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Subgenre Sampler
Caravaggio (1986)- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Noam Almaz, Dawn Archibald, Sean Bean - A stylised, impressionistic biopic of the controversial bisexual artist from the Italian renaissance. The film is similarly cryptic, bold and…
Sunday in the Park with George (1986)- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Bryne - Movie adaptation of the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, about a painter who immerses himself in creating a masterpiece. Inspired by…
Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Ken Ogata - Fascinating study of the controversial Japanese author/militarist whose desire to merge life and art led to his ritualistic suicide. A luminous…
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…
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…
We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble) (1972)- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga… - A uniquely disquieting film covering the dissolution of an affair between an aged filmmaker and a much younger secretary, based on French director…
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