All Films

Prince and the Revolution: The Homecoming

1983 • 59 min

After 4 months of touring, Prince and his band return to Minneapolis.

L'Envers des choses

1983 • 5 min • France

A verlan discussion in a cafe between two young people about a motorbike and girls.

Stranger Than Paradise

1983 • 30 min

30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 International Film Festival Rotterdam. When it was later expanded into a three-act feature, that name was appropriated for the feature itself, and the initial segment was renamed "The New World".

Maybe If We Try

1983 • 51 min

A discussion about the difficulties of marriage, including interviews with James Dobson and five married couples. Featuring Pat Boone, Debby Boone, and BJ Thomas.

The A.R.M.S. Benefit Concert from London

1983 • 59 min

The idea for hosting the concert was envisaged by Ronnie Lane, ex-bassist for The Small Faces and The Faces, himself a casualty of multiple sclerosis. The concert was billed as The Ronnie Lane Appeal for ARMS and featured a star-studded line-up of British musicians, including Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Andy Fairweather Low, Bill Wyman, Kenney Jones and Charlie Watts. The concert was particularly notable in the fact that it was the first occasion on which Clapton, Beck and Page, each a former lead guitarist for The Yardbirds, had performed together on stage.

Mahler and the Millionaire

1983 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A documentary featuring the making of the July 1987 recording of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony conducted by magazine publisher Gilbert Kaplan, who developed a passion for this piece of music at an early age and has conducted the symphony with major orchestras.

When Women Kill

1983 • 55 min • United States of America

When Women Kill is a poignant documentary exploring the shocking violence that seven women fell victim to at the hands of men. The program profiles the battered women who speak frankly about the cruel abuse, threats, and fears, and the overassertive men who led them down a one-way path to death and destruction. The film features in-prison footage, including a segment depicting a confession by a follower of the notorious Charles Manson, Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of two killing sprees and committed to life in prison.

250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

1983 • 56 min

Max Sjöman, Architect: "This is the story of my daughter. Her life was short. Short is not purposeless. I brick her picture into the cornerstone of an atomic power station. It is my testament to the future generations. They'll see from that photograph what a healthy child once looked like."

Noblesse Oblige

1983 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Animated short using plasticine models, about the adventures of an English major who leaves his ancestral home to explore the African jungle, where he discovers the elixir of life. No dialogue or commentary. Made when the filmmaker was 15 years old.

Across the Water

1983 • 47 min • United Kingdom

When Martin's adopted daughter is kidnapped from their English home by a mysterious figure from Ireland, Martin decides to go in pursuit and finds himself across the water exploring his own background as a Protestant in Ulster.

Wolfman vs. Godzilla

1983 • 36 min • Japan

A high production fan film directed and produced by Shizuo Nakajima and several former Toho filmmakers in 1983. Principal photography on Wolfman vs. Godzilla began in 1983 and concluded in the mid 1980's. Post-production ("editing, sound design, and visual effects") is ongoing.

The Fairest of Them All

1983 • 30 min • United States of America

A celebration of the art of animation as seen through the eyes of Walt Disney. Dick Van Patten hosts and introduces many of the artists who worked on the film, and Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell, the voices of Snow White and the Prince, are reunited.

A Night with Lou Reed

1983 • 60 min • United States of America

A Lou Reed concert at the Bottom Line in New York City, 1983. Tracklist: Sweet Jane, I'm Waiting For The Man, Martial Law, Don't Talk To Me About Work, Women, Waves of Fear, Walk on the Wild Side, Turn Out the Lights, New Age, Kill Your Sons, Satellite of Love, White Light / White Heat, Rock And Roll.

Mark Lowry: My First Comedy Video

1983 • 54 min

Mark Lowry in his very first comedy video. Program: 1. Homesick In England 2. Tumors And Trust 3. Feelings Or Faith 4. Alarm Clock 5. The Church Brat 6. Psychiatric Help 7. Wrestling In The Kitchen 8. Mama Had “Enough” 9. Miss Barth 10. Summa Cum Laude 11. Bedtime Stories 12. The Greatest Story Ever Told 13. What A Savior He Is

The Sun Dagger

1983 • 58 min • United States of America

A documentary about the celestial calendar created by the Anasazi — and rediscovered by artist Anna Soafer, high on a butte in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico — over a thousand years ago.

The Shadow of the West

1983 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Edward Said, Professor of English & Comparative Literature at Columbia University, was one of the most prominent literary critics of the late 20th century and a leading spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the US. In this episode, Said examines Western attitudes to the Arabs and finds their origins in the Crusades, Hollywood and European empire building. He sees the Palestinian fate as the result of years of Western interference. One of the ten episodes of The Arabs: A Living History.

Лебеди

1983 • 16 min • Soviet Union

Last Year's Snow Was Falling

1983 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Funny adventures of the clumsy fellow whom his wife dispatched to the forest to bring home a New Year tree...

Neil Young in Berlin

1983 • 60 min

The Godfather of Grunge is captured live on his TRANS tour on this release filmed in Berlin in October 1982. The gravel-voiced, messy rock legend is as impassioned as ever, banging out 11 hits, including the classics "Hey Hey, My My," "Like a Hurricane," "Cinnamon Girl," and "Needle and the Damage Done" as well as such new songs as "Transformer Man" and "Computer Age."

Seven Machine Performances

1983 • 50 min

A selection of Survival Research Laboratories early performances, a must for those interested in how such an enterprise ever got started in the first place.

I Sing to You Strangers

1983 • 49 min • United Kingdom

In this film, some who were not strangers - friends, relatives and fellow-broadcasters, who in their various ways loved the poet Dylan Thomas - give an account of the person he really was. The portrait that emerges, enriched by Thomas's own voice in poetry and prose, is different from the generally accepted picture of the inspired and irresponsible drunkard who somehow received a commemorative stone in Westminster Abbey.

The Falklands Factor

1983 • 55 min

Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.

Turtle Dreams

1983 • 28 min • United States of America

Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her Vocal Ensemble.

The Beat Generation

1983 • 31 min

In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the sea. Dumped by his girlfriend Jeremy is anxious to be part of their circle until two girls from the outside world and a wild party open his eyes to what really matters.