Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3343 Films to Buy & Rent
Eastern Condors (Dung fong tuk ying) (1986)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
- A Hong Kong riff on THE DIRTY DOZEN, in which 12 Chinese convicts accept a mission into Vietnam to destroy an abandoned American weapons…
Essential Almodovar: Volume Two (Law of Desire, Kika, Flower of My Secret) (1986-1996)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
- Three more Pedro Almodovar films presented in a Collector's Edition box set.
Essential Arcand (Decline of the American Empire, Jesus of Montreal, Love and Human Remains, The Barbarian Invasions) (1986-2003)
- Dir. Denys Arcand
- Four of French–Canadian dir. Denys Arcand's quality works in one box–set.
Good Morning, Babylon (1986)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Feat. Vincent Spano, Joaquim De Almeida, Greta Scacchi
- Two artisan Italian brothers seek their fortune in America and wind up sculpting for D.W. Griffith on the set of INTOLERANCE. An elegant tribute to…
Green Ray, The (Summer) (1986)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Marie Riviere, Lisa Heredia, Beatrice Romand…
- Exemplary Rohmer material, this bittersweet story follows a reserved young woman on her Riviera holiday, who must assert herself if she is to find…
Heroes Shed No Tears (1986)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Eddy Ko
- Bloody actioner has elite commandos having to capture a drug lord and smuggle him into Thailand. Things do not go smoothly.
Early John Wood effort…
Jean De Florette (1986)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- A modern classic of love, greed and revenge set against the beauty of 1920s French Provence, superbly performed by three of France's biggest…
Law of Desire (1986)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura
- Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
Les Fugitifs (1986)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
- The inept Pierre Richard teams up with the innocent Gerard Depardieu in a madcap criminal escape after a botched bank–job. The situation…
Man and A Woman: 20 Years Later, A (1986)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry
- Worthy follow–up to Lelouch's seminal 60's romantic drama benefits from appealing performances by it's two leads.