1980 Movies

Forcing himself to confront his own 16mm camera each day for over two weeks, Suzuki Shiroyasu initially seems to regret his own idea and indulges in v...

Ten years after the events, a writer is researching a book on May '68 trying to find witnesses.

Astarti, the Greek name for Ishtar, is an archetype of a deep, nocturnal feminine that emerges from subterranean darkness. We experience an embodied c...

A crucial few hours in the life of a would-be London gangster

Barlett narrates MAKING SERPENT and describes the creative process behind SERPENT, his award winning short of 1971. MAKING SERPENT is a step-by-step t...

An adaptation of “The Courier for Hell” (“Meido no Hikyaku”) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725).

Tony Buba trains his documentary lens on the washing of his 87-year-old grandmother’s kitchen walls, an annual ritual. While the filmmaker works dilig...

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

This documentary presents video footages from President Samora Machel's discourses and from his interactions with Mozambican people; includes narratio...

Abel Gance looks back on his life and his films in this short film made to celebrate his 90th birthday in 1979.

Pink film from Toei Central.

Aparna's father, a police officer, fixes her marriage of his own choice. Aparna does not agree with her father and she flees from home. Her father arr...