The Skid Kid (1991)
Gênero : Ficção científica, Ação, Aventura
Runtime : 1H 10M
Director : Glen Gruner
Sinopse
A kid finds a pair of magic boots that grant him special powers.
Ellison é um escritor de romances policiais que acaba de se mudar com a família. No sótão da nova casa, descobre antigos rolos de filme que trazem imagens de assassinatos violentos. Intrigado com o que elas representam e com um estranho símbolo presente nas imagens, ele e a sua família logo passam a correr sério risco de vida.
No verão de 1979, um grupo de seis garotos em uma cidade industrial de Ohio testemunha uma catastrófica colisão noturna de uma caminhonete com um trem de carga. Eles registram tudo com a câmera Super-8 com a qual estavam tentando fazer um filme. Não tarda para que eles comecem a desconfiar que aquilo não foi um acidente, quando misteriosos desaparecimentos começam a acontecer e o exército tenta encobrir a verdade (algo muito mais terrível do que eles poderiam imaginar).
Alfredo Lopez (Javier Cámara) é um vendedor fracassado de enciclopédias, que vive na Espanha dos anos 70. Convidado por seu chefe para um simpósio, ele e sua esposa Carmen (Candela Peña) são surpreendidos com o anúncio do novo projeto da empresa: a confecção de uma Enciclopédia Sexual Visual, que contará com fitas de casais de vários países europeus. A proposta do chefe é que seus empregados rodem seus próprios filmes eróticos, que seriam destinados exclusivamente aos países escandinavos. O casal, em crise financeira, aceita a proposta e inicia suas produções com uma simples câmera Super 8. Essa nova atividade rejuvenesce a paixão do casal, que fica famoso em toda a Escandinávia. Alfredo se empolga com a repercussão e influenciado por seu grande ídolo, Ingmar Bergman, planeja sua primeira incursão em uma película não pornográfica.
Filip Mosz é um operário que resolve comprar uma filmadora 8 mm para registrar os primeiros dias da filha recém-nascida. No entanto, o que era para ser apenas um hobby se torna uma obsessão. Mosz começa a filmar tudo e todos. Pessoas do cotidiano transformam-se em "astros" de suas produções. Mas não tarda para que o "operário-documentarista" se depare com dilemas éticos, que trarão sérias consequências para ele e sua família.
In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.
A grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my death,” which reveal a dark history for her family to discover.
In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filmed diary. Wherever he goes, he carries his camera with him. He films his life and lives as he films: places, moments, friends, loves, misfortunes.
SONG 1: Portrait of a lady (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
A kid finds a pair of magic boots that grant him special powers.
Heralded as one of the worst horror films ever! A very rare underground Super-8 splatterfest made in Britain in the late 80's all about zombies, carnage and mayhem!
SONGS 2 & 3: Fire and a mind’s movement in remembering (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
A street-wise teen gets herself in a series of circumstances and mishaps in her meaningless existence.
SONG 11: Fires, windows, an insect, a lyre of rain scratches (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
The filmmaker Juan Pinzás goes on a physical and also inner journey, in search of some lost images that he filmed in the 80s. The journey takes him from Madrid to Galicia and on the search for these images he meets with various characters who will help him in his undertaking, such as the actors Paul Naschy and Javier Gurruchaga whose personal worlds will be examined in the film. Finally in Vigo, his home city, of which he presents a remarkable portrait, he finds an old film in Super-8mm with the missing images. The catharsis is produced with the viewing of the old film which turns out to be a tribute to cinema and this means the end of the filmmaker's introspective journey.
SONGS 2 & 3: Fire and a mind’s movement in remembering (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
SONG 7: San Francisco (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
Made for straight 8's 2019 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. This film follows two naked people who meet at a café, fall in love, and decide to dress each other in clothes.
SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).
A 15 minute documentary utilizing archival Super 8 film footage and original animation about a father fulfilling his dream of reconnecting his 5 small children to the steps of his own father when he fought for the Canadian military in WW2 through a trip to Europe in 1973.
SONG 12: Verticals and shadows caught in glass traps (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).