1978 Movies

Rituals of performance, symbolic showdowns and murders of father figures, slaughterhouse parties, examinations of prejudice, gender and sexuality.

The first account on film of the growth of multinational corporations, their impact on people at home and abroad, and their influence on U.S. foreign...

Documentary about motorcycle racing in the UK.

Based on Panteleyev’s tale about a boy who wouldn’t leave his post after he gave his word.

Considered to be lost for a long time, the recently rediscovered recording of Ingrid Caven’s legendary first concert in Paris, at Pigall’s, in 1978. R...

A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

Directed by Sangeeta.

For three months of the year, from August to October, vast areas of the coastal desert—Lachay, Chilca, and Atocongo—transform into a beautiful and col...

Experimental puppet film based on jazz variations of Georgian urban folklore. Musical compositions are performed by singers (puppets) gathered in Kojo...

Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for the inherent subtleties of Verdi’s scoring and for...

A documentary film consisting of various clips of Josip Broz Tito.

Starring The Nipple Erectors and The Maniacs and born in the year of punk, this is a documentary about kebabs with an anarchic approach. Look out for...

Writer and filmmaker Assia Djebar explores Algerian history, the psychological impact of war, and post-colonial female identity in this 1979 classic o...

A short documentary on wet t-shirt contests at a Chicago bar.

A British expedition's successful attempt to climb the Trango Tower in the Karakorum Range of the Himalaya's in 1976. The climber Martin Boysen relate...

Lesson of October 13, 1978 (course #11). Films discussed: Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931),Germany Year Zero (Roberto Rossellini, 1948),The Birds (Alfr...

A Japanese pinku film.