Television – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

BUNRAKU: THE CLASSICAL PUPPETS OF JAPAN (1973)

Jon W. — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:33:23 +0000

Filmed study of Bunraku, the classical Japanese puppet art, which uses three-quarters life-sized figures, handled by black-clothed manipulators who remain in plain view of the audience, convention rendering them invisible. These scenes trace Bunraku from the making of the puppets and the way in which their limbs are articulated, to their costuming and reflections on their relationship to kabuki theater. It includes complete performances of traditional Bunraku plays. Commentary by the well-known authority on dance and Asian arts, Faubion Bowers.

Director: Merrill Brockway.
Stars: Faubion Bowers (narrator).

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MP4 | 301 MB | 640×480 | 29.970 FPS | 1310 kb/s | AAC 128 kb/s
Languages: English, Japanese | Subtitles: English (soft)

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GISELA MAY: REFLECTIONS ON THE THEATER OF BRECHT (1972)

Jon W. — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:32:31 +0000

Gisela May, star of Bertolt Brecht’s East German theater, “The Berliner Ensemble” sings songs on texts by Brecht to music by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, and Paul Dessau. May introduces each song with an English explanation.

Director: Merrill Brockway.
Writer: Stephan Chodorov.
Stars: Gisela May, Carl Weber (narrator).
Composers: Paul Dessau, Hanns Eisler, Werner Richard Haymann, Kurt Weil.

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MP4 | 224 MB | 704×480 | 29.970 FPS | 938 kb/s | AAC 128 kb/s
Languages: English, German | Subtitles: English (hard, for some German parts), English (soft, with some gaps)

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ADHA CUP (2009)

Jon W. — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:54:52 +0000

A black and white production concerns the efforts of two bored social workers, Shahid and Ash, who reluctantly agree to reunite the cast of legendary Bollywood musical ‘Pappa Kehta Hain’ for a return performance at the Pakistan Centre where they work. Starting with an elderly singing barber they manage to locate most of the actors but the hardest part is tracking down the elusive hero Sajid Hussain.

Director: Sarmad Masud.
Writers: Sarmad Masud.
Stars: Jeff Mirza, Jas Steven Singh, Balvinder Sopal, Badi Uzzaman, Ashwani Chopra, Javed Khan, Ace Bhatti, Rez Kempton, Salman Hanif, Numarn Nasim, Andy Gathergood.
Cinematographer: Ole Bratt Birkeland.

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MP4 | 521 MB | 1920×824 | 29.970 FPS | 3000 kb/s | AAC 127 kb/s
Language: Urdu | Subtitles: English (hard)

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THE MADNESS OF PETER HOWSON (2010)

Jon W. — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:21:56 +0000

Peter Howson is one of the world’s most collected living artists, his work hanging on the walls of galleries and museums and in the homes of rock stars and actors. In 2008 he received the biggest commission of his career – to paint the largest-ever crowd scene in the history of British art – but the commission is fraught with so much difficulty its completion is in jeopardy from day one.

Director: George Cathro.
Stars: Peter Capaldi (narrator).

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MP4 | 558 MB | 960×540 | 25 FPS | 1185 kb/s | AAC 128 kb/s
Language: English | Subtitles: None

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LE MANI SPORCHE (1978)

Jon W. — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:39:11 +0000

A young, impressionable communist Hugo is sent to kill a rogue party chairman, Hoederer, who slowly manipulates Hugo into working for him, but Hugo’s flirty wife Jessica will prove the downfall of them both.

Of all of Sartre’s plays, this was the most discussed and opposed because of its political content, the problems raised, the instrumentalization of which it was the object. The story told, although transposed into a fictitious world, is inspired by the assassination of Leon Trotsky by his secretary Ramón Mercader, a Stalinist agent.

Director: Elio Petri. AKA Dirty Hands.
Writers: Elio Petri (translation and adaptation), Jean-Paul Sartre (play).
Stars: Giovanni Visentin, Giuliana de Sio, Ana Maria Gherardi, Bruno Pagni, Marcello Mastroianni, Omero Antonutti, Massimo Foschi, Pietro Biondi, Giorgio Trestini, Umberto Verdone, Ezio Sancrotti, Pupo De Luca, Vanni De Lucia, Ferruccio Cainero, Giulio Bosetti, Ferruccio Caneiro, Elio Petri.
Cinematographer: Aldo Forni.
Composer: Ennio Morricone.

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MP4 | 1.13-1.75 GB | Various | 25 FPS | 2500 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Language: Italian | Subtitles: English (hard)

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THE RAINMAN TWINS (2008)

Jon W. — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:42:31 +0000

Flo and Kay are the only female identical twin autistic savants in the world – they can remember an extraordinary amount of details including dates, record names and even what they have eaten on any given day over the last 30 years. News anchor and former DJ Dave Wagner has been following their lives and filming them for 13 years – his footage makes up much of this documentary.

Director: Dave Wagner.
Stars: Dick Clark, Frank Consoli Snr, Frank Consoli, Jane Consoli, Tracy Consoli, Nancy Eisenberg, David Holmes, James Howard, Flo Lyman, Kay Lyman, R.J. Reynolds,
Darold A. Treffert, Dave Wagner, Adrienne Zacche.

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MP4 | 385 MB | 854×480 | 30 FPS | 1000 kb/s | AAC 93 kb/s
Language: English | Subtitles: None

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THE SHIRLEY MACLAINE SPECIAL: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? (1977)

Jon W. — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:08:05 +0000

Hollywood legend Shirley Maclaine sings, dances and does commentary on the times in this speculative look forward at the United States’ next 200 years. Her guests are Jimmie Walker, Don Rickles, Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Jimmy Stewart, and Orson Welles.

Director: Tony Charmoli.
Writer: Digby Wolfe.
Stars: Shirley MacLaine.
Composer: Marvin Laird.

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MP4 | 1.48 GB | 696×474 | 29.970 FPS | 4447 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Language: English | Subtitles: None

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Many thanks to Michael for sending me a copy of this rare TV special.

JEAN RENOIR PARLE DE SON ART (1961)

Jon W. — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 09:17:18 +0000

In the following 1961 interview, Jean Renoir discusses with French New Wave director Jacques Rivette his design of the “seventh art” and art in general, demolishing certain generally accepted ideas, and evoking some memories from his own career.

Directors: Janine Bazin, Jean-Marie Coldefy.
Writers: Janine Bazin, Jean-Marie Coldefy, Jacques Rivette.
Stars: Jacques Rivette, Jean Renoir.
Cinematographer: Jean-Marie Coldefy.

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MP4 | 639 MB | 640×480 | 29.970 FPS | 1231 kb/s | AAC 161 kb/s
Language: French | Subtitles: English (hard)

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