Short Films and Anthology Films












The following videography includes fictional shorts and short documentary compilations and anthologies primarily. For individual documentary shorts, consult MRC videographies by topic.

Academy Awards - Best Documentary Shorts
Animated Films (for animated shorts)
Early Film
Experimental and Avant-garde Film
Musicals (for musical shorts)
Propaganda Films
Serials
UCB Student Films

11'09"01
Directors, Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran), Claude Lelouch (France), Yusuf Shahin (Egypt), Danis Tanovic (Bosnia-Herzogovina), Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), Ken Loach (U.K.), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico), Amos Gitai (Israel), Mira Nair (India), Sean Penn (U.S.), Shohei Imamura (Japan).

Eleven filmmakers from eleven countries reflect on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in short films each lasting 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame. Samira Makhmalbaf presents a female teacher, at an Afghani refugee camp in Iran, organizing the children for a minute's silence; meanwhile the adults express fears of an American bombardment. Claude Lelouch presents the tale of a World Trade Center tour guide who is on the verge of a breakup with his deaf girlfriend when the terrorist attacks occur. Yusuf Shahin presents a young American soldier who comes to haunt a famous film producer and they engage in a highly conflicted dialogue. Danis Tanovic presents the women of Srebrenica (a town where thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred Serbs on July 11, 1995) continuing their monthly protests, despite the September 11th terrorist attacks. Idrissa Ouedraogo presents a young boy in Burkina Faso on the trail of a man he believes to be Osama Bin Laden. Ken Loach's presents a Chilean refugee who offers his condolences to the American victims; he then, in an open letter, describes the CIA-sponsored coup d'tat of September 11, 1973, which installed the dictatorship of General Pinochet. Alejandro Gonzlez Inarritu presents flashes of images.of bodies falling from the World Trade Center, accompanied by chanting. Amos Gitai presents a preening television news journalist enraged that her report about a Palestinian bombing in Tel Aviv will not be broadcast because of late breaking news about the attacks. Mira Nair presents a New York Muslim suspected of being a terrorist, but who is actually a heroic rescue worker. Sean Penn presents a lonely widower who lives in an apartment that is shaded by the World Trade Center. Shohei Imamura presents a Japanese soldier who returns home from fighting in World War II. He is convinced that he is a snake, and he refuses to eat anything other than live rats. 2002. 135 min. DVD 3488

A is for Autism.
Through a combination of live action and animation, this short film presents a glimpse into the condition of high functioning autism, with words, drawings, music and animation all contributed by people with autism. Originally released as an animated documentary in 1991 by Channel 4. Director, Tim Webb ; producer, Dick Arnall ; screenplay based on drawings by Nicky Braithwaite ... [et al.] 11 min. DVD 6205

Africa Dreaming
Sophia's homecoming / directed by Richard Pakleppa ; produced by Bridget Pickering (28 min.) -- Sabriya / written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako ; produced by Dora Bouchoucha Fourati (28 min.) -- So be it / written, directed and produced by Joseph Gai Ramaka (28 min) -- The gaze of the stars / directed by Joao Ribeiro ; produced by Pedro Pimenta (28 min.).

Four television shorts produced in four different African countries to be shown on the African television series Africa Dreaming. In Sophia'sHomecoming (Namibia) a woman who has worked as a domestic returns home to a terrible discovery: the ruptures caused by apartheid can never be repaired. In Sabriya (Tunisia) a modern woman disrupts the patterned mosaic of male Maghrebi society. So Be It (Senegal), based on a play by Wole Soyinka, follows the destruction of a well intentioned foreign doctor confronting fear, rage and powerlessness in a remote Senegalese village. The Gaze of the Stars (Mozambique) is a story about machismo in Mozambique, so powerful that it drives away whatever it loves. 51 min. Video/C 5400

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Afrocentricity (2000)
A compilation of seven short films, in-depth interviews and commentary by emerging African American film directors. "Meet here the next generation ... unadulterated by the Hollywood filmmaking process." Contents: True / filmmaker, Charles Stone III -- Breakdown / starring Vanessa Williams ; filmmaker, Jeff Byrd -- A gut feeling / ex. producer, Spike Lee ; filmmaker, Lee Davis -- Breakfast at Ben's / filmmaker, Chuck Wilson -- Kings / director, Niva Dorell -- Hip hop: the new world order / featuring Public Enemy ; filmmaker, Muhammida El Muhajir -- The Gift / filmmaker, Tanya Boyd. 160 min. DVD 267

Aria (1987)
Ten directors: Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicholas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple. Cast: Bridget Fonda, Elizabeth Hurley, Theresa Russell, John Hurt, Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, Anita Morris. Ten of the world's best-known filmmakers contributed to this compilation film, each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera. The approaches vary broadly, from the playful abstraction of Jean-Luc Godard's segment, which illustrated Armide with exercising body-builders, to the more literal approach of Franc Roddam, who transports Tristan and Isolde's story to modern-day Las Vegas. A particular stand-out is Julian Temple's take on Rigoletto, which recasts Verdi as the accompaniment to a contemporary Southern California sex farce. Arias sung in Italian, French and German. 88 min. DVD 3310
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Art of the Short Film
Contents: Inja / writer, director, Steve Pasvolsky ; producer, Joe Weatherstone (17 min.) -- Sangam / written, directed and edited by Prashant Bhargava ; producer, Mark Mann (24 min.) -- Mt. Head / script, Shoji Yonemura ; direction, design & edit, Koji Yamamura (10 min.) -- Das Rad / buch und regie, Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger ; producer, Georg Gruber (9 min.) -- The first three lives of Stuart Hornsley / produced by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Ross Martin, Daphne McWilliams ; screenplay by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum & Leigh Dana Jackson ; directed by Leigh Dana Jackson (29 min.) -- Death dealer : a documentary / written & directed by Andy Watts (16 min.). Cast: Inja: Anele Vellom, Lizo C. Makambi, Danny Keogh, Terry Thornton, Mantoa Mamputa, Nomasomi Fini, Kukule Salman ; Sangam: Hesh Sarmalkar, Sanjay Chanai ; Mt. Head: Takeharu Kunimoto ; Das Rad: Ranier Basedow, Michael Hobek ; The first three lives of Suart Hornsley: Tunde Adebimpe, Siho Ellsmore, Lora Goldman, Isaac Bloch; Deathdealer : a documentary: Henry Rollins, Jeanette Miller, Kevin Gibbons, Hattie Winston. Inja: A South African landowner goes to great extremes to separate a Black boy and his puppy. Sangam: Features a conversation on a subway between an Indian who has just arrived in New York and a disillusioned Indian-American. Mt. Head: An animated fantasy about a man who eats some cherry seeds and ends up with a cherry tree growing out of his head Das Rad: An animated film about two rocks who have stood atop the same hilltop for centuries, discussing the activities of the human beings below them The first three lives of Stuart Hornsley: Tells the story of an abstracted physicist who, having missed out on a chance at true love because of his dedication to science, builds a time travel device to enable him to change the course of his life. Deathdealer : A mock documentary in which the Grim Reaper is portrayed along the lines of a traveling salesman. DVD 6336

At Dawning (UK, 2001)
Directed by Martin Jones. Features Jenny Agutter as a woman escaping from a one night stand, who encounters a suicidal Yvan Attal in bizarre circumstances. 5 min. DVD 6349
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The Attendant(1992)
Directed by Isaac Julien. Cast: Thomas Baptiste, Cleo Sylvestre, John Wilson. This film presents the inner fantasies of an older black married attendant at a museum, who is obsessed by images of his homosexual desires. In his fantasies, the paintings on the walls of his museums, including Francois Biard's Scene on the Coast of Africa, are transformed into very erotic images of men being bound and whipped. 8 min. c1993. DVD 9610
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The Auteur(2002)
Directed by James Westby. Chronicles porno director Arturo Domingo as he records the commentary track for DVD release, 'Requiem for a Wet Dream.' Filmed entirely in a Los Angeles sound studio, this is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mind and creative process of a director. 5 min. Included on DVD 6243
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Bedhead
Directed by Robert Rodriguez. When Rebecca, a little girl, is tripped by her older brother David (Bedhead) because she tried ramming him when her doll was vandalized, she lands on her skull and psychic powers are unleashed. She begins torturing David...but when she is injured once again, she decides to herself to use her powers for better purposes. Rodriquez' film school project. 10 min. Included on DVD 3936

[Berri, Claude] Le poulet (France, 1962)
In this 15-minute black-and-white film, which was Claude Berri's directorial debut, a boy "hatches" a scheme to save a chicken from becoming his family's Sunday dinner. Written by Charles Nastat, it features Jacques Marin, Viviane Bourdonneux and Martin Serre. Included on DVD 8264

Better or Worse? (UK, 2000)
Directed by Jocelyn Cammack. Cast: Finn Atkins, John Langford, Ann Farrar, Luke Gell, Keiran Francis. Eight-year-old Rachel embarks upon a series of experiments attempting to make sense of her defective eyesight. The film contrasts ideas of perspective, both real and imagined, through the recurring motif of a diving board -- limiting and precarious. 9 min. DVD 6326
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Un bisou pour le monde(France, 2007)
Director, Cyril Paris. In this short film a primary school teacher shows her pupils some daily newspapers. As one of the students wants to look at the copy of Le Monde more carefully, he tears it into pieces. The teacher makes him tape the pieces back together, but the student's choices for where the pieces should go has a surprising effect on "the world." 10 min. DVD 9839
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A Bite to Eat (1963)
Directed by Jan Nemec. Nemec's diploma film from the Prague Film Academy. The film is a hallucinatory moment, virtually without dialogue and handles one man's feverish attempt to steal a loaf of bread from a Nazi-guarded train. In Czech with German subtitles. 10 min. Video/C 999:3795

Black Sabbath (I tre volti della paura) (Italy / France / USA, 1963)
Directed by Mario Bava. Cast: Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Mich`ele Mercier, Jacqueline Pierreux. Presents Brava's classic triptych (three tales of terror) hosted by Boris Karloff: The telephone: A prostitute is threatened by the pimp she helped send to prison. The wurdalak: A returning patriarch to an Eastern European family may be a Wurdalak--a vampire who thirsts for the blood of his loved ones. A drop of water: A nurse steals a diamond ring from the finger of a dead clairvoyant, and is haunted that night by the woman's ghost. Bonus features: Audio commentary with author Tim Lucas ; A life in film: an interview with Mark Damon ; international and U.S. theatrical trailers ; TV and radio spots ; poster and still gallery ; Mario Bava and Boris Karloff biographies. Il telefono = The telephone -- I wurdulak = The wurdulak -- La goccia d'acqua = The drop of water. 92 min. DVD 7575
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Mario Bava bibliography

[Blank, Les] Six Short Films of Les Blank, 1960-1985
Cigarette blues (6 min.) -- Chicken real (23 min.) -- The sun's gonna shine (10 min.) -- God respects us when we work, but loves us when we dance (20 min.) -- Dizzy Gillespie (20 min.) -- Running around like a chicken with its head cut off (4 min.). Video/C 3561

Blood ah goh Run(UK, 1982)
Director, Menelik Shabazz. Short 'newsfilm' looking back at the events of 1981, beginning with the killing of 13 young blacks in New Cross, London. The film goes on to show the anger this aroused among black people, and their march in demonstration - 'The Black People's Day of Action'. Also covers the Brixton riots. Included on DVD 6200

Border
Directed by Annette Solakoglu. Without any dialogue, volumes are spoken by this short but poignant film featuring the music of John Lennon. We are proud to present the first film from a Film Movement member, Annette Solakoglu, and her timely message of universal concern. 8 min. DVD 1906

The Box Man(2002)
Directed by Nirvan Mullick. The box has a small rectangular slit that compels him to take a closer look inside. A tale of urban paranoia and the desire to remain hidden. 5 min. DVD 6338
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Boys Shorts: Six Short Films
Contents: Resonance -- R.S.V.P -- Anthem -- Relax -- Billy Turner's secret -- Dead boys club. Showcases six short films with gay themes produced in the 1990s. Resonance: an exploration of gay-bashing in the back streets of Sydney. RSVP: A powerful portrait of loss punctuated by the haunting voice of Jessye Norman. Anthem: A collage of erotic images that celebrates the lives of African American men. Relax: An elegant film about one man's fears regarding HIV testing. Billy Turner's Secret: An upbeat comedy about a young Black man coming out to his roommate. The Dead boys' club: A steamy tribute to the '70's world of promiscuity and disco balls from the perspective of gay life in the '90's. 1993?. 119 min. Video/C 6226

Evans, Greg. "Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema." (movie reviews) Variety v352, n1 (August 16, 1993):40 (1 page).
Holden, Stephen. "Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema." (movie reviews) New York Times v142 (Wed, July 21, 1993):C17(L), col 1, 12 col in.

[Brault, Michel] Michel Brault, Works 1958-1974
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Bror Min (Brother of Mine)(Sweden, 2001)
Director, Jens Jonsson. A startlingly realistic portrayal of the bonds between brothers amid a broken family. 10 min. DVD 6311
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Charlotte et son Jules(France, 1959)
Directed by Jean-luc Godard. Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anne Collette. It is shot entirely in or from Godard's hotel room, in which Belmondo's Jules gives Collette's Charlotte a seemingly endless and self-indulgent tirade on her faults and his tribulations. Belmondo's voice is in fact dubbed by Godard. It is a homage to Jean Cocteau's successful one-act play Le Bel Indifférent, where the roles are opposite. 13 min. Included on DVD 8726
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Cine Manifest
Award-winning cinematographer Judy Irola revisits her 1970's San Francisco Marxist film collective, Cine Manifest, whose members sought a place to live, learn, and change the world. She and her comrades puzzle out in hindsight whether their social experiment, which produced two acclaimed independent feature films, was ultimately an artistic success or an idealistic disaster. Director, Judy Irola ; producers, Judy Irola and Nels Bangerter. Special features: 4 short films from the Birthday Movies: Hamming, This is your life?, Vanishing joint, and Streaking. 2006. 75 min. DVD X1710

Cinéma Différent (Different Cinema)
Ten short films, each of which has been presented at one of several Different Cinema Festivals of Paris. They represent a panoramic view of contemporary experimental creations, where visuals take precedence over narration and guide the direction of the films. Themes include: games, desire, encounters, the search for an identity, representation and society. I Motion (7 min., 1995) / written & directed, Rozenn Nobilet -- Sentimental journey (10 min., 2003) / written & directed, Tony Wu & Georges Hsin -- Tandem: faux raccords (6 min., 2001) / written & directed, Colas Ricard & Martin Gracineau -- Geminga (9 min., (2003) / written & directed, Hugo Verlinde -- Ganeden (17 min., 2003) / written & directed, Maurice Lemaitre -- Introspection (5 min., 2002) / written & directed, Richard Beaune -- Jardin prive (12 min., 2000) / written & directed, Stephane Marti -- Our former glory (8 min., 2002) / written & directed, Robert Todd -- I'm (not) seen (5 min., 2003) / written & directed, Takahiko Iimura -- Unfolding (4 min., 2002) / written & directed, Egbert Mittelstadt. Originally produced as motion pictures from 1995 to 2003. Dist: Lowave 93 min. DVD 4425

Cinéma Différent (Different Cinema) Vol. 2
Eight films and videos by artists presented during the Sixth Different Cinema Festival of Paris. This compilation tackes the subjects of femininity, investigation, and the search for identity, created by artists whose inspiration stems from the tradition of cinema as well as cutting-edge contemporary art. Contents: Artémis / Valérie Morignat (2001, 13 min.) -- Flamenc'o / Olivier Fouchard (2002-2003, 7 min.) -- Lily in the glass / Shiho Kano (2003, 6 min.) -- Da qui, sopra il mare / Mauro Santini (2003, 10 min.) -- Deperdition lointaine / Dominik Lange (1999-2004, 11 min.) -- Perhaps/We / Solomon Nagler (2003, 11 min.) -- K (Désert) / Frédérique Devaux (2004, 5 min.) -- F.I.R.T. 119 / Ruben Guzman (2002, 10 min.) Dist: Lowave 93 min. DVD X1135

Cinéma Différent (Different Cinema) Vol. 3
Nine short films, each of which has been presented during the 10th anniversary Different Cinema Festivals of Paris. They represent a panoramic view of contemporary experimental creations, where visuals take precedence over narration and guide the direction of the films. Contents: Césarée / Marguerite Duras (1979, 11 min.) -- Idéal / Isabelle Blanche 2000, 4 min.) -- Empreinte / Xavier Baert 2004, 12 min.) -- L'oel lourd du voyage mécanique / Augustin Gimel (2004, 3 min.) -- Untitled no 1/ Masha Godovannaya (2005, 4 min.)-- Reste-là ! / Frédéric Tachou (2006, 12 min.) -- Le bombardement. Le port des perles / Richard Kerr (2004, 8 min.) -- Desde la memoria / Christina von Greve (2003, 8 min.) -- Cabinet / Robert Todd (2007, 12 min.) Dist: Lowave 93 min. DVD X1136

Le cinéma de mai 68: une histoire. Volume 1
Features sixteen short documentary films about the student and workers' movements in France which culminated in protests and riots in May 1968. Contents: Disc 1. Le premier mai à Saint-Nazaire / un film de Marcel Trillat et Hubert Knapp (20 min., 1967). -- Berlin 68-Rudi Dutschke / un film de l'ARC, sous la direction de Michel Andrieu et Jacques Kébadian (41 min., 1968). -- La glu / un film de Edouard Hayem (19 min., 1968). -- Cléon / Alain Laguarda (27 min., 1968). -- Nantes Sud Aviation / un film de l'ARC ; Pierre-William Glenn et Michel Andrieu (30 min., 1968) -- Disc 2. Ce n'est qu'un début / un film de l'ARC ; réalisé par Michel Andrieu (10 min., 1968). -- Le joli mois de mai / un film de l'ARC (33 min., 1968). -- CA13, Comité d'action du treizième / un film de l'ARC (40 min., 1968). -- Mikono / un film de l'ARC ; réalisé par Jean-Michel Humeau (11 min, 1968). -- Le Droit à la parole / un film de l'ARC ; sous la direction de Michel Andrieu et Jacques Kébadian (52 min., 1968). -- Avec les cheminots du dépôt SNCF de Paris Sud-Ouest / un film de Fernand Moskowicz (10 min., 1968/2008) -- Disc 3. Oser lutter, oser vaincre / Groupe ligne rouge (Jean-Pierre Thorn, 88 min., 1968). -- Citroön-Nanterre / un film de Guy Devart et Edouard Hayem (63 min., 1968). -- La Reprise du travail aux usines Wonder / Pierre Bonneau et Jacques Willemont (9 min., 1968) -- Disc 4. écoute Joseph nous sommes tous solidaires / un film de Jean Lefaux (56 min., 1968). -- Les Deux marseillaises / un film de André S. Labarthe et Jean-Louis Comolli (120 min., 1968). -- L'atelier de recherche cinématographie en mai 68 / par Sébastien Layerle (article published in "Le cinéma militant reprend le travail" CinémAction no 110, 2004) in French with optional French subtitles. DVD X752

Cinépoèmes & films parlants
A collection of ten short films directed by the writer, Pierre Alferi, between 2000 and 2002, with music composed by Rodolphe Burger. The booklet contains English translations of extracts from Le Cinéma des familles. Contents" Films parlants: La Berceuse de Broadway -- La protection des animaux -- Coincés -- Élenfant -- Cinépoèmes: Elvin Jones -- Lapins du soir -- Atman -- Nuitée -- Ne l'oublie pas -- Tante Élisabeth. In French without English subtitles. 82 min. DVD X774

City2city
Ten short films by artists from 9 different countries, all working on urban subjects. The films offer a new way of appreciating the aesthetics of our global cities as they are perceived by cutting-edge video artists and experimental filmakers. Crossings / Marina Chernikova (5 min.) -- Nil / Nose Chan (11 min.) -- Worst case scenario / John Smith (19 min.) -- Sarajevo vertical / Toby Cornish (11 min) -- From 7 PM to 7 PM / Alli Savolainen (5 min.) -- Exchangeable cities / Kentaro Taki (9 min.) -- Street crossing / Pablo Altés (6 min.) -- Es geht auch schneller / Ulrich Fischer (9 min.) -- Hors chants / Dudouet & Kaplan (7 min.) -- Je n'ai pas du tout l'intention de sombrer / Augustin Gimel (5 min.). 80 min. DVD X1130

The Clearing(1994)
Directed by Alex Bistikas. A short film featuring Derek Jarman. Set on Hampstead Heath, the film involves an unidentified walker (eventually revealed as Derek Jarman) who is lured through the woods by the distant sound of a saxophone. He is drawn past inviting groups of men, a woman picnicking, a boy eating an apple. As he reaches the clearing, he finds the player. Included on DVD X59

Club M(2009)
This short film is a digital fusion of computer animation with Latin and hip-hop dance styles. Spontaneous and choreographed movement work in tandem with animated costumes, props and backdrops to enhance the club dynamic. Special lighting effects reveal striking, multimedia visual patterns. Simultaneously, lighting provides a distinctive sense of place for "virtual" dancers (within the video) who frequent CLUB M. The video includes performance work from about 40 ASU Herberger College Dance alumni and undergraduates, in addition to four community members from Open Dance Studio in Phoenix, Ariz. A film by Muriel Magenta. 4 min. DVD X1806

Coffee and Cigarettes(USA / Japan / Italy, 2003)
Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Joe Rigano, Vinny Vella, Vinny Vella, Jr., Reneé French, E.J. Rodriguez, Alex Descas, Isaach Bankolé, Cate Blanchett, Meg White, Jack White, Alfred Molina, Steve Coogan, GZA, RZA, Bill Murray, Bill Rice, Taylor Mead. A collection of eleven stories featuring inspired eccentric match-ups that range from Bill Murray's hilarious delivery of java and advice to Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and GZA to an interchange steeped in jealousy between a successful actress and her bitter cousin. Contents: Strange to meet you -- Twins -- Somewhere in Califonia -- Those things'll kill ya -- Reneé -- No problem -- Cousins -- Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil -- Cousins? -- Delirium -- Champagne. 96 min. DVD 2984
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A Collection of 2006 Academy Award nominated Short Films
A collection of ten short films nominated for the 79th annual Academy Award. Includes the live action short winner and the animated short winner. Live action [films]: Binta & the great idea / Javier Fesser -- Helmer & son / S?ren Pilmark -- One too many / Borja Cobeaga -- The saviour / Peter Templeman -- West Bank story / Ari Sandel (action short winner) -- Animated [films]: Danish poet / Torill Kove (animation winner) -- Maestro / Geza M. Toth -- Bonus short [films] Gentlemen's duel / Francisco Ruiz and Sean McNally -- Guide dog / Bill Plympton -- One rat short / Alex Weil -- Passenger / Chris Jones -- Surviving the rush / Sean Farley -- Wraith of Cobble Hill / Adam Parrish King. DVD 7523

Colloque de chien (Dog's dialogue)(France, 1977)
Directed by Raúl Ruiz. "Although this film is clearly a short at twenty minutes, it packs in more plot than most feature films. It does this through exposition which is aided by the lack of moving images. The majority of this film consists of slideshow like stills explained by an unseen narrator. By limiting the action to these still shots, Ruiz manages to force the viewer to focus on his carefully arranged images while at the same time economically moving the plot along." [IMDB] 20 min. Video/C 3972

Colonial Africa: Films from British Central Africa, 1940s-1960s.
Short feature films, comedies and documentary films produced in British Central Africa from the 1940s to 1960. Contents: l. Lux toilet soap commercial (Container title: Mary's lucky day) (b&w, si. with music, 11 min) -- 2. The box / Central African Film Unit (1948, col., si., 22 min.) -- 3. New acres / Central African Film Unit ; director, Henry Berriff ; producer, Dick Rayner (b&w, sd., 14 min.) -- 4. We were primitive / Southern Rhodesia Information Service (1947, b&w, sd, 19 min.) -- 5. Five messengers / Central African Film Unit (1948, col., si., 31 min.) -- 6. Freedom from fear / Central African Film Unit (1960, b&w, sd., 15 min.) -- 7. Rhodesia and Nyasaland news / Central African Film Unit (b&w, sd., 10 min.). 122 min. Video/C 8162

The Colonial Friend (L'ami y'a bon)(Germany / France, 2005)
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb. "Rachid Bouchareb's indelible and haunting short film The Colonial Friend is a muted, yet thoughtful and compelling true historical account of the 1944 massacre by the French army of indigenous African soldiers who sought to collect wages for their military service. Centered on a Cameroonian farmer, Abi, who, like many able-bodied indigenous men from colonized territories, leaves his family to heed the patriotic call for conscription into the French armed forces during the early 1940s as part of the nation's war campaign against the Germans, he serves with distinction during the war, fighting - and often dying - alongside French and colonized soldiers in the battlefield until he is captured and interned when France falls into the hands of the Germans. Eventually repatriated at the end of the war, Abi briefly returns to his family before rejoining his fellow Senegalese veterans to demand their unpaid wages at Camp de Thiaroye, a peaceful protest that soon turns deadly when the French army turns its armaments towards its own soldiers to force their evacuation from the military installation. Elegantly (and incisively) rendered in two-tone (black and red), pencil sketch animation, Bouchareb understatedly, but effectively presents a pervasive image of subtle, yet omnipresent division and differentiation that continues to surface despite the perpetuated myth of colonial assimilation and enlightened occupation." [Strictly Film School] 9 min. Included on DVD DVD 9925
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Colorforms(2003)
Directed by Eva Saks. When a little girl is scolded for being messy by her uptight parents she finds a friend in her Grandfather. The two go into the city and celebrate Pagwa, a colorful holiday that allows them to be as messy as they like! A story about celebrating the differences among us and cherishing who you are, Colorforms is sure to brighten your day! 8 min. DVD 6345
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Comportamento humano
Directed by Flavio Leandro de Souza. A short film depicting the lives of homeless children in Rio de Janeiro. 15 min. Video/C 999:1991

Confection(2003)
Directed by Eva Saks. A short film about a little girl who learns the joy of giving. 5 min. DVD 6346
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Contra todo (Against All Odds(2006)
Directed by Michel Franco, Karim Raoul, Dora Peña, and Yuri Makino. In the tradition of Amores Perros, the stories in "Contra todo" paint a tapestry of experiences depicting Latino American life in the US. Faced with various obstacles, the characters risk everything to survive. Cyclone tells the story of Miguel growing up on the tough streets of New York. In Crazy Life, LA native Dulce's love for Chuy makes her question right and wrong. In Entre Dos, a doctor compromises his ethical code in order to save the life of his 10 year-old son. Traveling to Mexico City can be dangerous, especially in El Soldado, where Gabo's car gets towed, and he's stuck in a bad part of town. In Night breeze Alma is growing up and wanting to hang out with friends. When a border patrol police stops her demanding identification, her true origins are put to the test. 91 min. DVD 9504

La cotta (The crush)(Italy, TV, 1967)
Directed by Ermanno Olmi. Short feature about a teenage boy's first love. 49 min. Included on DVD 2234
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The Creation of Woman
Directed by Charles F. Schwep. "A year after The Sword and the Flute, Merchant produced his first film, the 14-minute short The Creation of Woman. Made while he was working at the McCann-Erickson advertising agency, it was shot on the most meager of budgets, a mere $9,000 advanced by Charles Schwep, an acquaintance of the time, partner in the endeavor, and the film's director. At first Merchant considered starring in the film, but Schwep wanted a seasoned professional, and in something of a coup they engaged the celebrated Indian dancer Bhaskar Roy Chaudhuri for the leading role. The Creation of Woman begins with the story of the Hindu god Brahma, whose role as creator also encompasses the Christian account of Adam and Eve. The brief film is essentially a fable. After Adam calls on God to give him a female partner, Eve is created and Adam finds that he can neither live with nor without her. Photographed in bold colors (with costumes of red and gold set against a dazzling blue backdrop), Merchant's parable is set to music and dance, with Chaudhuri performing his splendidly sensual and athletic Dance of Shiva that in pantomime tells the story of man's beginnings. An arresting tour de force, the film seems relevant to Merchant himself, who selects the creation story for his theme as he creates himself as a filmmaker. The film was nominated in 1961 for an Academy Award for best theatrical short subject." [Merchant/Ivory Productions] 14 min. Included on DVD 3790
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Date
Directed by Eva Saks. Frustrated by a long wait for her tardy boyfriend, a young woman is unsatisfied by his attempts at apologizing. But her brooding evaporates when they turn a corner to be confronted by a wall adorned with flyers of people regarded as missing since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 5 min. DVD 6328
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Dead of Night (UK, 1945)
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer. Ealing Studios. An architect is caught up in an endless series of recurring dreams, during which he is told other people's supernatural experiences and finally murders the psychiatrist who is trying to help him. The last of the stories, another directed by Cavalcanti, was to become the most celebrated. It concerned a ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) who is becoming possessed by his dummy, which has a repugnant persona. The dummy leads its host to degradation, murder, a prison cell and madness. The possession motif is one that has been revived in the cinema, and Richard Attenborough's Magic (1979) even used the idea of an apparently animate dummy inspiring murder. The story was later adapted for the television show Twilight Zone [See: DVD 4092; vhs 999:1124]

Dead of Night: DVD 4092; vhs 999:1124

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The Debut
Directed by Gene Cajayon. The story revolves around Ben Mercado, a talented high school senior who has rejected his Filipino heritage. This short film is the basis of a longer feature by the same name. Included on DVD 3198

Detroit Unleaded(2007)
Directed by Rola Nashef. Cast: Lamar Babi, Abe Khalil, Salaam Fadlallah, Mary Assel. Behind the bulletproof glass works Sami, a young Arab-American who believes his family's Detroit gas station will give him a chance to see his girl Naj, away from the pressures of their family and friends, while his cousin Mike is sure the station holds the key to an empire built on rolling papers and fake perfume. 20 min. DVD 9221
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Destricted
A collection of shorts linked by a common theme. Two of them are directed by acclaimed film directors and the other five are made by heavyweights from the world of contemporary art. All were invited to make films on their views of sex and pornography. Contents: Impaled / Larry Clark -- House call / Richard Prince (12 min.) -- Hoist / Matthew Barney (15 min.) -- Balkan erotic epic / Marina Abramov (13 min.) -- Sync / Marco Brambilla (2 min.) -- Death Valley / Sam Taylor-Wood (8 min.) -- We F*ck alone / Gaspar Noé (23 min.) DVD 6385

Dokumentarische Filme, 1931-1933
Directed by Ella Bergmann-Michel. Since 1920 artist, photographer, and filmmaker Ella Bergmann-Michel lived and worked at the "Schmelz", an old paint mill near Frankfurt on Main. With guests such as Kurt Schwitters and László Moholy-Nagy the house became an important locale for modern artists. Between 1931 and 1933 she made five silent documentary films that constitute a rare example of socially involved and equally artistic film. The DVD contains these five films, a documentary film about the artist and a comprehensive booklet with essays on Ella Bergmann-Michel's films. Contents: Wo wohnen alte Leute = Where old people live (1931, 13 min.) -- Erwerbslose kochen für Erwerbslose = Unemployed are cooking for the unemployed (1932, 9 min.) -- Fliegende Händler in Frankfurt am Main = Travelling hawkers in Frankfurt am Main (1932, Work print, 21 min.) -- Fischfang in der Rhön an der Sinn = Fishing in the Rhön at the Sinn (1932, 10 min.) -- Wahlkampf 1932: Letzte Wahl = Election campaign 1932: last election (1932-33, 13 min.). Silent with German intertitles and optional English subtitles; booklet in German with parallel English text. 66 min. DVD X776

Du côté de la côte (France, 1958)
Directed by Agnès Varda. A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera. Included on DVD 9074

[Eames, Charles and Ray] Films of Charles and Ray Eames
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Eau(Belgium, 1997)
Directed by Dominique Standaert An adaptation of the novel by Jef Gerraerts, this Belgian made drama takes place in the Congo in 1960. The film features the ironic bond between two protagonists, one white, one black, amid the bloodshed around them. 12 min. DVD 6306
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The Ecology of Love(2004)
Director, Brin Hill. Follows Andre, a struggling penniless actor who heads out to the desert to soul-seek. At a lonely hotel he discovers a French-speaking enchantress. Stars Pharrell Williams, lead singer of N.E.R.D. 18 min. DVD 6348
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Educated(2001)
Directed by Georgia Lee. "Tells the story of Alice, a Chinese-American teenager who finds her best friend Wendy hanging from a noose in the girls' restroom. Although first-time viewers of the film often ask if Lee's inspiration for "Educated" came from personal experience, the story is actually based on a memoir written for the Three Penny Review by Francie Lin about a young Taiwanese girl committing suicide after she failed her college entrance exam. Lee imbues "Educated" with a surrealistic "Clockwork Orange" meets "Joy Luck Club" sensibility. The film's highly stylized exploration of traditional Asian American generational crisis between parents with high expectations and their rebellious teens drifts between fantasy and reality." [Asian American Film Features] Included on DVD 6927
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[Egoyan, Atom] Atom Egoyan Short Films
Howard in Particular (Canada, 1979): An old man reluctantly attends his retirement party, which consists of a six minute taped conversation in an empty room. 14 min.; Peepshow (Canada, 1981): A man uses an instant photo booth with bizarre results, 7 min.; Open House: (Canada, 1982) An odd young real estate agent shows a couple an older house that has seen better days. 25 min. Included on DVD 789

Elephants Never Forget (Los elefantes nunca olvidan)(Mexico, 2004)
Directed by Lorenzo Vigas Castes. In this short film from Mexico, Pedro fails to recognize the pair of teenagers who are traveling with him in a truck on the way to the market. During the journey Pedro chats and jokes, without realizing that the children he once maltreated and abandoned have returned to take revenge. 13 min. DVD 6850
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Erotique(1994)
Four leading and award-winning international filmmakers create a highly charged anthology or erotic short films told from a female point-of-view. Contents: Let's talk about sex / [directed by Lizzie Borden ; written by Lizzie Borden & Susie Bright] -- Taboo parlor / [directed and written by Monika Treut] -- Final call / [directed by Ana Maria Magalhaes ; written by Eloi Calage and Ana Maria Magalh?aes] -- Wonton soup / [directed by Clara Law ; written by Eddie Ling-Ching Fong]. Produced by Christopher Wood and Vicki Herman ; music, Andrew Belling ; camera, Larry Banks. Cast: Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Bryan Cranston, Priscilla Barnes, Camilla Soeberg, Claudia Ohana, Guilherme Leme, Hayley Man, Tim Lounibos, Michael Carr, Marianne Sagebrecht, Tanita Tikaram. Let's talk about sex: An uncompromising look at an aspiring young actress working as a phone sex operator who dramatically redefines the powers of sexual dynamics when she gets a caller to listen to her fantasies. Taboo parlor: A story about a lesbian couple who pick up a man, leading to a night of uncontrollable desires where only the strong survive. Final call: A young teacher attacked on a train begins a sexual relationship with her rescuer allowing her hidden emotions to rise to a feverish frenzy. Wonton soup: Two college lovers reunite in Hong Kong where they discover their different cultures have caused them to grow apart. Determined to prove these obstacles can be overcome, the boy prepares an evening of gourmet food and ancient Chinese sexual techniques. 120 min. DVD 2517

European Short Films
A collection of 16 short films directed by notable European filmmakers. Each short includes audio commentary. Contents: Talk (Bara prata lite) / director, Lukas Moodysson -- Le Batteur de Bolero / Patrice Leconte -- Charlotte et Veronique, ou tous les garcons s'appellent Patrick / Jean-Luc Godard -- Copy shop / Virgil Wildrich -- Epilog / Tom Tykwer -- Fridge / Peter Mullan -- Opening day of close-up / Nanni Moretti -- Gisele Kerozene / Jan Kounen -- World of glory (Harlig ar jorden) / Roy Andersson -- Man without a head (L'homme sans tete) / Juan Solanas -- Concert of wishes (Koncert zyczen) / Krzystof Kieslowski -- Jabberwocky / Jan Svankmajer -- My wrongs #8245-8249 & 117 / Chris Morris -- Nocturne / Lars von Trier -- El secdleto de la tlompeta / Javier Fesser -- Election night (Valgaften) / Anders Thomas Jensen. 209 min. DVD 2822

Fathers
The father / a Richard Green and Associates, Ahadu Films production ; a film by Ermias Woldeamlak ; producer, Maji-da Abdi ; writer, Manyazewal Endashaw ; director, Ermias Woldeamlak (29 min.) -- Surrender / a Richard Green and Associates/Zenj Films production ; a film by Celine Gilbert ; producer, B. Nasra Hillal ; screenplay, Kiiza Kahama, Celine Gilbert ; director, Celine Gilbert (28 min.) -- A barber's wisdom / a Richard Green & Associates ; a film by Amaka Igwe ; producer, Tajuddeen Adepetu ; screenplay, Paul Emema ; director, Amaka Igwe (28 min.).

Presents three films each offering a critical look at the relationships between fathers and their children in contemporary Africa. In The father, the patriarch in question is ultimately the military dictatorship which terrorized Ethiopia in the '70s and '80s, telling the story of a painter who must paint the portrait of the national leader, who's regime has brutalized his family. Surrender shows the traditional face of paternal tyranny, a father controlling his son's life by driving away his friends. Isolated the son eventually surrenders to the demands of paternal authority, marries and produces the grandson his father wants. A Barber's Wisdom shows a modern father who is not traditional enough who compromises his two daughters in his relentless pursuit of money. The father is in Amharic with English subtitles. Surrender is in Swahili with English subtitles. A barber's wisdom is in English. vhs 999:3241

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Female Misbehavior.
Dr. Paglia (c1992) -- Annie (c1989) -- Bondage (c1983/84) -- Max (c1992) -- Didn't do it for love (c1997, 81 min.) One feature length and four short films exploring the outer limits of female sexuality and behaviour. Dr. Pagilia features a confrontational interview with the author of 'Sexual Personae' Camille Paglia. Annie is an inside look at Annie Sprinkle, porn star, performance artist and sexual diva. Bondage centers on an S & M practitioner, Carol, and her use of pain as pleasure. Max is the story of a transexual's journey from female to male. The feature length film Didn't do it for love explores the fascinating life of Eva Norvind, the blond Norwegian bombshell who was Mexico's Marilyn Monroe in the 1960's and New York's leading dominatrix in the 1980s. Directed by Monika Treut. 160 min. DVD 6793

The First Four Films (Os quatro primeiros filmes)
Presents four early films of the director João Cesar Monteiro. In these very low budget shorts one can immediately sense the chaotic indulgence in poetry through the film medium, a representation of upcoming genius. Special features: Interviews with Maria Velho da Costa, Luis Miguel Cintra, Henrique Espirito-Santo, Jorge Silva Melo ; audio interview with João Cesar Monteiro ; drawing by João Rodrigues ; photos ; filmography. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / producão, Rícardo Malheiro (1969, 17 min.) -- Quem espera por sapatos de defunto morre descalco = He goes long barefoot that waits for dead men's shoes / producâo, Jo?ao Cesar Monteiro (1970, 33 min.) -- Fragmentos de um filme-Esmola = Fragments of an Alms-film / produtor, Henrique Espirito-Santo (1972, 72 min.) -- Que farei eu com esta espada? = What shall I do with this sword? (1975, 65 min.) DVD 5179

For Life...Against the War
In 1967, with the Vietnam War escalating wildly, an invitation was issued to filmmakers to create works running under three minutes in protest against the accumulating carnage. The original organizers chose the rubric For Life, Against the War, and eventually compiled sixty films. Now, decades later, an invitation to protest yet another war seemed sadly urgent, inspiring the New York Film-Makers Cooperative to ring the clarion once "...Again." The response was overwhelming, with submissions from several generations of artists unified by a singular disgust for the war in Iraq and the foreign policy that perpetuates it. Compiled with works from the overtly angry to the formally forceful, For Life, Against the War boldly announces that artists can take a stand, again and again. Contents: The scream : 21st century edition / Jim Costanzo -- PSA #11 fallout / Cynthia Madansky -- Lost / Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse -- Graven images / Sherry Millner & Ernie Larsen -- Words on PEACEpiece / Lili White -- Our grief is not a cry for war / Barbara Hammer -- Unfurling / Martha Gorzycki -- Night vision / Alfred Guzzetti -- I shot a spider / Elle Burchill -- Star spangled to death / Ken Jacobs -- For life / against war / Mark Street -- Prototype : God bless America! / Martha Rosler -- Description of a struggle / Bosko Blagojevic -- The small ones / Lynne Sachs -- Untitled / Kevin Barry -- Stop the war / Les LeVeque -- PEACE in order to achieve PEACE / MM Serra -- Mutable fire! / Bradley Eros and Erotic Psyche -- The weather is clearing up! / Jeffrey Skoller -- Peace is ... / Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe -- Sacco and Vanzetti / Douglas Katelus -- War montage / Cara Weiner -- Ashes, ashes ... / Jeff Silva -- Peace and pleasure / Artemis Willis and David Leitner -- Requiescat / Lynn Marie Kirby. 78 min. DVD 8303

Four Short Films Produced and Directed by John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson

Riding the Tiger(1999)
A haunting and lyrical evocation of the hubris, despair and devastation of the American war in Vietnam. Archival film -- both gorgeous and chilling -- and footage of a B-52 graveyard are combined with the voices of GIs, Vietnamese villagers, and journalists, which add human counterpoint to the remarkable images onscreen. Not a treatise, not a polemic, but an artful reminiscence that makes eloquent sense of a dark and troubling time. 17 min. DVD 9574

Empire of the Moon (1991)
Empire of the Moon wryly deconstructs the experience of being a tourist and the yearning to possess the magic of a place. Paris, gorgeously photographed in black-and-white, is the setting for cultural explorations ranging from the mundane to the sublime, as visitors trek from icon to icon, snapping the same photos, climbing the same steps, and at times experiencing the transformative wonder they came to find. DVD 9574

The World As We Know It(2001)
The World as We Know It was made in response to a call put out to the American documentary community in the weeks after 9/11 for short films addressing that tragedy and its aftermath. "9/11: The flags come out and we go to war. Smart bombs or not, just war or not, both the guilty and the innocent die -- as they always have, in appalling numbers, through the centuries." 4 min. DVD 9574

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: The Aftermath of a Random Street Killing(1987)
A deeply affecting portrait of Stephen Moses, a young art student who was shot dead at a phone booth in a random shooting. The voices of the friends he left behind are heard as we see images of his art work in a posthumous exhibit. They remind us of the transience of life, and how quickly tragedy is forgotten in a society inured to violence. 10 min. DVD 9574

Fragile Machine(2005)
Edited by Darren Dugan ; art, animation and music by Ben Steele ; vocals by X. This computer animated film tells the story of Leda Nea, the first girl to be built in a factory instead of being born from a womb. Likened to an electronic opera, this animation-music combination addresses questions about creation, reality, science, religion, and man's role in a new nature of which he has partial authorship. 34 min. DVD 4426

Free Cinema
Free Cinema consisted of a group of young film-makers who decided to rebel against the stifling conformity of British cinema in the late fifties and to make their own films outside the confines of 'the system'. This 3 disc 50th-anniversary compilation of short films about British working class life shows directors expressing personal viewpoints without obligation to subscribe to the technical or social conventions imposed on commercial film-making. The third disc features an 43 min. documentary with interviews, film extracts and previously unseen stills, as well as a specially curated collection of rarely seen films made in the spirit of the Free Cinema movement. Disc 1. Free cinema 1 -- O Dreamland (12 min.) / director, Lindsay Anderson. -- Momma don't allow (22 min.) / directors, Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson. -- Together (49 min.) / director, Lorenza Mazzetti, assisted by Denis Horne. -- Free cinema 3. -- Wakefield express (30 min.) / director, Lindsay Anderson. -- Nice time (17 min.) / directors, Claude Goretta, Alain Tanner. -- The singing street (30 min.) / directors, Nigel McIsaac, J.T.R. Ritchie, Raymond Townsend. -- Every day except Christmas (39 min.) / director, Lindsay Anderson -- Disc 2. Free cinema 6. -- Refuge England (27 min.) / director, Robert Vas. -- Enginemen (17 min.) / director, Michael Grigsby. -- We are the Lambeth boys (49 min.) / director, Karel Reisz. -- Food for a blush (30 min) / director, Elizabeth Russell -- Disc 3. Beyond free cinema. -- One potato two potato (21 min.) / director, Leslie Daiken. -- March to Aldermaston (33 min.) -- The vanishing street (19 min.) / director, Robert Vas. -- Tomorrow's Saturday (17 min.) / director, Michael Grigsby. -- Gala day (25 min.) / director, John Irvin. -- Small is beautiful : the story of the Free Cinema films told by their makers (2006). DVD 8477

Full Disclosure
Directed by Douglas Horn. Everett reveals every terrible habit, attitude, and hang-up on the first date. Shockingly, women don't react as he'd hoped...until he meets Brinn, who's willing to play his game and try for Full Disclosure. 16 nub. Included on DVD X878
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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Vol. 1: Laughing club of India / producer, Adam Bartos ; director, Mira Nair (2000, 35 min.) -- Why can't we be a family again? / producers/directors, Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel ; narrator, Ossie Davis (2002, 27 min.) -- We got us / producers, Joan Booker, Michael Harry ; director, Joan Booker (2001, 25 min.) -- Lucy tsak tsak / director, Andrey Paounov (3 min.) -- Family values / director, Eva Saks (2002, 21 min.) -- The Sunshine / producer/director, Phil Bertelsen (2000, 29 min.) -- Mojave mirage / producers, Kaarina Roberto, Derek Roberto ; director, Kaarina Roberto (2001, 27 min.) Laughing club of India: Explores the power of laughter through the strangely popular phenomenon of laughing clubs in contemporary Bombay. Why can't we be a family again? Chronicles the plight of two brothers in foster care, as they attemp to reunite with a mother who abandoned them for drugs over a decade ago. We got us. Captures four elderly, Jewish women during their weekly game of Mah Jong, as they reminisce about their childhood, marriages, illness, and bereavement. Lucy Tsak Tsak. Traces the life and time of Lucy - one of the first women to work in the Bulgarian film industry. Family values: Refreshing and amusing portrait of a suburban lesbian couple who run a "mom and mom" business cleaning up gory crime scenes. The Sunshine. An intimate look at the residents of one the Bowery's last flophouses. A poignant story about gentrification, poverty and displacement. Mojave mirage. Tells the story of a telephone booth that was placed out in the Mojave desert and the people who came out to answer the phone or place phone calls. DVD 2022

Vol. 2: Crowfilm (c2003) / by Edward P. Davee -- Ms. Alabama Nursing Home (c2003) / by Anne Paas -- Nutria (c2002) / by Ted Gesing -- Album (c2003) / by Barbara Bird -- Wood Island (c2001) / by Kate T. Williamson -- Have you seen this man? (c2003) / by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck -- Iwo Jima : memories in sand (c2001) / by Beret E. Strong and John Tweedy. Crowfilm: a celebration of the crow and its relations to others. Ms. Alabama Nursing Home: Follows an 82-year-old beauty queen on her quest to become Ms. Alabama Nursing Home. Nutria: Tells the story of the Argentine swamp rat that is both destroying the wetlands of Louisiana and rapidly becoming the region's latest culinary delicacy. Album: Presents the creation and destruction of a "typical American family" through old silent home movies. Wood Island: An insightful observation on a community seemingly unchanged by time, in East Boston adjacent to Logan Airport. Have you seen this man? Follows artist/businessman Geoff Lupo as he advertises all over New York City selling useless trinkets. Iwo Jima: Memories in sand: Weaving interviews and archival footage presents a lyrical account of one of the deadliest battles of WWII. DVD 5975

Vol. 3: A thousand worlds (c2003; 8 min.) / by Melba L. Williams -- The great cheesesteak debate (c2003; 13 min.) / Scott Vosbury -- Rosalie's journey (c2004; 22 min.) / Warwick Thornton -- Texas hospitality (c2003; 4 min.) / Michael Pfaendtner -- Journeys (c2004; 37 min.) / Vinayan Kodoth -- Foxhole (c2003; 12 min.) / Franko Galoso. Interviews with: Rodney Williams, Rosalie Kunoth Monks ; voices: Ajay Raina, Shobha Ghosh. A thousand words: Tells the personal story of a quiet Vietnam War veteran and how his children attempt to understand him. The great cheesesteak debate: A war wages in the streets of Philadelphia - who has the best Cheesesteak? Rosalie's journey: An Aboriginal woman's life changes when she is plucked from obscurity to star in the 1955 acclaimed film 'Jedda'. Texas hospitality: Examines the final meal requests from a number of executed prisoners from the state of Texas. Journeys: Explores the universal issues of space and human relations in over-populated Bombay. Foxhole: The paths of two decorated soldiers take an unexpected turn after meeting on the battlefields of Vietnam. DVD 5976

Vol. 4: Miles above (2004) / a film by Mike Welt -- In the shadow of Eden (2004) / written, directed, narrated and edited by Rachael Romero -- Good morning, Yokohama (2003) / directed by Satoshi Ono -- Small town secrets (2004) / a Frameline release ; directed by Katherine Leggett -- Cheeks (2004) / producer, Drew R. Figueroa, Tal Sharon ; directors, Tal Sharon & Daniel Barcelowsky -- Good times (2005) / directed by Alessandro Cassigoli & Dalia Castel. Miles above: When the shuttle Columbia crashed from the sky it was documented from many points of view and largely by amateurs. In the shadow of Eden: The director comes to grips with the abuse she suffered at the hands of her religion-fixated father. Good morning, Yokohama: Captures rush hour in one Japanese city as hordes of workers funnel through turnstiles and jockey for seats on the trains. Small town secrets: Tells a personal story of growing up with closeted gay parents in a small Midwestern town. Cheeks: Meet Joe Cheek, folk musician, retro-fashion plate and dedicated son of two paranoid schizophrenic fundamentalists. Good times: Traces the evolution of Israel's security wall that runs through the center of Abu Dis. DVD 5977

Gegenbilder (GDR Underground Films 1981-89)
Compiled by Claus Loser. The state had a monopoly on film production in East Germany, but it was not absolute. An underground film scene, made up of painters, poets, musicians and performance artists flourished from the 1970s through the 1980s outside official channels. Presented here are ten films from this expressive and provacative film world. Contents: Hommage a La Sarraz, Lutz Dammbeck (1981); September, September, Gino Hahnemann (1986); Draped in white, Cornelia Schleime (1983); Samuel, Cornelia Klauss (1984); Report, a comment on a comment, Volker Lewandowsky (1987); Little Angel, Thomas Frydetzki (1985); Necrology, Claus Loser (1985); 7x7 facts about the life of the poet Tohm di Roes in present climes, Thom di Roes (1983); Hello Berlin, Thomas Werner (1987); Konrad! The mother said, Ramona Koeppel-Welsh (1989). 90 min. Video/C 7150

Get It While You Can(2002)
Directed by Ira Sachs. A portrait of the filmmaker's father, an American businessman on a quest for money and women in modern Moscow. 28 min. Included on DVD 5635

Grand Canyon(1958)
Academy award winning short. Scenes from the Grand Canyon set to Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite." Directed by James Algar. DVD 2220
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Guernica(1950)
Directed by Alain Resnais. "On April 26 1937 the small Basque town of Guernica was bombed without warning by the German aviation. Two thousand people, all civilians, got killed. Like millions all over the world, Pablo Picasso was shocked and he translated his emotion into a magnificent but terrifying picture bearing the name of the martyred city. This film does not only comment on the painting, it also gives it a new life through frantic camera and sound effects." [IMDB] 13 min. Included on DVD X96
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[Greenaway, Peter]The Early Films of Peter Greenaway. Disc 1
A collection of Peter Greenaway's early avant-garde films created between 1969 and 1978. A series of highly innovative and witty short films which are immensely playful and take pleasure in outlandish detail, fake erudition and corkscrew narratives. Contents: A walk through H (1978, 41 min.) -- H is for house (1976, 9 min.) -- Windows (1974, 4 min.) -- Intervals (1969, 6 min.) -- Dear phone (1976, 17 min.) -- Water wrackets (1978, 11 min.) DVD 2374

Halfmoon (Halbmond)(Germany, 1995)
Directors: Frider Schlaich and Irene von Alberti. Cast: Samir Guesmi, Khaled Ksouri, Sondos Belhassen, Veronica Quilligan, Sam Cox, Said Zakir, Mohammad Belfquih. Three short stories by the American expatriate, Paul Bowles, are brought to sinister life - Merkala Beach; Call at Corazon; and Allal. All are haunting films that capture the essence of Bowle's vision of humanity and his love of strange, colorful locals. Based three short stories by Paul Bowles. DVD X154

[Hammer, Barbara] Films of Barbara Hammer, 1: Lesbian Humor.
A collection of six films (1974-1987) spanning the career of this filmmaker. "Hammer's satiric use of technology corresponds well with the Eighties repression of sexual expression." Contents: Menses (10 min.) -- Superdyke (20 min) -- Our Trip (4 min.) -- Sync Touch (10 min.) -- Doll House (3 min.) -- No No Nooky T.V. (12 min.). c1989. 59 min. total running time. Video/C 2740

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[Hammer, Barbara] Films of Barbara Hammer, 2: Lesbian Sexuality.
A collection of four films, including the landmark Dyketactics, the first lesbian lovemaking film to be made by a lesbian. Contents: Dyketactics (1974, 4 min.) -- Multiple Orgasm (1976, 10 min.) -- Double Strength (1978, 16 min.) -- Women I Love (1976, 27 min.) 57 min. total running time. Video/C 2741

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[Hammer, Barbara] Films of Barbara Hammer
Contents: Parisian blinds (1984) -- Tourist (1984-85) -- Optic nerve (1985) -- Place mattes (1987, 8 min.) -- Endangered (1988, 22 min.). Five experimental short films. Parisian Blinds and Tourist: Two films investigating the nature of spectator perception in an unfamiliar environment, questioning the perceptual experience of mass tourism. Optic nerve: A powerful personal reflection on family and aging in a meditation created on her visit to her grandmother in a nursing home. Place Mattes: Explores the space between reaching and touching. Animation and optical printing are used to create travelling mattes for places, confounding the difference between external and internal. Endangered: An exquisite film etched with acid presenting the fragility of birds and animals from the Galapagos Islands. VIDEO/C 8476

Happiness(2006)
Director, Sophie Barthes. Cast, Elzbieta Czyzewska. A Polish American woman buys a box of happiness in a store and cannot decide what to do with it. 11 min. DVD 8071
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The Hard Guy (aka Tough-guy)(1930)
Directed by Arthur Hurley. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Alexander. An unemployed man hangs around his flat. Finally he puts a pistol in his pocket and walks out, leaving his wife in fear. Hearing gunshots but it is not her busband. He has pawned the gun and returned with food for the baby. 6 min. Supplementary on DVD 3511
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[Harris, Harris] The Films of Hilary Harris
Contains four short films by the documentary filmmaker Hilary Harris, one of the pioneers of time-lapse photography, as well as information about him. Includes the film "Organism," an epic vision of New York City shot over 17 years (1959-74), during which time Harris pioneered and contemporized time-lapse film making techniques to achieve a unique experiential view of the world. Contents: Organism (col. and b&w, 20 min., 1975) -- 9 Variations [9 variations on a dance theme] (b&w, 13 min., 1966) -- Highway (b&w, 5 min., 1958) -- Longhorn (b&w, 4 min., 1951) -- About the filmmaker: Television interview with Hilary Harris by Amos Vogel (b&w, 27 min., 1964). DVD 9954

[Herzog, Werner] Short Films by Werner Herzog
Contents: Die grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Schneider = The great ecstasy of the sculptor Steiner (45 min.) (1975) -- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck -- : beobachtungen zu einer neuen Sprache (45 min.) (1977) -- La Soufrière : warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe = La Soufrière : waiting for an inevitable catastrophe (30 min.) (1977). Three short documentaries from the 1970's by the director Werner Herzog. Die grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Schneider is about Walter Steiner, a Swiss woodcarver and world class ski jumper. How much wood can a woodchuck chuck is a visit to the annual world championship of livestock auctioneers in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. La Soufri?ere is about the anticipated eruption of a volcano on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and Herzog's experience when he chooses to stay behind when everyone else evacuates. DVD 4628

[Herzog, Werner] Under the Ice
A documentary examining the ancient practice of Sturgeon Spearing in Wisconsin. We help viewers see why fishermen spent hours on a frozen lake for a small shot at spearing a pre-historic fish. 29 min. Included on DVD X793

[Herzog, Werner] Werner Herzog, Documentaries and Shorts
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[Hidalgo-de la Riva, T. Osa] Selected films and Shorts
Selected films and shorts by Osa Hidalgo-de la Riva. Her works explore the representation of Chicanas in films and videos and lesbianism in various cultures. Contents: Disc 1: 1. Amor en Aztlan (1987, 5 min. musical montage) / U.C. Santa Cruz with Ruben Blades music "Motherland" -- 2. Primitive and proud (1992, 17 min., In English) /Part II of Mujeria sequel -- 3. Olmeca rap (1990, 5 min.) / Part I of Mujeria sequel -- 4. Two spirits: native lesbians & gays (1992, 26 min.) / co-produced with Deep Dish TV, Royal Eagle Bear Productions, Mona Smith and Third World Newsreel -- 5. Primitive and proud (1992, 17 min., In Spanish) / Part II of Mujeria sequel -- 6. Transformation (1989, 5 min.) / found footage experiment with Nona Hendryx music "transformation" -- 7. Zone 4: a prison poem (1998?, 5 min.) -- 8. Marginal eyes: or Mujeria fantasy #1 (2000?, 17 min.) -- Disc 2: The power of 13 (Re-generations), (2006, 3 min.) Directed by Osa Hidalgo-de la Riva. 100 min. DVD X1086

The Hire: A Series of 8 Short Films
A collection of related short films created by some of the movie industry's best talent. In each film, Clive Owen stars as the Driver, whose skill behind the wheel becomes critical to the film's plot. Sub-stories provide an underlying plot linking each film to the next. Contents: Hostage / John Woo -- Ticker / Joe Carnahan -- Beat the devil / Tony Scott -- Ambush / John Frankenheimer -- Chosen / Ang Lee -- The follow / Wong Kar-Wai -- Star / Guy Ritchie -- Powder keg / Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Directors: John Woo, Joe Carnahan, Tony Scott, John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Guy Ritchie, Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu. DVD 2173

Une histoire d'eau(France, 1961)
A short film by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. "A young woman is going to Paris by bus, but when she steps out of her house she discovers that her garden and the whole village is flooded with water. With a boat and a bike she succeeds to reach a dry spot in the village. There a young man in a car offers her a lift. They drive around in circles, trying to find a way out of the area, but all ways are blocked by the water. Concurrently with the ever rising water the emotions within the two young people also start rising. At last they find their way out of the flooded area. When they reach Paris and the young woman looks up at the Eiffel Tower, she knows that she is going to spend the night with this man/" [IMDB] Included on DVD X1689

Hold Up(USA /France, 2006)
Director, Madelein Olnek. In this short film a robber is after more than money at a convenience store hold up. 6 min. DVD 6508
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Hole in the Soul (Rupa u dusi)(1994)
Directed by Dusan Makavejev. A tragicomic autobiographical short film, originally made for the BBC.
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The House(1963)
Directed by Robert Wilson. Included on DVD 8902

[Howard, Ron] Short Films by Ron
Included on DVD 2312
The Deed of Daring Do (1969)
Cast, Clint Howard.
Cards, Cads, Guns, Fore and Death(1969)
Cast, Clint Howard.
Old Paint (1969)
Cast, Clint Howard, Bill Conklin.

Hua yang de nian hua (Hong Kong / China, 2000)
Directed by Kar Wai Wong. Hua Yang De Nian Hua consists of a 2m 28 second montage of scenes from vintage Chinese films, most of which were considered lost until some nitrate prints were discovered in a California warehouse during the 1990s, set to a song from the soundtrack of Wong's In the Mood for Love Included on DVD 1156

The Illustrated Man (1969)
Directed by Jack Smight. Cast: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers, Tim Weldon, Cristine Matchett. A carnival roustabout and weaver of tales has been almost entirely "illustrated" with tattoos which become the settings for an anthology of strange science-fiction stories. Based on the anthology by Ray Bradbury. 103 min. DVD 6841
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Jesus Henry Christ(2003)
Directed by Dennis Lee. Henry, a scholarship student with unconventional convictions in a strict Catholic school, is once again sent to the headmaster's office. 7 min. DVD 6310
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[Jones, Geoffrey]The Rhythm of Film
Since the 1950s Geoffrey Jones has often used the industrial short to express his unique art. In such films as Snow and Rail, and Trinidad and Tobago images react, combine and dance together to create a living pulsing journey. In his final BTF film Locomotion, the entire history of the British railways is illustrated through an accelerating frenzy of rhythm. Snow (1963, 8 min.); Rail (1966, 13 min.); Locomotion (1975, 15 min.); Trinidad and Tobago (1964, 19 min.); Shell Spirit (1962, 2 min.); This is Shell (1970, 8 min.); Seasons project (12 min.); A chair-a-plane Kwela (3 min.); A chair-a-plane flamenco (6 min.); plus a 31-min. interview with Geoffrey Jones. DVD 6204

The Katrina Experience: A Collection of Short Films
An eye in the storm (USA, 2006, 20 min.) / directed by Neil Alexander -- Still standing (USA, 2006, 7 min.) / directed by Paola Mendoza -- New Orleans furlough (USA, 2006, 10 min.) / directed by Amir Bar-Lev -- After Katrina: rebuilding St. Bernard Parish (USA, 2006, 22 min.) / directed by Adam Finberg. Eye on the storm: A stunning video diary offering up first person accounts that go way beyond the television coverage, beginning from the day the hurricane barreled its way into the lives of New Orleans' residents through their struggles to make sense of the aftermath. Still standing: A filmmaker comforts her Columbian grandmother as they examine the wreckage of her home in Waveland, Mississippi after the hurricane. The vulnerability of the foreign and the elderly is poignantly revealed, as well as this grandmother's surprisingly indomitable spirit. New Orleans furlough: A member of the National Guard returns from Iraq and sees in New Orleans' devastation a new mission. But his personal demons make him as dysfunctional as our own government was in coping with the tragedy. After Katrina: rebuilding St. Bernard Parish: A sensitive elegy to a working-class community's destroyed neighborhood and its passionate commitment to rebuild. We are offered intimate views of the nitty-gritty challenges that confront its residents. DVD 6048

[Keuken, Johan van der] Johan van der Keuken: The Complete Collection

For longer films by van der Keuken, see Experimental/Avant Garde videography

Volume 1/Disc 1: Contents: [I]. I [love] $ (1986, 140 min.) -- [2]. Beauty = Det schoonheid (1970, 21 min.) -- [3] Even stilte = A moment's silence = Un moment de silence (1960-63, 10 min.) I [love] money: New York, Geneva, Hong Kong and Amsterdam are major hubs of the world's economy. Great amounts of money circulate there, and whereas poverty is ubiquitous in the streets of New York, Geneva carefully protects its wealth behind impeccable facades. No one is unaffected by the myth of the all-powerful Dollar: the under-privileged struggle to survive talking about their unattainable dream, while businessmen, from the safe distance of their offices, lay down the tenets of the financial philosophy. Beauty: The dream world of a faschist spy named Beauty who destroys himself by attempting to impose a rigid working order on the world. The recurring themes of van der Keuken's work -- time, violence, the perception of reality -- are explored here with exceptional intensity. A moment's silence: One of John van der Keuken's first independent projects produced on an extremely modest budget. The coming and going of street traffic in Amsterdam slows and finally the city is immobilized. In the silence, short live sequences introduce simple poetic observations of a peaceful urban landscape. DVD 6638

Volume 1/Disc 2: Contents: Het oog boven de put = The eye above the well = L'oeil au-dessus du puits (1988, 90 min.) -- Lucebert, tijd en afscheid = Lucebert, time and farewell = Lucebert, temps et adieux (1962, 1966, 1994, 51 min.) -- The unanswered question = La question sans réponse (1986, 17 min.) -- On animal locomotion (1994, 15 min.) Eye above the well: Explores India's spiritual and economic condition, moving from the city to the countryside in the region of Kerala, as it focuses on the essence of that civilization. Captured without commentary by a gliding camera are a cacophony of distinctly nonwestern sights and sounds: the bustling city streets, the serene landscapes of the surrounding countryside, a family preparing for dinner, an elderly actor performing his mythological drama, a modest country moneylender traveling from village to village, young girls at their singing lessons. Lucebert, time and farewell: One of the greatest Dutch poets of the twentieth century, Lucebert was also a major painter who participated in the Cobra movement. This is van der Keuken's acclaimed triptych of three short films on Lucerbert produced in 1962, 1966, and 1994. Unanswered question: A didactic verse on the mechanic (or rather, organic) function of memory and therefore, also on cinema. On animal locomotion: An illustration of the human body in motion with music from the Dutch composer Willem Breuker. DVD 6639

Volume 2/Disc 1: Contents: Brass unbound (1993, 106 min.) -- Sarajevo film festival film (1993, 14 min.) -- Time / Work (1999, 11 min.) -- Johan van der Keuken: A documentary (1999, 52 min.) Brass unbound: A study of how colonized peoples have transformed the music of the colonialists into their own music of celebration and ritual. Filmed in Nepal, Surinam, Minahassa (Indonesia) and Ghana, the film is based on the musicological research of Rob Boonzajer Flaes. Sarajevo Film Festival Film: In the twentieth month of the siege, Sarajevo organizes a film festival, despite the critical situation admist winter and war. Van der Keuken presents Face Value and Brass Unbound and exploring with his camera, interviews the festival organizer. Time/Work: This montage of excerpts from van der Keuken's films shows the repetitive motions of various rural, craft, and industrial labors from around the world. Johan van der Keuken: a documentary: Van der Keuken retraces his steps from Amsterdam to Paris, recalling 40 years of cinema in the process, in this revealing documentary by Thierry Nouel. DVD X388

Volume 2/Disc 3: Contents: To Sang Fotostudio (1997, 33 min.) -- Living with your eyes / a documentary by Ramón Gieling (1997, 55 min.) -- Amsterdam afterbeat (1996, 16 min.) -- Interview / a documentary by Thierry Nouel (2001, 35 min.). To Sang Fotostudio: Shop owners of various ethnic backgrounds situated on the Amsterdam street where Chinese photographer Mr. To Sang has his photo studio want to have their portraits taken. Van der Keuken captures their many cultural exchanges on film. Livining with your eyes: Documentary about the making of To Sang Fotostudio, capturing the filmmaker's creative process. Includes interviews with critics and scholars who comment on van der Keuken's work. Amersterdam afterbeat: Outtakes from Amsterdam Global Village. Interview/documentary by Thierry Nouel: In this conversation the filmmaker reveals his ideas, assesses his life of creativity and reflects on his travels and work. DVD X390

Volume 3/Disc 1: Contents: The new ice age (1974, 80 min.) -- Four walls (1965, 22 min.) -- Velocity 40-70 (1970, 25 min.) -- The wall (1973, 9 min.) -- Springtime : three portraits (1976, 42 min.). Four walls: As Amsterdam is going through a serious housing crisis the filmmaker reflects on the relationship between home and mental space. Velocity 40-70: While interviewing a survivor of Auschwitz, van der Keuken reconsiders the war by images of the present and presents a lucid observation of the realities of today. The film is preceded by an interview with the filmmaker. The wall: One misty October morning a community in Amsterdam comes together to paint an enormous fresco on one of the walls of a norrow street in the neighborhood. Springtime : three portraits: "Snapshots" taken in Western Europe of people who each in their own way, are living examples of the economic tensions of the mid 1970s. DVD X402

Volume 3/Disc 2: Contents: Diary (1972, 78 min.) -- The white castle (1973, 78 min.) -- Bert Schierbeek/ The door (1973, 11 min.) -- Vietnam Opera (1973, 11 min.). Summary Diary: Filmed in Cameroon, Morocco, and Holland, this first part of a triptych is dedicated to defining the relationship between poor countries (the developing Southern hemisphere) and rich countries (the industrialized North). White castle: The principal theme of this second part of the North-South triptych is the destruction that marks our existence, and the isolation and despair that are the bitter fruits of "the system." The film weaves itself through three locations: a Spanish island frequented by tourists, a community center in a ghetto of Columbus, Ohio and two factories in the Netherlands. Bert Schierbeek/ The door: An anthology of the work of Dutch poet Bert Schierbeek, inspired by the disappearance of his wife. Vietnam opera: In 1973, a group of Vietnamese actors has come to Amsterdam in the framework of a major demonstration in support of the liberation movement. Here, van der Keuken juxtaposes this naive spectacle with images of overfed Dutchmen filmed in a market street in Amsterdam. DVD X403

Volume 3/Disc 3: Contents: Paris a l'aube (1960, 10 min.) -- Blind child (1964, 24 min.) -- Beppie (1965, 38 ,min.) -- Herman Slobbe/ Blind child 2 (1966, 29 min.) -- Big Ben/ Ben Webster in Europe (1967, 31 min.) -- The spirit of the time (1968, 42 min.) -- The cat (1968, 5 min.) Paris a l'aube: A lyrical ode to Paris filmed at dawn, made in collaboration with James Blue and set to music by Derry Hall. Blind child: What is a blind child's perspective on reality? Van de Keuken spent two months in a Dutch school for the blind investigating this question. Beppie: Recounts the adventures of a ten-year-old Amsterdam girl as the filmmaker follows her through her daily life in the city. Herman Slobbe/ Blind child 2: Filmed two years after Blind Child, this second film on blind children focuses more specifically on one young boy approaching puberty who must struggle to find his own way. Big Ben/ Ben Webster in Europe: A look at the personality and talent of Ben Webster, the American jazz and blues saxophonist based in Amsterdam. Spirit of the time: The filmmaker's camera captures the spirit of the sixties in this examination of the hippy movement and protests against the war in Vietnam. The cat: A series of "cosmic" observations of the filmmakers cat, accompanied by a text on the necessity of innovation in expression and communication in cinema. DVD X404

[Kieslowski, Krzystztof] Krzystztof Kieslowski Short Documentaries

Factory (Fabryka) (Poland, 1970)
Documentary revolving around the Polish situation on an industrial level at the tail-end of the 1960s: it alternates between stark images at a metallurgic foundry and a board-room meeting among the various executives involved in its management. 17 min. Included on DVD 6605

Hospital (Szpital) (Poland, 1976)
24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses. 22 min. Included on DVD 6605

Railway Station (Dworzec) (Poland, 1980)
This proved to be one of the director's last shorts which, again, follows the model of his previous efforts -- depicting the buzzing activity at a public place. 14 min. Included on DVD 6605

Concert of Requests (Koncert zyczen) (Poland, 1967)
A young couple leave a lake campsite on motorbike at the same time as a bus full of youths. The boy accidently loses a tent along the road which is picked up by those in the bus who offer a trade of the tent for his girl. 15 min. Included on DVD 6605

The Office (Urzad) (Poland, 1966)
"In an office processing pension applications, people wait. Clerks give instructions and explanations, finding fault with each document presented. People smoke, standing in line with papers in hand. A clerk sharpens a pencil methodically. Papers are stamped, further instructions given. Someone makes tea. The clerks take their break while people wait quietly. Papers have been stacked, sorted, placed in folders, and filed - row upon row, shelf upon shelf of files. Enervation is all." [IMDB] DVD 4185

Talking heads(Gadajace glowy) (Poland, 1980)
In 1980, the late Krzysztof Kieslowski interviewed a number of ordinary Poles (born at various times over the preceding 100 years), asking them who they were and what they wanted from life. The results were assembled into this short film. What strikes one today, whether it is a sign of communist Poland at this time, or merely of Kieslowksi's own fascination with moral questions, is how sombre and serious most of the answers are: no-one says they want to sleep with a film star or make a quick million. It's also noticeable how similar the answers are, despite the great age difference of the participants. The best answer is fittingly the last one. [IMDB] 16 min. DVD 4182

Killer Mirindas (Mirindas asesinas)
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia. "A man comes into a bar in which there's only one other customer and asks the bartender to serve him a Mirinda (a Spanish orange drink). But then he refuses to pay for it, saying that the bartender had never warned him that he would have to; when the bartender insists, the man takes out a rifle and kills him. Then he asks the other customer to keep serving him more Mirindas, and therefore this other man sees himself forced to replace the bartender, for fear of what the killer will do to him if he doesn't." [IMDB] Included on DVD 9838
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Killervator (2002)
Directed by Patrick Lim. "Killervator" (2002, 10 min.) is a tribute to B-grade horror movies. See what happens to two film students in the final hours before their disappearance. Second feature "Choice" (2002?, 23 min.)is an expletive-driven account of three young people pouring out their screwed up lives to each other during a steamy night of pot and alcohol. Non-US format DVD (PAL). DVD 5140
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[Kluge, Alexander] Alexander Kluge: Short Films

Alexander Kluge bibliography

Der Eiffelturm, King Kong und die weiße Frau & Mann ohne Kopf Der Eiffelturm, King Kong und die weiße Frau: A typical magazine from the start-up period of the independent television window in private broadcast TV. All traditional possibilities for expression in film and many types of television are experimented with: Editing, collage, multiple exposure, narrative interlacing. Mann ohne Kopf: Ballads and murder ballads are elemental narrative styles that are the precursor to the cinema. They relate destinies and emotion. Contents: Disc 1. Deutschland/Germany 1988-1990: Die Afrikanerin oder Liebe mit tödlichem Ausgang = The African woman or Love with a deadly finale (1988, 24 min.) / DCTP, 10 vor 11/Ten to Eleven -- Die Guillotine oder die Kategorie der Plötzlichkeit = The guillotine or the category of suddenness / 10 vor 11, Spiegel TV News & Stories, DCTP Magazin (1988, 24 min.) -- Der Eiffelturm, King Kong und die weiße Frau = The Eiffel tower, King Kong, and the white woman (1988, 24 min.) / 10 vor 11/Ten to Eleven, DCTP News & stories -- Antiquitäten der Reklame = Artifacts of advertising (1988, 24 min.) / DCTP, 10 vor 11/Ten to Eleven -- Das Fliegerlied = The pilot's song (1988, 22 min.) / DCTP, 10 vor 11/Ten to Eleven -- Wilde Nacht mit Mond = Wild night with moon / DCTP ; Prime Time Spätausgabe (1990, 16 min.) Disc 2. Deutschland/Germany 1994-2008: Mann ohne Kopf : die Lücke, die der Teufel lässt = Headless man : the space left by the devil (2007, 2 min.) -- Woher stammt das Lied "Die Fahne hoch" = What is the origin of the song: "The flag on high"? (1994, 9 min.) -- Die Zeit, die vergehen muß, damit eine Zuschauermenge Initiative ergreift = The time that must pass before an audience takes the initiative (2007, 4 min.) -- Bleib steh'n, Wanderer, und lies = Stop stranger and read / DCTP News & stories ; Balladenmagazin mit Texten von Durs Grünbein, H.M. Enzensberger und von unbekannten Autoren (Cut edition, 1996, 15 min.) -- Nur Gott hat zugesehen : die stärke einfacher Bilder = Only God witnessed it : the power of simple images (cut edition, 2002, 12 min.) / DCTP, 10 vor 11/Ten to Eleven -- N.Y. Ground Zero (2002, 2 min.) -- Raubengel = Preying angel (2007, 1 min.) -- Der Untergang der Titanic = The sinking of the Titanic (2003, 15 min.) -- Solange die Notenblätter reichen = As long as the sheet music lasts (2007, 2 min.) -- Die Rache der betrogenen Braut = The revenge of the betrayed bride (1994, 13 min.) -- Die neun Unzertrennlichen = The inseparable nine (1994, 3 min.) -- Amok. Das Ende der Einfühlung = Amok. The end of empathy (2002, 45 min.). DVD X769

Triebwerk-Husten / Engine Cough (11 min.), 1996 -- Lernprozess mit todlichem Ausgang / Learning Process with a Deadly Outcome (1 min.), 1998 -- Der Tag ist nah / The Day is Nigh (15 min.), 1997-- Raumfahrt als inneres Erlebnis / Spaceflight as an Internal Experience (15 min.), 1999 -- Das gab's nur einmal (1 min.), 2006. DVD 8159

Nachricht vom Filmfestival in Venedig 1966 / News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival (1 min.), 1966 -- Brutalitat in Stein / Brutality in Stone (11 min.), 1961 -- Ein Liebesversuch / An Experiment in Love (13 min.), 1998 -- An Vertov / For Vertov (1 min.), 1998 -- Disc 2. Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin / Part-time Work of a Domestic Slave / starring Alexandra Kluge (87 min.), 1973 -- Lehrer im Wandel (11 min.), 1963 -- Sam remembers Papa Kong (1 min.), 2006. DVD 8160

Biermann-Film (1974 ; 3 min.) -- Portrat einer Bewahrung = Policeman's lot (1964 ; 12 min.) -- Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld (2006 ; 1 min.) -- La Habanera (2006 ; 1 min.) DVD 8165

Nachrichten von den Staufern (22 min.), 1977 -- Neonrohren des Himmels (1 min.), 1998 -- Die Menschen, die das Staufer-Jahr vorbereiten (39 min.), 1977 -- 100 Jahre deutscher Rhein (1 min.), 1988. DVD 8166

Auf der Suche nach einer praktisch-realistischen Haltung (12 min.), 1983 -- So tuckisch sind Friedensschlusse (1 min.), 2006. -- Disc 2. -- Große Reiche muss man leiten wie man kleine Fischlein brat (15 min.), 1993 -- Sturm uber Agypten (1 min.), 2006. DVD 8170

Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (13 min.), 1967 -- Ein Arzt aus Halberstadt (29 min.), 1970 -- Besitzburgerin, Jahrgang 1908 (11 min.), 1973 --Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein Dampfer (1 min.), 2006. DVD 8177

Hinrichtung eines Elefanten (15 min.), 2000 -- 5 Stunden Parsifal (1 min.), 1998 -- Disc 2. Die unbezahmbare Leni Peickert = Undomitable Leni Peickert (33 min.), 1970 -- Die traurige Nachricht (1 min.), 2006. DVD 8178

Minutenfilme = Minute Films ; Der flexible Unternehmer = The Flexible Entrepreneur ; Die Liebe stöis previous effortsrt der kalte Tod = Cold Death Interrupts Love ; Wer immer hofft, stirbt singend = He Who Hopes dies Singing ; Eine Frau wie ein Vulkan = A Woman Like a Volcano ; Der Offizier als Philosoph = The Officer as a Philosopher -- Rennen = Racing (9 min.), 1961 -- Protokoll einer Revolution = Transcription of a Revolution (12 min.), 1963. DVD 8171

E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
11 min. DVD 8171

Koza(Turkey, 1995)
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Due to some painful experiences of their past, an old couple at their seventies live separately. One day they come together again. But the meeting which they hope will heal the lingering pain doesn't give the expected results. 20 min. Included on DVD 3663
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Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
Based on original stories by Kurt Vonnegut. Series producer, Jonathan Goodwill ; director, Brad Turner. Originally broadcast as 2 episodes on the television series Kurt Vonnegut's monkey house in 1991-1993.

Vol. 2: Contents: All the kings horses / director, Allan King ; writer, Stan Daniels (1991, 25 min.) -- The Euphio question / Director, Gilbert Shilton ; writer, Jeffery Cohen (1991, 25 min.) -- Next door / Director, Paul Shapiro ; writer, Jeremy Hole. (1991, 25 min.) All the kings horses: Len Cariou, Miguel Fernandes, Don S. Davis, Linda Darlow, Robert Wisden. The Euphio question: Gordon Clapp, Donnelly Rhodes, Jackson Davies, Lynne Cormack. Next door: Kaj-Eric Erikson, Timothy Webber, Charlene Fernetz, Jason Scott. 78 min. Video/C 6083

Vol. 2: Contents: Epicac: Ally Sheedy, Garwin Sanford, Stan Daniels (voice of Epicac). Fortitude: Frank Langella, Malcolm Stewart, Yvonne Lawley. More stately mansions: Madeline Kahn, Stuart Margolin, Teresa Woodham. The Foster portfolio: John Cryer, Katie Wolfe, Nick Blake. Epicac: In this amusing tale of a most unusual love triangle, Lisa Kilgallen is being courted by a coworker, but intellectually, she is better suited to a computer named Epicac. Betrayal and confusion ensue, but Lisa works out a novel solution and finds the true marriage of body and soul. Fortitude: Actor Geoffrey Demarest is shocked to receive one million dollars from an elderly fan. He visits her at a medical clinic where she is a patient but finds she is only technically alive. She is helplessly disembodied because of a lucrative bargain made earlier with her doctor. With Demarest's help, she gives the doctor a taste of his own medicine. 52 min. Video/C 6084

Vol. 3: Contents: More stately mansions / writer, Chris Haddock (1993, 25 min.) -- The Foster portfolio / writer, Jeremy Hole (1993, 25 min.) More stately mansions: Madeline Kahn, Stuart Margolin, Teresa Woodham. The Foster portfolio: John Cryer, Katie Wolfe, Nick Blake. Originally broadcast as 2 episodes on the television series Kurt Vonnegut's monkey house in 1993. More stately mansions: When Anne and Alan move to their new home, their persistent neighbor quickly takes over the redecorating. The couple gets more than they bargained for when things take a bizarre turn. The Foster Portfolio: A washed up investment advisor and his assistant learn that some things aren't what they seem. Their client has a million dollar secret he's keeping from his wife. But after a little snooping, the pair discovers another shock. 52 min. Video/C 6085

The Last Man in Brooklyn(2006)
Directed by Roberto Bentivegna. The year is 2092. The world has torn itself apart with nuclear weapons. In what's left of Brooklyn, New York, two men live a lonely coexistence. One is scarred by the searing radiation of atomic bombs, the other a miraculously unscathed drifter bent on cruelty for his own foul pleasure. Then, she comes along... 9 min. DVD 7914
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[Leslie, Alfred] Alfred Leslie: Cool Man in a Golden Age: Selected Films
Contents: Pull my daisy: G-String Enterprises ; adapted, photographed and directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie ; written by Jack Kerouac. The last clean shirt: Czé Zléyiuz Edu Filméei presents ; [produced, photographed, written and directed by Alfred Leslie] ; subtitle texts by Frank O'Hara. Birth of a nation: film by Alfred Leslie ; [text by Frank O'Hara]. USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara: Thirteen/WNET ; [directed by Richard O. Moore]. A stranger calls at midnight: Edu Filmii and Klopstokia Worldwide. Cast: Pull my daisy: Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Mooney Peebles, Peter Orlofsky, Larry Rivers ; narrated by Jack Kerouac. The last clean shirt: Ruth Cazalet, Richard White. Birth of a nation: John Ahearn, Miles Forest, Dorothea Rockburne, Charlotte Bellamy, Karen Peters, Willem de Kooning. USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara: Frank O'Hara, Alfred Leslie. A stranger calls at midnight: Alfred Leslie. Pull my daisy: Milo is a railroad brakeman, his wife a painter. They have some poet friends who spend a good bit of time hanging out at their apartment. When Milo and his wife are visited by their bishop, they naturally would like their friends to be on their best behavior. But poets will be poets. The last clean shirt: A couple drives around Manhattan in a convertible. Birth of a nation: Originally filmed in 1965, this film was largely destroyed in a fire. Leslie recovered 14 minutes of footage and some sound elements in this 2007 restoration. The film is a wild counterculture opera which included inter-racial marriage, a claustrophobic ménage a trois, lesbian parents, masturbation, suicide, a number of musical interludes and apparently lots of telephones ringing. DVD X1747

Lick the Star(1998)
Directed by Sofia Coppola. Explores the politics of four middle school girls during a pivotal time in their lives. Their campaign: poison the boys in their school in a secret plan codenamed Lick the Star. 14 min. DVD 6329
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Little Terrorist(India / UK, 2004)
Directed by Ashvin Kumar. A 10-year-old Pakistani boy mistakenly crosses the border with no way of getting back. 15 min. DVD 6354
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The Littlest Diplomat (1937)
Directed by Bobby Connolly. Cast: Sybil Jason, Lumsden Hare. "At an outpost near Peshawar, gruff Colonel Hardwick wants to put down the local rebellious Khan with bullets and bayonets, but the British government wants to try diplomacy, so Sir Harmon, the civilian leader, orders Hardwick to make no belligerent moves. The outpost is paid an unannounced visit by Sybil Hardwick, the colonel's granddaughter. The charming Sybil, an orphan of about seven, is strong-willed, so when her grandfather orders her to stay in her room, she leaves through the window. She's soon picked up by the Khan's men. The colonel defies Sir Harmon and rides with his men toward the Khan's encampment intent on shooting up the place and rescuing Sybil. A surprise awaits." [IMDB] 19 min. Included on DVD 6805
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Lucky(UK, 2005)
Directed by Arvie Luthra. Produced in South Africa, this short film tells the story of Lucky, an AIDS orphan desperate to leave his rural Zulu village for the bright lights of Durban. Full of excitement and hope, he has to learn about life the hard way through an unlikely bond with a racist Indian neighbor. 18 min. DVD 6722
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Lumière et compagnie
To commemorate the Centennial of the Lumiere Brothers' first motion picture, 40 of the world's leading international filmmakers created their own one minute Lumiere film. Using the restored original camera, each director offered his own signature style to the film. These exciting eclectic shorts are combined with intriguing interviews with the filmmakers. Filmmakers: Gabriel Axel, Theo Angelopoulos, Vicente Aranda, Merzak Allouache, John Boorman, Bigas Luna, Youssef Chahine, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Raymond Depardon, Francis Girod, Peter Greenaway, Michael Haneke, Lasse Hallstrom, Hugh Hudson, Idrissa Ouedraogo, James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, Gaston Kabore, Abbas Kiarostami, Cedric Klapisch, Andrei Konchalovsky, David Lynch, Patrice Leconte, Louis Lumiere, Claude Lelouch, Claude Miller, Lucian Pintilie, Arthur Penn, Jacques Rivette, Jerry Schatzberg, Spike Lee, Helma Sanders, Fernando Trueba, Nadine Trintignant, Liv Ullmann, Jaco van Dormael, Regis Wargnier, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, Kiju Yoshida. Video/C 999:1611

[Lynch, David] The Short Films of David Lynch
Some of the earliest short films of David Lynch, American film producer and director; the modern day master of the surreal and macabre. Contents: Six men getting sick (1967, 4 min.) -- The alphabet (1968, 4 min.) -- The grandmother (1970, 34 min.) -- The amputee (1973, 5 min., 4 min.) -- The cowboy and the Frenchman (1987, 26 min.) -- Lumiere (aka: Lumi?ere et compagnie) (1995, 55 sec.) DVD X671

[Maddin, Guy] Short Films
Included on DVD X429

It's My Mother's Birthday Today

Footsteps

[Makhmalbaf, Mohsen] Mohsen Makhmalbaf Short Films

Images from the Qajar Dynasty (Iran, 2001)
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Cast: Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi. Inspired by the true story of Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist who returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and despairing over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide. Clothed in the traditional burka, Nafas enters Afghanistan where she encounters bandits, corpse-robbers, marooned exiles, overwhelmed Red Cross workers, and hordes of land-mine victims. 85 min. DVD 1616; also on DVD 3529
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School Blown Away by the Wind (Iran, 1996)
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The school for nomad children seen in the film Gabbeh, is the subject of this heartwarming drama. An old man visits the classroom, and at first mistaken for an inspector, eventually is revealed as a former teacher of nomad children who has stopped by to refresh his memories of this happy time in his life. 8 min. (With "Images from the Qajar Dynasty.") DVD 3529; vhs 999:2968

Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction (Ma'loul fete sa destruction)(1985)
Directed by Michel Khleifi. Ma'Loul is a Palestinian town in Galilee. In 1948 it was destroyed by the Israeli armed forces. Once a year, the former inhabitants have a picnic on the site of the destroyed village. 30 min. Included on DVD 5823

The Man Without a Country(1936)
Directed by Crane Wilbur. "In this classic story, US Army Lt. Philip Nolan is upset with his assignment to a remote outpost with no possibility for promotion. He intends to join Aaron Burr, who plans to form a new country in the lands west of the Mississippi River. Before he can get away, Nolan is charged with treason. At his court martial, he angrily tells the tribunal that he never wants to see or hear of the United States again. He gets his wish, and is sentenced to permanent, lifetime exile aboard US ships at sea. No crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read, all references to the United States are removed." [IMDB] Based on the story by Edward Everett Hale. 21 min. Included on DVD 5838
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Mariposas en el estómago (Butterflies in the Belly) (Mexico, 2007)
Directed by Isaac Ruiz and Ibis Lopez y Eduardo Dueñas. Cast: Kathleen Tamayo, Christian Hernandez, Hector Garcia Angulo, Favio Montoya. Portrays the life of marginal characters in old Mazatlán. Mary, a deaf girl and transexual Cona are prostitutes in the old hotel where they live along with Memo, a blind alcoholic dedicated to the reading of cards. One night, a strange event leads the characters into a tragic denouement. SF International Latino Film Festival Collection. 23 min. DVD X2207

Me la debes (Mexico, 2001)
Directed by Carlos Cuarón. A family of three, plus the maid and daughter's boyfriend look pretty normal on the outside. But in actuality, the are all having affairs with each other. The boyfriend is sleeping with the mother and daughter, and the father is sleeping with the maid. Do they all know about each other's affairs? 12 min. Included on DVD 1386

Metamorphosis: Beyond the Screen Door(1996)
Directed by Norith Soth. A man awakens one morning to find himself incapable of leaving his room. Since he financially supports his parents and teenage sister, this is a problem. His abusive boss keeps appearing to insult him, as if he was still at work. After awhile the family plots to get rid of the bedridden man. "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka provides the ingredients for this pitch black comedy. 60 min. DVD X1676
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Mirror Man
Directed by Thomas C. Grane. Glenn is an insurance broker obsessed with assessing risk, yet afraid to take a chance himself, but his sexy co-worker, Cheryl, is ready to risk anything to seduce him. 17 min. DVD 6331
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Les Mistons(France, 1957)
Directed by François Truffaut. Cast: Gérard Blain. Bernadette Lafont, Michel François. Depicts a group of pubescent boys whose admiration of a young girl takes on an edge of cruelty, with unforseen results. DVD 1727 (disc 5)
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[Monteiro, João César] Os quatro primeiros filmes (The First Four Films
Presents four early films of the director João César Monteiro. In these very low budget shorts one can immediately sense the chaotic indulgence in poetry through the film medium, a representation of upcoming genius. Contents: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / produção, Ricardo Malheiro (1969, 17 min.) -- Quem espera por sapatos de defunto morre descalco = He goes long barefoot that waits for dead men's shoes / produção, João César Monteiro (1970, 33 min.) -- Fragmentos de um filme-Esmola = Fragments of an Alms-film / produtor, Henrique Espirito-Santo (1972, 72 min.) -- Que farei eu com esta espada? = What shall I do with this sword? (1975, 65 min.) DVD 5179

More(2000?)
Directed by Mark Osbourne. An old, tired inventor struggles to finish an invention that he hopes will give his life meaning. His world, and the world of those around him is transformed when his secret invention is completed. However, his subsequent success does not come without sacrifice. 6 min. DVD 6320

[Muhammad, Amir] Amir Muhammad's 6horts
Presents six short films by Amir Muhammad, a young film director from Malaysia. Here he presents short documentaries and experimental films on routine activities. Often imbued with a comic twist, his work cannot be categorised or defined as one particular genre. Contents: Lost (9.5 min.) -- Friday (8 min.) -- Mona (6.5 min.) -- Checkpoint (7 min.) -- Kamunting (15 min.) -- Pangyau (12.5 min.). Lost: is the story of just one of thousands of Malaysian identity cards that were reported missing. Friday: An afternoon spent at the National Mosque encourages thoughts both sacred and profane. Mona: A film about a notorious murderess who gets the radio-serial treatment. Checkpoint: A look at the complications of traveling in the post-Osama world, especially if you insist on traveling cheap. Kamuning: A visit to a prisoner of the Malaysian Internal Security Act in Kamunting jail. Paguau: A meditation on Cantonese lessons that reminds the author of his friend. DVD 6473

The Musicians (Muzykanci) (Poland, 1958)
Directed by Kazimierz Karabasz. A film about a single rehearsal of an amateur brass band made up of Warsaw tram drivers Included on DVD 6605

Na-Na (Cuba, 2003)
Directed by Patricia Ramos. Cast: Fernanda Rodríguez Pérez, Andy Fornaris Flores, Beatriz González. Tells the charming sotry of the brief meeting of two children from opposite socioeconomic status in Cuba. One, a girl from the countryside, the other, a boy from the city on his way to the United States. SF International Latino Film Festival Collection. In Spanish without English subtitles. 17 min. Video/C 999:3904
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The National Film Board of Canada: A History
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New York Stores(France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan, 1991)
Directed by various directors. Cast: Contents: "Life lessons" produced by Barbara DeFina ; written by Richard Price ; directed by Martin Scorsese ; director of photography, Nestor Almendros ; "Life without Zoe" produced by Fred Roos & Fred Fuchs ; written by Francis Coppola & Sofia Coppola ; directed by Francis Coppola ; cinematography by Vittorio Storaro ; "Oedipus wrecks" produced by Robert Greenhut ; written and directed by Woody Allen ; director of photography, Sven Nykvist. A trilogy about life in the big city. "Life lessons" is the tale of a passionate painter torn between his obsession for his art and his infatuation with his sultry assistant. "Life without Zoe" is a wimsical fantasy of a very grown-up 12-year-old who brings charm and magic to life in New York. "Oedipus wrecks" is the story of a neurotic lawyer who cannot escape the influence of his mother. 1989. 124 min. DVD 2714

Night on Earth(France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan, 1991)
Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, Isaach De Bankolé, Béatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Tomi Salmela. A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death. 128 min. DVD 8431
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A Ninja Pays Half My Rent(2003)
Directed by Steven K. Tsuchida. A short comedy about a guy who is searching for a new roommate and finds the perfect one in a ninja. 5 min. DVD 6312
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No C4 for Daniel-Daniel (Pas de C-4 for Daniel-Daniel)(1989)
Directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde. Student film by the makers of the film "Man Bites Dog." Included on DVD 2814
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The Oath(2000?)
Directed by Tjebbo Penning. A prisoner is found unconscious in a cell. What happens next in this powerful short film raises poignant questions about freedom and choice. 11 min. DVD 6339
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Ocurrido en Hualfin (It Happened in Hualfin)(Argentina, 1966)
Directed and edited by Raymundo Gleyzer. This trilogy of short films presents an emotionally moving examination of the generational cycle of poverty of indigenous workers in Catamarca, Argentina. Gleyzer's student thesis film.

Ok End Here(1963)
Directed by Robert Frank. Cast: Martin La Salle, Sue Ungaro, Sudie Bond, Joseph Bird, Nick Solovioff, Anita Ellis. A short fictional film about a crumbling romantic relationship. The characters are often only partially visible or physically separated by walls, doors, reflections, or furniture, and the camera relays the story with little rhyme nor reason. 32 min. DVD 9965

[Painlevé, Jean] Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painleve
Early poetic pioneer of science films, Painleve explored a twilight realm of vampire bats, seahorses, octopi and liquid crystals. Painleve made more than 200 science and nature films and was an early champion of the genre. This 2-disc collection brings Yo La Tengo's score together with the films of Painleve for the first time on videodisc. Contents: Disc 1(120 min.): Acera or The witches' dance (1972) -- The love life of the octopus (1965) -- How some jellyfish are born (1960) -- Liquid crystals (1978) -- The seahorse (1934) -- Shrimp stories (1964) -- Hyas and stenorhynchus (1929) -- Methuselah (1927) -- Sea urchins (1954) -- The vampire (1945) -- Blue beard (1938). -- Disc 2 (95 min.): Yo la Tengo : the sounds of science. Special features: Introduction by Dr Michael Abecassis -- Two short films by Percy Smith: The birth of a flower (1910) and The strength and agility of insects (1911) -- A short film by Adrian Klein: Colour on the Thames (1935). 215 min. DVD 8458

Paris, je t'aime (I Love Paris) (2006)
The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris in these 18 short films about the City of Lights. Each filmmaker brings their own personal touch, underlining the wide variety of styles, genres, encounters and the various atmospheres and lifestyles that prevail in the neighborhoods of Paris. Disc 1: Behind-the-scenes featurette; previews ; Disc 2: 18 behind-the-scene featurettes; video & split screen; storyboard. Quartier des Enfants Rouges / written and directed by Olivier Assayas -- Quartier Latin / directed by Frederic Auburtin, Gerard Depardieu ; written by Gena Rowlands -- Quais de Seine / directed by Gurinder Chadha ; written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha -- Tour Eiffel / written and directed by Sylvain Chomet -- Tuileries / written and directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen -- Bastille / written and directed by Isabel Coixet -- Père-Lachaise / written and directed by Wes Craven -- Parc Monceau / written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron -- Porte de Choisy / directed by Christopher Doyle ; written by Christopher Doyle, Gabrielle Keng, Kathy Li -- Pigalle / written and directed by Richard LaGravenese -- Quartier de la Madeleine / written and directed by Vincenzo Natali -- 14th arrondissement / directed by Alexander Payne ; written by Nadine Eid, Alexander Payne -- Montmartre / written and directed by Bruno Podalydès -- Loin du 16ieme / written and directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas -- Place des Fetes / written and directed by Oliver Schmitz -- Place des Victoires / written and directed by Nobuhiro Suwa -- Faubourg Saint-Denis / written and directed by Tom Tykwer -- Le Marais / written and directed by Gus Van Sant. Additional directors, Frederic Auburtin, Gerard Depardieu, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuaron, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydes, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Tom Tykwer, Gus van Sant ; music, Pierre Adenot. Fanny Ardant, Leila Bekhti, Melchior Beslon, Juliette Binoche, Seydou Boro, Steve Buscemi, Sergio Castellitto, Willem Dafoe, Gerard Depardieu, Cyril Descours, Marianne Faithfull, Ben Gazzara, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Olga Kurylenko, Li Xin, Elias McConnell, Aissa Maiga, Margo Martindale, Yolande Moreau, Emily Mortimer, Florence Muller, Nick Nolte, Bruno Podalydes, Natalie Portman, Paul Putner, Miranda Richardson, Gena Rowlands, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ludivine Sagnier, Barbet Schroeder, Rufus Sewell, Gaspard Ulliel, Elijah Wood. 110 min. DVD 8839
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Paris vu par Chabrol, Douchet, Godard, Pollet, Rohmer, Rouch (Six in Paris) (1965)
Cast: Barbara Wilkind, Barbet Schroeder, Micheline Dax, Jean-Michel Rouziere, Gilles Queant. Six short films present stories of different neighborhoods of Paris. "Saint-Germain-des-Pres," by Jean Douchet, is the story of the up-and-down relationship between a male model and an American coed. "Gare du Nord," by Jean Rouch, is a haunting twist-of-fate tale involving a suicidal handsome stranger. In "Rue Saint Denis," by Jean-Daniel Pollet, an experienced prostitute picks up a virginal dishwasher. In "Place de l'Etoile," by Eric Rohmer, a timid salesclerk thinks he has committed murder. In "Montparnasse et Levallois: un action film," by Jean-Luc Godard, filme par Albert Maysles, a woman is afraid she has mixed up letters to her two boyfriends. "La Muette," by Claude Chabrol, is the story of a young boy who finds a way to ignore his obnoxious parents. "Les cineastes ont ecrit les scenarios et les dialogues de leurs sketches." Special DVD features: Interviews with Barbet Schroeder, Jackie Ravnal. Albert Maysles, and Richard Brody 93 min. DVD X399; vhs 999:3228
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El patio (The Patio)(Argentina, 2004)
Directed by Milagros Mumenthaler. Cast: Augustina Merediz, Ailin Marmorato. Two teenage sisters fritter away a morning in the courtyard of their house spending the day waiting for a phone call. SF International Latino Film Festival Collection. 16 min. Video/C 999:3903

Peach. (New Zealand, 1995)
Directed by Christine Parker. Cast: Tania Simon, Lucy Lawless, Joel Tobeck. Lucy Lawless is a truck driver who is attracted to a young Maori woman. 16 min. DVD 3615

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The Peddler (Dastforoush) (Iran, 1986)
Director/writer, Moshen Makhmalbaf. Three short tales set among the poor of contemporary Tehran describing a kindly but naive couple who want someone to adopt their baby, a mentally unstable man who lives with his invalid mother, and the last hours of a peddler suspected of betraying his friends. In Farsi, with English subtitles. First story adapted from The newborn by Alberto Moravia. 95 min. 999:1718
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The Perfect Human (Det perfekte menneske)(Denmark, 1967)
Directed, Jørgen Leth. "Like Life in Denmark, Good and Evil, and Notes on Love, sensible anthropological study is apparently on the programme, and in Leth's award-winning breakthrough it assumes an elegant, highly amusing form. Spanning a period of 22 years these films revolve skittishly around human nature, and apart from the more documentary Life in Denmark, each has actor Claus Nissen as Leth's artful alter ego. Nissen and Maiken Algren are in an empty white room with only the essential props for each scene. A bed, bedding, a table, chairs. "We are going to see the perfect human being in action", we hear, and Leth's voice puts descriptive or puzzled words to the little actions the film exhibits: the man touches his face investigatively, fills a pipe, cuts his nails, and gets undressed, but he does peculiar things, too: he jumps as if he is weightless, snaps his fingers in strange ways, and dances with exaggerated movements and no music. "Today, too, I had an experience that I hope I shall understand in a few days' time", he ponders. The whole film is staged with great clarity in its picture compositions with several characteristic zooms to indicate the bodily parts of the perfect human being, and emphasis on the light, boundless nothingness of the room. The soundtrack reveals tones of a clarinet touching on the stylistically consistent visuals. At its premiere at the Carlton cinema The Perfect Human was shown before Jean-Luc Godard's La Chinoise." [IMDB] 14 min. Included on DVD 3027
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Perpetual Emotion 101
A collection of short dramas by emerging Asian American filmmakers. Bangs: Presents a young girl's drastic response to peer pressure and media standards of beauty. Mouse: A mouse hunt takes top priority over a heated discussion about pregnancy. Kung Pao Chicken: How a Chinese chef proves that the chopstick is mightier than the fork. Lessons in defensive driving: An ordinary trip to the DMV becomes a downward spiral into spiritual gridlock. Fall 1990: Two young men are determined not to let dramatically different pasts dictate their future together. Contents: Bangs / a film by Carolynne Hew (8 min.) -- Mouse / a Greg Pak film (11 min.) -- Kung pao chicken / by Richard Kim (6 min.) -- Lessons in defensive driving / written and directed by Carla San Diego (6 min.) -- Fall 1990 / by Quentin Lee (35 min.) Video/C 999:3794

Persistence
Directed, produced and written by James J. Cullinane. Henry is determined to keep a very important date: All this wheelchair-bound rebel must do is elude the nursing home's vigilant warden. 10 min. DVD 6344
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Pete-Roleum and His Cousins(1939)
Direced by Joseph Losey. Losey's directorial debut. Pete illustrates the many uses of oil in daily life, showing that the world depends on it. 25 min. Included on DVD 3606
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The Pick-up Artist (Der Aufreißer)(Germany, 2006)
Director, Steffen Weinert. Olli only wants to have noncommittal sex, but that becomes difficult when he meets the 6-year-old daughter of his one-night stand. 13 min. Included on DVD X1015

Pixar Short Films Collection
Experience these masterpieces of storytelling produced by Pixar Animation Studios. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment. Contents: The adventures of Andre and Wally B. / writer, Alvy Ray Smith (1984, 2 min.) -- Luxo Jr. / director, John Lasseter [the first computer-animated short nominated for an Academy Award] (1986, 2 min.) -- Red's dream / director, John Lasseter (1987, 4 min.) -- Tin toy / director, John Lasseter (1988, 5 min.) -- Knick knack / director, John Lasseter (1989, 4 min.) -- Geri's game / director, Jan Pinkava (1997, 4 min.) -- For the birds / director, Ralph Eggleston (2000, 3 min.) -- Mike's new car / director, Pete Docter ; voice, Billy Crystal (2002, 4 min.) -- Boundin' / director, Bud Luckey (2003, 5 min.) -- Jack-Jack attack / director, Brad Bird (2005, 5 min.) -- One man band / writer, directors Andrew Jimenez, Mark Andrews (2005, ca. 5 min.) -- Mater and the ghostlight / director, John Lasseter (2005, 7 min.) -- Lifted / director, Gary Rydstrom (2006, 5 min.). DVD 8744

[Polanski, Roman] Roman Polanski Short Films
DVD 1935 disc 2

Murder (Morderstwo)(Poland, 1957)
The camera shows us a door handle and the door's striker plate; from this angle, they form a cross. The door opens and in steps someone in a dark trench coat. He approaches a bed in the room, where a shirtless man sleeps. The intruder takes out a knife. His movements are without haste, but deliberate and efficient. Will his sleeping victim awake in time to offer resistance? [IMDB] 2 min.

Teeth Smile (Usmiech zebiczny) (Poland, 1957)
A man walks down the exterior staircase of building of flats; he's dressed to go out, taking care to wrap a scarf around his neck. He pauses as he passes a small window that's about eye high. He ventures to look in, and there a young woman stands at a washbasin, drying her hair, the towel that obscures her face her only covering. The peeping tom gets an eyeful and smiles; he's interrupted by a door opening, the flat's occupant bringing out empty bottles to place on the porch. The man pretends to leave, departing down the stairs, only to return to the window after the flat's door has closed. He again looks in the window, where a surprise awaits. [IMDB] 2 min.

Break Up the Dance (Rozbijemy zabawe) (Poland, 1957)
Youths get ready for a party, decorating the dance floor, cleaning out the fountain of a pond. That evening, the party starts and guests arrive: everyone has a ticket, and a guy at the gate, wearing a formal shirt, tails, and shorts, makes sure only those with tickets gain entrance. Some are in costume, some dressed informally, some in fancy clothes: everyone is there to have a good time. A group of tough-looking guys watch through the high fence while the band plays jazzy rock and couples dance or kiss. With the party in full swing, as the band plays "When the Saints Go Marching In," over the wall comes the gang. Is there any chance they'll join in the festivities? [IMDB] 8 min.

Two Men and a Wardrobe (Dwaj ludzie z szafa) (Poland, 1958)
Two men come up from the beach carrying a large wardrobe between them. They come up into the town but not only find that accommodation is difficult to come by with their wooden travelling companion but also that both women and men shun or mistreat them. [IMDB] 15 min.

The Lamp (Lampa) (Poland, 1959)
In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding him. There are noises, too: a cuckoo clock chirps the workday's end. The artisan completes a repair and leaves, shuttering the shop from outside. Back inside, whispering begins. What else is in store for the shop's seemingly lifeless denizens? [IMDB] 8 min.

When Angels Fall (Gdy spadaja anioly) (Poland, 1959)
A church bell chimes. An old woman stops to feed pigeons on her way to work in the men's lavatory in the basement of a public building. She sits all day by the lavatory door as little dramas play out -- of illness, assignation, and routine -- a few tips her only acknowledgment. The sound of footsteps on the floor above her brings a reverie of her youth, when she was a beauty, the day a platoon of soldiers marched into her valley. As the day in the basement proceeds, she completes a set of memories that takes her from passion to maternal love to rejection and tragedy. Could there be more awaiting her on this day of remembering the fruit of her womb? [IMDB] 21 min.

The Fat and the Lean (Le gros et le maigre) (France, 1961)
A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him. [IMDB] 15 min.

Mammals (Ssaki) (Poland, 1963)
"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then? [IMDB] 10 min.

Possible Films: Short Works by Hal Hartley, 1994-2004.
Contents: Opera No. 1 -- The other also -- The new math(s) -- NYC 3/94 -- The Sisters of Mercy -- Kimono -- Regarding Soon: interview with Hal Hartley -- Excerpts from Soon. Six previously unreleased short films and videos by Hal Hartley. From the quiet and thoughtful to the loud and ridiculous, this arresting collection of short works reveals the tireless experimentation, curiousity, and playfulness that lies behind his many feature films. DVD 4427

[Prakosa, Gotot] Short Films, Videos and Animation Works
Contents: Meta meta (3 min.) -- Impulse (2 min.) -- Dialogue (3 min.) -- Jalur (11 min.) -- Non KB (2 min.) -- Koen faya koen (3 min.) -- Meta ekologi (15 min.) -- Genesis Genesis (11 min.) -- A=absolute, z=Zen (14 min.) -- Vancouver-Borobodur (20 min.) -- Wahyoe and his works (20 min.). Presents nine short films - originally produced on 16mm film, some of them animations - and two short videos, all by Gotot Prakosa, Indonesia's leading experimental short filmmaker. Most of the collection here is work done between 1974 and 1987 at the time he was a student and young teacher in the Faculty of Cinematography at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts. Video/C 999:3583

Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak) (France, 1951)
Directed by Eric Rohmer. Charlotte is leaving. Before catching her train, she goes to her apartment for a quick snack -- a steak, as it happens. Walter accompanies her; the little time Charlotte will take to prepare and eat her steak represents his last opportunity to patch things up with her. A tall order, given the utterly unromantic circumstances. 12 min. Included on DVD 6054
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Pull My Daisy(1959)
Edited by Leon Prochnik, Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie ; music composed and conducted by David Amram ; adapted, and photographed by Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie. Cast: Mooney Peebles, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky, Larry Rivers, Beltiane, David Amram, Alice Neal, Sally Gross, Denise Parker, Pablo Frank. Presents Jack Kerouac's adapted play; this version is widely acknowledged as a classic moment in American independent cinema, marked by Robert Frank's filmmaking debut. The film describes the moods and feelings of a group of poets and musicians meeting in a loft apartment on a Friday morning. Jack Kerouac speaks for all the characters and comments on their actions. 1959. 28 min. DVD 9964; vhs Video/C 4336

Queens at Heart(1965)
"An amazing portrait of four male to female transsexuals, QUEENS AT HEART (1965) portrays a rare and poignant glimpse into pre-Stonewall transsexual life made by the Southeastern Pictures Corporation. Despite this film having been made with a mainstream lens, the subjects' journey is depicted with dignity and respect as they explore gender and sexuality. QUEENS AT HEART includes very early footage of drag balls in the New York area. The negative is lost and the only remaining print of this film was neglected and is now badly faded. Besides the usual challenges, film preservationists will need to focus intensely on color correction in order to properly restore the film." [OutFest] Included on DVD X238

Ray Bradbury Theater
Selections from the Canadian-produced television science fiction series by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. All shows were written by Ray Bradbury, based on his original stories. Originally presented by Home Box Office Television for broadcast between 1985 and 1992.

Dwarf; Miracle of rare device; Lake; Tyrannosaurus rex; There was an old woman; Skeleton; Punishment without crime; And so died Riabouchinska; Haunting of the new; To the Chicago abyss; Veldt; Boys! raise giant mushrooms in your cellar; Pedestrian. Cast: Eugene Levy, Donald Pleasance, Alan Bates, David Ogden Stiers. DVD 5761 (disc 1)

Sound of thunder; Wonderful death of Dudley Stone; Hail and farewell; Here there be tygers; Touched with fire; Wind; Touch of petulance; Black Ferris; Long years; Exorcism; Mars is heaven; Murderer; Usher II. Cast: John Saxon, Eileen Brennan, Barry Morse, Hal Linden, Cedric Smith, Eddie Albert, Robert Culp, Timothy Bottoms. DVD 5761 (disc 2)

Toynbee convector; Day it rained forever; And the moon be still as bright; Colonel Stonesteel and the desperate empties; Earthmen; Zero hour; Utterly perfect murder; Happiness machine; Concrete mixer; Let's play poison; Dead man; Martian; Jar. Cast: Michael Hurst, James Whitmore, David Carradine, Kenneth Welsh, Harold Gould, Ben Cross, Jennifer Dale, Elliott Gould. DVD 5761 (disc 3)

Lonely one; Long rain; Anthem sprinters; Fee fie foe fum; Downwind from Gettysburg; By the numbers; Tombstone; Tomorrow's child; Silent towns; Some live like Lazarus; Sun and shadow; Great wide world over there; Handler. Cast: Joanna Cassidy, Lucy Lawless, Jean Stapleton, Robert Joy, Marton Csokas, Shelley Duvall, Michael J. Pollard, Tyne Daly, Carol Kane. DVD 5761 (disc 4)

Crowd; Marionettes, Inc.; Playground; Screaming woman; Town where no one got off; Banshee; Coffin; Gotcha!; Emissary; Man upstairs; Small assassin; On the Orient, north; Fruit at the bottom of the bowl. Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jeff Goldblum, William Shatner, Peter O'Toole. DVD 5761 (disc 5)

Rebus Film I(Germany, 1926)
Directed by Paul Leni. "This is a filmed crossword puzzle - 3 vertical and 3 horizontal so 6 riddles in all. Visual clues are given and it's up to the audience to solve the puzzle. Except for one of the words, it's pretty easy to solve - though kids might find it challenging. The film is about 15 minutes long and is quite snazzy - lots of camera movement, overlays, animation, all combined together - Leni pulls out all the stops and haves fun in the process." [IMDB] Included on DVD 1381

Recycling Film History: Found Footage Filme(Austria, 1992-2005)
A collection of avant-garde shorts originally produced in Austrian between 1992-2005. Definitely Sanctus / Sabine Hiebler & Gerhardt Ertl (1992, 4 min.) -- Welt Spiegel Kino - Episode 1 / Gustav Deutsch (2005, 30 min.) -- Passagen / Lisl Ponger (1996, 12 min.) -- Mirror mechanics / Siegfried A. Fruhauf (2005, 7 min.) -- S.O.S. Estraterrestria / Mara Mattuschka (1993, 10 min.)-- To the happy few / Thomas Draschan & Stella Friedrichs (2003, 4 min.) -- Verdrehte Augen / Dietmar Brehm (2002, 12 min.) -- Blah blah blah / Dietmar Brehm (2006, 12 min.) -- Happy end / Peter Tscherkassky (1999, 10 min.) -- Outer space / Peter Tscherkassky (1999, 10 min.) -- Passage `a l'acte / Martin Arnold (1993, 12 min.) DVD 7736

Red Chewing Gum (Al Alka Al Hamara)(Lebanon, 2000)
Directed by Akram Zaatari. This erotic short is a love poem of sorts as one man recalls meeting another in an alley fifteen years earlier. There, alone in the alley together, they avidly watch a young street vendor chew his gum. 10 min. vhs 999:3225

Reel Baseball
A collection of two feature films (The Busher and Headin' home) and eleven short films from the silent movie era on baseball. Also includes a documentary essay (Early reel baseball) by Rod Edelman. Disc 1. Headin' home / featuring Babe Ruth (1920, 73 min). -- Babe Ruth Kinogram (Undated, 1 min.) -- His last game (1909, 12 min.) -- The ball player and the bandit / featuring Harold Lockwood ; directed by Francis Ford (1912, 12 min.) -- Early reel baseball / by Rob Edelman. -- Disc 2. The busher / featuring Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, and John Gilbert ; directed by Jerome Stern (sic) (1919, 55 min.) -- Casey at the bat or, The fate of a "rotten" umpire (1899, 1 min.) -- How the office boy saw the ball game (1906, 5 min.) -- Hearts and diamonds / featuring John Bunny (1914, 33 min.) -- One touch of nature / by Peter B. Kyne ; featuring John J. McGraw (1917, 18 min.) -- Felix saves the day / animated cartoon by Pat Sullivan (1922, 7 min.) -- Casey at the bat / featuring DeWolf Hopper (1922, 6 min.) -- Butter fingers / featuring Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde ; produced by Mack Sennett ; directed by Del Lord (1925, 16 min.) -- Happy days / with Ethelyn Gibson and Billy Butts ; directed by Arvid Gillstrom (1926, 14 min.) DVD 7218

Reel Talent: First Films by Legendary Directors
Discover the first films of famous directors plucked from the vault of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

Contents: Side A. 9 short films: The oval portrait / produced by Department of Cinematography, University of Southern California ; directed and photographed by Richard L. Bare ; story adapted by Richard L. Bare -- 1:42.08 : [a man and his car] / written and directed by George Lucas ; produced at the University of Southern California Department of Cinema by undergraduate students in the senior production workshop -- Electronic labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) / [presented by] the University of Southern California ; written & directed by George Lucas ; produced by Navy students in the Navy production workshop, U.S.C. -- Freiheit / a film by Lucas -- The lift (1972) / written and directed by Robert Zemeckis ; student produced at the University of Southern California Division of Cinema -- A field of honor (1973) / [presented by] the University of Southern California ; written and directed by Robert Zemeckis ; student produced at the University of Southern California Division of Cinema -- Silent night / [presented by] the University of Southern California ; written and directed by James Foley, Jr. ; student produced at the University of Southern California -- Proof / writer and director, Kevin Reynolds -- Perfect alibi (1987) / [presented by] the University of Southern California ; written & directed by Steve Sommers ; student produced at University of Southern California -- Side B. 3 short films and special features: Whatever it takes (1988) / directed by Jon Turteltaub ; written by Randy Runkle and Jon Turteltaub ; student produced at the University of Southern California -- Broken record (1994) / written by Mark Friedman ; produced by Shawn Levy, David Lipper, Serena Krouse ; directed by Shawn Levy -- The goodbye place / written and directed by Richard Kelly ; producers, Paola Cresti, Richard Kelly. Camera, Emmett Alston and Bob Steadman (2nd film) ; photography, F.E. Zip Zimmerman (3rd film) ; director of photography, Bill Mauger (5th film), Robert C. Hughes (7th film), Eyal Gordin (11th film) ; cinematography, Horace Jordan (6th film), Paola Cresti (12th film) ; editing, George Lucas ... [et al.] (2nd film), Dan Natchsheim (3rd film), Mustafa R. Gursel (5th, 6th films), Albert Magnoli (7th film), David Fechtor (8th film), Monty Ban and Wayne Gee (9th film), Randy Runkle and Patricia Tobin (10th film), Shawn Levy (11th film), Paola Cresti (12th film) ; music, A.J. Lygu[?] (1st film), Bill Manov, Mark Nelson, and Warren Wolfe (4th film), Elmer Bernstein (6th film), Steven Bramson (9th film), Kory Wollons and Maissa De Barros (11th film), Gregory Zymet (12th film). Randal Kleiser, Christopher Roland, Jason Dohring, Michael Bryan French, Peter Dennis. DVD 8296

Re:Frame: Scanning Time / Documenting Change
Presents a selection of seven films from contemporary cinema in India, removed from Bollywood, that testify to the richness of creativity in India. Oscillating between documentary, video art, experimental film, and animation, this compilation explores the means with which the texture of memory is incorporated within postcolonial Indian society's individual journeys as well as the national psyche. Rashtriy Kheer & Desiy Salad / Pushpamala N (2004, 11 min.) -- Straight 8 / Ayisha Abraham (2005, 17 min.) -- Ceasural, Variations 1 and 2 / Raqs Media Collective (2007, 8 min.) -- Endnote (Antaral) / Ashish Avikunthak (2005, 18 min.) -- Bengali tourist / Sarnath Banerjee (2003, 4 min.) -- I love my India / Tejal Shah (2003, 10 min.) -- Space bar (work in progress) / Debkamal Ganguly (2008, 21 min.) DVD X1132

Resistance[s]: Experimental Films from the Middle East and North Africa. Vol. 1
Contents: Dansons / Zoulikha Bouabdellah (Algeria/France, 2003, 5 min.) -- Transit / Taysir Batniji (Palestine/France, 2004, 8 min.) -- Dieu me pardonne / Mounir Fatmi (Morocco/France, 2001-2004, 8 min.) -- Wet tiles / Lamya Gargash (UAE, 2003, 8 min.) -- Allahu Akbar / Usama Alshaibi (Iraq/USA, 2003, 5 min.) -- Untitled part 3b (as if) beauty never ends / Jayce Salloum (Lebanon/Canada, 2003, 11 min.) -- K3 (Les femmes) / Frederique Devaux (Algeria/France, 2003, 4 min.) -- Ca sera beau : From Beyrouth with love / Wael Noureddine (Lebanon/France, 2005, 30 min.) DVD authors, Marc Horchler, Thomas Lambert ; text, Silke Schmicki, Christine Sehnaoui. Includes eight, short, experimental films and videos from Middle Eastern and North African artists and interviews with those filmmakers. Using images to lead the narrative, each artist, no matter their style or medium succeeds in raising fundamental questions relating to humanity, politics and aesthetics. 107 min. DVD 6777

Resistance[s]: Experimental Films from the Middle East and North Africa. Vol. 2
Contents:Nouba / Katia Kameli (Algeria/France, 2000, 5 min.) -- Straight stories, part 1 / Bouchra Khalili (Morocco/France, 2006, 10 min.) -- Amer & Nasser, Iraqi brothers / Al Fadhil (Iraq, 2001-2004, 4 min.) -- Don't do to her what you did to me / Zineb Sedira (Algeria/UK, 1998-2001, 9 min.) -- Avant de disparaitre / Joude Gorani (Syria/France, 2005, 13 min.) -- I swam in the sea last week / Nesrine Khodr (Lebanon, 2003, 2 min.) -- Geographie imaginaire / Pauline M'Barek (Tunisia/Germany, 2005, 15 min.) -- Saving face / Jalal Toufic (Lebanon, 2003, 9 min.) -- Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux / Nassim Amaouche (France, 2005, 29 min.). Includes nine short, experimental films and videos from Middle Eastern and North African artists and interviews with those filmmakers. 107 min. DVD 9950

Robot Boy(2003)
Directed by Ted Passon. A young boy is born to two very particular parents who improve his less-than-perfect human parts with robot parts and a remote control. He spends all of his time mowing his parents' lawn until he meets a friend with an unusual escape plan. 18 min. DVD 6319
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Robot Stories (1997)
Directed by Greg Pak. Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Wai Ching Ho, Greg Pak, John Cariani, Cindy Cheung, Bill Coelius, Eisa Davis, Ron Domingo, Tim Kang, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, James Saito. A science fiction film presented in four chapters that map an emotional frontier where people confront technology. "My robot baby": A busy couple is challenged to nurture a mechanical infant before they can have the real thing. "The robot fixer": A mother is transformed while trying to connect with her comotose son. "Robot love": Android iPerson Archie questions whether romance can flower between synthetic hearts. "Clay": A sculptor in the lonely twilight of his life must weigh the ethical and spiritual risks of digital immortality. Special features: "Mouse": a short film by Greg Pak (1997, 11 min., color); theatrical trailer; deleted scenes; audio commentaries; stills gallery. 85 min. DVD 3599
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Rotating Square(Egypt, 2002)
Directed by Ahmed Hassouna. "Sami and his wife Sarah are packing to move to the USA where they intend to open a restaurant. Rania, Sarah's sister, goes to their house to take them to the airport, but some unexpected and unforeseeable events take place in the apartment: games of seduction, murder and dead bodies to be disposed of. A surrealist comedy by Ahmed Hassouna who belongs to a new group of young promising Egyptian filmmakers." 14 min. [ArtMattan] Included on DVD 6001

Rubber Johnny(2005)
Directed by Chris Cunningham. An experimental film chronicling a 16-year-old, inbred mutant's solitary existence, locked in a pitch-black basement by his ashamed parents. This abstract short film features music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin. 7 min. DVD 4424
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[Rybczynski, Zbig] Films & Videos by Zbig Rybczynski (1972-1990)

I. Media A collection of ten short films and videos by Polish-American director Zbigniew Rybczynski, originally produced between 1972 and 1990. Contents: Kwadrat = Square (music, Kazimierz Serocki) (3:36) -- Plamuz (music, Zbigniew Namyslowski (9:38) -- Nowa ksiazka = New book (music, Janusz Hajdun) (10:25) -- Zupa = soup (music, Eugeniusz Rudnik) (8:22) -- Oj! Nie moge sie zatrzymac! = Oh! I can't stop! (music, Janusz Hajdun) (10:07) -- Swieto = Holiday (music, Janusz Hajdun) (10:27) -- Weg zum Nachbarn = The way to your neighbour (music, Janusz Hajdun) (2:30) -- Mein Fenster = My window (music, Janus Hajdun) (2:26) -- Media (music, Janusz Hajdun) (1:35) -- Tango (music, Janusz Hajdun) (8:10). 68 min. total. DVD 2242

II. Steps Presents two films by the Polish-American director Zbigniew Rybczynski. In Steps (1987), a group of Americans "invade" the famous stair sequence of the Eisenstein film Battleship Potemkin. Music by Michael Urbaniak; cast, Lev Shekhtman. 25:07 min. The Fourth Dimension (1988) is a visual essay on space and depth. Music by Michael Urbaniak; cast, Mark Beard, Jacqueline Ramel. 27:03 min. (68 min. total) DVD 2243

III. The Orchestra (1990), presents a series of visually stunning vignettes by Polish-American filmmaker Zbig Rybcznski of classical music compositions by Chopin, Ravel, Schubert, Albinoni, Rossini, and Mozart presented as music videos. 57 min. DVD 2244

Sam Spiegel School Short Subjects
A collection of short Israeli films produced by students of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem. In Hebrew with English subtitles. <

Program A: Jerusalem, rhythms of a distant city: Three episodes portray the common historical role which Jerusalem fulfills in Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Ancestral desire: A thick-skinned politician will not stop running for the post of city council chairman. Home: Tells the story of the filmmaker's immigrant family, sitting in their sealed room during the Gulf War, watching their former home, Baghdad, on television. Operation Ruth: Benny rehearses how to say "I love you" to Ruth. Price is right: A supermarket clerk has a chance at fame, fortune and love if he can only win the grand prize. Contents: Jerusalem: rhythms of a distant city, Dan Geva (1993, 12 min.) -- Ancestral desire, Dror Sabo (1994, 18 min.) -- Home, David Ofek (1994, 18 min.) -- Operation Ruth, Yoav Gurfunkel (1996, 17 min.) -- The price is right, Daphna Levin (1994, 17 min.). 82 min. Video/C 6021

Program B: Neighbors: Two Jerusalem neighbors argue over where to install their TV antennas. Cotton balls: A routine afternoon in the house of a girl and her mother, the hooker. Visions: An experimental movie about the search for love. In good hands: A criminal escaping in a truck filled with stolen cash reaches a lone cabin occupied by twin sisters. Sammy Malso, private eye: A private detective is asked by his partner to find out who his wife's lover is. Bedouin sand: Nine year old Roi falls in love with a bottle of colored sand that a bedouin tries to sell him in Sinai. Contents: Neighbors, Dannah Nayblat (1992, 13 min.) -- Cotton balls, Adva Magal (1992, 8 min.) -- Visions, Galit Rozen (1995, 10 min.) -- In good hands, Oded Davidoff (1994, 18 min.) -- Sammy Malco, private eye, Shahar Rozen (1996, 20 min.) -- Bedouin sand, Omri Levy (1997, 17 min.). 86 min. Video/C 6022

The Short and Curlies(UK, 1987)
Directed by Mike Leigh. A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser. 18 min. Included on DVD 4621.

SHORT Cinema Journal. Authority
Contents: Authority -- Dada / Piet Kroon -- Interview with director Piet Kroon -- Flying over mother / Michael J. Rowland -- Interview with director Michael J. Rowland -- Interview with producer Melanie Coombs -- Os Camaradas / Bruno de Andres -- Joe / Sasha Wolf -- Interview with director Sasha Wolf -- Night and fog / Alain Resnais -- Interview with film historian David Shepard -- American Film Institute film essay -- The Whites / Natasha Uppal -- Interview with director Natasha Uppal -- Interviews with Stanley Tucci, Kyra Sedgwick, Robin Tunney, Robbie Coltrane, Ernest Dickerson -- Monologue by Michael McKean. Dada: In this animated short garishly etched characters inhabit a landscape in which conformity is prized above all else, and the individual is an endangered breed. Flying over mother: An Australian film which turns a jaundiced eye to the space race as seen through the experiences of a Russian cosmonaut. Os Camaradas: This Brazilian import shows how a mundane task leads an innocent man into a web of bureaucratic inanity. Joe: A textured portrait of a mental ward patient whose happiness revolves around the color of his shoes. Night and Fog: A film employing a broad range of sound and images to denote the Holocaust. AFI chapter short: An original filmed essay on the nature of celebrity in the golden age of Hollywood. The Whites: A surreal, darkly comic look at a tortured family and their frenetic daily rituals. DVD 6:1:3

SHORT Cinema Journal. Chaos
Short films from around the world including a film produced by George Lucas as a student at USC. Electronic labyrinth: George Lucas' student film shot in 1967, portraying a futuristic world in which a man races for freedom while being tracked by elaborate surveillance systems. Five feet high and rising: A cinema verite inspired look at sexual innocence and discovery. The fly: Oscar winning animated short from Hungary chronicling the journey of a common housefly. Kebabaluba: Anything can happen at a Turkish doner kebab stand. Still revolutionaries: A look at the lives of two women in the Black Panther Party. Deleriouspink: This unique b&w film is an experiment with xerox machine animation. Bottomless cup: a young man takes a break from a road trip for a jolt of caffeine. Po mo knock knock: An experimental film with a sense of humor. Burnout: An Australian truck stop diner is the setting for a whiskey-voiced rumination on life and love. Contents: Chaos / Preston Maigetter, Eileen O'Meara, David Birdsell (7 min.) -- Electronic labyrinth / George Lucas (15 min.) -- Five feet high and rising / Peter Sollett (29 min.) -- The fly / Ferenc Rofusz (3 min.) -- Kebabaluba / Tahsin Ozgur (2 min.) -- Still revolutionaries / Sienna McLean (16 min.) -- Deleriouspink / Andrew Busti, Sebastian Castillo (4 min.) -- Bottomless cup / Paul Bonner (15 min.) -- Po mo knock knock / Greg Pak (3 min.) -- Burnout / Gav Barbey (6 min.) DVD 527

SHORT Cinema Journal. Dreams
Contents: Dreams -- Cafe bar / Alison De Vere -- Bride of Resistor / Mark Gustafson -- Girl's own story / Jane Campion -- Depth solitude / Joachim Solum, Thomas Lien ; Max von Sydow (narrator) -- Guy walks into a bar / Carmen Elly -- George Hickenlooper interview -- Vincent: the junkie chronicles / Michael Failia -- Big brass ring / George Hickenlooper ; adapted from a short story by Orson Welles -- La Jetee / Chris Marker -- Eye like a strange balloon / Guy Maddin -- Making of portrait of a lady / Peter Long, Kate Ellis, Jane Campion. Cafe bar: In this brushstroke animation a random meeting at a cafe becomes two people's "escape" from one another. Bride of Resistor: In this sequel to the kinetic animation film Mr. Resistor, the diminuitive scrap heap hero returns to have his heart stolen by a plasticine mistress. Girl's own story: A girl's hopes are pierced by the barbs of early 60's life in a film that mirrors an entire society's loss of innocence. Depth solitude: A lyrical short film about loneliness and the extreme measures some will take to overcome it. Guy walks into a bar: A naive wannabe actor stumbles into a real life cowboy fantasy while driving across country. Vincent, the junkie chronicles: a work-in-progress documentary takes an unblinking look at the life of an addict. Big brass ring: Malcolm McDowell plays a controversial political icon who verbally spars with a beautiful journalist. La Jette: The themes of time and memory are intricately sewn into an eulogy to civilization. Eye like a strange balloon: A whimsical allegory on man's journey through time and space. The Making of Portrait of a Lady: A glimpse into the creative process of directing Henry James' tale of societal pressures and private passions. DVD 6:1:2

SHORT Cinema Journal. Ecstasy
Thirteen acclaimed short films from around the world. Bass on titles: Examines the work of the graphic designer Saul Bass. House: A classic film from the Eames Office. Hate (A comedy): An award winner from the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival involving one man, one chicken and no mercy. Jimmy McGriff: Blues organist Jimmy McGriff tells the secret of winning over an audience. Contents: Hate (a comedy) / Drew Daywalt, David Schneider (1999, col., 22 min.) -- Mister smile / Fran Krause (2000, col., 9 min.) -- The closet / Shawn Scheppes (1999, col., 9 min.) -- Chuck / Alex Turner (2000, col., 15 min.) -- Jimmy McGriff / Daniel Peacock (1997, col., b&w, 4 min.) -- House / Charles & Ray Eames (1955, col, 11 min.) -- Bass on titles / Saul Bass (1977, col., 35 min.) -- Smash / Kirsten Winter (1997, col., 9 min.) -- Three tricksters (coyote) / Jonathon Stearns & Gordon Bijelonic (2000?, col., 3 min.) -- Scrub / Andrew Takeuchi & Rob Schmidt (2000?, col., 6 min.) -- Moods of the sea / Slavko Vorkapich & John Hoffman (1942, b&w, 10 min.) -- Lovely day / Chris Backhouse (1996, col., 4 min.) -- Justice: agony or ecstasy / Preston Maigetter (2000, col., 6 min.). Special features: Filmmaker commentary ; outtakes ; animation sketches ; original poster art ; scene selections ; additional and bonus tracks ; production notes ; interactive menus ; hyperlinks to filmmaker websites. 150 min. DVD X546

SHORT Cinema Journal: International Release 1
Presents award winning short films from around the world. Du Cote de la Cote: Agnes Varda's classic look at the Cote d'Azur circa 1958. The fly : An oscar winning animated short from Hungary chronicles the journey of a housefly. Burnout: An Australian rumination on life and love. Lars 1-10: Director Lars von trier invents his own set of rules for filmmaking. Hip hop: the new world order: One woman and her mini-DV camera travel the world inflitrating the hip hop underground scene. Content: Interview: Lars from 1-10 (10 min.) -- Animation: The Fly (3 min.) ; Tiny sunbathers (2 min.) ; Der Rabe (The Raven) (8 min.) ; Images of Korea (2 min.) -- Documentary: Du Cote de la cote (25 min.) -- Fiction: Burnout (6 min.) ; Superstition (8 min.) -- Music: Hip Hop: the new order (17 min.) ; Arling and Cameron: music for imaginary films (6 min.). Special features: Filmmaker commentary, alternate autio tracks, additional and bonus tracks, production notes, interactive menus and links to filmmaker websites. DVD 1236

SHORT Cinema Journal: International Release 2
Presents award winning short films from around the world. Kite: A music-driven computer-animated film inspired by the style of artist William Turner. Portrait: Jane Campion and the portrait of a lady: an unusually extensive and intimate study of a filmmaker at work. First person singular: I.M. Pei: World-renowned architect I.M. Pei recommends getting inspired by travel. Kaal: A humble shoemaker practices his trade on the streets of Bombay. Gabriel: Surrounded by nuns, a little boy believes he's a real angel. Irish actors: Brosnan and Byrne: In candid interviews, Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne talk about their identitites as Irish actors. Gorky's zygotic mynci: Meet the Welsh band with the wacky name. Contents: Kite / Alina Hiu-Fan Chau (1999, col., 3 min.) -- Portrait: Jane Campion and the portrait of a lady / Peter Long & Kate Ellis (1996, col., 53 min.) -- First person singular: I.M. Pei (excerpt) / Peter Rosen (1997, col., 4 min.) -- Kaal / Natasha de Betak (1996, b&w, 14 min.) -- Gabriel / Rennat Coppens (1999, col., 12 min.) -- Irish actors: Brosnan and Byrne / Gerry McColgan (2000?, col., 9 min.) -- Gorky's zygotic mynci / Tara Veneruso (2000?, col., 6 min.) Editor, Kim Adelman ; supervising producer, Sandra Neufeldt. Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Richard E. Grant, Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne, I.M. Pei. DVD 1237

SHORT Cinema Journal: International Release 3
The third collection of international short films including documentaries, interviews, animation, fiction and music. Franz Kafka's It's a wonderful life / directed by Peter Capaldi (22 min.) -- Boundaries / directed by Greg Durbin (20 min.) -- Michael Apted [interview] / directed by Daniel Peacock (7 min.) -- Costa-Gavras [interview] / directed by John Kelly (6 min.) -- Around the world in 2 minutes flat / directed by Preston Maigetter (2 min.) -- Building the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao / Quickband Networks (2 min.) -- Lovely day / directed by Chris Backhouse (3 min.) -- Aprikoser / directed by Lotta & Uzi Geffenblad (11 min.) -- Tahiti 80 / directed by Jonathon Stearns (11 min.) -- Mojave 3 / directed by Tara Veneruso (8 min.). Special features: Filmmaker commentaries, storyboards, outtakes, bonus tracks and links to the filmmakers' websites. 120 min. DVD 1238

SHORT Cinema Journal. Invention
Contents: Invention (1 min) -- Mr. Resistor / Mark Gustafson (8 min.) -- Big story / Tim Watts, David Stoten (2 min.) -- Some folks call it a sling blade / George Hickenlooper (25 min.) -- Black rider / Pepe Danquart (12 min.) -- Trouble / Carrie Blank (16 min.) -- Michael Apted interview (12 min.) -- Baraka / Mark Magidson (12 min.) -- This unfamiliar place / Eva Ilona Brzeski (10 min.) -- Goreville U.S.A. / Seth Henrikson, Dave Sarno (7 min.) -- Henry Rollins: Easter Sunday in NYC / Albert Watson (11 min.) -- End of something (5 min.) -- Starve (4 min.) -- Shame (6 min.) -- John Lee Hooker: performance & interview (7 min.) -- Quisling & Tsai (2 min.) -- Shape without form / Stephen Berkman (5 min.) Mr. Resistor: A kinetic animation which follows the adventures of a little wire guy as he careens through a junk heap. Big story: 3-D animation in which a plasticine Kirk Douglas plays both a rookie reporter and the reporter's hard-line editor. Some folks call it a sling blade: A reporter visits an institution for the criminally insane to interview an inmate about to be released after 20 years. Black Rider: Racism is skillfully twisted back on an elderly racist. Baraka: In this compelling excerpt, film producer Mark Magidson talks about the production history of the film. This unfamiliar place: A filmmaker interviews her father about his experiences as a Polish Jew during WWII. Goreville U.S.A.: A humorous documentary on one small town's idiosyncratic 1982 gun law requiring all heads of households to maintain a firearm. John Lee Hooker, performance & interview: One of the greatest American bluesman is interviewed with clips from his recent music videos. Quisling & Tsai: An examination of whether or not humanity's desire to grow is harmonious with evolution. Shape without form: An exquisite cinepoem touching on the dichotomies and miracles of everyday life. DVD 6:1:1

SHORT Cinema Journal. Seduction
Eight acclaimed short films from around the world. Contents: Tunnel of love / Robert Milton Wallace -- Kom / Marianne Olsen Ulrichsen -- Anticipating Sarah / Seth Edelstein -- Lily and Jim / Don Hertzfeldt -- Hisao / Masahiro Sugano -- Tale about the cat and the moon / Pedro Serrazina -- The last supper / Jeremy Boxer -- T.R.A.N.S.I.T. / Piet Kroon -- Pulp: this is hardcore / Doug Nichol -- Sound bit -- Junkdrawers. Tunnel of love: A wild ride through the motorways of London, while telling the story of love in the fast lane. Kom: From Norway, this film presents a view of love, lust and nostalgia with commentary from sexpert Annie Sprinkle. Lily and Jim: Demonstrates the antithesis of seduction during a tragic blind date. Hisao: an experimental film documenting the life of an underground Japanese singer/songwriter who is seduced by dreams of fame in America. T.R.A.N.S.I.T.: an animated short bringing to life a provocative story in gorgeous art deco style. Pulp: this is hardcore: Explores the terrain of cinematic iconography from Hollywood cliches from Busby Berkeley musicals to Film Noir thugs and molls. DVD 6:1:4

SHORT Cinema Journal. Utopia
Short films including narrative, experimental, documentary, musical, and animated films. More: A stop-motion animated short telling the story of an elderly inventor working on a secret project. Lars from 1-10: A portrait of Danish film director, Lars von Trier. Zoltar from Zoran: The story of a twelve-year-old who claims to be from Planet Zoran. Amplified man: A documentary about the evolution of man and machinery, featuring Mark Mothersbaugh and rocket scientists from NASA. Contents: More / Mark Osborne -- Zoltar from Zoran / Erik Paesel -- The Bar Channel / Frank Chindamo -- The lion & the lamb / Luc Beauchamp -- Images of Korea / Young Man Kang -- Amplified man / Jonathon Stearns -- Lars from 1-10 / Sophie Fiennes -- Sam L. Grogg on Utopia / Jonathan Stearns -- Superstition / Everardo & Leopoldo Gout -- Seefood -- Woodshed -- Rochambeau -- Fire -- Intro movie. DVD 6:7

SHORT Cinema Journal. Vision
Eight acclaimed short films from around the world. Contents: Leni Riefenstahl short. True: the short film that inspired the popular "Whasssup!" Budweiser beer commercials. Number one fan: The story of a teenager's encounter with a charismatic photographer. Why Liberace?: Examines "Mr. Showmanship," the eternal mystery that is Liberace. Cinema ticket: a short from Norway. Serpent and the sandman: a short by master poet Ben Porter Lewis. Sky above, heaven below: a feature with alternate tracks of director commentary and original storyboards. Kite: an animated film with director commentary, a 3-D model and composition test. DVD 6:8

Short Cuts(1993)
Directed by Robert Altman. Cast: Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey, Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Jack Lemmon, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis. Robert Altman's funny and provocative film that interweaves the stories of 22 characters in a tale which reminds us that in life there are no Short Cuts. Based on the writings of Raymond Carver. 189 min. DVD 3629; vhs 999:1372
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Short Films, Videos and Animation Works
Presents nine short films - originally produced on 16mm film, some of them animations - and two short videos, all by Gotot Prakosa, Indonesia's leading experimental short filmmaker. Most of the collection here is work done between 1974 and 1987 at the time he was a student and young teacher in the Faculty of Cinematography at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts. Contents: Meta meta (3 min.) -- Impulse (2 min.) -- Dialogue (3 min.) -- Jalur (11 min.) -- Non KB (2 min.) -- Koen faya koen (3 min.) -- Meta ekologi (15 min.) -- Genesis Genesis (11 min.) -- A=absolute, z=Zen (14 min.) -- Vancouver-Borobodur (20 min.) -- Wahyoe and his works (20 min.). Choreography and performance events by Sardono W. Kusuma. Originally produced as motion pictures between 1974 and 1987. Video/C 999:3583

The Sin of Jesus(1961)
Cast: Julie Bovasso, Roberts Blossom, John Coe, Philip Sterling. A short fictional film in which a young woman struggles to overcome the monotony of her failing marriage and dead-end job at a chicken farm. Based on the story by Isaac Babel. Screenplay, Howard Shulman ; produced by Jerry Michaels ; directed by Robert Frank. 38 min. DVD 9964

Soigne ton gauche(France, 1936)
Directed by by René Clément starring Jacques Tati. "A boxer is out in the country with his entourage, training for his next fight. Meanwhile, on the farm nearby, Roger is neglecting his chores. As he watches the boxer and his sparring partners at work, Roger starts to fantasize about being a boxer himself. Then, when none of the boxer's sparring partners can continue, he is asked to fill in, although he doesn't know anything about how to box." [IMDB] 20 min. Included on DVD 894
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The Spanish Temp
Directed by Coraly Santaliz. Cast: Scott Kradolfer, Oleg Zatsepin, Elviar Jimenez. Temp worker Patrick Hanes has eight hours to complete 500 forms in Spanish, but he doesn't read Spanish! His only hope is an English-Spanish dictionary safeguarded by a security guard addicted to Mexican soap operas which he watches avidly. SF International Latino Film Festival Collection. 2001. 10 min. Video/C 999:3901

Sparks (2009)
Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Cast: Carla Gugino, Eric Stoltz, Xander Berkeley, Elizabeth Clemmons. Based on a short story by the novelist Elmore Leonard, tells the tale of a former rock-and-roll goddess who may or may not have burnt her house down. 24 min. DVD X2132
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Speak Easy: Kurzfilme
Presents seven short films produced in Austria between 1992 and 2002 illustrating a small cutout of Austrian film history. Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. Sonnenflecken / Barbara Albert (1998, 25 min.) -- Agypten / Kathrin Resetarits (1997, 10 min.) -- Automatic / Josef Dabernig/G.R.A.M. (2002, 7 min.) -- Die Schwarze Sonne / Johannes Hammel (1992, 26 min.) -- Flora / Jessica Hausner (1996, 25 min.) -- Speak easy / Mirjam Unger (1997, 20 min.) -- Copy shop / Virgil Widrich (2001, 12 min.) In German without subtitles. 150 min. DVD 7691
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Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires; Tre passi nel delirio) (France / Italy, 1968)
Presents three films based on the dark prose of Edgar Allan Poe. Metzengerstein, directed by Roger Vadim, with Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda, is the tale of a young woman who believes the spirit of the cousin she loved, killed in a stable fire she started, is in a horse that escaped. William Wilson, directed by Louis Malle, with Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon, is the story of a mean-spirited Austrian officer who kills his doppelganger in a duel. Toby Dammit, directed by Federico Fellini, with Terence Stamp, is about a film star who takes off on a drunken spree after his film is completed, and was liberally adapted from Edgar A. Poe's novel Don't Wager Your Head to the Devil. 121 min. DVD 1819
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The Steamroller and the Violin (Katok i Skripka)(Soviet Union, 1960)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Cast: Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamansky, N. Arhangelskaya. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship between Sasha, a young boy who loves to play the violin, and Sergey, the macho driver of a steamroller. The film sidesteps sentimentality to give us a warm yet ironic look at two individuals who bridge differences in generations to form a powerful bond. 43 min. DVD X1677
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A Stolen Moment(2004)
Directed by Audrey Cummings. In the future, the world is a cold and clinical place. After catching the eyes of a stranger, Sophie finds herself longing for human interaction. 16 min. DVD 5297
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The Storekeeper(South Africa, 1998)
Directed by Gavin Hood. An elderly man owns a small, isolated general store, somewhere in rural South Africa. After suffering a series of burglaries, which culminate in the murder of a night-watchman, the Storekeeper finally takes the law into his own hands - with tragic consequences. 22 min. DVD 5803
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The Sword and the Flute
Directed by James Ivory. "James Ivory's second documentary, The Sword and The Flute, also dealing with schools of art, grew out of his experience in making Venice: Theme and Variations. Only here, instead of photographing works by the Italian masters, he has used superb examples of Indian miniature paintings. Ivory's intelligent script, narrated with feeling by Saeed Jaffrey, and accompanied by the music of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, traces the history of Indian miniature painting after the Moghul invasion as it develops into two principal schools, the Moghul (Muslim) and the Rajput (Hindu). The Moghul miniatures reflect an interest in historical events and the life of the court, while those of the Rajput emphasize otherworldly concerns, the yearning for transcendence, but both involve the viewer immediately in a world that is exotic and ravishing. Ivory is fascinated by the faces (and prominent eyes) of his figures, the garments they wear, and the sharply noted details of their surroundings: the figures seem almost to leap at the viewer. Compared to Venice, the dramas Ivory creates through the Indian scenes are tauter and give a greater sense of complexity, which comes in part from the tension in Ivory between his intellectual role as a close observer of culture and his intimate, empathetic response to the paintings' exceptional sensuousness and romantic feeling. The cameraman for the film was another USC cinema student, Mindaugis Bagdon, and his and Ivory's photography of the Indian miniatures proved so effective that Ivory would use the technique later, also with striking effect, in his film Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures." [bwtorrents.com] 24 min. Included on DVD 3790
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Tanto tiempo(1992)
Directed by Cheryl Quintana Leader. Cast: Mandy Avila MacKenzie, Carrie Barton, Seidy Lopez. Mia, a young Mexican American woman, and Luz, her Mexican mother, have abandoned their Mexican heritage to adapt to an American lifestyle. Mia, confronted with her past in various situations, rediscovers the value of her Mexican ancestry and brings it and her estranged mother back into her life. SF International Latino Film Festival Collection. 26 min. Video/C 999:3898
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Telephone(2001)
Directed by Terry Montlick. A man is alone in a small office on a job tryout, with only a telephone connecting him to the world. He gets a call, and is soon faced with the most chilling choice of his life. 19 min. DVD X1676
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Ten(2004)
Directed by Scott Smith. Follows the events of a man who haphazardly breaks the Ten Commandments -- and all before breakfast. A tongue in cheek interpretation of Biblical scripture in modern times. 3 min. DVD 6321
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That Day
Directed by Matthew Thomas. A powerful portrayal of leaving one's old friends behind in pursuit of a better life. Director Thomas uses subtitles under common street slang to underscore a young man's ascent into the professional world. His cleverly shot short film evokes the universal theme of choosing between living in the past or the present. 3:45 Minutes DVD 5343
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould(Portugal / Canada / Finland / Netherlands, 1993)
Directed by François Girard. These thirty-two vignettes, spanning pianist Glenn Gould's life from age four until his death at fifty, give an impressionistic depiction of his life. Each of the vignettes depicts the many diverse aspects of this internationally renowned pianist's character from artist to financier, humorist to nature-lover, recluse to iconoclast, resulting in a powerful mosaic of genius. Video/C 6917

Three Extremes (Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea, 2004)
Cast: Box: Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe. Dumplings: Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Ka-Fai Leung. Cut: Lee Byung-Hun, Lim Won-Hee, Gang Hye-Jung, Yum Jung-Ah. Presents a cross-cultural trilogy of odd and horrific film shorts by Asian directors. In Box, beautiful successful novelist Kyoko lives a solitary life. In Dumplings a woman experiments with anti-ageing dumplings containing a sinister secret ingredient. In Cut, a happy and successful film director encounters a stranger in his living room. Contents: Box: Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe. Dumplings: Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Ka-Fai Leung. Cut: Lee Byung-Hun, Lim Won-Hee, Gang Hye-Jung, Yum Jung-Ah. 126 min. DVD X792
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Three Tales from Senegal
Contents: Le Franc / un film de Djibril Diop Mambety (45 min.) -- Picc mi / un film de Mansour Sora Wade (20 min.) -- Fary l'Anesse / un film de Mansour Sora Wade (17 min.). Le Franc is a parable about the plight of everyday Africans buffeted by the changing winds of the international monetary system. Picc Mi (Little bird) is a story of two destitute boys who escape the predatory demands of adults to spend one day of freedom together. Fary l'anesse (Fary, the donkey) is a tale of a man led into folly by his pursuit of the perfect woman. When he thinks he has finally found her, she turns out to be a donkey. In Wolof with English subtitles. Video/C 4128

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Higgins, Ellie. " Urban Apprenticeships and Senegalese Narratives of Development: Mansour Sora Wade's Picc Mi and Djibril Diop Mambety's La petite vendeuse de Soleil." Research in African Literatures, Fall2002, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p54, 15p UC users only

Through Deaf Eyes: Short Films by Deaf Filmmakers
Listen / Kimby Caplan -- Vital signs / Wayne Betts, Jr. -- Destination eyeth / Arthur Luhn -- Equilibrium / Andrean Mangiardi -- That's my marshmallow / Tracey Salaway -- Audism / Rene Visco. DVD 7922

Tickets(Italy / UK, 2005)
Directed by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach. Cast: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi [ep.1]; Silvana De Santis, Filippo Trojano, Carolina Benvenga, Marta Mangiucca [ep.2]; Martin Compston, William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Blerta Cahani, Klajdi Qorraj [ep.3]. In this anthology film, an elderly businessman finds solace and a new insight into life when he meets a younger woman who arranges his train ticket after his flight is canceled. A young man is torn between an older woman who controls him and a younger one that attracts him. And three Scottish youths on their way to the football match of their dreams are forced to open their eyes and see the bigger picture when they meet an Albanian family. In each case, the train journey changes the course of all their lives. 115 min. DVD 9989

Time out(2003)
Directed by by Robbie Chafitz. In this dark comedy, two hard-bitten kindergartners -- played by adult actors -- share a "time out" on the school playground and enter a world of anxiety, despair, revenge and cooties. 8 min. DVD 6330
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Tokyo! (France | Japan | Germany | South Korea, 2008)
Directed by by Joon-ho Bong (segment "Shaking Tokyo"); Leos Carax (segment "Merde"); Michel Gondry (segment "Interior Design"). Interior design cast: Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase. Merde cast: Denis Lavant, Jean-François Balmer. Shaking Tokyo cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yu Aoi. A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories. A young woman finds her life useless and goes on to experience a metamorphosis. A disheveled Caucasian who calls himself "Merde" emerges from a manhole to face arrest, trial, and execution, he speaks a language only his look-alike attorney understands. A recluse experiences human contact when a pizza-delivery girl faints at his door during an earthquake. He conquers fear to seek her out. 107 min. DVD X1873
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Toute la Mémoire du Monde (France, 1956)
Directed by Alain Resnais. "Celebrated documentary short by soon-to-be "New Wave" film-maker Resnais about the mausoleum that is the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris: whether consciously or not, it's photographed in a way as to seem like an alien building from some sci-fi piece (a genre with which the director's ensuing cerebral, maze-like work would be inextricably linked); indeed, it's the stunning direction and indelible strains of Maurice Jarre's music which elevate this one above being a mere documentary about a public library." [IMDB] 20 min. Included on DVD 4210
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True Story(2006)
Directed by Stephanie J. Via. In this short film an elderly woman remembers a tragic childhood moment. 3 min. DVD 7163
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Two Cars, One night(New Zealand, 2005)
Directed by Taika Waititi. In this little love story, three children in two cars wait for their parents one night outside a rural pub. 11 min. DVD 6135
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Underground Zero (2001)
A collaborative film project comprised of a collection of short films by a variety of experimental and documentary filmmakers in response to the events of September 11, 2001. Main program : The End of summer (3 min.) / Frazer Bradshaw -- Voice of the prophet (7 min.) / Robert Edwards -- China diary (911) (12 min.) / Eva Brzeski -- Isaiah's rap (3 min.) / Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman -- Brief encounter with Tibetan monks (5 min.) / Paul Harrill -- Scene from an endless war (2 min.) / Norman Cowie -- The World is a classroom (14 min.) / Caveh Zahedi -- A Strange mourning (5 min.) / David Driver -- 21 (3 min.) / Laura Plotkin -- Carefully taught (4 min.) / Valerie Soe -- World as we know it (4 min.) / John Haptas & Kristine Samuelson -- Prayer (3 min.) / Jay Rosenblatt -- Untitled (6 min.) / Ira Sachs. Program two: New York (6 min.) / Chel White -- Brooklyn promenade (3 min.) / Mark Street -- Both towers have fallen (2 min.) / Cathy Cook -- No news (4 min.) / Bushra Azzouz -- Parthenogenesis (2 min.) / Marina Zurkow -- Language lessons (9 min.) / Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse -- End of an era (6 min.) / Lucas Sabean -- Meal (4 min.) -- Cathy Crane & Sarah Lewison -- Collateral damage (3 min.) / Marcia Jarmel -- Drink from the river (3 min.) / Thad Povery & The Scratch Film Junkies -- Fear itself (3 min.) / Dan Weir -- Wake (4 min.) / Abigail Severance & Julia Inez Gandelsonas -- Awake (1 min.) / Greg Watkins -- 9/10 (8 min.) / Thomas Logoreci. 111 min. DVD 2154

Urban Visions
11 short films from London, Paris, New York, Helsinki, Milan and elsewhere, presenting different visions of urban life as art, fiction, and social commentary. These films will take you, beyond borders, to discover urban subcultures under a new light. Urban Visons includes both the extraordinary as well as the perfectly ordinary. It's about everyday life, real and unreal, as seen through the eyes of independent and cutting-edge film-makers with a dedication to form, rhythm, and color. These works are witness to a new wave of film as art without limits of creativity and style and free of technical and financial constraints. Urban Visions proves that now just like the big city, anything is possible. Push / Gorka Aguado (4:29) -- One last thing / Hilton Earl (5:15) -- Fausse solitude / Pierre-Yves Cruaud (5:45) -- Der letzte Flug / Lombardi-Clan (11:24) -- Pako / Nosfe (1:27) -- Hi-fi / Sean Baker (5:34) -- Novanta / GG Tarantola (12:10) -- When the floor became the ceiling / Rudolf Buitendach (6:03) -- Raus aus seinen Kleidern / Corinna Schnitt (7:18) -- Promenaux / Stefano Canapa (11:19) -- The strip mall trilogy / Roger Beebe (9:06). Dist: Lowave DVD 6393

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Viaje en taxi (Argentina, 1997)
Directed by Jorge Sabate. Cast: Gonzola Arguimbau, Pedro Isequilla, Alejandra Radano. In this comic farce a hurried businessman hails a cab only to be delayed by the amorous taxi driver who picks up women. System Details SF International Latino Film Festival Collection. 10 min. Video/C 999:3900
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Vintage Erotica

Anno 1920: After the horrors of WWI, a sultry madness took hold of the French society that no authority could stop. Taking popular poetic figures of French culture and turning them into pretexts for orgies, these nineteen short films produced between 1920 and 1930, have an unexpected subversive and humorous dimension. Everything turns into group sex-- we even get a look at how fun it was to be incarcerated during the French Revolution. Contents: Zut! Zut! Ma légitime! -- Satyre Casimir -- Après-midi à la fumerie -- Au clair de la lune -- Mésaventures de Monsieur Gross' Bitt -- Deux columbines -- Séduction (le Duc de Sommerange) -- Coquette aus bas blancs -- Retour de l'explorateur -- Pierrette allait a la Riviere -- Amour chez Minouche -- Leçon de piano -- Pedicure enflammé -- Bas-fonds napolitains -- Untitled -- Télégraphiste -- Mariage ultra-moderne -- Gisele et le groom -- Après la confession. Bonus feature: Le Verrou (from Vintage erotica, anno 1930) with new score by Marcel Fragonard et Le Epopée de Culté Sinfonietta. 90 min. DVD X1943

Anno 1930: Presents 23 films of French erotica from the 1920's and 30's, featuring all aspects of soft-core, hard-core, straight, bi, gay and fetish imagery. Made in France, these films feature lush backdrops and exotic costumes with settings ranging from the Orient to the era of the Musketeers. Filmed by professionals as well as amateurs (like the mysterious Mr. X) these films prove that erotic cinema is as old as cinema itself. Contents: Deux petites bonnes. -- Vie Parisienne. -- Sauvageonne. -- Aventures de Ben Ali. -- Scènes d'intérieur de Mr. X. -- Scènes d'extérieur de Mr. X. -- Etape en forêt. -- Flagellation en bord de Mame. -- Jeunes filles sans uniforme. -- Dressage au fouet. -- Sous les caresses du martinet. -- Nudist bar. -- En vacances. -- Nouvelle secrétaire. -- Trois gouttes de rosée. -- Grandê bagarre. -- Tournée des grands ducs. -- Verrou. -- Mousquetaire au restaurant. -- Amour et ballerine. -- Mektoud, fantaise Arabe. -- Songe de butterfly. -- Surpris par le gard-champêtre. 116 min. DVD X1944

Anno 1940: Features fifteen remastered short films from 1940 to 1950. The 1940s sure were frisky, according to this collection of French shorts, many produced during World War II. Lesbians, XXX-rated parodies of Santa Claus, as well as erotic body painting, nudist camps films, spanking films and other themes are covered in this risque roundelay. Contents: 2 roses -- Catch cache -- [2 without titles] -- A la française -- Partie de cartes -- Esprit de famille -- Madame et sa bonne -- Vase brisé -- Monsieur a sonné -- Petit conte de noel -- Clinique en folie -- Representante -- Ersats seule -- Puce. Includes collection of still photos, 1900-1940. DVD X1945

Anno 1950: Twenty years before the rise of 1970's hardcore films in the U.S., the commercial pornography produced by the French unleashed a new era of erotic cinema. Suddenly, unlike the common "stag" films of the time, scripts, multiple camera angles, and title credits were introduced into erotic productions. This collection features fifteen remastered French short films produced from 1950 to 1960. Contents: Femme seules (Women on their own) -- Rasage en douceu (Smooth shaving) -- Attachement (Attachment) -- Femme au portrait (Women with the portrait) -- Danseuse aux seins nus (Topless dancer) -- Plaisirs champêtres (Pastoral pleasures) -- Sans titre (Untitled) -- Service après-vente (After-sales service) -- Sans titre (Untitled) -- Peeping Tom -- San titre (Untitled) -- Rendez-vous -- Voleur entôlé = Thief in jail -- Sans titre (Untitled) -- Femmes infidèles (Unfaithful women). 110 min. DVD X1946

Anno 1960: Shortly before the rise of mainstream pornography in the USA, the French and other Europeans produced a series of erotic loops for the theatres with a feeling of private and sleazy allure. The 1960s was a new period in music, fashion and film, which transcends to these erotic timepieces. Shows a variety of amateur footage of sexual interaction between couples, groups, lesbians, hipsters and mods. 105 min. DVD X1947

Wholphin

No. 1: Stairway at St. Paul / performed and directed by Jeroen Offerman (8:30) -- The great escape / directed by Jeroen Offerman (10:11) -- Are you the favorite person of anybody? / directed by Miguel Arteta ; written by Miranda July (4:11) -- The big empty / written, directed, and produced by J. Lisa Chang and Newton Thomas Siegel (21:04) -- Tatli hayat (aka The sweet life, aka The Turkish Jeffersons) (25:00) -- Untitled Al Gore documentary / directed by Spike Jonze (13:00) -- Soldier's pay / directed by David O. Russell (11:18) -- The delicious / written, starring, and directed by Scott Prendergast (15:54) -- The writer / directed and written by Carson Mell (3:10) -- The death of the hen / directed by Brian Dewan (15:54) -- The house in the middle / directed by the Department of Civil Defense in conjunction with the National Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Bureau (6:00) -- Malek Khorshid / directed by Ali Akbar Sadeghi (16:00). DVD 7315

No. 2: Disc 1. The movie movie [an excerpt] / featuring Donald Trump, directed by Errol Morris (3:58) -- Building No. 7 / directed by Steven Soderbergh (3:52) -- The pity card [Unaired TV pilot] / featuring Zach Galifianakis, directed by Bob Odenkirk (12:29) -- American storage / with Martin Starr, directed by Andrew Jay Cohen (13:10) -- Home, James and don't spare the horses / directed by John Dolan (31:33) -- More [animated film] / directed by Mark Osborne (6:19) -- Sour death balls / directed by Jessica Yu ( 4:36) -- Mysterious geographic explorations of Jasper Morello [animated film] / directed by Anthony Lucas ( 26:07) -- The Mesmerist [recovered film] / featuring Boris Karloff , directed by Bill Morrison ( 15:48) -- Okusama wa majo (aka. Bewitched) [Japanese sitcom] (27:00) -- How to poke pole a monkey faced eel [instructional video] (3:43) -- Disc 2. The power of nightmares : [the rise of the politics of fear]. Part 1, Baby its cold outside (ca. 30 min.). DVD 7219

No. 3: Disc 1. The Russian suicide chair / by Dennis Hooper (2003, 5:25 min.) -- The passion of Martin / directed by Alexander Payne (1991, 49 min.) -- A stranger in her own city / directed by Khadija Al-Salami (Yemen, 2005, 29:45 min.) -- A bee and a cigarette / directed by Bob Odenkirk (2005, 12:15 min.) -- Funky forest the first contact [excerpt] / directed by Katsuhito Ishi, Shunichiro Miki, Aniki [Takeshi Kaneshiro] (Japan, 2005, 15:42 min.) -- Never like the first time! / directed by Jonas Odell (Sweden, animated, 2006, 14:30 min.) -- Kitchen / directed by Alice Winocour (France, 2004, 14:31 min.) -- Ballistic jaw propulsion of trap-jaw ants (2006, 3:39 min.) -- "Yeah, yeah, we speak English. Just serve" / Wholphin short (2006, 3:28 min.) -- Flotsam/Jetsam / directed by David and Nathan Zellner (2005, 5:16 min.) -- Tactical advantage / directed by Daren Rabinovitch (2006, 3:30 min.) -- Bobby bird / directed by Carson Mell (animated, 2005, 7:18 min.) -- Disc 2. The power of nightmares : [the rise of the politics of fear]. Part 2, The phantom victory / directed by Adam Curtis (U.K., 2004) DVD 9509

No. 4: Two cars, one night /directed by Taika Waititi (12:00) -- High Falls / directed by Andrew Zuckerman, screenplay by Alex Vlack (33:00) -- Strange culture / directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson (13:30) -- Heavy metal, jr. / directed by Chris Waitt (24:00) -- Schastlivy vmeste (Happy together) [re-scripted Russian sitcom] (25:00) -- Heavy metal drummer / directed by Toby MacDonald and Luke Morris (6:00) -- La chatte Andalouse / directed by Gerald Hustache Mathieu (48:00) -- Tom's war on terror / directed by Cameron Fay (2:00) -- Cheeta (4:00) -- Site specific, Las Vegas 05 / directed by Olivo Barbieri (6:45) -- Disc 2. (Bonus disc): The power of nightmares, part III:The shadows in the cave / directed by Adam Curtis. A collection of live and animated short films and documentaries. This issue of Wholphin features Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard lying to one another; the FBI mistaking an artist for a bioterrorist; Scottish 9 year olds singing Satan Rocks at their country fair; an episode of the Russian Married... with Children re-scripted; an Academy Award nominated short; nuns; retired chimpanzees; plaster casters; and films from France, Morocco, New Zealand and the U.K. DVD 8182

No. 5: Death to the tinman / directed by Ray Tintori (12 min.) -- Drunk bees / directed by Wholphin (5 min.) -- House hunting / directed by Amy Lippman (19 min.) -- American outrage / directed by George Gage (32 min.) -- Madame Tutli-Putli / directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada, 17 min.) -- Piece by piece / directed by West Side Filmworks (14 min.) -- Chonto / directed by Carson Mell (13 min.) -- Echos der Buchrucken (parts I & III) / directed by Cesar Velasco Broca (Spain, 7 min, 10 min.) -- One day with the SLA / directed by David Martinez and Shane Bauer (9 min.) -- Monument valley flight attempt / directed by Will Lamson (3 min.) -- John "Kung Fu" Wang / directed by Dan Vest (6 min.) -- Shot through / directed by Tom Dale (U.K., 3 min.) DVD 9470

No. 6: Please vote for me (excerpt) / directed by Weijun Chen -- Safari and safari menus (excerpt) / directed by Catherine Chalmers -- On the assassination of the president / directed by Adam Keker -- Lucky / directed by Nash Edgerton -- Force 1 TD / directed by Randy Krallman -- Darling darling / directed by Matthew Lessner -- Bigfoot: a beast on the run / directed by David Thayer -- The man in the grey suit (excerpt from the feature film, Don't hold your breath) / directed by Roger Teich -- Silence is golden / directed by Chris Shepherd -- New boy / directed by Steph Green. DVD X604

No. 7: Disc 1. Sierra Leone's refugee all stars [excerpt and extended scenes] / directed by Zach Niles and Banker White (2005, 30 min.) --; Tørt og kjølig = Cold & dry / directed by Kristoffer Joner (Norway, 2008, 12 min.) -- The discipline of De / directed by Gus Van Sant (1982, 9 min.) -- Nutkin's last stand / directed by Nicholas Berger (2008, 18 min.) -- Field notes from Dimension X / directed by Carson Mell (2008, 4 min.) -- Choque / directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Spain, 2005, 11 min.) -- David Huggins: experienced / directed by Jeremy Vaeni (2008, 7 min.) -- The even more fun trip (animated, 2007, 17 min.) / directed by Bob Sabiston -- Glory at sea / directed by Benjamin Zeitlin (2008, 25 min.) -- Look at the sun /directed by Wholphin (2008, 5 min.) -- William Tell / directed by William Lamson (2006, 3:40 min.) -- Fantaisie in bubblewrap / directed by Arthur Metcalf (animated, 2007, 4:30 min.) -- Disc 2. Bonus disc: Select your intention: an interactive scientific experiment / directed by Aaron Michels (2008, 45:00 min.). DVD X649

No. 8: Short term 12 / Destin Daniel Cretton -- Kids + money / Lauren Greenfield -- My friends told me about you / Carlos Dengler and Daniel Ryan -- From burger it came / Dominic Bisignano -- Love you more / Sam Taylor-Wood & Patrick Marber -- Hidden / Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch and Mats Johansson -- Great man and cinema / Jim Finn -- Room before and after / James Franco, Creed Bratton, and Maria Bamford. 143 min. DVD X1335

No. 9: Sparks (24:00) / directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- La Corona = The crown (40:00) / produced and directed by Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega -- Creature within (1:30) and Melbourne years (0:50) / directed by Spike Jonze -- Maurice at the World's Fair (3:30) / directed by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs -- Acting for the camera (15:00) / directed by Justin Nowell, written by Thomas Nowell -- Skhizein (13:00) / directed by Jérémy Clapin -- Jerrycan (13:00) / directed by Julius Avery -- Unmaking of I am a sex addict (7:00) / directed by Caveh Zahedi -- Sister wife (11:00) / directed by Jill Orschel -- Mompelaar (22:00) / directed by Wim Reygaert and Marc Roels -- Sunday, 6th April, 11:42AM (6:00) / directed by Flatform -- Bearings Glocken (5:00) / directed by Kawase Kohske -- Motodrom (9:00) / directed by Jörg Wagner. DVD X2108

The Work of Director Spike Jonze: A Collection of Music Videos, Short Films, Documentaries, and Rarities.
Music videos: Includes the director's music videos for the bands Wax, Beastie Boys, the Pharcyde, the Breeders, Daft Punk, Fatlip, Weezer, Fatboy Slim, Dinosaur Jr., MC 900ft Jesus, the Notorious B.I.G., the Chemical Brothers, and Bjork, as well as interviews, commentaries, and rarities. Documentaries: What's up Fatlip? (31 min.): A candid documentary filmed as Spike and Fatlip worked together on a music video, and Spike lets his curiosity take over. Amarillo by morning (29 min.): While filming pro bull riders at a national rodeo in Houston, Spike befriended two suburban teenagers who aspired to be cowboys. This documentary chronicles a day in their lives. Torrance Rises (34 min.): Torrance Community Dance Group on the road to their grand performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. DVD 2217

The Work of Director Michel Gondry: A Collection of Music Videos, Short Films, Documentaries, and Stories.
Includes the director's music videos for the bands the White Stripes, Kylie Minogue, the Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Beck, Foo Fighters, Daft Punk, Cibo Matto, the Rolling Stones, Massive Attack, I Am, Jean Francois Coen, and Oui Oui, as well as "Stories and things" and the film "I've been 12 forever". DVD 2218

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham: A Collection of Music Videos, Short Films, Video Installations, and Commercials.
Includes the director's music videos for the bands Autechre, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Madonna, Leftfield (featuring Afrika Bambaataa), Squarepusher, and Bjork; commercials for Sony Playstation, Levis, and Nissan; video installations; and the documentary, "The Making of All is Full of Love," featuring behind the scenes footage and interviews with Bjork and Chris Cunningham. DVD 2219

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn.
Collection offers some of the director's best music videos including U2's One, Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence, Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box and Metallica's Hero of the Day. Also includes artist interviews, commercial work, and other short films. Music videos: Dr. Mabuse / Propaganda -- Red guitar / David Sylvian -- Seven seas / Echo and the Bunnymen -- Quiet eyes / Golden Earring -- The gam / Echo and the Bunnymen -- Behind the wheel / Depeche Mode -- Atmosphere / Joy Division -- My secret place / Joni Mitchell with Peter Gabriel -- Enjoy the silence / Depeche Mode -- One (director's cut) / U2 -- Straight to you / Nick Cave and the Bade Seeds -- Walking in my shoes / Depeche Mode -- Heart shaped box / Nirvana -- Liar / Henry Rollins -- hero of the day / Metallica -- Mama said / Metallica -- Barrel of a gun / Depeche Mode -- It's no good / Depeche Mode -- Bleibt alles Anders / Herbert Gronemeyer -- Opus 40 / Mercury Rev -- Goddess on a hiway / Mercury Rev -- In the sun / Joseph Arthur -- Mensch / Herbert Gronemeyer -- Electrical storm / U2 -- Re-offender / Travis -- All these things that I've done / The Killers. Special features: Beck and Dave Grohl MTV promos; U2, the making of "Electrical storm"; Some yoyo stuff; "Love will come through" by Travis; "It's no good" by Depeche Mode tour projections; "Hockey" by Palais Schaumburg (Anton's first music video); "Front by front" by Front 242; NotNa: a documentary about Anton; interviews and commentaries; 56 page book including Anton's photos, text and drawings. 400 min. DVD 4878

The Work of Director Stephane Sednaoui
Stephane Sednaoui's best videos are brought together in one collection. Included are Alanis Morissette's Ironic, Scar Tissue by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2's Mysterious Ways. Also has artist interviews, commentaries and other short films. Music videos: I can't wait / Mirwais -- For real / Tricky -- Scar tissue / Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Disco science / Mirwais -- Lotus / R.E.M. -- Possibly maybe / Bjork -- Ironic / Alanis Morissette -- Tricky / Pumpkin -- Queer / Garbage -- Hell is around the corner / Tricky -- Sly / Massive Attack -- Seven Seconds / Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry -- Big time sensuality / Bjork -- Big time sensuality (new night version) / Bjork -- Sometimes salvation / Black Crowes -- Mysterious ways / U2 -- Give it away / Red Hot chili Peppers -- Le Monde de demain / NTM -- Discotheque (new director's cut) / U2. Special features: "Walk on the wild side" a short film inspired by Lou Reed's song; "Army of me" animation inspied by Bjork's song; "Acqua natasa" short film featuring Natasa Vojnovic; "Reve reche" Stephane's first short film attempt; interviews and commentaries; Stephane's presentation at New York University Film School; 56 page book includes diary of photos, storyboards, sketches and comments. 400 min. DVD 4879

The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer
Videos in this collection include Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity, UNKLE's Rabbit in Your Headlights, Radiohead's Karma Police, and Blur's The Unviersal. Also includes commercials, artist interviews, and excerpts from the films Sexy Beast and Birth. Music videos: Street spirit / Radiohead; Virtual insanity / Jamiroquai; A song for the lovers / Richard Ashcroft; Into my arms / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Rabbit in your headlights / UNKLE; The universal / Blur; Karma police / Radiohead; Karmacoma / Massive Attack -- Commericals: Ride / Wrangler; Surfer (extended) / Guinness; Swim black / Guinness; Dreamer / Guinness; Protection / Volkwager; Last orders / Stella Artois; Whip round / Stella Artois; Kung Fu / Levis -- Odyssey / Levis -- Bull (with Samual L. Jackson) / Barclays; Chicken (with Samuel L. Jackson) / Barclays -- Films: "You're the problem" an excerpt from the motion picture 'Sexy beast'; "Central Park" an excerpt from the motion picture "Birth" -- Tramp: Paul Kaye. Special features: interviews and commentaries; 56 page book including photographs, sketches, storyboards and interview. 400 min. DVD 4880

The Work of Director Mark Romanek
Includes the director's music videos for the bands Jay-Z, Linkin park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Audioslave, No Doubt, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Weezer, Eels, Snic Youth, Madonna, R.E.M., G. Love & Special Sauce, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Keith Richards, En Vogue and kd lang, as well as interviews, commentaries and a documentary "Making of 99 problems." DVD 4881

Workshop Exercises (Cwiczenia warsztatowe)(Poland, 1987)
Directed by Marcel Lozinski. "In "Cwiczenia Warsztatowe",we see a documentary film crew filming views of Polish people on youngsters.A variety of answers are obtained as it is a question of honor of a communist society.There are some people who oppose all views about Polish youth.There are some people who present their frank views.We also get to see some people who refrain from speaking as they are afraid of expressing themselves in public.It appears from some scenes as if Polish people have some kind of fear which is preventing them from getting their voices heard.It is from some reactions that we can deduce that in the past there was some discipline in Polish schools.It is the older generation of Polish people that is extremely critical of young Poles.According to them Polish youth have a tendency to destroy everything.Marcel Lozinski films two views of the same reality.Is it a trick ? It might be a way to get closer to reality.It is shocking that no one knows a real answer to this question as the editing of the film was done neither with the knowledge of the participants nor without their approval." [IMDB] 12 min. Included on DVD 4183
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The World According to Shorts
Contents: Perra (Hugo Maza, writer and director) (16:49) -- We have decided not to die (Daniel Askill, writer and director) (11:22) -- United we stand ( Hans Petter Moland, director) (8:57) -- Antichrist (Adam Guzinski, writer and director) (27:14) -- The old woman's step (Jane Malaquias, writer and director) (15:05) -- Ring of fire (Andreas Hykade, writer and director) (15:17). La perra: A sexy satire in which a couple with empty lives invents a fantasy about the new maid in order to satisfy their sexual obsessions. We have decided not to die: Three figures undergo transformation through three rituals in a modern day allegorical triptych. United we stand: Eight old-timers come upon a young woman stuck in a swamp. Antichrist: A group of young boys have a leader who believes himself to be the Antichrist. He goads the others into daring games until things spin out of control. The old woman's shop: An old lady travels from her village to the city in order to sell a chicken so that she can buy a present for her grandson. Ring of fire: An animated film in which two cowboys are looking for sexual pleasure in a land of dangerous and fascinating creatures. DVD X1810

Yashmak(UK, 2002)
Directed by James Brown. Highly acclaimed music video & commercial director James Brown shoots a stylized peek behind a yashmak veil, where a traditional Muslim custom is co-opted by a modern twist. 4 min. DVD 5350
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The Yellow Wallpaper (1977)
Directed by Marie Ashton. Cast: Sigurd Wurschmidt, Tom Dahlgren, Susan Lynch. This short film has become an important addition to women's studies and American literature course curricula. Set in the late 1800s, the story features Elizabeth, an aspiring writer who becomes ill and is forced to take a "rest cure." Completely isolated, her mind creates a world inside the wallpaper in her room--a world in which a woman is trapped and unable to escape. Based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, written in 1890. 14 min. Video/C 5679
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Youngster(2004)
Directed by Will Canon When a 12-year-old drug dealer hands over a crack rock to a pushy addict without first getting paid, he must decide whether to trust a man with every reason to lie, or do his best to recover the money by his own means. 8 min. DVD 6340
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Youth In Us(2005)
Directed by Joshua Leonard. Cast, Lukas Haas, Kelli Garner. A young couple confronts a painful future by looking to the past. 12 min. DVD 6337
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[Zaatari, Akram] Five Short Films by Akram Zaatari: Sound and Image
Contents: Teach me, 1996 (6 min.) -- Countdown, 1995 (7 min.) -- Gift, 1995 (4 min.) -- Reflections, 1995 (11 min.) -- A family portrait, 1995 (10 min.) Teach me: By constructing new meaning out of recycled TV news footage, the filmmaker creates a thought-provoking statement against violence. Countdown: An interesting montage of mixed footage of real-life war and reel entertainment. Gift: A boy begs the filmmaker to let him join soccer players in order to appear on TV in this look at Lebanon's summmertime beach boys. Reflections: Memories and images of childhood are reflected both on the screen and in the small mirror that a young boy plays with as a toy. Family portrait: A profile of a young, modern Lebanese family who are having their family photos taken, this multi-layered work examines the differences and similarities between real life and the synthetic world of TV and film. Video/C 999:3226

Zombie
Directed by Darrent Lynn Bousman. A short student film. Included on DVD 7498
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