Movies 1980 Page 46

In this narrative performance for video, Burden tells the story of his relationship with a truck named "Big Job." To relate his autobiographical...

2 million taels in gold has been stolen from a vault within the Forbidden City. The Empress wants the money returned within 10 days. Chief Constable...

The man drinks a cup of tea and taps the rhythm with his fingers. The insight into his thoughts shows the image of an airplane pilot who parachutes...

Narrated by Phil Harris, a longtime friend of Fountain's, "Pete!" uses performance film, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and a home videos to...

A treasure hunt sparks the continuing violence in this Hong Kong action film, yet the film does not focus only on the violent nature of some of the...

Two little criminals without major, dream of adventure and easy life. They agree to go to work in the Poitou as representatives of musical...

'Ki or Breathing' is a spare concoction assembled from slow motion shots of nature and set to a score by the much-acclaimed Tohru Takemitsu.

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.

"Dhairya Lakshmi" translates to "Courage Lakshmi" and refers to a form of Goddess Lakshmi that bestows strength and courage, suggesting the film may...

Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of...

Three Swedish living rooms, during three different stages of life.

Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death.

The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In his devotion to the Habsburg Monarchy, he...

Two half-brothers have to go on a road trip to find their half-sister and receive a huge inheritance.

Pakistani Film

In 1912, in Austria, the painter Egon Schiele is sent to jail accused of pornography with the nymphet Tatjana in his erotic paints. His mate, the...

Due to a mix-up at the doctor's office, Fred believes he has only 24 hours left to live.

A boy, expelled from military school, returns home to his fathers disappointment. He discovers that a motorcycle gang has been terrorizing his high...

Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard and wore his...

A film about the great Russian actress Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (1864–1910).

A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.

"La Clemenza di Tito" was Mozart's last stage work. It was commissioned for an Imperial coronation ceremony while Mozart was at work on "Die...

A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.

The title of this video work, ‘Running Time’, refers to its duration. A figure running in landscape from infinity towards and past the camera is...

Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of...

Film of Morton Feldman's short opera (libretto by Samuel Beckett).

Two children playing hide and seek stumble upon a strange visitor on the beach. This sparks a chain of bizarre events inspiring civil disobedience in...

Emmy Award-winning hour documentary about the worldwide animal mutilation mystery that has haunted ranchers and law enforcement since the 1950's. TV...

A story about a time traveler and the search for the first cell of one's existence. 'The Dead', played by Peter Murphy searches for and finds a...

The short shows various clips from Hollywood feature films that, like the title of the film, are full of double entendre. It includes a segment from...

In this prelude to the television series 'The Raccoons', Bert, Melissa, and Ralph Raccoon have their home accidentally stolen when it is cut down to...

Pilot for crime drama about Max Caulpepper, the owner of a Los Angeles security service, who attempts to solve the murder of a friend that may be...

A boy is tragically killed in a car accident. Will his father transform into a vengeful monster, or a forgiving wise man?

A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive...

A young American hockey player, studying in Canada on a hockey scholarship, falls in love while risking his scholarship and the prospect of the...

Short film by Copper Giloth & Mimi Shevitz

A journey to Berlin with rock musician Lene Lovich and Les Chappell.

'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina with Palestrina himself. He said to him, " The...

A special full of Syd and Eddie's daft sketches, including Christmas in Dallas, and "Syddy's House of Horror". Guests on the show are two Scottish...