Extra: In the Background of a Dream

Extra offers the first true glimpse of the absurd, oppresive, yet hopeful experience of working in front of the camera - even when it barely knows you are there.

An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving

Lance Bangs interviews one of the extras whose job is to drive their car in the background of scenes in 'Being John Malkovich'.

Mountain Stream: A Mountain Stream Background for Your Television

Great to enjoy all year long. It's a beautiful mountain stream for your television. Watch the water as it flows over the rocks. See insects as they buzz by or watch a leaf or two fall from a tree. A great relaxing backdr

Self-Portrait on a Strike Background

The Background and Outbreak of the English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers) over, principally, the manner of England's government. The firs

Portrait of the Artist on a Historical Background

The story presented to the viewer is both the story of Lenfilm, the most difficult period of his life, and the story of the Lenfilm artist Viktor Ivanov, who preserved human dignity and the history of our country in diff

Hoppy: The Bunny; Background for Reading and Expression

Teacher presents a book about a bunny.

Mark Twain: Background for His Works

Educational film giving historical context to the literary works of Mark Twain.

Walt Whitman: Background for His Works

Educational film giving historical context to the literary works of Walt Whitman.

The Past Still Exists, Just in a Dreamy Background

Captured in 9 frames per second on black and white film, nine friends embark on an adventure of skateboarding, jazz, and culture throughout New York City.

Marshal Blucher: A Portrait Against the Background of an Epoch

The story of Marshal Vasily Konstantinovich, a dedicated Red Army commander who was killed in Stalin's "purges." The film attempts to study the fate of the country through his biography, and unlock the riddle of the show

Gray Sky: Looking at the Background of Drug Abuse

An educational drama about teens and substance misuse, over-the-counter overdosing and cannabis: urging discussion of the pressures behind “self-medication.”

Edge. Portrait of the Artist's Wife Against the Background of the Era

Biography of the ordained artist and his wife…

Leo Tolstoy and Ilya Ginzburg: A Double Portrait Against the Background of the Epoch

The film takes the viewer back to the turn of the last century and the last, to the works and biographies of Leo Tolstoy and the famous sculptor Ilya Ginzburg. The heroes are contemporaries. familiar with each other and

The Cornish Knitting Patterns: Porthleven; St Ives: Background Slip-Stitch; Polperro: Snake cable; The Lizard: Lattice

In these films the camera position corresponds with the visually dramatic Cornish coast and the locations that people historically inhabited when knitting these patterns.

Acción, figuración

Arrière-plan

A gangster and a police detective meet each other for a mysterious exchange of information but nothing happens as planned.

Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The City

Laurie Anderson presents Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds. The City is the fifth in a series of six lectures, looking at the challenges we face as artists and citizens as we reinvent our culture with amb

Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The Forest

Laurie Anderson presents Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds. The Forest is the second in a series of six lectures, looking at the challenges we face as artists and citizens as we reinvent our culture with

Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The Road

Laurie Anderson presents Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds. The Road is the fourth in a series of six lectures, looking at the challenges we face as artists and citizens as we reinvent our culture with am