All Films

Dot

1982 • 24 min

Three people living in a burned out building after an undetermined holocaust has taken place take in an odd creature from outer space, who is apparently on the run from government sources.

おまけのいちにち

1982 • 23 min • Japan

Initiation

1982 • 18 min • Japan

Kung Fu Madness

1982 • 30 min • Japan

Changing the Needle

1982 • 53 min

A quarter of a million drug addicts —one of the most serious consequences of the Vietnam War. These addicts were the citizens of the South, and of Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Shot in 1981 by three Australian women, Changing the Needle was the first in-depth film to be made about Vietnam’s unique approach to drug rehabilitation at a time when few foreign film crews had access to Vietnam at all.

When Heidi Poaches

1982 • 8 min • Japan

Living Colours

1982 • 6 min • Canada

Charcoal drawings depict the bleak world of the worker. Pastel drawings illustrate his dreams. Oftentimes, they are dreams created by the media. Are they tailored to his real needs? Or his pocketbook? This film comments indirectly on the impact of publicity and its power to develop appetites that cannot be satisfied.

So Shall You Reap

1982 • 7 min • Soviet Union

A comedy cartoon that shows in a funny manner that rudeness is a vice that needs to be combated immediately...

La vie est dure

1982 • 13 min • France, Kenya

This is the portrait of a man of modest circumstances. Every morning, he gets up and goes to work in an office. Life is boring and monotonous, so he kills time with easy distractions after work to give a bit more meaning to his life.

Halloween 4: Dawn of the Dreary

1982 • 2 min • United States of America

Shot in silent, Super 8, Oct. 30-31, 1982. (At the time, they'd only made three "Halloween" movies, so we thought we were being funny by making a fourth.)

Before Mickey Mouse: A History of American Animation

1982 • 58 min • United States of America

A showcase of classic cartoons predating Mickey Mouse accompanied by the history of American animation leading up to his creation.

Slab City ... A Very Special Place

1982 • 30 min • United States of America

A documentary portrait of Slab City, a California location that serves as a winter home for seniors who travel there and live in their trailers and motor homes.

Video Portraits - Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa

1982 • 9 min

In his darkened apartment the poet, translator, and lyricist discusses his work and his "art of being alone". In the words of Tanikawa: "If there is love, there is nothing more to say...".

Waterfall

1982 • 2 min • Switzerland

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

Sand Pillar 1979-82

1982 • 2 min • Switzerland

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

O Ciclo do Caranguejo

1982 • 15 min • Brazil

A film about the consumption of crab in Paraíba.

Self-portrait nº2 (Réveil)

1982 • 3 min

SELF-PORTRAIT Nº 2 (RÉVEIL) is the second self-portrait where the Super 8 camera was held at an arm's length. As in the first self-portrait, this resulted in extreme close-ups, in this case of me as I get out of bed. As in the first one, the scene is intercut with images of various administrative documents: identity cards, school IDs, a blood type card... that are in my name - the only colorful elements in this rather grainy black and white film.

Rainbow

1982 • 3 min

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

1982 • 27 min

This film follows the lives of 6 gay women in London and Southampton, England, including singer Saffron Summerfield, who is still singing today. The film is very upfront about their lives and sexuality and all interviews are done full face to camera with no veils. Despite all the advances, much of their experience still holds true today.

Cosmic Day

1982 • 6 min

Animation by Jeff Wein

И сложность, и красота...

1982 • 24 min • Soviet Union

Smallmouth Bass

1982 • 32 min • United States of America

Learn the best methods to catch smallmouth bass in this VHS video from the early 1980s.

Good Luck – Pictures of an Encounter

1982 • 25 min • East Germany

Rainer Burmeister (director) tells a story about everyday working life of 46 young Mozambican people in the GDR who were employed as contract workers. Among them is 20-year-old Luisa, who worked in the mining industry and, like the others, is now training to be a craftswoman.

Music in My Pocket

1982 • 30 min

A portrait of Raymond Francombe, jobbing gardener and composer. Ray is a familiar figure around the centre of Bristol. What will not be known by most of those who pass him every day is that for years he has been composing sacred music – and, until this programme was made, he had never actually heard a note of it performed. In this film Derek Jones gets to know Ray, and attempts to have his music professionally assessed.