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Subgenre Sampler
Down by Law (1988)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie - Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
Heat and Sunlight (1988)- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust - This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
Living On Tokyo Time (1987)- Dir. Stephen Okazaki
Feat. Minako Ohashi, Ken Nakagawa, Mitzi Abe - Amusing independent film about a Japanese–American couple living in a marriage–of–convenience in San Fransisco.
Matewan (1987)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell… - In 1920s Virginia, miners unite against their strong–arm company who resort to 'scab' minority labour in response to strike action. Costly…
Someone to Love (1987)- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Orson Welles - Typically loose and naturalistic drama from independent stalwart Henry Jaglom, who pretty much plays himself – a jaded divorcee filmmaker in search…
Parting Glances (1986)- Dir. Bill Sherwood
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Richard Ganoung - A gay classic and pioneering film of the independent movement, this is widely enjoyed as a truthful picture of gay life and relationships and also as…
Mala Noche (1985)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
- Low–budget granular drama and the first film made by the eclectic Mr Van Sant near the start of his influential career.It tells the tale of a…
Dim Sum (A Little Bit of Heart) (1984)- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong - Endearing, warm–hearted tale of Chinese–Americans living in San Fransisco. Distinctly Chinese but the themes and the humour are universal.
Love Streams (1984)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel - Rarely–seen film by indie iconoclast John Cassavetes, described by some as he at his self–indugent worst, but praised in other quarters…
Paris, Texas (1984)- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski - The German director takes his enigmatic, dilatory style Stateside for this intoxicating work about a mysterious mute loner in search of his missing…
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