Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Winter of Our Dreams (1981)- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann - A fiercely acted Australian drama, with Judy David as a drug–addicted prostitute looking for solace in a former 60s radical (Bryan Brown).
Winter's Tale, The (1981)- Dir. Jane Howell
Feat. Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Woman Next Door, The (1981)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant - Emotional chaos ensues for a happily married man when his old flame, now also married, becomes his immediate neighbour. Taut, intimate melodrama…
A Change of Seasons (1980)- Dir. Richard Lang
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek - Comedy of tangled relationships and mid–life crises, following a forty–something woman who begins a relationship with a young,…
A Christmas Without Snow (1980)- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Michael Learned, John Houseman, James Cromwell… - A divorced mother moves to San Francisco and joins the choir of a local church, lead by a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept nothing but…
American Gigolo (1980)- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo - Low–key but effective drama. Richard Gere is suspected in a Hollywood murder.
Bad Timing (1980)- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel, Nicolas Roeg… - After his wife attempts suicide, a guilt–ridden Art Garfunkel engages in a tense battle of wits with investigator Harvey Keitel. Nic Roeg goes…
Being There (1980)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Peter Sellers - A middle–aged gardner, reared in solitude and exclusively educated through his television, is mistaken for a political genius. Profound and…
Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Series) (1980)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Elisabeth Trissenaar… - This monolithic tome set in Weimar–era Germany represented the peak of dir. Fassbinder's filmmaking career. Across 15 hours, it details the…
Beulah Land (TV Mini-series) (1980)- Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin, Eddie Albert…
- There are plenty of well–known faces in the support cast of this old–fashioned, three–part mini–series dramatizing the lives…
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