All Films

Meyl

1988 • 35 min • Soviet Union

"The Crow" - During the meaningless war years, a new lifestyle emerged in Lebanon : neither capitalist nor socialist. A military lifestyle. A whole generation of Lebanese were born and raised in war climate as a result of their inclination towards death and confusion. This generation does not imagine another life. The sounds of automatic fireworks are mixed with the sounds of folk instruments at every holiday or family celebration.

Where Are You My Horse?..

1988 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The story of the friendship of a boy and a horse in the bosom of amazing nature. But autumn comes and the boy returns to the big city and its entertainment, forgetting about his friend. When the boy remembered about the horse, it was too late.

Thames Wallah

1988 • 40 min

Documentary on David Triggs, who works for Thames Water, and is also a frequent visitor to India, as a consultant on the Indian Government's £200 million scheme to clean up the holy River Ganges.

La Tueuse

1988 • 12 min

Portrait of a woman, Jocelyne Khoueiry, who, in 1976 during the Lebanese civil war, was the muse of the Phalangist militia in Beirut. Fifteen years later, stricken with remorse, she became a nun and founded a religious order.

Art With a Message: Protest, Propaganda, Satire and Social Comment

1988 • 35 min • United States of America

This program investigates the ways various art forms are used to sway minds and to argue political causes. Examples include Napoleon and Hitler; artist such as Daumier, Hogarth and Shann; writers Dickens, Swift and Orwell; and pop artists who mock popular ideals.

Tenderfoot

1988 • 14 min • Canada

A young window cleaner forgets his work and becomes fascinated by the choreographies perormed by the students of a dance school. He imagines himself dancing with them and dreams of being the star of ridiculous dance numbers. But during this time, someone is stealing his bucket. To get it back, he has to enter a classroom and participate to a crazy dance competition.

Family

1988 • 9 min • Soviet Union

One day in the life of a little puppy.

The Urine Crazed Corpse Catchers

1988 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The demobilized Baltic sea sailor met the injustice of the world around him and committed suicide.

Bortom hagan

1988 • 40 min • Sweden

Documentary about Lars Theodor Jonsson who was a cross country skier in the 1920s and 30s and now lives alone in the forest.

Way USA!

1988 • 33 min

Way USA, a pilot for a punk/comedy travelogue that was done for MTV in 1988 and hosted by Tesco Vee (lead singer of the band The Meatmen). Tesco wanders around Baltimore. He tours dive bars, strip clubs, bath houses and greasy spoons. It features John Waters, Jean Hill (Polyester, Desperate Living), and a host of other weirdos, deviants and losers. It was all shot on Super 8 to get that grainy 50's home move/travelogue look.

The World is Yours

1988 • 30 min

Documentary by Mario Cortesi about worldwide drug trade and drug consumption. Many scenes, interviews are re-enacted, recreated or freely invented.

O Vampiro

1988 • 41 min

The World Within Us

1988 • 16 min

Voiced by Jonathan Pryce, Terry Flaxton’s The World Within Us is a lyrical meditation set inside the mind of a dying writer. Combining original poetry with early digital imagery, the film weaves memory, art, and mortality into a haunting reflection on life’s inner landscapes.

Dismal Universal Hiss

1988 • 12 min

Originally a double screen film the titles comes from a book by W.Grey Walter: "The Living Brain", the book is mostly about flicker and stroboscopic response. In 1988 Chicago Reader's Jonathan Rosenbaum listed this film as Critic's choice.

Classic Striptease and Glamour Films 16

1988 • 57 min

SWEATER GIRLS Plus 6 voluptuous TITBITS, with dazzling Busty Babes LAINE CARLIN on stage & in boudoir, MICHELLE ANGELO in her infamous black shell brassiere, LILLIAN PARKER really up close and personal, and LEE GERMAINE doing 10 different Tit Wiggles and Tit Jiggles, all from origiiial camera masters.

Noah’s Ark

1988 • 47 min • Soviet Union

The director Rimtautas Silinis combines together metaphorical frames and plot lines, puts Lithuania's past and present next to each other, revealing historical experiences and cultural heritage.

Les Miracles de la Cène

1988 • 3 min • France

Jesus tries to impress at the Last Supper with some miracles but his final parlor trick does not end the way he would like.

Sunday Pranks

1988 • 54 min • Poland

A chilling tale about kids playing in a bombed-out Warsaw courtyard on the day of Stalin's death, while their parents are away at the church or a memorial procession.

Sisypot

1988 • 10 min • Sweden

An animated short film about a person who's got their head stuck in a chamber pot and tries to get it off.

The Couch Potato Workout

1988 • 35 min

The wackiest workout video you'll never lose weight following!

Love, Women and Flowers

1988 • 52 min • Colombia

Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia.

That Rhythm, Those Blues

1988 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary covering the R&B (rhythm and blues) field from the 1940s to the early 1950s. Included is footage of performances by major R&B singers of the time, and interviews with singers, producers and others involved in the field.

Myth Makers 14: Peter Grimwade

1988 • 57 min

Peter Grimwade started his career at the BBC as a production assistant during the early 1970s and worked on three of Jon Pertwee’s Doctor Who stories. He went on to direct Doctor Who in the early 1980’s with Logopolis and Earthshock winning major fan awards. He then moved on successfully to script-writing with Mawdryn Undead and Planet of Fire which he successfully turned into novels for Virgin Publishing. Peter died in 1990, cutting short his life and a promising career. This Myth Makers release is dedicated to him.

Electric Blue: The Best of Electric Blue 12

1988 • 46 min

The best of Electric Blue, Volume 12