Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Film History: 189 Films to Buy & Rent
- American Nightmare, The (2000)
- Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter…
- A searching examination of the American horror films of the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the paranoia of the times was reflected in some intense…
- History Lessons (2000)
- Dir. Barbara Hammer
- A "revisionist" archival doco from militant experimentalist, Barbara Hammer, that montages (and modifies) esoteric lesbiana as a clarion call for…
- Kurosawa (2000)
- Dir. Adam Low
Feat. James Coburn, Clint Eastwood, Kon Ichikawa
- Solid, though roughly tailored journey through the life of the Japanese film director of THE SEVEN SAMURAI and YOJIMBO. Composed mostly of interview…
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow
Feat. Lon Chaney
- A comprehensive overview of the life and career of "Man of a Thousand Faces" Lon Chaney, one of the greatest actors of the silent era. Narrated by…
- Mario Bava - Maestro of the Macabre (2000)
- Dir. Garry S Grant
- Find out where Dario Argento (and others) stole their licks from in this rare glimpse into the life and work of the Godfather of modern horror, whose…
- Phandom Menace, The (2000)
- Dir. Craig E Tonkin, Warwick Holt
- A vivid look into the 'realities' of various obsessive STAR WARS fans in Australia, on the eve of THE PHANTOM MENACE being released in 1999.
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- Universal Horror (2000)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow
- Reeling back to the horror films produced by Universal Studios in the 1930s, this Kevin Brownlow documentary is a lovingly–made reminder of the…
- Brakhage (1999)
- Dir. Jim Shedden
- Conventional, though enlightening portrait of experimental film maverick Stan Brakhage, whose work consistently pushed the boundaries of the medium…
- Cinema Europe - The Other Hollywood (1999)
- Dir. Various.
- Kevin Brownlow and David Gill continue their extended homage to all things cinema with an in–depth series on early cinema in Europe leading up…
- Cinema Verite - Defining the Moment (1999)
- Dir. Peter Wintonick
- Unique "documentary of documentaries" from the dir. of MANUFACTURING CONSENT that chronicles "Cinema Verite", a film–making movement bound by a…