Oscilloscope Pictures (Firm)
1) Dear Zachary
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after his best friend, Dr. Andrew Bagby, was slain by jealous ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, filmmaker Kurt Kuenne was shocked to learn that Turner was pregnant with Bagby's unborn child. Hoping to create a film that would serve as both a memorial to Bagby and an introduction to the father the boy would never know, Kuenne quickly began production on a film celebrating the life of his late friend. Traveling across the entire continental...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Michel Gondry turns from the playful semi-surrealism of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep to the personal story of a beloved family member in this documentary. Suzette Gondry is Michel's aunt and a retired schoolteacher; she educated children in rural communities in France from 1952 to 1986. While Suzette was committed to the education of all her students, she was a particularly close with one in particular --...
4) Off Label
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Doctors today are liberally writing prescriptions for psychotropic drugs such as Adderall, Ambien, Zoloft, and Prozac (to name but a very few). Often these drugs are combined in polypharmacy cocktails or are given out for unapproved or untested indications, leading to abuse, dangerous side effects, and heavy dependence. ..In OFF LABEL, Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (October Country) examine our runaway pharma-culture by weaving together the stories...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
What happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians (punk rockers) become society's ultimate authorities - dads? With a large chorus of Punk Rock's leading men - Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Rise Against's Tim McIlrath- The Other F Word follows, Jim Lindberg, 20-year veteran of skate punk band, Pennywise, on his hysterical and moving journey from belting his band's anthem, 'Fuck Authority', to embracing his ultimately...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. ..When he finds himself drawn to Olivia...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
STATIONS OF THE ELEVATED is a forty-five minute city symphony directed, produced and edited by Manfred Kirchheimer. Shot on lush 16mm color reversal stock, the film weaves together vivid images of graffiti-covered elevated subway trains crisscrossing the gritty urban landscape of 1970s New York to a commentary-free soundtrack that combines ambient city noise with jazz and gospel by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin. ..Gliding through the South Bronx,...
8) Buzzard
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Marty is a caustic, small-time con artist drifting from one scam to the next. When his latest ruse goes awry, mounting paranoia forces him from his lousy small town temp job to the desolate streets of Detroit with nothing more than a pocket full of bogus checks, a dangerously altered Nintendo Power Glove, and a bad temper. Albert Camus meets Freddy Krueger in BUZZARD, a hellish and hilarious riff on the struggles of the American working class...Festivals:.AFI...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Sisters Jin (Hee-yeon Kim) and Bin (Song-hee Kim) must fend for themselves when their mother abruptly packs her things, leaving the girls in the care of their alcoholic aunt without a word as to when she'll return. In a tale of innocence lost, the sisters try to make sense of their mother's absence. But in the meantime, 6-year-old Jin will be forced to mature far beyond her tender years.
10) 12 O'Clock Boys
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The 12 o'clock boys are a notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore -- popping wheelies and weaving at excessive speeds through traffic, the group impressively evades the hamstrung police. In Lotfy Nathan's wild, dynamic documentary (three years in the making), their stunning antics are envisioned through the eyes of young adolescent Pug - a bright kid from the Westside obsessed with the riders and willing to do anything to join their ranks. ..Premiering...
11) The Garden
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community...But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis...The...
12) No Impact Man
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What does it really take to live eco-effectively? For one year, Colin Beavan swore off plastic and toxins, turned off his electricity, went organic, became a bicycle nut, and tried to save the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his young daughter and his Prada-wearing wife along for the ride. ..Together they attempted to make zero impact on the environment while living right in the heart of Manhattan, and this is the sensational,...
13) Tchoupitoulas
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A visually exhilarating and aurally immersive record of one night in New Orleans. Three adolescent brothers journey through the lamplit streets encountering a kaleidoscope of dancers, musicians, hustlers, and revelers.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the repercussions of neglecting his son. His novel, Naked Lunch, was one of the last books to be banned by the U.S. government....
15) Teenage
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Teenagers didn’t always exist. They had to be invented. As the cultural landscape around the world was thrown into turmoil during the industrial revolution, and with a chasm erupting between adults and youth, the concept of a new generation took shape. Whether in America, England, or Germany, whether party-crazed Flappers or hip Swing Kids, zealous Nazi Youth or frenzied Sub-Debs, it didn’t matter – this was a new idea of how people come of...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"From Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze, acclaimed director of Where The Wild Things Are, comes A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak, a loving look at one of the most cherished and controversial figures in children's literature. Featuring Tell Them Anything You Want, this is a deeply moving tribute to Sendak, a seminal talent whose conflicts with success and lifelong obsession with death have subtly influenced his work...Now 81, Sendak is best known for his book,...
17) Terribly Happy
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A taught, noirish psychological thriller about Robert Hansen, a Copenhagen police officer, who is transferred to a small provincial town following a nervous breakdown. Robert quickly finds himself mixed up in a community governed by its own rules.
18) Reality
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Luciano is a Neapolitan fishmonger who supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together with his wife Maria. A likeable, entertaining guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform for his customers and countless relatives. One day, his family urges him to try out for Big Brother. In chasing this dream, his perception of reality begins to change.... Winner of the Grand Prix Award and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learns he has cancer, he dedicates his life to achieving his dream of performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. As Steve says, ‘If you stop chasing your dreams, you’re already dead.”
20) Only The Young
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Skateboarders Garrison and Kevin, and Garrison’s on-and-off girlfriend, Skye, are in many ways living the archetypical American teen life. Growing up in the small southern California town of Santa Clarita, they hang out, listen to punk music, change their hairstyles (and hair colors) and complain about living in a place with nothing to do. They explore friendship, discover first love (and heartbreak) and dream about the future. They are unconventional,...