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Subgenre Sampler
Savage Islands (Nate and Hayes) (1983)- Dir. Ferninand Fairfax
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe - Tommy Lee Jones runs amok in the Pacific, clashing with pirates, missionaries, and a cannibalistic tribesman (played by Prince Tui Teka). Its clunky…
Signal 7 (1983)- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Bill Ackridge, Dan Leegant - Dedicated to John Cassavetes, this 12–hr slice of the night–world of various New York taxi–drivers, shot on videotape, is similarly…
Sins of Dorian Gray, The (1983)- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Joseph Bottoms, Belinda Bauer - Unusually trashy TV–movie that riffs on Oscar Wilde's famous adult fairytale. Here, a woman's celluloid screen–test carries the burden of…
Svengali (1983)- Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Holly Hunter - Has been vocalist turned singing instructor O'Toole takes young rocker Foster under his wings. By all accounts a complete misfire. Though if you can…
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.
Wild Horses (1983)- Dir. Derek Morton
Feat. Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Bruno Lawrence… - A Kiwi western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central…
Android (1982)- Dir. Aaron Lipstadt
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser - Quirky tale of an almost–human robot who learns he is about to be made obsolete. Entertaining script and tight direction redeems the small…
Atomic Cafe, The (1982)- Dir. Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty
- An insight into the American phenomenon of A–Bomb culture, which compiles cheesy propaganda flicks and newsreels with hilariously naive…
Balance, La (1982)- Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry - Money, loyalty and death hang in the balance in this gritty, Cesar–winning thriller. A crime king–pin is exposed by an…
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