All Films

Castling (An Aquarium Confession)

1979 • 7 min • Soviet Union

One decent citizen was having lunch and indifferently looking at the fish in his aquarium. But suddenly a real monster emerged from the muddy water. However, unwillingness to strain even to save his own life led the hero to slavery. Or maybe nothing has really changed in his life?

Być albo nie być

1979 • 7 min • Poland

A bloody duel between two knights takes place at a medieval court, which becomes the beginning of a cruel war. Soon it turns out that the battlefield was a chessboard, and the participants of the battle are chess figures.

Polvo vencedor del sol

1979 • 25 min • Mexico

Short directed by Juan Antonio de la Riva in 1979

The Exit

1979 • 50 min • Turkey

Pitchfork and the Devil

1979 • 16 min

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this program of 16mm films is culled, thrums with a sociopolitical, humorous sensibility that lends his small-scale, often musically kissed portraits (which he later dubbed “blues cinema”) a personal, artisanal quality. - Film Society of Lincoln Center. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Victims

1979 • 23 min

Psychological drama examining a mental breakdown of an English housewife.

The Master Thief

1979 • 60 min • East Germany

A master thief returns home. There he is threatened with the gallows if he fails to solve the tasks set by the count. So he has to steal the count's personal horse, the bed sheet and the wedding ring as well as the priest and the sexton.

Night Crew

1979 • 6 min

A pre-EVIL DEAD Super 8 short from Scott Spiegel and Sam Raimi that became the basis for INTRUDER.

Ismael Nery

1979 • 7 min • Brazil

Documentary about the painter Ismael Nery, which intersperses daily street scenes with paintings by the artist, under the narration of his 1931 Post-Essencialista poem.

Breaking the Silence

1979 • 42 min • Mexico

This heterodox work draws on fiction resources and the register of documentary to denounce the phenomenon of rape in Mexico. With a complex essay-like structure, the film is a reflection on the various types of sexual violence, from the classist legal apparatus and the connivance of religious institutions, to rejection of and discrimination against victims. At the same time, it introduces community alternatives for victim support. A project by “Cine Mujer,” this film exemplifies the group’s motto and mode of production, and thus one of the maxims of feminism: no personal solutions; only collective action for collective solutions.

A Refugee from Vietnam

1979 • 4 min • East Germany

After becoming notorious world-wide for a bloody killing, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, former general and chief of the South Vietnamese police, moved to the United States and opened a restaurant outside of Washington, D.C. Contrasting images from these two phases of his life are intercut.

Soolo

1979 • 23 min • Soviet Union

A mysterious short film about a raft watchman who meets a strange company by the river.

Honeymoon Operetta

1979 • 19 min

This Kuwaiti comedy operetta follows newlyweds Rashid and Amina as marital tensions arise. Frustrated by Rashid’s modest income and his complaints about her father, Amina directs her anger at Rashid’s mother, leading to a cascade of humorous conflicts.

Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979

1979 • 51 min

Johnny Cash Live In Las Vegas 1979 is a completely unseen concert from the House Of Cash personal vault. Captured on the in-house video system at the casino, the set features Johnny, June and his regular backing band doing many of his most beloved songs as well as his more recent hits like (Ghost) Riders In The Sky and One Piece At A Time. The show was a special treat for the annual convention of the sales people at Century21 real estate and Johnny and June crack several jokes throughout about buying and selling property.

Once Upon a Midnight Scary

1979 • 60 min • United States of America

"Once Upon a Midnight Scary" is a 1979 television program that aired as part of a CBS television anthology series. The program, hosted by noted actor Vincent Price, features scenes from three stories, including "The Ghost Belonged to Me" by Richard Peck, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, and "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" by John Bellairs.

Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse

1979 • 12 min

An animated Disney short about the dangers of alcohol.

The Road to the University

1979 • 3 min

8mm film made in 1979 by the Bunkyo University Film Research Club.

The Cursed Jug

1979 • 8 min • Soviet Union

The magician crow turns the little boy into a jug. After that a little boy's adventures begin.

The Good Cat Mimi

1979 • 20 min • China

A story about a little lazy cat, Mimi, who was bullied by a group of mice because of his laziness and lack of practice. The story is humorous and educational.

Within the Lies

1979 • 17 min

Bunkyo University Film Study Club 1979 8mm Film Production.

Howard in Particular

1979 • 14 min • Canada

An old man reluctantly attends his retirement party, which consists of a six minute taped conversation in an empty room.

Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen

1979 • 33 min • France

Woody Allen's interview with France Roche.

Gotán

1979 • 59 min • Argentina

o Jorge Cedrón this was an act of wistful and political affirmation. He could not explain why he made it, but stated: «It necessary to make it». The outcome, never screened publicly in Argentina, is of a joyous creative freedom, a musical collage here the history of tango and its roots get interwoven with Argentine political history. A Buenos Aires street reconstructed in Ariane Mnouchkine 's theatre, a European old man who can play the tunes the bandoneón was made for, but who does not know the tango, a friends gathering at Antonio Seguí's studio, the music of Cuarteto Cedrón, hobbyhorses and a disconcerted Indian are some of the many elements combined by the film-maker in this singular, unique work.

China: A Class By Itself

1979 • 50 min • United States of America

An inside look at China working towards the goal of becoming a superpower by the year 2000 via education as the key to modernization. Filmed in Peking, on a rural commune in central China, and in the industrial northeast region, Jack Reynolds interviews Vice Premier Fang Yi and the president of Peking University, as well as students, workers, and peasants.