All Films

Eine chilenische Hochzeit

1979 • 8 min • East Germany, Germany

Impressions from the wedding of two young Chileans in the German Democratic Republic.

Reading, Writing, and Reefer

1979 • 50 min • United States of America

Made for TV documentary on the widespread habitual use of marijuana among schoolchildren and teenagers in the 1970s. Part of the NBC Special Treat series.

Kaifi Azmi

1979 • 21 min • India

This is a documentary on Kaifi Azmi, a famous Urdu poet. His work reflects his strong commitment to the weaker sections of the society.

Flagrant Délit

1979 • 10 min

Flangrant Délit, or In the Act, is the story of Liberty's visit as a tourist to New York. It borrows its dreamlike imagination not only from the Surrealist legacy, but also from Pop Art, which consummates the loss of the original object. Above all, it is the transcription of the “Manhattanism” and the “culture of congestion” described by Rem Koolhaas, where fantastic narratives exist side by side with fragments of reality, where the body is a mutant and symbiotic body, where the city yields up its mechanistic unconscious, and where skyscrapers are so many “desiring machines”.

Alcohol, the Brain and Behavior

1979 • 12 min • United States of America

Discusses the effects of alcohol on the brain and behavior, particularly in relation to driving. It explains how alcohol impairs judgment, perception, coordination, and vital functions by affecting different brain regions. Factors influencing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) include the amount consumed, body size, sex, and the rate of consumption. The video also debunks myths about sobering up and emphasizes the importance of allowing time for alcohol to metabolize before driving. Even at BAC levels considered legally impaired, individuals may not recognize their diminished capabilities.

Camilo Castelo Branco

1979 • 25 min

Program of biographical character, about Camilo Castelo Branco. Poetically, it recreates the passage of the melancholy presence of the writer, lonely by the land, while an old storyteller shares the biography of the renowned author for simple people of a humble settlement.

Eclipse

1979 • 6 min • United States of America

Really gorgeous visuals from Emshwiller made for Roger Reynolds's Voicescapes performance, containing elements from his previous Sunstone.

Behind the Curtain: Nikos Kourkoulos

1979 • 19 min

In this episode of the documentary series *Paraskinio*, we watch a tribute to actor Nikos Kourkoulos. The episode includes an extensive excerpt from the rehearsals of the play *Invitation to the Castle* by Jean Anouilh, which was staged during the 1978–1979 season at the Kappa Theatre, starring Nikos Kourkoulos and Katia Dandoulaki. The camera follows Katia Dandoulaki and Nikos Kourkoulos on stage, as he performs two roles — twin brothers — in a characteristic scene from the play where one character seamlessly follows the other.

The Steel Ring

1979 • 16 min • Soviet Union

Based on the fairy tale of the same name by K. Paustovsky. About how the girl believed in a miracle, and it happened.

Una milla de cruces sobre el pavimento

1979 • 5 min • Chile

The artist's voice-over saying "No, I wasn't happy" marks the beginning of the video-recording of this, her first art action, which consisted in the intervention to a traffic sign along a mile, specifically on Manquehue Street, in Santiago de Chile. A fundamental work within the history of 20th century Chilean art.

刺猬背西瓜

1979 • 10 min • China

Man on Roof

1979 • 5 min

Color UCLA Animation Workshop Film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A handdrawn animation of a ghostly bman flying above the top of a cinema where "Man on Roof" is playing, only to be shot and killed by a police helicopter. An audience laughs at his dying body. The curtain falls and the audience begins asking to play the animation again, so the film reverses and plays again, only for two critics to speak over the film, debating whether the animation is a political statement.

Cycling

1979 • 20 min • Netherlands

The film presents regular Stadsjournaal actor Gerard Thoolen as a rebellious cyclist gallivanting around the streets of Amsterdam performing anarchic stunts on his bicycle. He clumsily cuts up cars, kicks their wingmirrors off, generally torments motorists and takes part in a bicycle race on his heavy ride. When his black gentleman’s bike gets stuck in the tram rails, he angrily grabs a pneumatic drill.

Jesus

1979 • 59 min • United States of America

Michel Auder’s Jesus – in which underground NY artists and Warhol superstars openly discuss their beliefs. Jesus – which premiered as a screening at The Kitchen in 1980 – mixes documentary elements such as footage of evangelical TV programs, books, cartoons, paintings, and other Jesus related imagery – with performances including Taylor Mead as a priest in the West Village and Florence Lambert playing a crucified Jesus. Also, intercut throughout are surprisingly candid interviews with Auder’s friends, family, and people he approaches on New York City streets about their faith and relationship to the world’s most famous person. Among those interviewed are Diego Cortez, Jackie Curtis, Gerard Malanga, Alice Neel (Andrew Neel’s grandmother), Larry Rivers, and Viva.

Black Star and the Golden Bat

1979 • 59 min • South Korea

A bunch of kids and their pet dog accidentally discover the lair of villain Black Star, who is kidnapping the world's top scientists to develop a secret weapon. Will Golden Bat, the superhero the kids idolize, be able to rescue them?

Star and Flower

1979 • 3 min • East Germany, Germany

He is not interested in all the beautiful flowers around him and would give anything for only one star from the sky. And what about the man in the sky, who has all the stars around him? He wishes he could have just one flower…

A White Spot on the Back of the Head

1979 • 33 min • France

An adaptation of the Icelandic ghost story of "The Deacon of Dark River", set in 1970s France.

The Killing Ground

1979 • 49 min

1979 documentary film written by Brit Hume. The film portrays environmental and human health effects of toxic waste dump-sites in Niagara, New York and other locations.

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kyūketsuki Murasaki Kengyō

1979 • 45 min • Japan

In Settsu Province, young women related to castle steward Tanaka Shūzen are being killed, each with fang-like bite marks on their chests. The priest Chinen suspects a vengeful plot. The next targets could be Shūzen’s daughter Myō or her fiancé Iori’s sister, Matsue. Despite Iori’s vigilance, Matsue is attacked by her koto teacher, Yamamura Kengyō, and his daughter Kaede—who are revealed to be vengeful vampires.

Down and Out

1979 • 5 min • United Kingdom

A homeless pensioner tries to fathom the correct procedure to get a meal.

Das Wunder von Lengede oder Ich wünsch keinem, was wir mitgemacht haben

1979 • 44 min • Germany

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

He May Be Dead: But He's Elvis

1979 • 6 min

Elvis is dead. But can Elvis Exploitation Industries still squeeze one last new album out of him?

Cochon qui s’en dédit

1979 • 37 min

Jean-Louis le Tacon’s Cochon qui s’en dedit is a nightmarish documentary on the life of a factory farmer, Maxime. Shot on Super 8 over 3 years, the film exhibits the kind of intimacy of filmmaker and subject found in the works of Tacon’s thesis director, Jean Rouch. The film is also a late example of the kind of collaborative militant cinema that the Medvedkin Group and others pioneered in the years after May ‘68. - Brian Rajski

Making of Nahla

1979 • 26 min

Jocelyne Saab, a young Lebanese journalist and director, interviews the director and the film crew while filming Nahla in Beirut.