All Films

Loneliness

1980 • 3 min • East Germany, Germany

An old widower comes up with a plan to not spend Christmas alone.

Lulu, The Flower Angel

1980 • 15 min • Japan

The King of the Flower Planet is dying, but his heir can’t take up the throne until the legendary Seven Color Flower, symbol of the King’s power, is found. The Angels Cateau and Noveau are sent to Earth to find the Flower Girl, a young female who descends from both humans and Flower Angels (who once inhabited Earth, long ago) – and they find Lunlun in France. They convince her to go in a long journey to find the Flower – she’ll know the good and bad sides of humans and Flower Angels (incarnated in the ambicious Togenishia and her sidekick Boris), and will fall in love with Serge Flora, a man who holds a great secret. (Anime-Sensei)

Well, Just You Wait! 13

1980 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Volk and Zayats participate in the 1980 Olympic Games.

El Secreto

1980 • 45 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

The Tale of the Funny Clown

1980 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A cartoon about a funny clown who drove away an evil old woman named Boredom from the city by putting on a funny show for children. In one town lived Boredom, an evil old woman who did not allow children to play and have fun. But one day a funny, amusing clown came to visit the kids. At the funny circus show put on by the clown for the children, joy and laughter reigned. And Boredom had to run away from the city.

Swans of Nepriadva

1980 • 24 min • Soviet Union

A cartoon about the Battle of Kulikovo Field.

The Kinks - One for the Road

1980 • 60 min • United Kingdom

One for the Road is a live concert video by the rock band "The Kinks". It was released in conjunction with a live album of the same name. Many of the bands classic songs are featured, including "You really got me", "Lola" and "Celluloid Heroes"

Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth

1980 • 16 min

In June 1980, Michael Powell came to Dartmouth as an artist in residence, developing and producing a fifteen-minute pilot film with the students based on Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy.

Parting Shots from Animals

1980 • 52 min • United Kingdom

“Parting Shots from Animals” was inspired by essays by John Berger and developed in collaboration with Chris Rawlence. Shot entirely in the UK, it consists of a diverse series of arresting ‘films within a film’, each presented as if made about us from the perspective of the animals whose lives we may appear to celebrate, but continue to exploit and to destroy. While John Berger doesn’t appear in the film and wasn’t directly involved in it’s making, he narrates to great effect the text he co-wrote to accompany the film’s provocative opening sequence.

The Wall of Death

1980 • 28 min • Yugoslavia

Bizarre life of circus performers and their encounters with danger are the main substance of this TV drama.

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

1980 • 59 min • United States of America

Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute film includes multiple public and private performances, poetry readings, a band rehearsal, interviews, and extensive improvisations. Transferred to HD from the original 16mm film and lovingly restored for the best possible viewing experience.

Hotel Magnezit

1980 • 12 min • Hungary

Documentary about a hostel for workers. An old worker suspected of stealing a motor gets fired from the factory and must leave the hostel.

Neither

1980 • 50 min

Film of Morton Feldman's short opera (libretto by Samuel Beckett).

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

1980 • 50 min • United States of America

Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.

Kremmen: The Movie

1980 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Short animated film centred on Kenny Everett's sci-fi character, Captain Kremmen, a pastiche of Dan Dare.

Pie With a Laughingstock

1980 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Follows the amazing city of Smekhograd. The day of Laughter and Fun came to Smekhograd and a carnival was announced. All the inhabitants of this magical city began to diligently prepare for the holiday and make funny masks. Only the three-headed Dragon was unhappy with the upcoming holiday and decided to ruin it.…

Our Friend Read'n'Write 3

1980 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Kolya puts the words together incorrectly and calls Queen Typo. The third issue of the animated series about the basics of grammar.

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

1980 • 5 min • Canada

In this animated short, Evelyn Lambart uses her well-known style of animation – paper figures and brightly colored backgrounds – to revisit Aesop’s tale of 2 mice with vastly different lifestyles. Ultimately, the film suggests it is far better to live simply and in peace than to live in luxury amidst danger.

Klyaksa

1980 • 2 min • Soviet Union

How a dog learned to play the piano.

Legends of the Fall

1980 • 23 min • United States of America

A documentary from NFL Films celebrating the legendary quarterbacks and running backs who defined pro football in the mid-20th century. Featuring archival footage and dramatic narration, “Legends of the Fall” pays tribute to the athletes whose skill and toughness helped build the NFL’s legacy. Players like Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Gale Sayers, and Bart Starr are profiled in this classic retrospective.

Nine Days and a Lifetime

1980 • 31 min • Soviet Union

Follows the life feat of doctor L.S.Soboleva, who saved people during three outbreaks of the plague.

Gidget Meets Hondo

1980 • 8 min • United States of America

Filmed in response to the LAPD’s shooting of Eulia Love in 1979, Gidget Meets Hondo opens with stills taken by Bernard Nicolas of a demonstration against Love’s killing. Nicolas’ Gidget is a self-absorbed young white woman who remains clueless to the violence erupting around her, ultimately to her own peril. The film asks whether such police brutality would be tolerated if the victim were a middle-class white woman.

Gui Daò - Sur la voie - Une gare sur le Yangzi

1980 • 59 min • Canada

This documentary reveals something of the Chinese temperament through a visit to a seemingly ordinary railway station. Then we start to wonder. What does the “moving red flag” mean? Who are these Orientals, so patient in waiting, so concerned with order and the public good? Astonishment is followed by sympathy for the spontaneity and humor of these Chinese who, like us, share the same hopes and concerns.

Tryam! Hello!

1980 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Today is the Hare’s birthday, and the Hedgehog is picking daisies as a gift for him. Meanwhile, the Bear Cub is telling the Hedgehog about a magical land called Tilimilitryamdiya, which he spent the whole night imagining.