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The Eraser

The Eraser

1977 • 20 min • Japan
Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.
Animalia No. 1

Animalia No. 1

1977 • 6 min • Hungary
Different tales about animals, including a cat - mouse fight, a big queue for dogs, and an ostrich's story with its egg.
Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan

Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan

1977 • 46 min • United States of America
A documentary tracing the development of Shinto to the present day. Explores ancient ritual sites that are still used today, as well as major shrines and great works of Shinto religious art.
The Beatles Forever

The Beatles Forever

1977 • 51 min • United States of America
A musical salute to The Beatles.
Reflections: R Buckminster Fuller

Reflections: R Buckminster Fuller

1977 • 58 min
Winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award, this 60-minute documentary contains footage of Fuller never seen before in any other film. Made for the United States Information Agency in 1977 by Academy Award winner Robert Snyder and Jaime Snyder, the film gives us a substantive look at Fuller and his work. It also contains a wonderfully intimate sequence with Fuller talking about his childhood. Buckminster Fuller was an architect, engineer, geometrician, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. His legacy becomes ever more relevant, providing us a road map to steer our planet away from oblivion and toward a sustainable future for all humanity. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades he developed pioneering solutions reflecting his commitment to the potential of innovative design to "do more with less" and thereby improve human lives.
Two Maples

Two Maples

1977 • 35 min • Soviet Union
About how Baba Yaga turned the children of Vasilisa the worker into two maples and about maternal love that defeated evil forces.
Breathing In/Breathing Out

Breathing In/Breathing Out

1977 • 11 min • United States of America
For this performance the two artists blocked their nostrils with cigarette filters and pressed their mouths together, so that one couldn’t inhale anything else but the exhalation of the other. As the carbon dioxide filled their lungs, they began to sweat, move vehemently and wear themselves out; the viewers could sense their agony through the projected sound of breathing, which was augmented via microphones attached to their chests. It took them 19 minutes in the first performance and 15 in the second to consume all the oxygen in that one breath and reach the verge of passing out.
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army

Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army

1977 • 25 min • Japan
A new insect enemy that feeds off of the energy of all living things has set its eyes on Earth.
Running Fence

Running Fence

1977 • 58 min • United States of America
Second in the series by the Maysles brothers documenting the monuments/sculptures of Christo, whose art projects are landscape-scaled, and more "pop" performance art designed to question how we relate to art in the public sphere, especially when it's as oblique, non-political (at least, that is what he would claim), and neutral as running a fence through a landscape.
Ride of the Valkyrie

Ride of the Valkyrie

1977 • 15 min • United Kingdom
An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance. Filmed for the shelved portmanteau film 'Red, White and Zero' in 1967.
Talkin' Blues

Talkin' Blues

1977 • 25 min
John and Helen have moved into a house in Brixton, sourh London. John then gets to know a couple of his neighbours, his next door neighbour, who is black, and a white neighbour and his young leather-clad son.
Is the Earth Round?

Is the Earth Round?

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union
A boy sets out to prove the world is round by walking in one direction and ending up where he started.
I'll Find a Way

I'll Find a Way

1977 • 26 min • Canada
I'll Find a Way is a 1977 short documentary directed by Beverly Shaffer. It is about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco who has spina bifida. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Under the Bed!

Under the Bed!

1977 • 53 min
Comedy about the amorous adventures of guests at a wedding party.
Latarnik

Latarnik

1977 • 52 min • Poland
A Polish soldier settles on a small island, where he operates a lighthouse. Absorbed by reading, he does not fulfill his duties.
Imponderabilia

Imponderabilia

1977 • 52 min • Germany, Italy
"Naked we stand opposite each other in the museum entrance. The public entering the museum has to turn sideways to move through the limited space between us. Everyone wanting to get past has to choose which one of us to face" – Marina Abramovich
Eugenia Grandet

Eugenia Grandet

1977 • 54 min • Spain
Adaptation of the famous Balzac novel
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

1977 • 30 min
During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the guards succeed, leaving him alone in the camp to make elaborate plans - including a tunnel system so extensive it becomes the Munich Underground. He is so obsessed with his escape plans he fails to realize that the war has ended and dies a disappointed man. He does however manage to escape from his grave after he has been buried though.
Unfinished Conversation

Unfinished Conversation

1977 • 10 min • Soviet Union
The driver hit the motorcyclist and fled the scene without providing assistance to the victim. Traffic police officers promptly found the driver who committed the accident and his accomplices: a fellow passenger and a car mechanic who repaired the damaged car.
Fall Line

Fall Line

1977 • 17 min • Australia
A breath-taking experience that lets the viewer glimpse the thrill of pitting oneself against great elemental forces - and succeeding. In a comparison among four sports (skateboarding, surfing, skiing and hang gliding, the similarities of handling body movement are elaborated. A "fall line" is the straightest, fastest line downward - whether it be down wave, slope or air corridor. The comparative ways in which a body acts to slow the descent and adapt to the unexpected are shown on land, air and water. Makes us aware that these exhilarating sports have been made possible by new technologies, and illustrates that challenging experiences need not necessarily be competitive or affect the environment adversely. An excellent motivational film. Champion surfer, Nat Young, compares body movements in four relatively new sports: skateboarding, surfing, skiing, and hang gliding. They all use the fall-line...the shortest way from the top to the bottom. 16mm
What Happened with Filip Preradović

What Happened with Filip Preradović

1977 • 44 min • Yugoslavia
A pseudo-documentary which centers on the search for the hero from the title. Everyone has a different opinion about Filip, starting from his father to the woman he loved. The search shows that everyone has as many characters as there are people who know him.
The Greatest Love of All Time

The Greatest Love of All Time

1977 • 10 min • France
A portrait of Serb erotic surrealist painter Ljubomir "Ljuba" Popović.
We Are All Alone My Dear

We Are All Alone My Dear

1977 • 22 min
Presents a compassionate study of aged women, and of living in an old age home through the observations of Jean Campbell as she moves from room to room talking with other residents and discussing the experiences of living in the home.
Woody Allen: An American Comedy

Woody Allen: An American Comedy

1977 • 29 min • United States of America
Woody Allen talks about his career and his creative process with excerpts from some of his movies