Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Francoise Fabian
- Musical maestro Jacques Demy's last picture was this pseudo–documentary conceived around singer and actor Yves Montand, who returns to his home…
Trial of Bernhard Goetz (1988)
- Dir. Harry Moses
- A verbatim re–creation of the courtroom battle that ensued after Goetz admitted to shooting four black muggers on the New York subway in 1984.…
Buster Keaton - A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Lovingly assembled by historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, this three–part biography on the great 'stone–faced' comedian compares a…
Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) (America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965) (1987)
- Award–winning, definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions…
Faded Dreams (1987)
- Dir. James Forsher
- In true Hollywood tradition this film explores alternative theories over the controversial deaths of such Hollywood legends as James Dean, Marilyn,…
First Eden, The (TV Series) (The Mediterranean World and Man) (1987)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Part of Sir David Attenborough's canonical 1967 Natural World project, this series focuses on the Mediterranean, cradle of Western civilization, from…
Futebol (1987)
- Dir. Joao Moreira Salles
- A richly informative series of three documentaries about different aspects of futebol (football) in Brazil, mainly centred around the renowned…
Going Hollywood - The War Years (1987)
- Dir. Julian Schlossberg
Feat. Vivian Blaine, Dane Clark, Jackie Cooper…
- A glance back at Hollywood attitudes, movies and stars during the WW2 years 1941–1945.
Compromising movie clips, newsreel footage and…
Heavy Petting (1987)
- Dir. Obie Benz
- A nostalgic peagent to what made being a teen in the 50's as cute and corny as it was. A mix of cheesy pop music, clips from sex and drug–ed…
Intervista (1987)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini
- An easy–going ode to dir. Fellini's early career at Cinecitta Studios, this takes the form of a mock interview–flashback, with the…