Subgenre Sampler
Arts & Artists: 427 Films to Buy & Rent
Antonio Gaudi (1984)
- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
- The aesthetic worlds of architect Antonio Gaudi and Japanese visualist Teshigahara (WOMAN OF THE DUNES) collide with spectacular results in this…
Grasp Of Wind, A (1984)
- Dir. Robert Franken, Russell Campbell
Feat. Neal Gunn
- Dutch born New Zealand visual artist Robert Franken's one–and–only directorial effort is a quietly surreal, wordless fable in which a…
Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Stefanie Powers, Robert Urich, Lee Remick…
- Blubbery, melodramatic saga of three generations of women by way of artist Julien Mistral. Based on a novel by Judith Krantz.
Sunday in the Country, A (1984)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Louis Ducreux, Sabine Azema, Michel Aumont…
- An elderly painter invites his family to his country villa; in a single day their happinesses and sorrows come to be expressed. Subtle, intelligent…
Draughtsman's Contract, The (1982)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman
- A 17th Century painter is commissioned to draw the estate of a rich mistress, who in return endows him with certain liberties. A bizarre and…
Passion (1982)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
- 'Film within a film' from France's thorniest director, sowing narrative confusion in his story of director Michel Piccoli trying to make a arthouse…
Peter Greenaway Collection (1982-1985)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
- Feature box–set of visionary dir. Greenaway's early work, including his first feature 'The Draughtsman's Contract', his 1985 murder mystery 'A…
Islands in the Stream (1977)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland…
- Solid, well–constructed adaptation of one of the more thoughtful Hemingway novels, with Scott as the sculptor who chooses to live in exile on a…
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…