All Films

Dancin' On My Sofa

1985 • 5 min • France

"The little dancer followed the music..."

Matter of Clarity

1985 • 28 min • United States of America

The third part of the trilogy, MATTER OF CLARITY completes this particular cycle of discovery, and brings to resolution these themes, grounded in matter. "... rich tactile images of the natural world ...

Grandma’s Pie

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A documentary film about childish games.

Signs

1985 • 2 min • Soviet Union

About the danger posed to passers-by by an intoxicated driver.

Hanjuku shōjo 4 katayama kei watashi “chikan reipu” yurushite ageru

1985 • 30 min • Japan

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu.

Spirit of the Land: Hawai'i: Continuing Traditions

1985 • 28 min

The Hawaiian people have a rich historical and cultural tradition. Their values, art, music, gods and legends reach back thousands of years to ancient Polynesia, where they lived before sailing to the islands we know as Hawai‘'i. Recently, there have been efforts to revitalize these traditions and teach them to young Hawaiians. Hawai'i: Continuing Traditions looks at ways in which the “"spirit of the land" lives today, as we explore special places, where old ways are thriving in the modern world. Visit a working taro plantation in Maui and an isolated fishing village on the isalnd of Hawai‘'i. Discover how a small community in Kaua‘'i creates beautiful shell necklaces, and voyage back in time on an ancient Polynesian sailing canoe.

Téléphone

1985 • 4 min • Canada

An artist’s hectic day-to-day life revolves around the telephone, straight out of the artist's drawing board. In less than five minutes, we've experienced a day jam-packed with little incidents.

Bakuro

1985 • 7 min • Japan

Low-budget indie tokusatsu werewolf short film

El rey del bandolín

1985 • 28 min • Venezuela

Cruz Quinal, "the mandolin king," lives near Cumana in a mountain valley surrounded by sugarcane fields. Perpetuating 16th century Spanish traditions of guitar-making, Cruz fashions such musical instruments as cuatros, marimba, escarpandola, and his own creation, a mandolin with two fretboards. He is an accomplished musician as well. In this moving portrait, Cruz compares himself to a decaying colonial church across the street: revered yet neglected, the village altar stands, paint peeling, under the open sky.

The Award

1985 • 45 min • United States of America

Members of a high school football team decide to present an "award" to the "Ugliest Girl in School."

Halloween According to Old Weird Harold

1985 • 8 min

The "local boogeyman" tells stories of Halloween as it used to be in rural Ontario.

Blowin' in the Wind

1985 • 1 min • United States of America

A field of grass blows in the wind below a blue sky.

Miniatures '85

1985 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Picturesque sketches on the themes: “Waltz”, “Apple Trees”, “Spot”, “Boats”, “Duet”.

Supplicating Women

1985 • 3 min

While shooting in Benares for Forest of Bliss, I stumbled upon a temple visited by women who came to it with a variety of ailments including love sickness and problems with their families. This fragment begins to indicate the extent of their despair.

Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's

1985 • 57 min

Ronnie Scott’s opened in 1959 to provide a place where British Jazz musicians could jam. Eventually, American music musicians such as Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk, Al Cohn, Stan Getz, Sony Stitt, Benny Golson, Donald Byrd, and Ben Webster played at the club making it the legendary Jazz club it is today. Today, the club still books the greatest Jazz acts in the world, but also plays host to such diverse musicians as the talented Nina Simone. This film features Nina Simone (vocals, piano) delivering an intense emotional performance at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, London on November 17, 1985. Simone is an eclectic musician, who adds a soulful mystique to whatever material she interprets. This brilliant performance at Ronnie Scott’s is testament to this fact.

UFO: Misdemeanor Tour

1985 • 60 min

This 1985 show from the British rock band UFO captures the group tearing through a number of songs from their catalogue including "Heaven's Gate," "Only You Can Rock Me," and "Doctor Doctor."

44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out

1985 • 3 min • Austria

"It became easier to understand Kren's method of approaching film when he illustrated his matter-of-factness with a story: he was asked to shoot and deliver a film, for a festival, given four day's notice, which he did ('foot'-age shoot'-out'). He normally takes a long time with a film; this one he terms a "rape." He removed his name and copy-right from the piece. "Probably my last film." I asked whether he'd ever seen a print. "Yes, it's great," he replied..." (April Rapier)

The Place of Time

1985 • 40 min • Austria

This is the theme of the film: The secret of objects in the huge space and time curve: the not-being-able-to-recognize, the not-being-able-to-grasp, the not-knowing. The curve is presented in the film as a miniature: 24 hours (morning, day, evening, night, morning) condensed into 40 minutes.

The Chocolate Panic Picture Show

1985 • 25 min • Japan

Based on a manga by Fujiwara Kamui, serialised in Monthly Super Action and partly inspired by Jamie Uys's The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). Grossly caricatured Africans Manbo, Chinbo, and Chonbo causes chaos in civilisation despite the efforts of their pretty tour guide/bedmate to tame their zany, grass-skirted cannibal ways.

Visit Israel with Dr. W. Cleon Skousen - Prophecy

1985 • 30 min

Some of the most exciting scriptures to Latter-day Saints are those that reveal events about the future. Dr. Skousen will have you completely fascinated as you look out over the Mount of Olives toward the Golden Gate and the Temple Mount and hear the stories about these places. These are the scenes of some of the most exciting prophetic events where the Temple will be rebuilt and where Christ will descend upon the Mount of Olives to save His people, the Jews. These places will become real as you actually see them and then hear about their significance in prophecy.

We Still Are!

1985 • 40 min • United States of America

Promo film for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, with host Alice Faye. Faye looks back on her career in Hollywood.

The People's Police Force, 1985

1985 • 60 min • East Germany

Thomas Heise documents the everyday life of the "People's Police Force" in Berlin Mitte.

Vertical/Horizontal

1985 • 5 min

A film by Peter Liechti.

Midi

1985 • 46 min • France

Filmmaker's diary during his visit to the southern region of France.