All Films

Cheap Trick: Rock Goes to College

1979 • 38 min • United Kingdom

Rock Goes To College (RGTC) was a BBC series that ran between 1978 and 1981 on British television. A variety of up-coming rock oriented bands were showcased live from small venues and broadcast simultaneously on television and radio. Cheap Trick performs at Brighton Polytechnic in 1979. 01 Hello There 02 Introduction 03 Come On, Come On 04 Stiff Competition 05 Ain't That a Shame 06 Need Your Love 07 I Want You to Want Me 08 California Man 09 Surrender

Immortal Kamen Rider Special

1979 • 46 min • Japan

A TV special, centered on introduction of Skyrider.

Einmal

1979 • 9 min

An experimental short featuring a couple conversing and making love.

Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack

1979 • 49 min • United Kingdom

The original 1979 documentary that introduced the world to Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah as he goes about his death-defying job demolishing or repairing factory chimneys, steeples and towers.

The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

1979 • 30 min

British TV-movie, starring Trevor Howard and Bo Svensson

Suicide

1979 • 8 min • United States of America

"I made a film about suicide illustrating some of the ways I thought I’d kill myself, and literally edited it in about an hour and a half and screened it, and as I watched the film, the suicide voices stopped in my head and they haven’t come back since." Anne Charlotte Robertson.

Is It Still Greasy?

1979 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A satirical film based on the folk joke of the same name about greedy and hypocritical church servants and the gluttony of ridiculously selfish people. True to popular folklore, greed is eventually punished.

Attack of the Helping Hand!

1979 • 6 min • United States of America

General Mills' popular Hamburger Helper mascot also known as Helping Hand or Lefty, a four-fingered, left-hand white glove, which appears on the product's packaging, comes to life in a woman's kitchen and tries to grope her and kill her.

Awkward

1979 • 30 min • Soviet Union

The men stole a barrel from the basement of the main depot of table wines, but failed to deliver it home. They did not hold the barrel on a hillock and, in front of numerous witnesses, it fell into the river. All attempts to get her out of the water failed.

All Women Have Periods

1979 • 8 min • United States of America

The purpose of this film isn't entirely known but I suspect it's targeted at the parents with a mentally disabled child who want to educate her about menstruation. It shows what's likely a real family in which the youngest girl has down syndrome discussing periods and the older sister demonstrating the correct use of a pad.

House of Flames

1979 • 19 min • Japan

Through puppets and animation, a traveler tells his story of walking through Settsu, coming to the town of Ikuta. He asks if someone can show him the Seeker's Mound. Late that day, a solitary maiden says she will lead him there.

Nicholas Roerich: Messenger of Beauty

1979 • 44 min

This stunning video introduces viewers to the ennobling example of Roerich's life, the beauty of his paintings, and the wisdom of his spiritual philosophy.

This Is Me

1979 • 27 min • Canada

Some of life's most profound questions are tackled by ten children ranging in age from six to eleven. They give their spontaneous views on God, the beginning of life, what happens to the spirit when one dies, where one's soul goes at night, and numerous other questions about life. The magic of animation and modern camera techniques illustrate the children's imaginative ruminations and conclusions.

Hors-jeu

1979 • 17 min • France

As this title indicates, the rule of the game is random. The protagonist invites us to play rhythmic palpitations of radio parasites and broken images.

Fusion

1979 • 32 min

Fusion is a single sequence even if it is composed of several hundred elements, a single continuity, even if it is multiple.

The Savages

1979 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Follow the different attitudes to life - creative and consumer.

Brenda Starr, Reporter

1979 • 30 min • United States of America

Pilot for unproduced Brenda Starr television series

Sunstone

1979 • 3 min • United States of America

Experimental computer animation from pioneering artist Ed Emshwiller.

Diversion

1979 • 39 min • United Kingdom

Gary is a happily married man, devoted to his wife, their kid and the family dog. A weekend without the presence of his wife presents to him a chance of getting involved in a casual encounter with a pretty woman he met some time ago. Things go quite well but the woman isn't interested in Gary for just an one night stand.

The Trophy Case

1979 • 26 min • United States of America

A father encourages a son to do things he couldn't when he was young, then he realizes his son has his own ambitions.

Diploma Thesis

1979 • 16 min • Soviet Union

The sculptor Mahmud, an art student comes to his grandmother's village for vacation. He chooses his cousin Zumrad as a living model for his diploma work. When the work has finished, the relatives of Zumrad demand Mahmud to marry her. A young artist runs away. After all, he can't marry all the models he's working with...

Shadow Master

1979 • 55 min • United States of America

Shadow Master is a dramatic documentary about a family of performers in Bali. The film is an inside view of Balinese life which reveals the cultural context of theater, music, and dance on the island. The film is a dramatization of events which occurred during the filming process and during the two years the director, Larry Reed, spent living and studying with 'dalang' (shadow master) and his extended family. The dalang's daughter as she remembers the summer before she left home, and the boy she left behind. He is an apprentice to her father and wants to become the shadow master for his generation. By contrast, his brother wants girls, motorcycles, and money. The film follows the two brothers as each attempts to realize his dream.

Lick Fat Boys

1979 • 3 min • United States of America

Video and language artwork by Keith Haring

The Tell-Tale Heart

1979 • 60 min • Germany

A man is sitting in a padded cell. He remembers how he got there. Munich in the run-up to Christmas: The loner roams the city, has abnormal ideas when looking at the most harmless things and wants to turn his perverse fantasies into reality. To do this, he chooses an old man whom he happens to see in a shop. He perfectly plans a perfidious, cruel murder.