Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3048 Films to Buy & Rent
Aussie Rules Collection (Year of the Dogs, The Great MacArthy, The Club) (1975-1997)
- Three Aussie features concerning the unique rough–and–tumble of 'Aussie Rules' football.
Overlord (1975)
- Dir. Stuart Cooper
Feat. Brian Stirner
- Remarkable one–off that seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this accounts a twenty–year–old’s…
Smokes and Lollies / Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better (1975-1980)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
- The first of five documentaries Gillian Armstrong directed on Adelaide women Kerry, Josie and Diana, this introduces the fresh–faced trio as…
Story of Kerry, Josie and Diana 14-47, The (Smokes and Lollies; Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better; Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces; Not Fourteen Again; Love, Lust & Lies) (1975-2009)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
- The complete documentaries of Gillian Armstrong's series on the lives of three working class Adelaide women, introduced as 14–year–olds…
Tomorrow Show, The: John, Paul, Tom and Ringo (1975-1981)
- Hosted by broadcasting legend Tom Synder, this features the last ever interview with John Lennon before he disappeared from the public eye, as well…
Tribal Eye, The (TV Series) (1975)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- New release of Sir David Attenborough's classic 1975 series exploring aspects of tribal art from indigenous communities all over the world –…
5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude (Christo's Valley Curtain, Running Fence, Islands, Christo in Paris, Umbrellas) (1974-1995)
- Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles
- The complete set of filmic documentations by the Maysles brothers (and various other directors) on the French concept–sculptors Christo and his…
Animals are Beautiful People (Beautiful People) (1974)
- Dir. Jamie Uys
- Playful naturalist documentary engages with cuteness and a degree of artistic license life in Africa’s Namib Desert for its many animal…
Bigger Splash, A (1974)
- Dir. Jack Hazan
- A whimsical, unconventional doco, interweaving the somewhat vacuous daily life of English painter David Hockney and his retinue, with the formal…
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1974)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
- Intriguing montage of Depression–era America, that combines newsreels and Hollywood movie–clips in an ambiguous, imaginative…