All Films

Centenary Express

1980 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A gastronomic journey from Yorkshire to London on board a special train - made up of vintage restaurant cars, and steam hauled. This was to celebrate a hundred years of train catering. The Chairman of British Rail, Sir Peter Parker, was there to cut the cake! For use as an 'opener' for marketing meetings, presentations, etc. and for staff information.

Double Life

1980 • 15 min • France

Erika Blanc self-reflectively narrates her descent into Italian genre cinema while she hyperbolically playacts in the woods.

Tonight and Tomorrow Morning

1980 • 53 min • Germany, East Germany

A woman in her mid thirties drifts through Berlin on a Friday night then lazes around her apartment with her husband the next morning.

Brave Nazar

1980 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The idler Nazar, who only used to count flies that he had killed, suddenly appears on the throne as a result of the ignorance of people and the guile of the priest.

Daffy Flies North

1980 • 7 min • United States of America

Refusing to go with the flock, Daffy seeks an easier way to travel north.

The Little Partisan Velo

1980 • 58 min • Albania

After his father is killed, a young boy decides to join the partisans and fight in the war.

Men Who Rate a 10

1980 • 59 min • United States of America

Variety special hosted by Barbara Eden, Gloria Swanson, and Brooke Shields that celebrates the men whose sex appeal transcends age and the ages.

Games Without Frontiers

1980 • 55 min

Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On the boat going home, Clive and Stewart admit to not having spot long in the museums - so what did they get up to in Amsterdam?

One Fourty

1980 • 16 min • Austria

The story of a 50-year-old dwarf who stopped growing at 1 meter 40 and plays the piano.

Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui

1980 • 50 min • Brazil

Produced for Globo Repórter, a documentary by Eduardo Coutinho about the master Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari.

The Man Mayakovsky

1980 • 8 min

A satire on Soviet propaganda based on Mayakovsky's poems.

Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation

1980 • 15 min • Japan

After falling into the human world, Larabel goes to the beach with her human friends Teco and Toko, where she helps a boy named Ryota, who runs a guesthouse by himself, and works hard. It's a fun summer at the beach...

Goldie and Liza Together

1980 • 60 min

Academy Award winning superstars Goldie Hawn and Liza Minnelli perform together in a variety special that includes hits like "YMCA" and "Bad Girls."

The Queen Special

1980 • 50 min

Promotional special for the band's albums "The Game" and "Flash Gordon," featuring concert sequences, music videos, and celebrity cameos.

Hot Wheels

1980 • 27 min • Canada

Two girls turn down two boys for more prosperous, motorized dates. In anger, the two teenage boys steal a car, booze up and accidentally meet up with the girls. The drivers of the two cars challenge each other, and a wild race starts that ends up with a horrifying accident. A fictional film, it dramatizes a situation where pride, alcohol and wheels combine with disastrous results.

Novogodnee priklyuchenie

1980 • 16 min • Soviet Union

The story of the acquaintance of two dads - a boy and a teddy bear. One dad did not have time to buy a Christmas tree and went to the forest to get it, and dad-bear went to the city to look for toys for the forest Christmas tree. That's how they met.

Opening of the Theater Noir in Paris

1980 • 6 min

Sarah Maldoror documents the opening of the Théâtre Noir de Paris, a Négritude-inspired theater company and cultural association dedicated to artists and performers from Africa and the French Antilles.

Dalhousie's Luck

1980 • 60 min

Our gamble is over, Dalhousie. You'll walk at dawn tomorrow as agreed, but in case you've no mind to return, there's one fact might persuade you. On what you do hangs not only your life but hers .

The Beatrice Arthur Special

1980 • 60 min • United States of America

The Beatrice Arthur Special was a prime time U.S. television special broadcast on CBS on January 19, 1980. The production centered around Bea Arthur, who was joined by guest stars Rock Hudson, Melba Moore and ventriloquist Wayland Flowers with his puppet Madame in a series of musical numbers and comedy sketches.

The Silence of the Sea

1980 • 30 min

In a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between France and Germany.

The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead

1980 • 54 min

Directed, original story, script and music by Kobo Abe. The last performance of the theatre group Koubou Ambe Studio's "An Elephant Calf Is Dead" is reconstructed as a video work. Performed by Yamaguchi Karin and others.

The Gold Bug

1980 • 45 min • United States of America

Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse -- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.

The Specials: Live In Japan

1980 • 45 min

The Specials first Japan tour in 1980. 1. Rude Boys Outta Jail 2. It's Up To You 3. Hey Little Rich Girl 4. Monkey Man 5. Stupid Marriage 6. Raquel 7. Too Hot 8. Rat Race 9. Guns Of Navarone 10. A Message To You Rudy 11. Do The Dog 12. Too Much Young 13. Gangsters 14. Enjoy Yourself 15. Skinhead Moonstomp

Roman Numeral: VI

1980 • 11 min

What shall one say? – S.B.