All Films

Rabbit and Fly

1977 • 10 min • Soviet Union

LA - My Home Town

1977 • 55 min

In this documentary, join Ian Whitcomb, an ex-British rock personality now living in Hollywood, as he takes a tongue in cheek tour of the city of angels.

The Mailbox

1977 • 24 min

Lethe, an elderly widow, trudges out to her mailbox each day in hopes of finding a letter from her family. Unfortunately they are too wrapped up in their own lives, and the mailbox remains empty. Her neighbors try to keep her company, but cannot take the place of her absent children. They contact her family about her loneliness and discover that a letter is finally coming--but it carries devastating news.

Ritos Populares: Umbanda no Brasil

1977 • 19 min • Brazil

A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian religion known as spiritism, a syncretism of African beliefs and magical rites, Indian beliefs and images, and Catholic symbols.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977 • 42 min • United States of America

Orson Welles reads the poem especially for this film by Larry Jordan, which is dedicated to the late Wallace Berman, and is made possible by a grant from The National Endowment Of The Arts.

Coffee Break

1977 • 3 min • Japan

A short film by Furukawa Taku.

La Loterie de la vie

1977 • 52 min • France

The real museum of Mexico City is the city, the street. To grasp the intangible, Guy Gilles decides to tell the story of Mexico by questioning the value of images and sounds, far from tourist clichés. The nightlife of Mexico City, his meeting with young Lupe, the hotel’s lifiter.

Ángel y Juan

1977 • 4 min

Recovered Zulueta short.

An incident of night

1977 • 25 min • Japan

Relation in Movement

1977 • 35 min

Marina: we even use our car in the performance, in '77, for the Paris Biennale in the front of the museum we made this piece called Relation In Movement, which Ulay is driving the car and I had the megaphone out of the window, and I would say the numbers of the circle as we was passing, because it was just going in a circle, on and on and on. The idea was the car collapsed or we collapsed. and after 16 hours, the motor burned out and created this minimal trace on the marble as a black circle. For us each circle was a kind of imaginary year.

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977 • 24 min • United States of America

Thirty-minute reunion of the classic series that includes Bob Denver and title star Dwayne Hickman.

Centerbeam

1977 • 13 min

Film produced and directed by Ricky Leacock, Edward Pincus, and MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies documenting the Centerbeam kinetic sculpture project and its first installation at documenta 6 in Kassel, Germany in 1977

The Hunters

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A short film based on the story by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Sun - A Film without a Camera

1977 • 4 min • Poland

From the 1960s, Antoniszczak devoted himself to perfecting the technique of non‑camera animation. This period saw the creation of the first animagraph‑pentagraphs — machines for transferring drawings onto film stock. Sun, an animation less than four minutes long, was the first film produced completely using this method. The black‑and‑white drawings were made in the technique of woodcut impressed directly onto the celluloid. The vibrating, jagged image reflects the flickering character of sunrays, and conveys a tale of the transience of human existence and the permanence of the universe.

Rondino

1977 • 2 min • Hungary

A minimalist absurdist comedy about a martyr and torturers.

The Sand Castle

1977 • 13 min • Canada

This short animated film features the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. These lively creatures build a castle and celebrate the completion of their new home, only to be interrupted by an uninvited guest. Cleverly constructed with nuance, the film leaves interpretation open to the viewer. The film took home an Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film.

Les boeufs de labour

1977 • 28 min • Canada

How To Be A Friend

1977 • 12 min

A seventies era short film about making and keeping friends.

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies

1977 • 50 min • United States of America

Easter-themed showcase of classic Warner Bros. cartoons, hosted by Bugs Bunny and Granny.

The Girl with the Incredible Feeling

1977 • 39 min • United States of America

A profile of composer, performer, and author Elizabeth Swados, inter-cutting scenes of the artist at work and in travel with personal reflections and animated depictions of her stories.

Light / Dark

1977 • 6 min

Ulay and Abramovic face each other in a kneeling position, and take turns to slap each other hard in the face. Due to the strong light shining onto their faces, they cannot see the slap coming from the dark.

Dagg Day Afternoon

1977 • 37 min • New Zealand

A series of sketches about Kiwi extraordinaire Fred Dagg's secret mission to find a "bionic sheep" which has been lost by the government.

Downpour

1977 • 28 min • Soviet Union

A story about a young man who became disillusioned with a girl after encountering her emotional coldness.

La Gioconda está triste

1977 • 47 min • Spain

The Mona Lisa loses her famous smile, and so does the rest of the world.