Mary of Mile 18

Mary of Mile 18 1981

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An animated story about a farm girl whose father will not allow her to keep a stray puppy until an event occurs that makes him reverse his decision.

1981

Pretend You'll Survive

Pretend You'll Survive 1981

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Protect and survive? This activist cartoon from a Yorkshire women’s collective argues that the Government’s public information message on preparation for a nuclear attack is just a pretence. The only way to survive was to protest against such an outcome ever happening. The film also make a connection with the potential for an environmental catastrophe through the use of nuclear power.

1981

Deux minutes cinquante secondes

Deux minutes cinquante secondes 1981

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“[...] a film on raw duration, which refers to the first works of the artist, close to performance. This is very simply the real time of a metro journey, between Bir-Hakeim and Passy stations. The filmmaker's objective being, among other things, to restore the equivalent of what an ordinary journey is perceived as it generally is: the fixed and somewhat empty gaze." Laurent Danet

1981

Breath No.5

Breath No.5 1981

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Two faces, in fact two silhouettes, are outlined against a monochromic background. They nod, interchange, underline their soundless talk with gestures of the hand. The gesticulating hands contribute to the communicative role ‘breath’ plays

1981

Philip Whalen

Philip Whalen 1981

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This film portrays my friend Philip Whalen, a Zen Buddhist monk and poet, reading from his book The Art of Literature. There is a play of spotlight and shadow in this work which emphasizes the elusiveness of truth in poetry.

1981

Gridrose

Gridrose 1981

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Computer generated. "With all the grace and flair of an elegant proof." - Carol Mickett. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

1981

Przed maturą

Przed maturą 1981

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Martha's father falls into alcoholism. The girl is preparing for the secondary school-leaving examination.

1981

A New Rout

A New Rout 1981

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Animated satirical sketch on the comfortability of urban public transport during rush hour.

1981

Silly

Silly 1981

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Disco-Film 38: In a cheerful interpretation of the song "Tanzt keiner Boogie", the group Silly and their singer Tamara Danz target the dance behavior of young people.

1981

Adventures of the Avant-Garde

Adventures of the Avant-Garde 1981

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Davidovich searches in vain for the meaning of "avant garde." The artist travels to Iowa City, where he conducts a series of "man on the street" interviews with artist Michael Smith, painter and critic Walter Robinson, University of Iowa professor of art history W.J. Tomasini, a security guard at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, an art school secretary, and strangers on the street.

1981

E.

E. 1981

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Humorous cartoon about unification and power.

1981

Rock & Roll Pet Store

Rock & Roll Pet Store 1981

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Animated short about animals that have a rock & roll party after the pet store closes for the night

1981

Panorama de Santiago

Panorama de Santiago 1981

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Panorama de Santiago, is a video-performance classified as the first video art made in Chile (1981). In it, the artist runs for several minutes with his camera, making a tour from the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes to the stairs of the Biblioteca Nacional. The image oscillates and distorts as if the spectator were the one running frantically, an effect that -in the artist's words- seeks to speak of the Chilean dictatorial context at the beginning of the 1980s.

1981

Barstow

Barstow 1981

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A 1981 staged production of Harry Partch's hitch-hiker piece, Barstow.

1981

Bajado - Um Artista de Olinda

Bajado - Um Artista de Olinda 1981

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Life and work of the popular painter Bajado, interviews with Gilberto Freyre and João Câmara, scenes of daily life in the city that always inspired him.

1981