Movie Trailers - January 1980

16 et 1 Variations Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The music is by composer Jean-Yves Bosseur. Film made from the work of Albert Ayme: 16 AND 1 VARIATIONS, made in 1963.

Flew Over The Criminal's Nest Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

TOPS for Industry Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A British Transport internal training film. Training for Overhead Power Supply (TOPS).

Diminished Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

"I made this for my step-father who had passed away. I had an old 'Ambrotype' and if you held it up to the light, you could scratch away the backing to expose the negative.

Max Selen Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Short documentary on the Belgian painter Max Selen.

El famoso Chino Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Winning Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Two mentally handicapped people from Hotham House, Victoria, marry. Film deals with the problems they face and the help they receive when they leave the home and move into their own flat.

La palla d’oro Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Malý zelený špión Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

40960 Bytes Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Short film by Copper Giloth & Mimi Shevitz

The Flower Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The Flower reflects the director's experience of living in a totalitarian communist state and pays homage to Trnka’s film Ruka, The Hand, made 3 years before the Soviet tanks rolled into Prague in 1968.

Muž, ktorý sa dotkol Slnka Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The First Draft Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Canada resurrects the compulsory draft, but refuses to allow gays to enlist. Taking the form of a fictional community-access documentary, The First Draft purports to present struggles of a Paris, Ontario-based gay anti-war group opposing both the homophobic exclusion and the draft itself.

Fountain/Car Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Firefly Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

John improvises a performance for the camera, spinning a bright, pinpoint light on a long cord, around himself in a variety of patterns, against a black background.

Action at a Distance Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

In Gidal's films, the first level of resistance, that of the filmmaker to the lure of the object, is chiefly inscribed through the action of the camera in it's 'looking at' the space - variously through; motion, distance, focal length's effect on perspective, zoom or focus.

Wir sind im SCL Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Short film about swimming.

Swim Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

SWIM (7 min, sound) features a Warhol-like focus on a single body; here it’s a man, who’s mimicking swimming, complete with goggles, to a vaguely sexual effect.

Lempad of Bali Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A film about the life and death of the 116-year-old Balinese Master-Artist.

Five Cents a Copy Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The world's first experimental photocopy animated film explores some of the possibilities for producing images in motion, including all effects, fades, and dissolves.

Bed Desert Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

My favorite of the program is BED DESERT (5 min, silent), which is something of an outlier. In this inventive little film, the ripples of bed sheets are juxtaposed with images of the desert (or are they?), the formal ruse playful and intriguing.

Film No. 9 Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A reflection on noise, silence, and grain. (Filmform)

“I Bet You Ain’t Seen Noth’n Like This Before" Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Far less withholding is Werden’s most astonishing tape, “I Bet You Ain’t Seen Noth’n Like This Before,” one of a series of conversations conducted with sex workers and fetishists.

The News Trailer (1980)

02 January 1980

Directed by Ian Breakwell.

Figure With 14 Trains Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

One film, FIGURE WITH 14 TRAINS (7 min, sound), exists in a sort-of middle ground between documentary and experimentation.

Intercut Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A stroboscopic film poem.

Bingo Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

In stark opposition to the rest of the program’s surreality are the documentary-esque BINGO (6 min, silent) and DUCK (3 min, silent), the subjects of which are more or less aligned with their titles.

Nothing Special Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Capriciousness Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A gambler faking his death, "comes back" as a ghost to scare his wife to death. He then marries her best friend, but his "dead" wife returns to haunt them.

Duck Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

In stark opposition to the rest of the program’s surreality are the documentary-esque BINGO (6 min, silent) and DUCK (3 min, silent), the subjects of which are more or less aligned with their titles.

He Likes to Chop Down Trees Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A film about editing, rhythm, and a bit about character.

Luis Muñoz Marín: La voz que no muere Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

This 1980 documentary presents an account of the life of Luis Muñoz Marín and an account of what happened during his death and burial.

Crash Masters: Secret Life of the Ninja Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The leader (Yasuaki Kurata) of a well-known group of Hong Kong ninjas goes after a dangerous mob family and ends up facing off with the brood's youngest member, a female kendo champion (Elsa Yeung).

Pennukku Yar Kaval Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Film starring Jayachitra and Pandharibai

Okay okay. Der moderne Tanz Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Essay film about music and urbanity.

The Lobotomy Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Asylum inmate dreams of freedom before medial reality steps in.

The Poet and the Pond Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

More evocations of this style are evident in the shorter film THE POET AND THE POND (6 min, sound), an amalgam of patterns and repetitions that also bring to mind both the disciplined litanies of Marcel Duchamp and the surreal dreamscapes of Salvador Dali.

Survival Run Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Blind man running Dipsea Trail race.

La Nacencia Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Blues Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Also called Pisces, this rarely-screened work is part of Belson’s Synchronicity Suite along with Apollo’s Lyre, Seapeace, and Eleusis/Crotons.

Besuch aus dem All - Aller Anfang ist schwer Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The film is the first part of a three-part series on cycling education. In the form of a feature story from science fiction, this episode presents the equipment of the roadworthy bicycle, its use in the traffic area and the physical-technical conditions of cycling.

Water Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Short animation made by anno during his uni days

It's a Hobby for Harvey Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

This light and humourous vignette takes Harvey Pollack from his Winnipeg Law offices to the stage of the Centennial Concert Hall, performing with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Daydream Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A short trip into daydream-like surrealism.

Sequentia Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

"The images appear from nowhere and elsewhere, intermittent. Time is measured by memory and movement, the printed ribbon will be the support of the memory.

Besuch aus dem All - Gefahren beim Fahren Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The film is the second part of a three-part series on cycling education. In the form of a game plot from science fiction, this episode presents the basic skills of cycling in public traffic areas: Starting, riding to the right and keeping your distance, passing stopped vehicles, overtaking slow-moving vehicles.

The Unusual Book Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

THE UNUSUAL BOOK is more thoughtfully stylized in its depiction of a living book featuring a woman’s face on and around which things happen, including delightfully crude animations utilizing paint, fabric and random oddities.

Egg Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

An explosion in time.

Bharat Ki Santan Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Bollywood 1980

Reklamation Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

This short film deals with questions of liability for defects, the dealer's warranty and the buyer's rights.

Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

An update on the DeBolt family, originally featured in Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977).

Čarovná čaša Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Aerial Replacement Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Short animation made by anno in his uni days

Word, Sound and Power Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Music lovers fascinated by the ideas, experiences, and emotions that serve as the foundation of Jamaican reggae are invited to explore the history of the legendary Soul Syndicate - a collection of talented musicians who provided backup instrumentation for such acclaimed artists as Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Mayals, Burning Spear, and Bob Marley and the Wailers among others.

Punkline Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Short experimental documentary about legendary post-punk venue Crystal Ballroom, St Kilda.

Hard Oil! Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The story of the early Canadian oil industry from its start in Petrolia and Oil Springs, Ontario, from about 1850 to 1900.

Facce di festa Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Shot in the span of a few hours at a party held in Milan in 1979, the film takes the form of a reflection on a fragment of a lost youth reality in search of new references.