Paradise of Night

Paradise of Night 1982

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Yun-Shik saves a whore Na-Bi with hope and love and waits for her baby birth though it is not his. Na-Bi's old lover Park Wu-Cheol, in collusion with Yun-Shik's lover Ha-Young harasses them. Na-Bi leaves Yun-Shik and returns to the life of prostitute in order to bring up her baby, and Yun-Shik gets sickness while he is knocking about here and there in search of her. One day, Na-Bi tries to wait on a guest with her baby, and because of it, is kicked out in cold winter. She goes to Yun-Shik to let the baby continue living, but Yun-Shik has already died and his funeral is on processing. It only makes Na-Bi sadder.

1982

Portraits of Two Artists

Portraits of Two Artists 1982

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Features master painters Hughie Lee-Smith and Jacob Lawrence. In addition to visual sequences of the artist's work, the program includes an inside look at a class taught by Lee-Smith at New York's prestigious Art Students League; both artists working in their studios; a trip by ferry to an island in Puget Sound where Lawrence works on a commissioned mural; and an animation of the illustrations from Lawrence's children's book "Harriet and the Promised Land". From the collection of the Black Resource Center at the County of Los Angeles Public Library. https://archive.org/details/portraitoftwoartistscompton

1982

Tehching Hsieh: One Year Performance, Outdoor Piece 1981 - 1982

Tehching Hsieh: One Year Performance, Outdoor Piece 1981 - 1982 1982

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In his third one-year performance piece, from 26 September 1981 through 26 September 1982, Hsieh spent one year outside, not entering buildings or shelter of any sort, including cars, trains, airplanes, boats, or tents. He moved around New York City with a packbag and a sleeping bag.

1982

In/Side/Out I

In/Side/Out I 1982

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Various geometric lines are put out of their figurative context into a set of multiple oppositions, all articulated with respect to the edge of the frame. It was built as a self-contained, intentionally short-lived whole.

1982

In Need of Space

In Need of Space 1982

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Inspired by Steve Reich’s music, a cube rotates with the same dimensions as the film frame.

1982

Wind in Reserve

Wind in Reserve 1982

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About how Senya Malina managed to tame the wind.

1982

The Fairy Tale on Wheels Continues Its Journey

The Fairy Tale on Wheels Continues Its Journey 1982

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A grandfather and granddaughter with their fairy-tale theater travel to an enchanted city to make its inhabitants laugh and free them from witchcraft. Baba Yaga and her assistants try in every possible way to prevent this, but having failed, they join the fairy-tale theater.

1982

Everything For the Stork

Everything For the Stork 1982

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A flock of storks was flying south, but one bird lagged behind and fell to the meadow without strength. A little girl found the stork and called the adults for help. There were rallies and actions to save the bird. Only a little girl thought to give water and fish to the tired stork, after which it flew away.

1982

Vespucciland: The Great and the Free

Vespucciland: The Great and the Free 1982

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Rock Ross described this atypical collaboration as "a celebration of abandon in the parallel nation" and he wasn't being completely tongue-in-cheek. VESPUCCILAND is an exuberant and witty dance for the camera, shot in vivid, defiant color, records half a dozen spitfires (including Ross and fellow San Francisco experimental filmmaker Michael Rudnick) frolicking on a summer morn. Garbed in white costumes and ersatz hoods, the dancers embody the spirits of rebellion, solidarity, anarchy and free expression. Guaranteed to provoke a smile or three, and to evoke nostalgia for the trampled idealism of the 1970s. - Michael Fox

1982

Genius in Lying

Genius in Lying 1982

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The alarming facts revealed. A living sexual aberration. The truth behind the myth. The lies behind the truth. The whole ugly story. Made for Swinburne and starring the immortal and inimitable Troy.

1982

Luminauts

Luminauts 1982

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Several performers in neon light-suits of various colors wield light wands and interact in a darkened studio to produce choreographed three dimensional volumes of light.

1982

Magindanao

Magindanao 1982

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Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1982 directed by Diego Cagahastian and starred Mohamad Faizal, Rhoy Flores, Rex Lapid, Charlie Davao, Philip Gamboa, Laarni Enriquez, Paquito Diaz, Romy Diaz, Dick Israel, Tony Carrion, Joaquin Fajardo, Willy Dado, Amay Bisaya, and Max Alvarado.

1982

Condensation Trail

Condensation Trail 1982

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Flashes of changing color (a result of the celluloid being slightly exposed during the changing of reels), mark the first movements of a plane's steady climb into the blue sky, leaving a condensation trail behind. This 22-second long shot is combined with black and white film, in which diagonal lines and parts of the image are cut out. Though these effects may be highly controlled by the director, at the heart of Condensation Trail is an event which is unique and unstaged, and which is unlikely to ever repeat itself. The plane crosses the screen from the lower left to the upper right corner. Halfway on its journey, a bird flies into the frame and crosses the plane's condensation trail exactly at its very end, making a perfectly sharp diagonal as it slowly reaches for its lower right corner.

1982

Prayer

Prayer 1982

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And we speak with tongues of serpents,and the baying of the Hounds, and the great bell sound that cracks the barrier-- and great are we who rule, and small are you who suffer. (from The Electrical Prelude)

1982

Leave Revenge to Me

Leave Revenge to Me 1982

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Dong-jin first loses his parents when they are killed by the Japanese military police and then loses his girlfriend to a Japanese sympathizer. Together with Madame Hwang, he devises a plan to kill the colonial magistrate and free his city from Japanese rule.

1982

Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons 1982

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Jang Yong-Ho loses his parents owing to his grandfather's Cheongja martial art by the Japanese. To retaliate upon the enemy, he practices martial art. Kim Seok-Do advises Jang to escape, but Jang's grandfather is kidnaped and tortured by a Japanese (Nishi Hiro) while keeping his place. Jang sneaks into Nishi Hiro's mountain villa and rescues his grandfather. Nishi Hiro calls again the Japanese snipers, that is, Kenji and Harata. Kenji let Harata fight against Jang, while Kenji himself kills both Kim Seok-Do and Jang's grandfather, and kidnaps Da-Bok. Jang fails to pass Nishi Hiro's yard. On the way to home, Jang meets his younger brother and is informed that his grandfather has been killed. To retaliate upon the enemy, he let his younger brother learn Cheongja martial art. The brothers attack Nishi Hiro's mountain villa and rescues Da-Bok.

1982