1979 Movies

For years I've been looking for the means to capture everyday life just as it is perceived through a glance from the street. Twenty years ago, you cou...

Today, Henry's usually dull journey to work is eventful enough to catapult him into the headlines.

Part 3 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Vanities" was performed for the camera.

A film monologue based on the eponymous poem by Alexander Tvardovsky.

Amateur animation by 20-year-old Hikeaki Anno while he was studying at Osaka University of Arts. The short is an animated form of the idiom "even a po...

A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...

Vice Squad 633 sends crack narcotic fighters Wong and Miss Chow to the slums to flush out the traffickers. They catch Spareribs, a minibus driver who...

Jose, a taxi driver in Bogotá suffers from the condition of his old vehicle and is almost unable to work.

An Italian movie.

The Tasmanian Devil escapes from a plane and lands in Santa's suit. After taking off in Santa's sleigh he lands on Bugs' roof where he tries to eat ev...

Kanni Paruvathile is a 1979 Tamil film directed by B. V. Balaguru starring K. Bhagyaraj, Rajesh and Vadivukarasi. The screenplay and dialogue were wri...

Otsuyu, the daughter of a samurai, takes her life after being forced into an unwanted marriage, and her maid Omi follows her in death. Together as spi...

Pink film from Toei Central.

Foreman spent the early months of 1979 rehearsing a play called Madness and Tranquility (My Head Was a Sledgehammer),which he abruptly cancelled very...