1979 Movies

A visionary pioneer of Mexican video art and videodance, Pola Weiss transforms the boundaries between body, camera, and television into a deeply autob...

A sophisticated bookish blonde proves to be a murderer’s nemesis in this atmospheric thriller-with-a-twist from the Eastbourne Cine Group This thrill...

This is one of those rare, total in-camera edits that provided options for many of my later, densely layered films. The timing and lap dissolves were...

A character study of Anna, an elderly woman living alone in Ljungåsa, Bergslagen. It is winter.

An experimental feminist film which questions the goals of love and romance as a woman’s ultimate fulfillment. Emma, vivacious but suicidal terrorist...

The film follows the transformations of a mass of plasticine under the influence of its environment.

Insomnies is an impressionistic look at the city at night, avoiding the clichés of commercial or tourist films and suggesting instead a lifestyle rhym...

As this title indicates, the rule of the game is random. The protagonist invites us to play rhythmic palpitations of radio parasites and broken images...

How do we perceive the people we see for the first time, upon what do we base our opinions? “Metamorphosis” continues to explore the subject of social...

A film in three acts, each act prefaced by a short circus act. Act 1 – Cutting liver, Act II – Ironing, Act III – Plucking Eyebrows. Three potentially...

Portrait of Japanese youth. Produced for the Japan Foundation.

By re-shotting several still photographs in 8mm, the film gives movement to the supposedly motionless still images and uses zooming and other effects...

Hisato and Takao set their sights on Saki, a wealthy young woman who looks like an easy target to squeeze money from. Pretending to suffer from an inc...

The third part of Willie Varela's Moon trilogy.

Return of a prodigal daughter. An angry film in which the filmmaker tries to come to grips with the distance between her and her parents. Cinema-verit...

A collage of live performance, intimate interviews, and cityscapes featuring San Francisco punk club Mabuhay Gardens. With Flipper's Will Shatter, The...