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Gunmen's Blues

Gunmen's Blues

1981 • 25 min
A mysterious, middle-aged man wearing a dark suit and black leather gloves is the only customer in a Hoboken...
Our Trip

Our Trip

1981 • 4 min • United States of America
Animation of photos and paper cut outs from a hike at Machu Pichu in Peru.
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise

The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise

1981 • 24 min • United States of America
A very inquisitive Brother Bear is wondering why Spring is taking so long to arrive. With Easter approaching and a new arrival to the Bear family on the way, Brother looks for answers, and Mama teaches him the true meaning of Spring.
The Big Kids Party

The Big Kids Party

1981 • 42 min • Sweden
A mom leaves her son at a birthday party and suddenly thinks about her party when she was seven years old.
The Orchard End Murder

The Orchard End Murder

1981 • 48 min • United Kingdom
Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.
Springtime in Greenland

Springtime in Greenland

1981 • 24 min • Canada
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
Brasil

Brasil

1981 • 13 min • Brazil
João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil.
The Big Stuffed Dog

The Big Stuffed Dog

1981 • 48 min • United States of America
A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.
The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Pee-wee Herman Show

1981 • 58 min • United States of America
An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse and many of the characters of the later series, but with adult and sexual overtones and jokes including "mirror shoes" and others.
The Dog in Boots

The Dog in Boots

1981 • 20 min • Soviet Union
The story about an enamored singing dog who isn't thoroughbred - that's a minus, but honorable - that's a plus.
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

1981 • 60 min • United States of America
One of the first 'Making of...' movies to become a hit in its own right.
Flesh on Glass

Flesh on Glass

1981 • 41 min
Kate's love for her brother's wife and the ensuing feelings of guilt lead her to an obsession with the supernatural.
Khalif the Stork

Khalif the Stork

1981 • 20 min • Soviet Union
A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that can turn human into any animal he wants. The only condition: one mustn't laugh.
The Raccoons on Ice

The Raccoons on Ice

1981 • 24 min • Canada
The Raccoons on Ice is the second of four specials leading up to the television series The Raccoons. It initially aired on CBC and in syndication on December 20, 1981.
Vernon, Florida

Vernon, Florida

1981 • 55 min • Germany, United States of America
Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon on the definition of the word "Therefore," and the obsessive turkey hunter who speaks reverentially of the "gobblers" he likes to track down and kill.
Land Makar

Land Makar

1981 • 30 min • United Kingdom
"This is a landscape study of an Orkney croft, with the figure of the crofter, Mary Graham Sinclair, very much in the picture. The croft is West Aith, on the edge of a small loch, which almost every passing visitor stops to photograph or draw or paint. I have been filming this beautiful place since 1977, observing many of the human activities which alter and define how it looks." Margaret Tait
Oversand

Oversand

1981 • 26 min • France
Oversand is one of the first films about free climbing, the third film in a series of three with "Overdon" and "Over-Ice". Directed by Jean-Paul Janssen, the film was shot in 35mm in Algeria, in the Sahara Desert, in the Tamanrasset region, on the walls of the majestic peaks of the Atakor massif, central sub-region of Hoggar, mountainous heart of Hoggar, a volcanic plateau of almost circular shape, whose average altitude is 2000 meters, and which culminates at Mount Tahat (2918m), the highest point in Algeria. The Atakor is distinguished by its spectacular volcanic peaks, its needles, and its rugged landscapes, resulting from the erosion of ancient volcanic chimneys, which make it the most emblematic summits of the Hoggar, such as the Assekrem, the Ilamane, or the Tizouyag, where climbers Patrick Edlinger, Patrick Bérhault, Bernard Gorgeon, Hugues Jaillet, Jacques Perrier, Stéphane Troussier and Odette Schoënleb evolve under the watchful eye of the Tuareg caravans.
Pools

Pools

1981 • 6 min • United States of America
Made with Barbara Klutinis. Shot with an underwater camera exploring the swimming pools of the Hearst Castle, California.
Gyllene Tider - Parkliv

Gyllene Tider - Parkliv

1981 • 49 min • Sweden
After the smash success of their second album "Moderna Tider" Gyllene Tider had Sweden in their hands and set out on a 100 stop summer tour. Film director Lasse Hallström tagged along to record some of the shows and the result is Parkliv. Interviews, hits, and screaming fans follow one after another. Forget all the people who say "you had to be there". This is Parkliv. You are there.
A Stamp

A Stamp

1981 • 9 min • Yugoslavia
A powerful ironic work of the society in which a hydro-central is erected in an area where there is no water.
I Think I'm Having A Baby

I Think I'm Having A Baby

1981 • 44 min • United States of America
Laurie is 15 and she thinks she's pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn't care. Her mother doesn't know. Why did it happen? And whom can she turn to?
Savage/Love

Savage/Love

1981 • 26 min
A prelude to Tongues (1982) which languishes over love and its effect on people.
Knights Electric

Knights Electric

1981 • 24 min • United Kingdom
“Four punk lads making a sortie into an amusement park where they antagonise other customers and come upon a group of teenage girls. However, they are consistently thwarted by the apparition of four spectral youths (the 'Knights Electric') who ultimately squire the girls away. Told with a remarkable fluency and gusto.” BFI Newsletter, August 1981
The Liar

The Liar

1981 • 53 min • Finland, Germany
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.