1988 Movies

23.03.1988

A study of the sculptures of the Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783). Messerschmidt became well known for his ‘character heads’; w...

A filmed stage-play recounting the story of Jesus as set in modern day Georgia with music and reverent humor added. Essentially a one man show with a...

From the platonic cave to post-punk, the tape traces the invisible and visible references to women who love women from prehistory to contemporary time...

Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming explains, demonstrates, and discusses the Eight Pieces of Brocade (jian shen ba duan jin),a qigong practice for health and wellbe...

Two fishermen meet on a quiet riverbank where their idle chatter curdles into rivalry over whose catch will be bigger.

Documentary about Curt Goetz.

A lost box is a strange one that nobody knows. It appears in the middle of an apartment exchange involving the Ilse and Rudi Karschek family and anoth...

Cut & paste film that uses footage from the Thai movie 9 ทรชน [1987].

Frank Robinson abuses his wife verbally and batters her physically, with frightening consequences not only for her, but also for their sons, Billy and...

American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes a...

8mm film by Yosuke Okawado.

The 1988 Australian bicentenary prompted many artistic events and contemporary expressions of Australia's living cultures. One of the most remarkable...

8mm film by Yosuke Okawado.

In a dramatic setting, Aida resides in room 619 of a hotel. As her money is about to run out, she remembers her wealthy husband who divorced her after...

The director's personal account of a year at Anholt, where he settled down and lived alone in a house: It is my attempt to glimpse an origin and herit...