1980 Movies

A lateral tracking shot is repeated. By reversing the reel during the shooting of the second strip of double 8mm film, movement is identical to the fi...

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Like the strings in the Byzantine Variations by Romanian composer Paul Constantinescu that accompany this audiovisual sonata, the images of a landscap...

A man goes to an island and discovers himself. And also some naked women.

“I lived in Darlinghurst [central Sydney] at the time. The hustle and the bustle of that section of the city intrigued me. I used a hectic camera, gra...

A 3-minute special telling the origin of Kitaro and his powers.

Small rips and tears progress with stunning rhythm to the ultimate split of our world. The imagery has a delicate sketchy quality that resonates again...

A plea against the degradation of nature by humans.

Cordelia Urueta reflects out loud about her life and creativity, she finds that the shapes of reality surrounding her are never as beautiful as the on...

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...

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 b...

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...

"The former is one that reminded me of Méliès, with its simple but profoundly affecting special effects, such as a shadow puppet-like model of a ship...

Landscape and Room opens with a rudimentary line drawing of a landscape on a white screen. A performer enters in the foreground and begins making a li...