Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
Pretty As a Picture (1997)
- Dir. Toby Keeler
Feat. Jack Nance, Mel Brooks, Dean Stockwell
- A beguiling and extensive peep behind the velvet curtains of director David Lynch's creative processes, during the making of LOST HIGHWAY. Helping…
Road to Jerusalem + Roaring Forties (1997)
- Dir. Bruce Morrison
- Affectionate biography/homage tracing the life of the late great NZ poet James K Baxter. Admirable recitals of his verse complement many candid…
Robinson in Space (1997)
- Dir. Patrick Keiller
Feat. Paul Scofield
- Following up his widely–noted documentary LONDON, dir. Keiller again hits the road with his anonymous alter ego (voiceover by Paul Scofield)…
Russia's War - Blood Upon The Snow (1997)
- Exhaustive 10–part series that traces Stalin's rise to power, his association with Hitler and Soviet involvement in the Second World War,…
Sick (1997)
- Dir. Kirby Dick
- Stunning, compassionate feature biography of the life of Bob Flanagan, whose 'super–masochism' and extreme performance art was born of his…
Six O'Clock News (1997)
- Dir. Ross McElwee
- An interesting chapter in the unfolding saga of dir. Ross McElwee's (SHERMAN'S MARCH) autobiographical filmmaking, here centering on his new…
Slam Nation (1997)
- Dir. Paul Devlin
- Portland, Oregon is the home of The National Poetry Slam, a performance poetry competition which attracts participants from twenty–six states…
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- Dir. Ken Burns
Feat. Sam Waterston, Blythe Danner, Ossie Davis…
- Burns "paints an enigmatic portrait of self–contradiction" in this comprehensive and reverential documentary of America's third President,…
Titanica (1997)
- Dir. Stephen Low
Feat. Leonard Nimoy
- Stunning footage of the world's most famous shipwreck shot by IMAX, who specialise in high–definition photography under exacting conditions.…
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars Von Trier (1997)
- Dir. Stig Bjorkman
- Insight into the methods and career of celebrated Danish director Lars Von Trier, covering up to his breakout hit, BREAKING THE WAVES.