1974 Movies

Marcel Broodthaers’ film and book, both titled A Voyage on the North Sea which were distributed together as part and parcel of the same publishing plo...

In August 1974 Matta-Clark carried out a ‘cutting’ in a house at Niagara Falls, New York. The artist divided the north façade into nine parts. In the...

The hooligan dog Polkan, finding himself in trouble, understands how bad it is when there are no friends and therefore no one comes to his birthday.

Short film about the upgrades and technological improvements on the British railways.

Aimed at the overseas market (and with one or two references that would not be acceptable as politically correct today) this film extols the virtue of...

The film was shot in one continuous 400 foot take. The camera looks through the blades of the windmill, recording either what is behind or in front of...

"This short film was intended to create a colour field painting based on the flower fields that provided the living for so many, mostly undocumented,...

Set in the arch-American "home movie" context of a sunny suburban yard, Rosler's early Super-8 film Backyard Economy I documents the products of munda...

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Voted for in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll

A Frankenstein Monster made of chocolate cake terrorizes the countryside.

The communist party UZ celebrates on the meadows of the Rhine one of the biggest folk festivals that Düsseldorf / Germany ever experienced.

De Nieuwe IJstijd is the third part of the triptych Noord-Zuid (North-South),in which the director focuses on the relationships between rich and poor...

Filmed before traffic lights were installed at Melbourne's busy five-way intersection Camberwell Junction. The camera captured the scene at every 10 s...

Compilation of 1974 backdrop films (dubbed with music from the 16 November 1974 gig). Tracks: On The Run, Time, Money, Us And Them, Any Colour You Lik...

Lip Sync is about sync sound and the disruption of it. [The film] works by disrupting the element and foregrounding the effect on film, and flattening...