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- In filmmaker Joseph Marzano's final film, made only a few months before his death, the situation recalls his earlier Return (1961). Thirty-nine years later, the same man (Marzano) now wanders about a town in upstate New York, reflecting on his past. He then boards a train and leaves forever.
- Captured by a brood of vampires at an old castle, a man finds himself in the midst of the vampires' dinner party and orgy (for both straight and gay). The vampire leader (Joe Marzano) gives a long speech, quoting from Oscar Wilde, and it's the same speech delivered in Marzano's _Venus In Furs (1967) _. As the orgy evolves into a fandango of psychedelic imagery, the captured man turns to stone.
- Stanley Blindon fantasizes about beautiful woman, but none can compare to his wife Claudia. He is completely obsessed with her. Returning from a trip to Boston, Blindon unexpectedly finds Claudia in bed with another man. Running wildly through the streets, he suddenly turns into a werewolf. He seeks psychiatric help, but the psychiatrist, Dr. Caligari does little to change the situation. Seeking revenge on Claudia, once again transforms into a werewolf. Bursting into her bedroom, he discovers her in bed with Caligari. Machete in hand, the werewolf decapitates Claudia. Caligari escapes, but the werewolf gives chase. When the two fight, Caligari gains the upper hand by producing a pistol. Suddenly, a bright light flashes...
- In 1982, filmmaker Marzano did this remake of his short film made 30 years earlier, _Mer, La (1952)_. Reflecting on the past, a man in a bar recalls days at the beach with his lost love of long ago.
- Filmmaker Marzano portrays several pizza parlor managers in this short film about a guy who knows how to make pizza but can't seem to get along with his bosses.
- Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) serves as a satirical springboard for this comedy short.
- A young and attractive blonde vixen (Sue Still) takes advantage of an overweight man (Ray McCarthy). He wants love, but she only wants his money. While he is desperately running around in an effort to carry out her demands, she is flirting with every guy who crosses her path.
- Filmmaker Marzano narrates a passage from Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward Angel, " while images of the Girl with the Flaxen Hair dissolve into superimpositions over water and other nature scenes.
- A musical montage of cascading memories as filmmaker Joe Marzano daydreams about Laurie.
- Filmmaker Joe Marzano interviews his mother, Anita Marzano, who traces the family history from Sicily to America, from Manhattan to Brooklyn to Long Island, where the family restaurant, Cappy's, became a popular East Rockaway eatery during the years 1946 to 1976.
- Two losers (Tom Sciarrino, Dennis Ciani) try to get a job but instead get knocked off by the Mafia.
- Joe Marzano adapted Edgar Allan Poe's famed short story more than once. After The Tell-Tale Heart (1958), he returned to the pages of Poe 28 years later for this remake: As in Poe's original 1843 story, a murderer (Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch. In 1989, Marzano shot new scenes to increase the running time of this 1986 interpretation.
- An angel (Tina Sciarrino), clad in white, appears before an aging but agile dancer (Joe Marzano). As he sings and dances to an old song, images of the angel permeate his consciousness.
- On Long Island, an elderly woman in a wheelchair wants to see Long Beach. At the beach, she is pushed along the boardwalk by a nurse. They arrive at a ramp. At this point, the nurse bends over and accidentally bumps the wheelchair which is set in motion, propelling the elderly lady into a series of encounters with a priest and others as the wheelchair continues to spin and gyrate.
- "Encounter" begins when a man (Raymond Young) standing in a park sees an attractive blonde woman (Barbara Balmer) pass by. When she gets in her car, he follows her. She parks, and he walks after her. She stops, turns and kisses him. Then she produces a knife and stabs him in the stomach...
- In the manner of Bluebeard, a woman kills her sex partners. However, when a lonely man becomes obsessed with her, she chooses not to have sex with him. His obsession grows, and eventually, she agrees to be his girlfriend. She then approaches his home holding a butcher knife which he eagerly anticipates because of his obsessive love for her.
- At a mental institution, a meandering patient wanders around the lawn outside the edifice complex, remembering days of past pleasures. As these memories unfurl, he experiences a series of visions which take the form of vintage films, intercut into his wanderings.
- Joe Marzano's tribute to his friend Charles Levine (II).
- The dominatrix Misty Roses rules, as noted in the film's ad blurb: "You lie helpless and bound at her feet. She will slide off her high-heeled pumps and force YOU to kiss her feet. You will become the willing slave of the haughty, naughty Misty Roses."
- A man (Joe Marzano) turns to the camera and asks, "Am I insane?" He then tells a story about a young woman who loved her horse. Consumed with jealousy, he reveals his plan to kill the horse, and once again asks, "Am I insane?" Marzano's film was re-edited by his friend Louis Stuart into much shorter version (13 seconds) in which nothing is seen except the two "Am I insane?" questions.
- An orchestra conductor (Joe Marzano) begins to have a mental breakdown as he conducts the "Prelude" to Act III of "Lohengrin" by 'Richard Wagner'. As the music soars, scenes from various movies are intercut.
- Filmmaker Marzano chose to tell this story in pure pantomime with no spoken dialogue: On the Long Beach boardwalk on Long Island, a girl (Barbara Balmer) walks along with a young man, but the discussion becomes intense. She indicates that she wants to leave him, and he demands an explanation. The two separate. After she walks away from him, she joins a young woman who has been waiting for her. As they go off together, it becomes apparent they are lesbians.
- A despondent man (Mike Russo), about to commit suicide at a train station, is confronted by an attractive young woman. She consoles the man, telling him about the beauty of nature, love and life. He decides to go on living. As he is about to leave, he notices a despondent girl wobbling like a drunk on the stairs. When he goes to her aid, he is shocked to find it's the same woman who talked him away from the notion of suicide. However, she has no idea what he's talking about and has never seen him before. He consoles her.