All Films

Na Wai E Ho'ōla I Nā Iwi - Who Will Save the Bones?

1988 • 26 min

From an ancient burial site at Honokahua, Maui, to the streets of Honolulu, the issue of protecting ancestral remains from development is brought passionately to the public’s attention by Hawaiian descendants. A few days before Christmas, 1988, a 24-hour vigil is held at the state capitol to protest the excavation of almost 900 ancient burials from the sands of Maui’s Honokahua bay by archeologists contracted to clear the area for construction of a new Ritz Carlton resort. The effort to stop the desecration is met with overwhelming support from the community and soon an agreement is reached between the state government and the developer to move the hotel site and reinter the bones. This collective action eventually resulted in legislation to repatriate ancestral remains from universities and museums throughout the world and protect burial sites throughout Hawai‘i.

Good Taste Made Bad Taste

1988 • 25 min • New Zealand

A very informative documentary on the making of Peter Jackson's gore classic Bad Taste. Highlights include behind-the-scenes footage, detailed explanations of the special effects, an interview with Peter's mom and dad, and interviews with the cast and crew.

Les Misérables

1988 • 60 min • Ireland

Despite secretly being a convict who has broken parole, Jean Valjean promises a Bishop he will change his life. He becomes an upstanding citizen and adopts an orphan, raising her as his daughter. Constantly in danger of being exposed and sent back to prison, he stays one step ahead of the police Inspector who is obsessed with capturing him.

A Terrible Vengeance

1988 • 20 min • Soviet Union

About friendship, betrayal and hidden resentments that have befallen the protagonists during their stay in the royal army. For instance, one employee, Ivan, was bestowed a very high reward for bravery. But not everyone had it to their liking. Soon Petro, his sworn brother, took all the money from Ivan having contributed to Ivan’s falling into the precipice. Petro has now become rich, but this is only the beginning of his story. Based on Gogol's short story "Terrible Vengeance".

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch

1988 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Barry Humphries performance at The Hilton Hotel London for The Variety Club of Great Britain.

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1988 • 59 min • United States of America

A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus behind-the-scenes of the actual shooting and recording. With Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel, Keith Moon and such songs as "Sleeping in a Jar," and "Strictly Genteel." The inside history of the first feature-length film to be shot on video in 6 days.

The Amorous Crow

1988 • 9 min • Soviet Union

About a fickle crow who changed the objects of her hobbies without thinking about their feelings.

The Woodcutter and the Poacher

1988 • 9 min • Bulgaria, Soviet Union

Embryo

1988 • 3 min • Japan

Psychedelic CG animation by Yoichiro Kawaguchi.

Nürnberg Filmvilla

1988 • 3 min • Germany

19.03.1988

Pforzheim Cinema

1988 • 2 min • Germany

26.03.1988

Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars

1988 • 24 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are dueling VJs in this showcase of musical segments from classic Warner Brothers shorts.

Mirthworms on Stage

1988 • 30 min • United States of America

The Mirthworms take center stage at the Wormingham Bowl as they present "Sleeping Beauty." The wicked Wormaline Wiggler tries to wrangle the lead but Crystal Crawler wins the prize. Wormaline attempts to steal the show, but her sneaky shenanigans bring down the house instead.

Joka Sanso Cursed Slope of Horror

1988 • 25 min • Japan

A group of friends gather at a mountain loge for a few days of skiing and relaxation. However, there are rumours that the mountain lodge is haunted by evil spirits, and soon eerie things begin to happen.

No Further Cause for Concern

1988 • 60 min

Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage.

Mama

1988 • 12 min • Spain

There is an attack from outer space and a family descends to the basement, not without problems, and an electric saw ends up being the protagonist.

Die Lüge und der Tod

1988 • 34 min • East Germany

Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The comparison with a written eyewitness account exposes the first film - "about the dazzling supply of food to the Jews" - as a propaganda lie, while the second - made 14 days later - conveys a complex picture of the Nazi extermination bureaucracy.

Hide and Seek

1988 • 13 min • Brazil

A couple, locked up in a secluded house on a rainy night, decide to play hide and seek. She hides. He seeks. The house becomes a huge box of surprises, and terrible sights hide behind every door..

Satanism Unmasked Part 2

1988 • 58 min

"Satanism Unmasked" investigates the supernatural influence Satanism, witchcraft, and Dungeons & Dragons.

Candyjam

1988 • 7 min • United States of America

Candyjam is a whimsical, animated collaboration by 10 animators from four countries: David Anderson (England), Karen Aqua (USA), Craig Bartlett (USA), Elizabeth Buttler (USA), Paul Driessen (Holland), Tom Gasek (USA), Joan Gratz (USA), Christine Panushka (USA), Joanna Priestley (USA) and Marv Newland (Canada).

Hockney at the Tate

1988 • 52 min

To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joined David Hockney for an exclusive private view of the exhibition and they were filmed discussing pictures from all stages of Hockney's remarkable career.

The Making of Dead Ringers

1988 • 8 min

A short behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of "Dead Ringers," including interviews with writer-director David Cronenberg, star Jeremy Irons, co-producer Marc Boyman, and optical effect supervisor Lee Wilson.

The Wedding Waltz

1988 • 56 min • Finland

Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get his old Hillman Minx repaired and inspected for road-worthiness, with a little help from an eccentric bunch of friends who never seem to have grown up either.

Sss

1988 • 7 min

SSS is composed from footage of movement improvised on the streets of pre-gentrified East Village by Sally Silvers, Pooh Kaye, Harry Shepperd, Lee Katz, Kumiko Kimoto, David Zambrano, Ginger Gillespie, Mark Dendy, and others, painstaking synched to music previously improvised for the project at Noise New York by Tom Cora (cello), Christian Marclay (turntables), and Zeena Parkins (harp). Beauty emerging from rubble. (Henry Hills)