All Films

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

1983 • 60 min

A documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he displays memorabilia and his toys which were used for props.

When the Music's Over

1983 • 60 min • United States of America

Rare clips of performance and interviews by a multiple of stars, all prematurely lost.

One Day in China

1983 • 3 min

Animated short.

The Great Performance

1983 • 5 min • United States of America

A short film by Alexander Cassini where the ordinary and mundane actions of a performer are interpreted as flamboyant and bizarre to an audience of clowns.

It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown

1983 • 47 min • United States of America

This hour-long anthology presents six animated shorts. "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz appears on camera to introduce these adaptations of some of his favorite strips, which include Charlie Brown spending two unexpectedly pleasant weeks at summer camp; Peppermint Patty and Marcie taking jobs as golf caddies, with disastrous results; and Lucy trying to cure Linus' dependence on his security blanket.

Pink Floyd: The Final Cut

1983 • 19 min • United Kingdom

Pink Floyd released a 19-minute "video EP" in 1983 for The Final Cut, essentially four music videos in a continuous sequence, directed by Willie Christie, who was Roger Waters' brother-in-law. Scottish actor Alex McAvoy, who played the teacher in the film version of The Wall, had a prominent role in the video EP. Waters appears (though all but his mouth is silhouetted) as a patient singing the lyrics to a psychologist on the grounds of the Fletcher Memorial Home.

Mom

1983 • 15 min

A film by George Kuchar.

Toshi in Takarazuka: Love Forever

1983 • 43 min • Japan

Japanese dance and musical film presenting Toshihiko Tahara, a singer then noted for his abilities as a dancer, with a large supporting cast of singers and dancers – mainly drawn from the roster of the Johnny & Associates talent agency of Johnny Kitagawa. The film was shot in the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre Tokyo and Yurakucho on January 29–30.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

1983 • 48 min • Canada, United States of America

The Herdmans – Gladys, Claude, Imogene, Leroy, Ollie and Ralph – are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they’re taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

The Making of Rock & Rule

1983 • 25 min • Canada

Documentary on the making of the cult classic Nelvana animated film, "Rock & Rule." Featuring interviews with Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Iggy Pop, Maurice White, and Director Clive Smith.

Mizuho Nakagawa: High School Girl SEX Play

1983 • 30 min • Japan

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

1983 • 47 min • Australia

Third Sherlock Holmes animated film starring Peter O'Toole.

Rain Forest

1983 • 54 min

The tropical rain forests of the world are home to nearly half the animal species on earth - an estimated five million different life forms. More than 100 inches of rainfall each year sustain this lush environment, where some of the most fascinating examples of natural adaptation can be found. Journey to the dense rain forests of Costa Rica and watch as leaf-cutting ants carry sections of leaves many times their weight to underground fungus gardens, a basilisk lizard walks on water, and howler monkeys bask in the sun. Fascinating and thought-provoking, this film is an eloquent warning of the natural wonders we stand to lose on a world scale if human encroachment of the world's rain forests continues.

Summer School

1983 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity.

The Woman in the Room

1983 • 30 min • United States of America

The main character, an attorney by profession, spends endless hours with his terminally ill mother. Death is her only way out and he's the only one that can help.

Feet Foremost

1983 • 53 min • United Kingdom

The new owners of a Manor House discover a legend that whoever is carried across the threshold shall unleash unknown forces...

Wide Games

1983 • 30 min • United Kingdom

After a 14 day survival exercise, Jet decides to leave home.

Kinleith '80

1983 • 37 min • New Zealand

Covers the 12-week-long strike at Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill, owned by New Zealand Forest Products in January 1980.

Natural History

1983 • 13 min

"From there to here...from then to now. The soundtrack feature 33 frogs, 22 birds, lion growls, bomb whistles, a heartbeat and the chromatic scale."

Bamboo Xerox

1983 • 9 min

"Behind my desire to 'activate' the audience is a distaste for sutured, hegemonic cinema. By this, I mean a cinema dominated by both narrative and documentary traditions, cinema that hypnotizes its audience through invisible editing, illusionist sound, and 3D) perspective. With Bamboo Xerox, I found another strategy to move my audience and break illusions. I photographed bamboo (my favorite grass) from my backyard and then xeroxed both sections of living bamboo and the photographic stills of the bamboo. After editing the film, I had the entire six-minute film blueprinted as a black and white scroll. I stretched the scroll horizontally around the theater space so that the audience could see the film frame by frame before they saw the projection. Perhaps the audience could break the illusionist ritual-or at the very least experience a different way of seeing a film." — Barbara Hammer

Binding the Tattooed Woman: Snake and Peony

1983 • 60 min • Japan

A tragic tattooed woman is forced to break up with her boyfriend and perform in a perverted show...

Choro Q Dougram

1983 • 8 min • Japan

A comical short film that was screened at the same time as "Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram" and "Xabungle Graffiti".

Krag, the Kootenay Ram

1983 • 47 min • Canada

A bighorn ram struggles to survive in the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Prepared for the American television show, but did not air. First aired in Canada on November 27, 1983. Later shown on The Disney Channel.

Good By Summer Rabbit: Another Aiko 16 The Movie

1983 • 60 min • Japan

Aiko Juuroku Sai making-of documentary.