Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3048 Films to Buy & Rent
Calcutta (1969)
- Dir. Louis Malle
- Louis Malle’s companion piece to PHANTOM INDIA isolates some extraordinary footage of Calcutta, presenting a fiery and tempestuous image of a city…
Civilisation (TV Series) (1969)
- "Not a history of the arts, but a history of life–giving beliefs and ideas made visible and audible through the medium of art." Kenneth Clark's…
Peter Weir Short Film Collection (1969-1972)
- Dir. Peter Weir
- Four early shorts from one of Australia's greatest directing talents; "Homesdale", "Three to Go", "Three directions in Pop Music", "Incredible…
Phantom India (1969)
- Dir. Louis Malle
- Captured on film, Louis Malle’s pilgrimage to India is relayed with remarkable and imposing gravitas as the director discovers the country, warts…
Sorrow and the Pity, The (1969)
- Dir. Marcel Ophuls
- A Classic. Investigating life and death in the Occupied France city of Clermont–Ferrand during WWII, chiefly through interviews, this provides…
This is New Zealand (1969)
- Dir. Hugh MacDonald
- A long–awaited DVD release of the landmark three camera/three projection spectacle, produced by the National Film Unit for the New Zealand…
All My Loving (1968)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
- Early essay–piece from Tony Palmer was born from a challenge to the then–classical music documentarian by John Lennon and Paul McCartney:…
Children of the Sun (1968)
- Dir. Andrew McAlpine
- A nostalgic time capsule from the 1960s about the burgeoning surf culture of New Zealand and Australia during the heyday of longboarding.
Filmed…
Complete Monterey Pop Festival, The (Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, Shake! Otis at Monterey) (1968-1997)
- Dir. D.A. Pennebaker
Feat. Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding
- In 1967 the acclaimed documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker recorded performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, California.
This…
Doors, The - Feast of Friends (1968)
- Previously only available as a bootleg, this long sought after documentary, self–produced by The Doors, features mythological footage of the…