Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Music: 193 Films to Rent on VHS
- U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
- Video version of the album of the same name, this is an electrifying milestone concert by U2, live at Red Rocks in Ireland.
Songs –…
- Verdi - Rigoletto (1983)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- A splendid version of Verdi's darkly tragic opera, shot on location, with Pavarotti playing the Duke of Mantua.
- Catherine Wheel, The (1982)
- Dir. Twyla Tharp
- Complete stage performance of the modern dance extravaganza, The Catherine Wheel, as well as a behind–the–scenes peek at the production…
- Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) (1982)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo
- Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Conductor: Georges Pretre.
- Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
- Wild Style (1982)
- Dir. Charles Ahearn
- The Hip–hop movement had it first wide impact via this documentary–drama shot on the streets of The Bronx in 1982.
With its close…
- Yes, Giorgio (1982)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold
- Enjoyable romance has Pavarotti as an Opera singer (what else?) who loses his voice but finds love with throat specialist Harrold.
- Divine Madness (1980)
- Feat. Bette Midler
- Before enjoying a string of Hollywood hits, Bette was queen of the outrageous live performance. From ballsy ballads to camp nostalgia, this film…
- One Trick Pony (1980)
- Dir. Robert M Young
Feat. Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn…
- Interesting tale of rock–star, played by Paul Simon, undergoing personal crises.
- Don Giovanni (1979)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
- Possibly the most celebrated filmed version of Mozart's greatest opera, about a notorious womaniser who teeters on the edge of a hellish fate.…