All Films

Daisy: The Story of a Facelift

1982 • 58 min • Canada

Middle-aged NFB producer Daisy Bellefeuille is about to get a facelift. Rubbo follows the process through her discussions with her friends, consultations with physicians, observation of other facelift patients, and finally the operation and its aftermath. There's also an amateur-intellectual sidebar on the history of physical appearance and its cultural importance- Altogether, a gripping, hour-long documentary about a woman and her facelift.

Symbiosis

1982 • 20 min

"Symbiosis" is a 70mm 30-frames-per-second film celebrating man's creative partnership with the land. It includes marvels of past and present technologies and accomplishments. Played at Epcot from 1982 October 01 to 1995 January 01.

Rollercoaster to Hell

1982 • 15 min

The tragic story of the growing menace of narcotics addiction and its hideous consequences on teenage America.

The Electric Grandmother

1982 • 60 min • United States of America

To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.

L’Elegance

1982 • 52 min • United Kingdom

1982. A shop worker saves money all year for a holiday in France, using a magazine as guide to the mode of dress and manners of behaviour she thinks expected of a wealthy woman.

Say Something Happened

1982 • 43 min

An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about herself.

Closes

1982 • 33 min • Brazil

A documentary produced in super-8 with a mixture of fiction. It caused a stir wherever it was shown, having to be subjected to the censorship in force at the time of the military regime. It poetically addresses the various prejudices and conflicts that involve the field of sexuality. Two men star in love scenes. Testimonials by Lauro Nascimentos, Eleonora Menicucci, João Silvério Trevisan, Henrique Magalhães and popular people about conflicts involving affection between people of the same sex.

The Magic Ballad

1982 • 26 min • Japan

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her.

The Valentine's Day That Almost Wasn't

1982 • 30 min

A long-lost holiday gem, The Valentine’s Day That Almost Wasn’t, is now releasing for the very first time ever in any home video format. From Paul Fusco – creator and producer of NBC’s award-winning Alf (1986-1990) and the writer/puppeteer/voice behind the iconic television alien – this popular holiday TV special showcases classic, wholesome, family entertainment at its best. She’ll haunt you, she’ll taunt you, and fill you with fear... Rubella E. Slime has never been nice a day in her life, and this year she’s looking to make the world a much less nice place as well.

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

1982 • 50 min

Hollywood is still the home of the American Dream - the place where fame and fortune can be achieved overnight. Or so the story goes. For some it does come true. In this status conscious town Barry Norman looks at the attitudes towards success and failure among the famous and not quite so famous.

R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground

1982 • 50 min

The earliest pro-shot footage of R.E.M. in concert: a 50-minute live set filmed on Oct. 10, 1982, for broadcast on TV by a South Carolina station about six months before the release of the band’s debut, Murmur.

Olympians

1982 • 20 min • Soviet Union

This is a somewhat ironic, but very informative story about the origin, development and decline of the Greek Olympiad tradition, set out with the help of an off-screen commentary read by Z. Gerdt. Ancient history is described in great detail and exciting. In the graphic decision, artists were guided by the ancient Greek monuments, first of all - vase paintings, stylized for them and characters, and decorations, up to imitation cracks. In the film there are a lot of full-scale shots, and in particular it is interesting to frame the photographs of the bas-reliefs of the Pergamon altar shot by Yuriy Norshtein. The film ends with documentary shots of the opening of the Olympics-80 in Moscow.

Aka-suika ki-suika

1982 • 42 min • Japan

Hail Columbia!

1982 • 37 min • United States of America

The maiden voyage of Columbia, the first space shuttle, is recounted with footage shot on the ground and in space.

Dīpukissu wa female ni shite

1982 • 50 min • Japan

Otsuka-san, who comes form a very good family that people are fascinated by, is full of sexual curiosity. During a trip on summer vacation, she encounters many men. Set in Okinawa.

The Ballroom of Romance

1982 • 51 min • Ireland

A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.

Stanley, the Ugly Duckling

1982 • 27 min • United States of America

In this adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Stanley the duck timidly leaves the only home he's ever known -- the egg he hatched from -- to learn more about himself and search for his family. Along the way, he meets Nathan, a happy-go-lucky fox who teaches Stanley not to worry about his exterior, noting that one shouldn't pass judgment on others based on looks alone. Features the voices of Wolfman Jack, Rick Dees and Susan Blu.

The Miracle of Life

1982 • 57 min

Documentary which shows the human reproductive cycle from conception to birth, through the use of microscopic cameras within the human body.

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1982 • 39 min • Soviet Union

The second adventure of Alice who steps through the looking glass and finds herself in a wonderful mirror land populated by chess figures and weird creatures.

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1982 • 46 min

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly chronicling the filmmakers' defiance of the blacklist. (BAM) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Cans or Bags

1982 • 53 min • Yugoslavia

A satire set during a house council meeting, where the tenants argue over the problem of taking out the garbage.

Rusty House

1982 • 2 min • Japan

A celluloid film based on Hiroyuki Kakudo's paper animation of the same title (1981).

Indecent Family: Mother & Daughter

1982 • 60 min • Japan

A rich retired middle-aged man is seduced by young bar dancer and she moves into his mansion. He enjoys his newfound girlfriend when her sexy mother shows up. The mother and daughter both proceed to seduce him to exhaustion. But when some relatives of the man show up with their plans for the property the mother and daughter must find a way to fight back.

Christmas Comes to Pac-land

1982 • 23 min • United States of America

Pac-Man and friends try to help Santa fix his sleigh and save Christmas!