"Reverse Television" was created in the mid-1980's by video artist Bill Viola. The 30-second portraits were about portraiture and the idea of a person staring at the viewer (as the viewer stares at the TV screen).

Der Lude Trailer (1984)

06 December 1984

Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on the streets.

Once Upon a Time in America Trailer (1984)

23 May 1984

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Supergirl Trailer (1984)

01 July 1984

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Warriors of the Wind Trailer (1984)

11 March 1984

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it.

A Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer (1984)

09 November 1984

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides.

Gremlins Trailer (1984)

08 June 1984

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Trailer (1984)

23 May 1984

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

The Karate Kid Trailer (1984)

22 June 1984

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali.

Coast Zone Trailer (1984)

07 April 1984

Coast Zone […] explores the use of deep-focus, contrasting background figures (often in motion) with those in the foreground (sometimes in extreme close-up).

Crab II Trailer (1984)

13 June 1984

Commissioner Leon (Miguel Angel Landa) investigates the murder of a woman in a population near the capital.

Klassenkameraden Trailer (1984)

18 November 1984

The criminalist Hannes Bergemann tries to blackmail the city where he spent his youth. After many years returning to the familiar places of his childhood, he hopes to meet again his old friends, especially Fred, Helmuth and Richard, with whom he had a close childhood friendship.

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