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Komisches Reck

1895

Komisches Reck

1895
4.7
Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?

2001

Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?

2001
4.5
Were the Apollo moon landings faked?
Children Playing Marbles

1896

Children Playing Marbles

1896
5.5
Game of marbles between four or five boys.
Dragon Girls

2012

Dragon Girls

2012
6.8
The documentary film Dragon Girls tells the story of three young Chinese girls training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families, at the largest Kung Fu school in China. These girls, in a crowd of 26,000 children, are under constant pressure to conform to the norms and structures. They are turned into fighting robots and yet, if you look behind the curtain, you see children with dreams and aspirations. It show the controversial world of selection of the fittest in a totalitarian system.
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1968

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1968
7.8
Les Blank's portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925
5.4
Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death
Jungle Cat

1960

Jungle Cat

1960
7.3
This final True-Life Adventure would also appear to be one of the best, as we go into the South American jungle to observe the jaguar. Jungle Cat is more intimate than its kin, allowing individual animal characters to be developed. Central to the cast is a pair of jaguars (one ebony), whose fighting leads to love and, not long after, two babies (one resembling each parent).
Below Sea Level

2008

Below Sea Level

2008
6.4
During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.
Bicyclist

1896

Bicyclist

1896
6
Francis Doublier does bicycle tricks in the street.
Voyage to the Sky

1937

Voyage to the Sky

1937
6
We begin on planet Earth, with a demonstration of measuring distances using triangulation. Then, an imaginary voyage begins from earth to the moon, on to Mars, Saturn, the closest star (besides the sun), and beyond to the edge of our universe. The film depicts imagined landscapes, and it speculates on universes beyond ours. It ends with philosophical musings about the significance of Earth.
Please Kill Mr. Kinski

1999

Please Kill Mr. Kinski

1999
6.4
In 1986, director David Schmoeller worked with notoriously eccentric and tantrum-prone actor Klaus Kinski on horror triller Crawlspace. Now, Schmoeller talks about this shoot and how it almost ended with crew lynching the actor.
Our Nixon

2013

Our Nixon

2013
6.4
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.
Fuck for Forest

2012

Fuck for Forest

2012
5
A film on the world's most bizarre charity: based on the idea that sex can change the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the internet.
100 Years at the Movies

1994

100 Years at the Movies

1994
7.5
Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century.
Pan 2

1974

Pan 2

1974
4.7
Rain falls and reflects the light.
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee

1993

Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee

1993
8.1
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee exposes the truth behind Lee's death and the cover-up that ensued.
Les Hautes solitudes

1974

Les Hautes solitudes

1974
7
Garrel convinced Jean Seberg, in the midst of a long struggle with mental illness, alcohol and drug, to “star” in this silent document of her daily life. Consisting mostly of meditative B&W close-ups of Seberg and her friends, as her torments and inner life flicker across her eerily beautiful face.
In the Street

1948

In the Street

1948
6.4
Images of street life in New York's Spanish Harlem during the 1940s.
Work in Progress

2001

Work in Progress

2001
6.3
An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.
1:42.08

1966

1:42.08

1966
5.6
George Lucas's senior project at the University of Southern California in 1966. It was named for the lap time of the Lotus 23 race car that was the subject of the film. It is a nonstory visual tone poem depicting the imagery of a car going at full speed, and featuring the car's engine as the primary sound element. Shot on 16mm color film with a 14 man student crew, it was filmed at Willow Springs Raceway, north of Los Angeles, CA. The Lotus 23 was driven by Pete Brock.