Speaking Directly(1973)
Speaking Directly is an essay-film making for a kind of State of the Nation address, from the perspective of someone other than the President of the United States, circa 1972-4. This film addresses both the political and cultural situation of the US at the height of the Viet Nam war, Watergate and its aftermath, and likewise addresses the personal life, in this context, of the filmmaker, at that time thirty years of age, recently out of two plus years in federal prison for refusal to accept military service.
Movie: Speaking Directly
HomePage
Overview
Speaking Directly is an essay-film making for a kind of State of the Nation address, from the perspective of someone other than the President of the United States, circa 1972-4. This film addresses both the political and cultural situation of the US at the height of the Viet Nam war, Watergate and its aftermath, and likewise addresses the personal life, in this context, of the filmmaker, at that time thirty years of age, recently out of two plus years in federal prison for refusal to accept military service.
Release Date
1973-01-01
Average
8.6
Rating:
4.3 startsTagline
Genres
Languages:
Recommendations Movies
La pequeña señora de Pérez(es)
A student secretly goes back to school after getting married to one of her teachers.
Caroline and the Rebels(en)
A swashbuckling heritage reveals itself as the adopted son of 19th-century Spaniards develops into a suave lady-killer.
Fly(es)
Fly is the story of a bird that has a deformed wing that prevents it from migrating. Abandoned by his flock, he sinks in despair. Everything changes the day Pio-Pio appears. This defenseless chick gives him joy and a sense of purpose in life. Until one day destiny makes him do things that he would't even do for himself, such as flying.
The Burning Mill(nl)
Annie falls in love with a circus clown, but her circus-hating father forbids their romance. Until a fire breaks out...
Follow the Crows(en)
Long after the end of the world survivors wander the fields and wastelands that once housed the cities of Britain. One such survivor, the Man, isolates himself from human contact, until he meets a young woman and the pair begin an adventure that will teach them both what it is to be human.
The Monitors(en)
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
Dirt(en)
Penny, a troubled runaway, is picked up hitchhiking by a group of friends on a camping trip. But after trekking deep into the forest, Penny soon realises this group is not seeking the ideal camping spot after all, but something much more sinister. Now it's an epic fight for survival, as Penny pulls out all punches to be the last one standing.
I Am Sybil(en)
Explores the gripping true story behind the best-selling book and cultural-sensation case of Sybil, one of the first mainstream cases of dissociative identity disorder (or multiple personality disorder, as it was then known), which spurred questions in the public consciousness around identity and mental health.
The File(ko)
The news anchor 'Soo-gyeong' unexpectedly meets up with her childhood friend 'Mi-soo'. Back when they were teenagers, they went to the baseball park and disappeared without a trace leaving only Soo-gyeong's painful memories of Mi-soo. And now, meeting Mi-soo again the once lively young girl has become someone completely different. Passing time together with her boyfriend 'Dong-min' Mi-soo's strange attitude starts to worry Soo-gyeong so that she pushes herself away and worries about how close Mi-soo and Dong-min have become...
Pierce(en)
Pierce is a documentary showing Richard Kern's girlfriend having her nipples pierced.
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo(it)
Extravagant Struggles(en)
In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.
Seenomaden - Leben mit dem Wind(de)
Everything will Disappear... The Secret of the Scarlet Letter(ko)
In a three-story villa in Seoul, a widow lives on the first floor, a student who works to feed the dog of a professor at his school who is away on work lives on the second floor and a woman who works at a karaoke bar lives on the third floor. The woman on the third floor comes home on her bike and takes a shower; this is where the movie begins.
