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Subgenre Sampler
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano - David Bowie endures the hardships of a Japanese POW camp in WWII. Stylish melodrama, memorably scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Ploughman's Lunch, The (1983)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry - Complex dissection of British motives during the Falklands War.
Scarlet and the Black, The (1983)- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud… - Thrilling cat–and–mouse tale of Vatican attempts to save Allied POWs and downed Allied airman from Nazi imprisonment.
Streamers (1983)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, George Dzundza… - Four young army recruits await in close quarters their call–up to Vietnam. Brilliantly acted by the novice cast (including Matthew Modine), it…
To Be or Not to Be (1983)- Dir. Alan Johnson
Feat. Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson… - Mel Brooks features in this remake of the 1940s Ernst Lubitsch comedy.
Uncommon Valor (1983)- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown… - Gene Hackman plays an American marine who believes his son is still being held in Laos in the aftermath of The Vietnam War. From the director of the…
Under Fire (1983)- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman… - A sterling drama concerning journalistic ethics in the mire of the Nicaraguan civil war. Nick Nolte is a photographer who is tempted into taking…
Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent… - Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982)- Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly…
- A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…
Atomic Cafe, The (1982)- Dir. Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty
- An insight into the American phenomenon of A–Bomb culture, which compiles cheesy propaganda flicks and newsreels with hilariously naive…
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