All Films

My Dinner with Louis

1984 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Interview with director Louis Malle conducted by Wallace Shawn, produced for the BBC-TV programme "Arena".

Forgotten Birthday

1984 • 9 min • Soviet Union

That will happen, if to forget about such important holiday as Birthday.

Etienne et Sara

1984 • 16 min

Under the watchful eye of a father, a child is born (first steps, named things) to a brand new awareness of the world.

Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and Encarnacion

1984 • 6 min • Canada

“The bus stopped on the Mexican highway, placing us in full view of a young boy, motionless, on the hot pavement. In this film, the incident is revealed through a poetic text, derived from my written journals. The poetry mixes primarily with Mexican streetscapes which compliment the text in a tonal sense. Most images are twenty-eight seconds long, the ‘breath’ of the 16mm Bolex camera. A lone saxophone (Mike Callich) weaves its way through the narrative, blending to make stronger the tomes and accentuations of the images.” (PH)

Profession: Conchylicultrice

1984 • 34 min • France

Shellfish harvesters from the Marennes-Oléron basin (Charente-Maritime) testify to their living and working conditions: difficulties in the profession, distribution of tasks between men and women, advantages of co-detention, creation of an association to end their isolation and improve their status. Interviews and scenes of work at sea and at the "cabin" help to paint a moving portrait of courageous and energetic women.

Hollis Frampton 1936-1984

1984 • 7 min • United States of America

Die lange Nacht der Kaiserpinguine

1984 • 4 min • Germany

In the Heart of My Blonde

1984 • 40 min • Yugoslavia

This poetic TV drama, loosely based on Guy de Maupassant’s short story, tells about wo soldiers in their leisure time who are having fun with a milkmaid. Later one of them dies in the battle, leaving the milkmaid in sorrow…

The Temptation

1984 • 48 min

Virginia is a strong businesswoman. She is an old woman in the company and no man has fallen in love with her. She is so desperate for love that when she sees other women dating, she is so envious that she pretends to have a date to comfort herself. Virginia meets Frankie, who is six years younger than she is, and becomes a couple, but she is pressured to break up with him because he is younger than she is and has no career. Despite the fact that Frankie approaches her, she refuses to fall in love and ends up with a man who owns a business.

Not Only About Fashion

1984 • 16 min • Soviet Union

Interview with Leopold the Cat

1984 • 3 min • Soviet Union

On New Year's Eve's “Blue Light” program, Soviet film expert Dal Orlov interviews the cartoon character Leopold the Cat.

My Aunt Dudu

1984 • 35 min • Soviet Union

A comedic novella about an elderly woman named Dudukhani. A wise and exceptionally kind person, she has preserved the youthfulness of her spirit, but no one, except for her nephew Nikusha, is able to appreciate her inner qualities.

Agami

1984 • 25 min • Bangladesh

A story of hope, despair and the burden of human life during the war in Bangladesh.

The Hare's Tail

1984 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The hare has lost its magnificent tail - everyone is suspected.

Opéra zéro

1984 • 6 min

Life is "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." William Shakespeare, with words written four centuries ago, inspired animator Jacques Giraldeau to dwell on man's passion for life, and his propensity to destroy himself. The result, Opéra zéro, is a technically complex and fascinating animation film using cut-outs, drawings, xerography, prints, photography, etching and engraving techniques, and requiring more than 50 000 different manipulations of the material.

Chutes de Souvenirs/Marseille

1984 • 3 min • France

Outtakes from the movie

Five Year Diary, Reel 40: Visiting Grandmother ‘84, Wyoming (July 17–August 26, 1984)

1984 • 23 min • United States of America

Anne travels west with her camera to visit family. (Liz Coffey)

Forgive Me

1984 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Made for a piece of music that David Burnand had given to Andrew Kötting. He had sent a copy on cassette to Miles Davis in the hope that he might hear back from him. He never did. Remixed for the film with additional voices on the director's 4 track “Portastudio”.

To the Edge of Danger

1984 • 56 min • Soviet Union

A documentary about the role of a victim in crime.

Whistling Boy

1984 • 15 min • Japan

8mm work from the director

Making of Lensman

1984 • 29 min • Japan

An interesting peek into an anime studio in 1984, with a heavy focus on early usage of computer graphics in anime.

Nipponese Girls

1984 • 59 min • Japan

One day a red paper arrives for Takao, and he disappears. His girlfriends Yoko and Keiko search for him. Eventually, they find him abducted by two men, and their relentless pursuit of him begins. The frequent use of long, light moving shots and the unearthly reticence of the characters gives the film a strange flavour.

The Body on Three Floors

1984 • 50 min • United Kingdom

THE BODY ON THREE FLOORS was a collaborative project that emerged from a dance class, between a dozen people with different professional art form and science skills and featuring the pianist, Keith Tippett. A project by filmmaker Mike Leggett and produced with the technical and financial assistance of a regional arts board and a regional television station in Britain. The program approach utilises the method of essay, and the essay of imagination, working across television genres in a manner intended to be both serious and entertaining.

The Metal Foundry

1984 • 18 min • France, Papua New Guinea

A Lae is a little metal foundry whose owner has gone back to Australia and which the workers have taken over, with some help from the provincial government. An experience in cooperative-management that is new in Papua-New Guinea.