Year 1971 - 257

The color film informs about Danish recreational pedagogy using the example of the Bauspielplätze.

Valentina Berardinone is an artist who favors the use of particular kinds of resin in her paintings and 'assemblages' which often represent the freezing in time of a falling drip–at other times it is a whole flow of liquid pouring over a staircase to be frozen in its slow advance. But even in their fixed state all these images refer to movement, either past or potential, for their manner of presentation. And this movement, which is necessarily frozen in the paintings and sculptures, is restored to its origins by Berardinone through the cinema. From her first work, Silent Invasion, she has reconstructed on film the impending descent of a mass of resin down a flight of stairs, this movement being repeated and emphasized through the use of a magnifying glass.

Self-portrait

Ombre mobili from 1971 was my first video work; a first test born from my environmental art project, an exhibition that could be made with lamps and lights that were supposed to stand out against the white walls of Studio 74, the constantly moving shadows of the audience present.

In a sequence shot around a drawing board the protagonist (Pettena himself, recently graduated architect) does anything but design: he trims his nails, stretches his back, takes slips of paper and money out of his billfold, scratches an ear, lights a cigarette.

Robotic presentation of the myth of Sisyphus.

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Soundtrack: Alban Berg's LYRIC SUITE.

An evocation of a boy's growth into young manhood.

Experimental short by Masaki Matsushita.

A long red banner billows in the wind.

A documentary about the Baul singers in rural West Bengal.

A week in the life of Salamou, a young potter who lives in the village of Bakin Dabagui in Ader, Niger, where a terrible famine due to two years of intensive draught is rampant.

Daisy the pet alligator has its teeth brushed by owner Gwen Roberts. Gwen is interviewed by TV reporter Del Cooper about owning and looking after pet alligators at her home in St Keverne on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. The word alligator comes from the Spanish word el lagarto meaning lizard. Alligators are native only to America and China but Chinese alligators are an endangered species. Taming exotic animals to become pets became fashionable in the 70s

Starting at Upminster Hall, built in the 16th century, the film covers the Tithe Barn, Gaynes Lodge, Upminster Clockhouse, High House, The Old Cottage, Great Sunnings, Howard Hall, Great Tomkyns, Upminster Station and Upminster Windmill. A labour of love, the film took John Wynstanly over a year of working evening and weekends to research the history, obtain permissions for filming, record the sound track himself and carry out the filming. This film is from the collection of Havering Local Studies and Family History Centre, a member of the London's Screen Archives Network.

In this interview given soon after the completion of Forman's first American film, Taking Off, we are treated to a candid, humorous and lively portrait of one of Czechoslovakia's most reputed filmmakers. Forman, a roguish, entertaining character, explains his reasons for using non-professional actors, tells anecdotes about his talent discoveries and provides interesting insights into the artistry of performers. The interview is interspersed with filmclips from Taking Off, Loves of a Blonde and The Fireman's Ball.

8mm film by Wyndham Wise.