Renowned Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan leads the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in this 1983 performance of Richard Strauss's acclaimed "Eine Alpensinfonie," one of the German composer's most sweeping works. The symphony was written to evoke the sense of spending a day hiking in the mountains, an adventure these world-class musicians capture in this resounding and stirring rendition under Von Karajan's graceful direction.
After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.
While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling.
"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).
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.
