Blind Alley

Blind Alley 1981

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Twelve minute film noir short from 1981. The director, Elliot Lavine, is Director of Repertory Programming for the Roxie Theater in San Francisco.

1981

Le vélo

Le vélo 1981

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A short film by Ahmed Zir

1981

In Mother's Way

In Mother's Way 1981

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I tell my side of the mother-daughter story which has changed dramatically since my father's death. The emotion is raw, embarrassing and honest. The movie ends but, "I think it will go on."

1981

Lighting

Lighting 1981

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Experimental film on 16mm by Ioan Pleș as part of Kinema Ikon.

1981

The Snake Charmer

The Snake Charmer 1981

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Experimental film on 16mm by Emanuel Țeț as part of Kinema Ikon.

1981

Symptomatic Syntax

Symptomatic Syntax 1981

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Symptomatic Syntax is a recreation of an ecological environment in which natural forms — leaves, flower petals, butterfly wings — form an ever-changing, visually compelling series of compositions. Juxtaposed with these organic forms is a series of texts that examine time, logic, and the dichotomy between the mental and the physical. This complex fusion of the sensual and the cerebral questions the understanding of time and natural progression.

1981

The Madonna of Vilnius

The Madonna of Vilnius 1981

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A story about a version that Madonna of the Gate of Dawn is an artistic expression of the drama that Barbora Radvilaitė experienced.

1981

Long Day

Long Day 1981

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A film about rural blacksmiths.

1981

Coupe-franche

Coupe-franche 1981

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A series of variations of abstract forms taken by "cuts" from objects in my daily universe, is an attempt to abolish the subject in favor of cinematographic language.

1981

Third Time Never Finishes

Third Time Never Finishes 1981

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Featuring cameos from several international artists including actress Elizabeth Shepherd and CBS Records’ group The Industrials along with many other American performers! An amusing and surreal comment on the ‘film-within-a-film’ sub genre as expounded in the 1960’s by Fellini, Truffaut et al. —LUX

1981

On Your Own

On Your Own 1981

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Into my hands fell a 20-minute exhortation to find the right job after high school. Struck by its fierce redundancy, I undertook a distillation, editing the optical track, aiming for conversational cadence, choosing image only when silent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

1981

A Trojan House

A Trojan House 1981

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A house of trick cards, the woman as house. "A marvelous smorgasbord of images." – Edgar Daniels "Architectural structures become the structures of relationships, establishing the windows of communication (between parents and children, between lovers) while preserving a sense of enclosure, isolation." – Dave Kehr

1981