All Films

O Insigne-Ficante

1980 • 60 min • Brazil

A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.

Ki or Breathing

1980 • 29 min • Japan

'Ki or Breathing' is a spare concoction assembled from slow motion shots of nature and set to a score by the much-acclaimed Tohru Takemitsu.

Cult Explosion

1980 • 56 min • United States of America

Cult Explosion looks at religions groups considered by some to be cults include Hare Krishna, the Manson Family, the People's Temple, Scientology, Christian Science, Unity, Worldwide Church of God, Jehovah Witness, the Latter-Day Saints, the Unification Church, and Transcendental Meditation.

Ikuska 8: Arabako herrien heriotza

1980 • 10 min • Spain

Analysis of the problems facing the rural world of Araba, a region of the Basque Country.

Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal

1980 • 54 min • United States of America

This documentary follows Martha Clarke's creative process for a year as she finds her own voice as a choreographer following her departure from Pilobolus Dance Theater.

Patterned Fairy Tale

1980 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The traditional patterns of ancient Kyrgyz carpets tell an old legend about the insidious sorcerer Kara-Khan, about a girl imprisoned by him in a dungeon, and about a brave young man hurrying to her aid.

Running Time

1980 • 6 min

The title of this video work, ‘Running Time’, refers to its duration. A figure running in landscape from infinity towards and past the camera is foreshadowed by a repeating image of himself. The soundtrack, treated similarly to the image, is made from recycling loops of a heartbeat. Both image and sound progress from the unidentifiable to the recognizable. In close relation to other works from this period, the central focus is on the pattern of lines that function as the basic building blocks of the video image, structuring visual representation in a significant way.

Secret

1980 • 9 min • Soviet Union

An animated film for children about a little man who could not come to terms with the mystery of a mysterious object.

Elvis Costello & The Attractions Live in Montreaux

1980 • 59 min • Switzerland

Elvis Costello & The Attractions tear through 20 songs from the Lake Geneva shoreline.

The Sparrow and the Chimney

1980 • 8 min • Bulgaria

Knurri und der Eierdieb

1980 • 10 min • East Germany

Knurri, a little rabbit, and his family want to sell eggs at the market. On the way there, Knurri strolls along and discovers late in the day that he has lost his eggs. A ravenous badger has devoured them. Nobody at the market wants to buy eggs from the rabbit family. Only when Knurri comes along and suggests painting the eggs with flower paint does the business get going and everyone is happy.

The Planet of the Oceans

1980 • 8 min • Romania

Short film from the Delta Space Mission film series. A giant tornado pulls the Delta spaceship into the endless ocean of a strange planet.

Closed Cinemas

1980 • 14 min

Manifesto for a third world cinema, in response to the boycott of Brazilian cinema and the closure of theaters.

Edison's Disco

1980 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Heino Pedusaar (born in 1931) was a sound director in Eesti Raadio. He has collected old audio records all around Estonia. For already twenty years he has been actively involved in restoring Estonian cultural heritage. Filmmakers follow his trip to Mooste in Põlva county and observe his skillful work in restoring old audio records.

Flipper

1980 • 13 min • United States of America

Color UCLA Student Film, shot on video. Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A sardonic meditation on pinball machines and arcade games, and the people who are addicted to them.

Dialogen fortsätter

1980 • 59 min

A conversation between Margareta Strömstedt, Ulla Isaksson and Erik Hjalmar Linder about Elin Wägner.

Unusual Haunting

1980 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An animated film for children about how a hunter decided to go hunting.

Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

1980 • 60 min • United States of America

A salute to movement in various forms, both literal (the physical movement of a dancer or gymnast) and figurative (movement in a relationship between two people).

Ikuska 9: Euskal artistak

1980 • 10 min • Spain

Short film on the art in the Basque Country.

Die drei anderen Jahreszeiten

1980 • 36 min • East Germany, Germany

Documentary film about the inhabitants of the village of Gager on the island of Rügen. The net and trap fishermen are a close-knit community and use the three seasons of fall, winter and spring to make ends meet for themselves and their families. In summer, many of them offer holidaymakers their vacation rooms, during which time fishing takes a back seat. With impressive pictures and original sounds, the women and men describe their experiences and compare the difficult times before and the up-and-coming times after the 1950s. The mayoress of the village of Gager and the district of Groß Zickau tells vivid stories about the "battles" within her own family and against the men of the village and the party leadership in order to achieve certain goals for the benefit of all.

Reflections on my Shadow

1980 • 27 min

The New Chinese Connection

1980 • 23 min

Director William Lee's homage to his idol, Bruce Lee

The Cutting Edge

1980 • 18 min • United States of America

Yûichirô Miura, the man who skied down Everest, journeys to an 8,000 foot mountain in the midst of a frozen antarctic wasteland to experience the incomparable thrill of skiing where no one has skied before.

The Grid

1980 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A story about a time traveler and the search for the first cell of one's existence. 'The Dead', played by Peter Murphy searches for and finds a 'Grid' which enables him to watch the beginning of his life -from the moment of conception.