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One Man's Alaska

One Man's Alaska

1977 • 27 min • United States of America
A documentary profile of conservationist and wildlife cinematographer Dick Proenneke at his wilderness home in the Lake Clark areas of Alaska. Includes scenes of area wildlife, along with clips of Proenneke carving his log cabin home out of the wilderness.
A Little Outing

A Little Outing

1977 • 32 min • United Kingdom
Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.
Behold the Man

Behold the Man

1977 • 10 min • Romania
Dialogue between a man from Earth and an alien about the advantages and darker sides of earthly civilization.
The Blue Hotel

The Blue Hotel

1977 • 52 min • United States of America
Nebraska in the 1880's: bleak, lonely, and far from what you'd expect The Wild West to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of THE BLUE HOTEL represents the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince The Swede that his dime-store notions about The West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him. Inevitably, the Swede attracts tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? Jan Kadar directs this timely story of how society punishes outsiders for being different.
Der rasende Roland

Der rasende Roland

1977 • 59 min • East Germany
"Route Casanova" is how people call the train driver Roland Diesler, as a love awaits him at almost every station. His colleague even has to carry out a plan extra so that there are no collisions between his rendezvous. However, when Roland looks at Ulla, the daughter of the station manager Bünau, this and father Diesler step in. They change the rosters of the two turtle doves so that they cannot see each other. But can the young couple be stopped by it?
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

1977 • 18 min • Italy
A short about the film "I Am Self-Sufficient"
Über den Flammenbaum

Über den Flammenbaum

1977 • 11 min
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

1977 • 6 min • United States of America
Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of String."
A Walbiri Fire Ceremony: Ngatjakula

A Walbiri Fire Ceremony: Ngatjakula

1977 • 19 min
Originally filmed as an archival record of a Warlpiri (Walbiri) ceremony in 1967 by Roger Sandall, the film footage was re-worked 10 years later by anthropologist Nicolas Peterson and filmmaker, Kim McKenzie, to make this short version for public viewing. Involving large numbers of both men and women, Ngatjakula is one of the most spectacular ceremonies of central Australia, employing fire, and several days of singing and dance, to resolve conflicts and re-affirm social order among the Warlpiri (Walbiri) people. One of Sandall’s many films about ceremonial life, including several of Warlpiri rituals, the film was part of the program of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies to record traditional aspects of Aboriginal life and culture. McKenzie’s collaboration with Peterson (who had been present at the time of the original filming) to edit this public version, is a meticulous representation of the fire ceremony, much of which took place at night.
The Broken Bottle

The Broken Bottle

1977 • 5 min
Short sketch written by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones, of Monty Python.
How The Cat And The Dog Washed The Floor

How The Cat And The Dog Washed The Floor

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union
A cat and a dog lived together. They were very good friends, so when they saw that the floor in their house was dirty, they decided to clean up together. But an ordinary mop refused to deal with the task, so they have to wash and wipe the floor using each other. What will this novel idea lead to?
A Safe Place

A Safe Place

1977 • 34 min • Israel
Discovering casual sex in a cinema, a high-school student must reevaluate his own gay sexuality.
Combattler V Movie

Combattler V Movie

1977 • 20 min • Japan
Thousands of years ago, the people of the planet Campbell decided to leave their planet and seek out new worlds to inhabit. One group, lead by the scientist Oreana, landed on Earth, but was delayed from their mission. In the early 21st century, Oreana's group reawakens and begins their plan to conquer the Earth. The only effective defense against the Campbellians' giant biomechanical slave beasts is the super-electromagnetic robot, Combattler V and its pilots. A recut version of ep. 30 in a theatrical format for Spring Festival '77.
Little Darlin'

Little Darlin'

1977 • 6 min • United States of America
Two motorcycle-riding suitors square off in this hand-drawn retro tale of love and machismo. With its highly stylized characters and wonderful Looney Tunes sensibility, this piece presents a funny and jaundiced look at romance. Early student film by Disney veteran John Musker.
Scotty and Stuart

Scotty and Stuart

1977 • 3 min • United States of America
Constructed as a visual simile, Sherman's film utilizes a water faucet as the central image in a mysterious vignette that subverts conventions of causality and temporality. Alternating between interior and exterior locales and the stylized actions of a man (the filmmaker) and a woman, the film "is rhythmic in an almost musical way, developing images of water from glass to tub to ocean, through clusters of oppositions such as water/fire, man/woman, turning on/turning off, inside/outside." At the end, the protagonists achieve unity and stasis as they sit together on bentwood chairs facing the ocean.
Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming

Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming

1977 • 17 min
A boy walks in the street and collides with a girl causing that the parcels and bags she carries fall down. She insults him and slaps his face. But this does not matter for him, because he enjoys it. He asks her to get her telephone number, and though she does not want to tell it to him at the beginning, he finally gets it.
My Brother, Fidel

My Brother, Fidel

1977 • 17 min • Cuba
Follows the Cuban leader into the home of a 93 year old acquaintance of Jose Marti, who is now blind and who takes the duration of the film to realize who his illustrious interviewer actually is.
Wardell Pomeroy Takes a Sex History

Wardell Pomeroy Takes a Sex History

1977 • 35 min • United States of America
Dr. Wardell Pomeroy demonstrates the sex history-taking procedure integral to therapy and research. A key factor is the order of questions asked and his non-judgmental approach. Using a rapid notation system, Dr. Pomeroy condenses into a single sheet the equivalent of 25 typed pages. For training therapists and counselors in interviewing techniques
Animal de costumbre

Animal de costumbre

1977 • 10 min • Chile
Two friends meet again after many years, in Santiago. One of them, successful, refuses to help the other. But after changing his mind, he realizes that the man always wants more.
God Save the King

God Save the King

1977 • 8 min • United States of America
Two punk rockers are interviewed by a rock journalist.
Those Who Came from the Seas

Those Who Came from the Seas

1977 • 55 min
Following a plane crash, a man, his wife, and his friend end up on a desert island, and once again the eternal struggle that involves one woman and two men rages over who gets the woman and who should stay.
Bedtime Stories: Ships

Bedtime Stories: Ships

1977 • 3 min
"As if pictures could think! Einschlafgeschichten doesn't really speak of bridges or railroads but rather of two girls filling the space between daytime and dreamtime with a poetic game, an endless game, a game with no end. A game which can fade out without becoming fragmentary. "Are you asleep?", one of them asks at the end of a clip – and the final shot is of the two, asleep; the game is over. The girls are played by Lara and Anna, Farocki's daughters." - Hans J. Wulff
Hungarian Folk Tales: The Salt

Hungarian Folk Tales: The Salt

1977 • 7 min • Hungary
When asked by her father, the youngest daughter of the king answers: I love you like people love salt. The king is very annoyed and chases his daughter into the forest. The young king of the neighbouring country finds her, and they decide to get married.
Somalia - Die große Anstrengung

Somalia - Die große Anstrengung

1977 • 20 min • East Germany, Germany
East German documentary short about Somalia in 1976.