All Films

Recollections of Pavlovsk

1984 • 29 min • Soviet Union

Soviet documentary, historical and biographical film of 1983, directed by Irina Kalinina. In a 30-minute tape shows the selfless work of Anna Ivanovna Zelenova, the director of the Pavlovsky Palace Museum, who devoted her entire life to him, survived with him years of occupation and rebirth from the ashes.

Soldier's Lamp

1984 • 8 min • Soviet Union

In memory of the feat of fathers and grandfathers - winners of the Great Patriotic War.

Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema

1984 • 26 min • France, Venezuela

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Fourth episode: in Cuba, the ICAIC, created in the aftermath of the Castro revolution, is at once a film school, a production company and a state cultural branch. Cuban filmmakers testify to the situation and themes specific to their national cinema.

Sexy Oral: Uwakina Kuchibiru

1984 • 51 min • Japan

A woman rejects her clingy female lover and pursues a female co-worker. The spurned lover plots revenge and the co-worker has a kinky secret.

Community Plot

1984 • 20 min

This satiric comedy takes place in a building on New York's multi-ethnic Lower East Side. Four neighbors form an uneasy alliance after a case worker from family court is accidentally killed in their building.

Destruction

1984 • 3 min • United States of America

The aftermath of an experience with Heroin causes a man to destroy anything within his path.

Kalle and Bogey

1984 • 9 min • Soviet Union

One day, the boy who loved mischief more than anything else in the world came to the wizard in the castle. Just before that, he took the teddy bear from the girl, threw it at her, and also slipped a beetle into her candy wrapper. How will the boy behave now? Will they let him go home? After all, here everything becomes known about his past pranks.

Gary Numan: Berserker

1984 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Filmed and recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 11th December 1984. Set-List: We Are Glass Berserker Remind Me To Smile Sister Surprise Music for Chameleons The Iceman Comes Cold Warning This Prison Moon My Dying Machine We Take Mystery (To Bed) This Is New Love

Extreme Rock

1984 • 30 min • United Kingdom

In 1984 Ron Fawcett, is one of the most athletic climbers, he takes pleasure in taking up the challenge of climbing "free" without artificial aids, the equipment and rope being used only for safety, a revolution at the time. The documentary is part of "Pushing The Limits", a 10-episode series by Leo Dickinson documenting sporting adventures that push the limits of human endurance. Each episode focused on an extreme sport, ranging from rock climbing to hot air ballooning.

Legend of Sunshine Mountain

1984 • 29 min

Children learn to trust God for strength and courage in face of danger.

Turnaround: A Story of Recovery

1984 • 47 min • Canada

The women who seek help at Aurora House share a common illness: they are physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol, prescription drugs, street drugs, or a combination of these. This documentary focuses on the lives of five women at various stages of their rehabilitation. In the supportive and healing atmosphere of women helping other women, they are confronting the issues and feelings they had previously drunk or drugged out of consciousness.

Amuse-gueule

1984 • 28 min

Humurous short on the theme of hunger around the world that combines animation and fiction.

Erinnerung an ein Gespräch

1984 • 4 min • East Germany

A conversation between King Pyrrhus and Kineas about the increasingly terrible campaigns of conquest is illustrated. When world domination is achieved, the earth will be a deserted wasteland, with only Pyrrhus and Kineas remaining. They wonder what they will do then.

Dragon

1984 • 17 min • Soviet Union

Based on the short story by Ray Bradbury. Two knights travel across desolate lands to face the Dragon in a doomed battle.

Quality Control

1984 • 13 min • France

Life Is Flashing Before Your Eyes

1984 • 3 min • United States of America

Colorful hallucinogenic trip in a cartoon fantasy world, or, as Timothy Leary put it, "Cheery pop images and mellow lyrics".

The Land That Devours Ships

1984 • 58 min

For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea explorer Dr. Joseph MacInnis led a team of twenty men on one of the most difficult, dangerous and unforgettable undersea adventures of the century--to put a diver on board the sunken vessel and recover some artifacts. This film, introduced by H.R.H. Prince Charles, provides a stunning visual account of this historic expedition.

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

1984 • 59 min • United States of America

In 1960 Jane Goodall set out for Tanzania's remote Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the behavior of man's closest living relative, the chimpanzee. With dedication and perseverance she earned the trust of a wild chimp community, and gradually they revealed their individual personalities and the rich tapestry of their daily life. This program looks at two landmark decades of Jane Goodall's work, including her dramatic discovery of chimpanzees making and using tools.

Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets

1984 • 34 min • United States of America

In this spectacular exploration you'll take a journey through the 4,000-year history of mankind's relationship with the Grand Canyon. Discover the earliest inhabitants of the Canyon whose lives are still shrouded in mystery. Travel with Spanish explorers as they become the first Europeans to uncover the Canyon's awesome beauty. Ride along in the re-enactment of US explorer John Wesley Powell's expedition down the raging Colorado River, when nine crew members risk their lives to become the first to travel the length of the Canyon by boat. Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets will take you into the rarely visited side canyons filled with hidden waterfalls and unusual wildlife. Experience the Canyon as never before: soaring over the rim and flying through some of the most inspiring scenery on Earth.

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 1)

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animated series about the adventures of a parrot Kesha, "the hero of our time." The action is concentrated in the city and its surroundings. Kesh lives in the apartment of Vova, a schoolchild, but because of his hot-tempered, arrogant character, he periodically runs away and gets into trouble, eventually returning to Vovka with a confession. The humor of the series is based on the eccentric behavior of Keshi, on recognizable realities, as well as on the multiple quotations used by the parrot.

There Will Come Soft Rains

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

In this animated short based on a short story from Ray Bradbury, the viewer observes a computer-controlled house in the near future and learns of the fates of its occupants.

I Don't Want to and I Won't!

1984 • 11 min • Soviet Union

Children's cartoon about a naughty chicken who does not want to leave the egg. But when he still had to go out, he almost fell into the clutches of a cunning cat.

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

1984 • 53 min • Germany, United Kingdom

Bob Marley's Legend is a personal, musical compilation of his popular in-concert performances and video clips. Combined with rare interview footage and exclusive tour clips, this exciting video tribute provides new insights into one of the great musical artists of our time.

Maimed Artist

1984 • 22 min

Documentary that profiles Mark Pauline, the machine performance artist of Survival Research Laboratories. As the Title suggests, Pauline lost most of one hand during experimentation. 'Maimed Artist' explores the often destructive world of such performance art, where there is a fine line between entertainment and insanity.