1981 Movies

“One can not speak of time as a thing in itself. It is movements and variations that give the feeling of time. Men have always linked time and spatial...

An experimental film shot in 1978 wherein the director skateboards down one of the highest mountain passes in the Andes.

Made by Ralph Miller, a USC School Student on 16mm. Eat won first place in the 16mm category of the 1981 CINEMAGIC/SVA Short Film Search. Ralph Miller...

Two-part documentary focused on the abuse of prostitute boys.

Urge to Build is a 1981 American short documentary film directed by Roland Hallé about individuals building their own homes. They share the experience...

A film by Thomas Feldmann

A film by G. Skvarnavičius about noise pollution.

This compilation is a short version of Love Tapes: Series 18.

Computer generated. "With all the grace and flair of an elegant proof." - Carol Mickett. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Film directed by T. Hariharan

A group of women being blackmailed by a gang in order to get them to steal money, the women struggle with all their skill, with the help of a security...

Shot at Liberty State Park in New Jersey and in lower Manhattan, "New York 1981" exemplifies the sensitivity and artfulness that small-gauge filmmaker...

Images of Deborah Cole's face (and various disguises) are superimposed atop one another.

Shot on location during the making of "Coup de Torchon," director Bertrand Tavernier discusses the film's origins and creative process as well as the...

Potatoes are made to perform a variety of circus acts, including walking the tightrope and jumping through a flaming hoop.

A lesbian/feminist aesthetic proposing the connection between touch and sight to be the basis for a new cinema. The film explores the tactile child na...