1982 Movies

Initially the subject of this film was the multiple threats constantly implicit in cinema ... especially in the perceptual acts of unifying with which we respond to the discontinuities of editing. So the basic images were knives and salamis. But as the music w...

The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legendary direct action at Glen Canyon Dam in March of 1981. The film contains one of the only interviews ever given by the late, great author Edward Abbey along with...

A film about a small, clumsy donkey, that "didn't mean to do that," to whom for the excuse, and everyone responded, "for not meaning to they’re mighty mean to you," except for the kind girl...

Santo takes on Magnus, who has taken control of television stations to broadcast kidnappings and other such criminal activity.

Presents the fears and anxieties of children regarding nuclear war. Through their reflections, it captures the overwhelming dread of potential destruction, the emotional turmoil of living with the threat of nuclear weapons, and the desire for peace. The childr...

Jochen Hamann met Martina Schwarz during a stay at a health resort lasting several weeks. The two fell in love and continued their affair after the cure. This is, of course, much to the displeasure of Jochen's wife and Martina's husband. Renate Hamann and Mich...

A couple who own and run a cheap motel have to put up with an assortment of weirdos and perverts who rent rooms there on a Friday night.

Cuban workers remember Che Guevara. They testify to his relationship with the workers, his good example, and his great capacity for work.

A flock of storks was flying south, but one bird lagged behind and fell to the meadow without strength. A little girl found the stork and called the adults for help. There were rallies and actions to save the bird. Only a little girl thought to give water and...

About fleeting mood swings.

Bernhard Frankfurter, a young Austrian filmmaker, follows the trails and roots of several German-speaking filmmakers who had been forced into exil by Hitler faschism. He interviewed prominent and less well-known artists who were forced to leave their (artistic...

Short documentary.

Follows the director of a large plant, acutely aware of his personal responsibility to society for everything he is involved in.

The people of Suislepa. A humanist and warm poetic film about a generation, which will not show tiredness or old age in conducting their work. People who find wonder in the everyday, who take care in deepening their relationships with other people or the natur...

Documentary in which 94 year-old Francesca Bertini recalls her life and career while attending a screening of Assunta Spina.

Talking Heads perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 9, 1982. Originally broadcast on Swiss TV and radio.

Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.

On the centenary of the opening of the operetta Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan return to the Royal Albert Hall London to attend a performance of their most popular works.

Deenadayalan is an orphan raised by Mary. He starts with petty crimes and moves on to larger crimes as he grows older. He takes Muthukrishnan under his wing and eventually rises to become a feared, powerful don. Despite this, Deenadayalan has a strong sense of...