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Wim Wenders on FilmWim Wenders on Film (Lightning over Water, The State of Things, A Trick of the Light) (1980-1995) Recommended
Dir. Wim Wenders
Boxset of three underseen Wim Wenders classics, each concerning the agony and ectasy of filmmaking.
Young Master, TheYoung Master, The (Shi di chu ma) (1980)
Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen
A fine early action–comedy from the phenomenal Jackie Chan, here trying to lure a wayward fellow student back to the 'right' side of martial…
Alexandria... Why? Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Dir. Youssef Chahine
An autobiographical film about the early life of director Youssef Chahine, set in Alexandria. Winner of the Silver Bear at the 29th Berlin…
Amour en fuite, L'Amour en fuite, L' (Love on the Run) (1979)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier
The fifth and final entry in dir. Truffaut's loosely autobiographical 'Anoine Doinel' series. Here, the footloose hero reaches his 30s and a new…
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts)Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)
Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet
When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…
Camera BuffCamera Buff (Amator) (1979) Recommended
Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Pointed, if slightly familiar satire of Communist life, has a smalltown clerk in Poland buy a Super8 film camera and begin to film life around him,…
Christ Stopped at EboliChrist Stopped at Eboli (1979) Recommended
Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny
A writer is exiled to the remote South in the mid 1930s. Based on the autobiography of Carlos Levi, this film in four parts contrasts his political…
Egouts Du Paradis, LesEgouts Du Paradis, Les (The Sewers of Paradise) (1979)
Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova
Romantic dramatization of "The Great Drain Robbery" of 1976, in which the Societe Generale Bank of France was robbed of over $10 million dollars by a…
Heroes Of The EastHeroes Of The East (Zhong hua zhang fu) (1979)
Feat. Chia Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno
Graceful martial arts film focused around a Chinese man who must prove the superiority of Chinese kung fu over Japanese to his disillusioned Japanese…
La Cage Aux FollesLa Cage Aux Folles (1979)
Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru
A gay couple masquerade as husband and wife for the sake of their son's marriage prospects. Screwball drag comedy was a phenomenal hit worldwide.

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