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Subgenre Sampler
La Luna (1979)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Alida Valli… - A wayward young junkie cuddles up to his Opera–singing mother (Jill Clayburgh) in this peculiar incest drama, shot in lush Bertolucci overtones.
Laura (Laura, Shadows of a Summer) (1979)- Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Maud Adams, Dawn Dunlap, James Mitchell… - One of the dreamy, soft focus movies of fashion photographer Hamilton, featuring his characteristic themes: the coming of age of a young girl in an…
Legend of the Mountain (Shan zhong zhuan qi) (1979)- Dir. King Hu
Feat. Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang - A scholar translating Buddhist sutras visits a monastery filled with various mysterious characters, in this soothing spiritual drama with elements of…
Magnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong) (1979)- Dir. Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen - Peak Samo Hung martial artistry, collaborating here with with action legend Yuen Woo Ping for a tale based on the true–life exploits of Lam Sai…
Passe ton Bac d'abord (Graduate First) (1979)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Bernard Tronczak… - Dir. Pialat’s matter–of–fact realism and blasé cast of young actors conveys all the aimlessness and uncertainty of youth in this…
Resurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)- Dir. Toru Murakawa
Feat. Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba - A moderately subversive actioner which revolves around an apparently mild–mannered 'salary man' (Matsuda), who by night sheds wig and glasses…
Shaolin Temple (1979)- Dir. Cheung Hsin Yen
Feat. Jet Li - Martial Arts superstar Jet Li’s debut film, as a Shaolin–trained fighter who exacts revenge upon an evil warlord, already displaying the…
Sisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- 1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Stalker (1979)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn - A stark, apocalyptic vision into a world where the Stalker guides those who wish to enter the forbidden Zone. Intimate, dilatory work conjures images…
Third Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine… - A scathing black comedy about terrorism, one of the final films of German provocateur Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A hilariously indiscriminate plot…
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