Subgenre Sampler
Music: 1381 Films to Buy & Rent
Beat Street (1984)
- Dir. Stan Lathan
Feat. Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis
- Key film in the history of hip–hop culture, this urban musical may show its age and derivation (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), but still comprises an…
Beyond The Doors (Down On Us) (1984)
- Dir. Larry Buchanan
- Preposterous 'docudrama' about the deaths of 1960s rock–stars Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin (played by obscure actors with the…
Breakdance - The Movie (Breakin’) (1984)
- Dir. Joel Silberg
Feat. Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers
- The excellent, highly athletic breakdance performances will be the prime value to hiphop enthusiasts in this FLASHDANCE–clone, which now has a…
Breakdance 2 - Electric Boogaloo (Breakin' 2) (1984)
- Dir. Sam Firstenberg
Feat. Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers
- Less–hokey sequel to BREAKDANCE, with a storyline centred on a group of teens and dancers who try to save a community rec–centre from a…
Breakdance Box Set (Breakdance, Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo and Beat Street) (1984)
- Three now–classic films spawned from the 80's breakdance craze, packaged together in a handsome boxed set.
Carmen (1984)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes Johnson
- The definitive Carmen on film has Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes Johnson perform against a scorching Spanish backdrop. Lorin Maazel conducts…
Cult, The - Pure Cult (1984-1995)
- A compendium of music–videos, interviews and live cuts from the 'cult' UK heavy rock group, who crafted their own guitar–gothic…
Echo and the Bunnymen (1984)
- Dir. Bill Butt, Kevin Hewitt
- 14 songs from these dour Liverpudlian new wavers. Accurate to 1984.
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
- Dir. Peter Webb
Feat. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bryan Brown…
- A mostly–forgotten oddity in the oeuvre of Beatle–related films. Paul McCartney stars as himself, as over the course of one day he…
John Martyn - Live at the Camden Palace Theatre London 1984 (1984)
- Recording of a live performance of the influential Scottish born folk singer–songwriter and guitarist.