All Films

Rage Net

1988 • 1 min • United States of America

Another of Brakhage’s works of “moving visual thinking,” Rage Net reminds one of the vibrant pioneering experiments of European animators of the 1920s.

The Tokyo Project

1988 • 54 min • Japan

Akira, Junpei, Keiko and Kumiko are members of the Rutz Detective Agency, and are always ready for a good case. When a mysterious murder places a top secret floppy disk in the hands of Junpei, the gang suddenly has a conspiracy on their hands of grandiose proportions. Not only have they made an enemy of politicians and shady characters, but also the munitions manufacturer company Yotsuboshi itself! With murder attempts, rampaging machinery and kidnappers to handle, the group must race against the clock to foil the evil scheme before it's too late!

Broken Glass

1988 • 50 min • Iceland

Maria is somewhat of a rebel and problem child. Her mother died and her father remarried some awful lady, and Maria isn't happy at all. She takes a drug overdose and winds up in a home for other girls with problems, but the two women who run the place turn out to be not quite the ladies they seemed. Maria knows she can't stay there very long, and starts planning her escape.

Badlands 2005

1988 • 48 min

In 1995, a severe drought forced Americans to flee the West for the cities. Water became more precious than gold. Now in 2005, settlers are coming back, meeting new challenges, and age-old adversaries. A U.S. Marshal and his cyborg partner patrol the American West. A hard-as-nails female boss heads two U.S. Marshals (one human, one bionic) in Badlands 2005, a concept where the near future sees water as a more precious commodity than gold. The West of America has been deserted after droughts a decade earlier, and now a re-population program is underway.

Chikan Densha: Abunai Futomomo

1988 • 59 min • Japan

A girl who dreams of herself being molested realizes the intense desire that lies dormant in her through hypnotherapy... The desire that has been awakened is unstoppable.

Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet

1988 • 26 min • Japan

Lum & her girlfriends are invited to Neptune by Oyuki. There she shows them her new business venture at a ranch of flying sherbets, birds capable of producing sherbet cones from their beaks. Ran convinces Oyuki to let her borrow one, her goal is to make some quick cash selling sherbets on Earth. Unfortunately, the combination of being overworked and a hot summer day has made the sherbet extremely cranky, even from its refrigerated cage. It breaks from its cage and escapes, but not before attacking Ran and Lum, and trashing Benten's brand-new bike by shooting sherbet cones at it. Now it's up to Ran to retrieve the sherbet before Benten blasts it out of the sky, and more importantly, before Oyuki finds out.

Ink

1988 • 10 min

Graduation short from Paul Duane.

Groper Train: Lewd Fingertips

1988 • 60 min

Iwabuchi's wife Akiko, a reporter, is so busy with work that she doesn't do the housework properly, so he feels uncomfortable every day. Akiko is also dissatisfied that her husband doesn't touch her. At that time, Iwabuchi was introduced to Mayumi and joined a sex cult, and she performed a ritual of exorcism and they had sex.

Soul Music: Lovers Only

1988 • 51 min • Japan

Film directed by Koyu Ohara.

Chikan densha: Gusshori nurashite

1988 • 59 min • Japan

In a crowded train, men and women are all over the place. In an era when there were no women-only cars, the men reach for the women's asses!

Rope and Boys 2: Boy Hell's Messenger

1988 • 60 min • Japan

A magazine reporter is told to investigate the murder of a young man with ties to the gay S&M scene.

The Jogger

1988 • 23 min • United States of America

A jogger is attacked and chased one morning by a would be killer. The film sets out to show that the greatest horror in life is often that which lies beneath the calm surface of every day normality.

Stachoviak!

1988 • 35 min • Germany

The story of the good citizen and postworker Bernhardt Stachoviak, who ends up running amok. Others would say: Out of his immense hatred towards mankind. He would say: Against his own will.

Early English with Doraemon - Part 1

1988 • 15 min • Japan

An educational video released to teach Japanese children basic English words.

Star Virgin

1988 • 57 min • Japan

Eiko is an alien girl with a unique superpower. She wears an amulet that can sense when men are attracted to her. Using this amulet she can transform into a superhero, Star Virgin, and use her super powers to protect herself. Originally coming to earth to sightsee, Eiko has to save the world from killer robots and protect her nerdy companion.

Date Rape

1988 • 54 min • United States of America

Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.

Belinda Live!

1988 • 60 min

Belinda Carlisle in Concert from 1988 featuring songs: I Feel Free/ Mad About You/ Lust To Love/ I Get Weak/ Fool For Love/ Circle In The Sand/ World Without You/ Nobody Owns Me/ Our Lips Are Sealed/ Vacation/ Heaven Is A Place On Earth/ Love Never Dies/ Head Over Heals/ We Got The Beat

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars

1988 • 59 min • Japan

For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other “decisive” battles, this can only end in disaster; a sentiment shared by Imperial nobleman Reinhard von Lohengramm and Alliance Commodore Yang Wen Li, both of whom realize how to turn the fight in their favor. And while the tides of war may never change, these two men must rise to the occasion, solidifying their place in history as heroes.

Living Room

1988 • 20 min

This beautiful, unsettling experimental documentary is a meditation on Australian suburbia and notions of home.

La Metamorfosi

1988 • 30 min

The short film, a collaboration between the multimedia research group Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici and Loretta Mugnai, combines both film and electronic elements. It is an adaptation of the famous story by Kafka. Julia Anzillotti portrays Mrs. Samsa, known for her work with the Italian theater-dance group Parco Butterfly, while Rolando Mugnai of the Magazzini plays Mr. Samsa, having previously performed in computer comics by GMM. Teresa De Sio makes a friendly appearance as an ironic Grande Diva who communicates solely through soprano vocalizations, accompanied by comedian Daniele Trambusti as her interpreter. The true core of the story consists of the Samsa household televisions, which emphasize and amplify the narrative's emotions.

Project A-Ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody

1988 • 45 min • Japan

It revolves around A-Ko and B-ko's pursuit of a handsome stud named Kay. He likes coke and motorcycles and is quietly courted by both A-ko and B-ko. Meanwhile, C-ko grows very jealous of him... Also meanwhile, the aliens' ship in now floating in the bay and they've tried again to turn it into the ultimate nightspot. Good luck. Catastrophe always occurs when the three 'Ko's get together

Pranks!

1988 • 31 min

Video accompaniment to the book of the same name released by RE/SEARCH magazine, featuring interviews with Survival Research Lab's Mark Pauline, Joe Coleman, Karen Finley, Boyd Rice, and Frank Discussion. "Five Fabulously Funny Interviews with Fiendishly Flamboyant Pranksters discussing diabolical (and sometimes illegal) deeds. Dazzling deceptions and put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists living today."

Madeline

1988 • 25 min • Canada, United States of America

In a Parisian girls school, our perky, popular heroine charms her eleven classmates with funny pranks and youthful wit. But when Madeline needs her appendix out, it's she who needs charm and humor for a speedy recovery.

110 Lombard

1988 • 44 min • United States of America

Three single guys share their personal problems as well as a loft apartment.