"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).

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).

Alaya Deepam Trailer (1984)

29 June 1984

Alaya Deepam is a 1984 Tamil Indian feature film directed by C. V. Sridhar and produced by K.R.Gangadharan.

The Sheriff and the Astronaut Trailer (1984)

24 May 1984

A small town sheriff and an astronaut strike up a romance as they attempt to solve crimes in this unsold pilot/CBS Thursday night movie.

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.

Assaltaram a Gramática Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts criticizing the then current generation and its lack of admiration for the poetic works that were being created.

Modrý kosatec Trailer (1984)

22 September 1984

Something About Amelia Trailer (1984)

09 January 1984

Counseling helps family deal with the discovery that their child was sexually abused by the closest relative.

May Lamok sa Loob ng Kulambo Trailer (1984)

04 May 1984

Lauro (Eddie Garcia) is a married man who just loves women. His wife Elena (Gloria Diaz), a beautiful and strong-willed woman is dead set in keeping him from womanizing.

Anatomy of an Illness Trailer (1984)

15 May 1984

Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self-made health therapy consisting of intake of large quantities of vitamin C and making oneself laugh as much as possible.

Tortured Dust Part 4 Trailer (1984)

13 April 1984

While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling.

Isaac Littlefeathers Trailer (1984)

07 December 1984

A young half-breed boy, the son of a hockey player and an Indian woman, is adopted by a Jewish shopkeeper, but finds himself torn between the different cultures with which he comes into contact.

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