Subgenre Sampler
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Under the Skin (1997)
- Dir. Carine Adler
Feat. Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham
- After her mother's untimely death, a young woman bereaves through a series of casual sexual, and increasingly masochistic, encounters.
Samantha…
Unknown Pleasures / Xiao Wu (1997-2002)
- Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Zhao Tao
- Two astonishing features from gifted 'sixth generation' Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang–ke (PLATFORM, THE WORLD); his terrain the onset of popular…
Vanishing Point (1997)
- Dir. Charles Robert Carner
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Christine Elise, Steve Railsback…
- Made–for–TV reprise of the 1971 transcontinental driving classic, with the chiselled Mortensen taking the mad dog role of Kowalski, now a…
Victoria Wood Live (1997)
- Feat. Victoria Wood, Julie Walters
- Live stand–up sketches from BAFTA winning Brit comedienne and actress Victoria Wood on her sell–out 2007 tour, occasionally accompanied…
Volcano (1997)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, John Carroll Lynch
- A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…
Waco - Rules of Engagement (1997)
- Dir. William Gazecki
- The disastrous FBI siege of the Branch Davidian Sect compound at Waco, Texas in 1993 is pulled to pieces in this acclaimed documentary, revealing a…
Wag the Dog (1997)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Dustin Hoffman
- A Clinton–inspired political satire, coincided with the Lewinsky scandal on release (and then Iraq), sees Whitehouse spin–doctor Robert…
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey…
- A comic treasure from the writer/star of "This is Spinal Tap", here lining up the fictional US burg of Blaine, Missouri in his satirical sights, as…
Washington Square (1997)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith…
- Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
Weird Al Show, The (TV Series) (1997-1998)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Al Yankovic
- Short–lived 'educational' children's TV show from the mind of 'Weird Al' Yankovic, perhaps best known in New Zealand for his pop song parodies,…