts.

Thunderbox

1989 • 27 min • New Zealand

Expelled from school for repeating one of his father's very down-to-earth philosophies in an English lesson, Thunderbox Jnr finds himself in the workforce and getting into trouble with the law.

Cathy's Valentine

1989 • 22 min • United States of America

As Valentine's Day approaches, Cathy, ever the romantic, becomes passionately consumed with thoughts of hearts, flowers and candle-lit dinners.

During the Journey to Melonia

1989 • 50 min • Sweden

Documentary about the production of Per Åhlin's feature film Resan till Melonia

Meat Love

1989 • 1 min • Czechoslovakia, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

Two pieces of meat fall in love.

Great Sports Moments of the 80's

1989 • 44 min

Experience the thrill as your favorite teams and heroes triumph again! Great comebacks, rivalries and record-breaking performances are here to watch over and over again.

Goddess Remembered

1989 • 54 min • Canada

Goddess Remembered is a salute to 35,000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. This documentary features Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretnak and Jean Bolen, who link the loss of goddess-centered societies with today's environmental crisis.

Step Into the Third Dimension

1989 • 15 min • Japan

Nishika 3D cameras were the inexpensive cousins to the Nimslo 3D cameras made in the mid to late 1980's (the Nimslo cameras used glass lenses, while the Nishika ones used plastic lenses). The cameras used regular 35mm film that captured 4 simultaneous images onto 2 frames of film. These images were printed onto photo stock with a lenticular surface bonded to it which allowed 3D to be seen without glasses, like the old kids story books with the 3D covers. The basic 3D camera kit came with this VHS instructional video that was hosted by Vincent Price. It was one of the last things he did.

Tell Me, Jupiter!..

1989 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Based on the fables of I.A. Krylov's "Sea of ​​Animals", "Writer and Robber", "Nobleman and Poet", "Worldly Gathering".

Vlady

1989 • 24 min

In this documentary, Sarah Maldoror offers a portrait of the Mexican painter Vlady (1920-2005, born Vladimir Kibaltchich), filming mainly his works with voice-over commentary by the artist himself, answering the filmmaker's questions.

A Secret Evening

1989 • 51 min • Japan

Ito, Yoshida, Kanbara, and Harumi are high school classmates. Ito secretly has feelings for his best friend, Yoshida. Yoshida doesn't seem confused by Ito's feelings, but simply accepts them naturally. However, one night.

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989 • 45 min • United Kingdom

An ill tailor is trying to finish a coat for a wealthy man. He is hindered by his cat and helped by some grateful mice.

Sérénité

1989 • 59 min • Poland

Poland, 1930s. Agata, a twenty-year-old young woman, a niece of the lady of a small manor, is about to get married. This fact causes dramatic changes for three people: Miss Stawro, a music teacher who cares for Agata, and two sixteen-year-old boys, Witek and Stas, who have their own feelings for the girl. However, the closer the wedding date gets, the more the bride-to-be is haunted by morbidly surreal visions related to her troubled past.