While on his way to the local temple to ring an ancient bell which will grant his dying mother safe passage to the afterlife, Jong-du’s father is killed by a Japanese soldier who was looting the temple. Out of respect for his father and grandmother and to help their spirits rest in peace, Jong-du tries to join the temple and cast a new bell to replace the one that was stolen however his obsessive behavior gets him kicked out of the temple. He marries Suk-hie who helps him scrounge for copper so he can make a new bell on his own.
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American Obsessions
Richard Kern’s 1983 film “American Obsessions” features David Wojnarowicz interacting with plaster heads from his “Metamorphosis” sculpture series. Kern went on to create two more films with David, “Stray Dogs” from his series Manhattan Love Suicides, 1984 and “You Killed Me First,” 1985.
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Frankenstein 83
Dr. Stein experiments at the school of his confidence with corpse parts together with assistant Hans, until he is driven sooner or later to create a new man from it. The mischief takes its course, so that all timpanists in the periphery threaten to blow up! Or does the whole cinnabar even evoke admiration?
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Big Bird in China
Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. Along the way they visit with Chinese schoolchildren, watch a Tai Ji demonstration, learn some Chinese words and songs, and meet the mischievous Monkey King.
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Molester Train: Touch Me
“Groper Train” pink film that parodies the live variety show “Morita Kazuyoshi Hour Waratte Iitomo!”
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Superman III
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
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Private School
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim’s attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim’s friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including dressing up as a woman to access the girls’ locker room. Despite Jim and Christine’s efforts to spend some time alone, various shenanigans and schemes interfere.
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Wild Dogs
A painter and a novelist share an abandoned apartment building. The painter takes in 99 stray dogs as the subjects of his next work but, as he does not have enough resources to feed them, the dogs turn feral. Meanwhile, the novelist begins to have an uneasy dread about what will happen when the painter’s latest work is complete