Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
It's Clean It Just Looks Dirty (1987)- Dir. Various
- Eclectic compilation of 1980s 'alternative' music incl. videos by Husker Du, Diamanda Galas, Einsturzende Neubauten, Swans and Psychic TV among…
Julia and Julia (1987)- Dir. Peter Del Monte
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, Sting - Kathleen Turner leads a double (love) life with husband Gabriel Byrne and toy–boy photographer Sting.
Kitchen Toto, The (1987)- Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan - Rewarding drama set in Kenya, during the Mau Mau insurrection.
La Bamba (1987)- Dir. Luis Valdez
Feat. Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Elizabeth Pena… - Tightly constructed biopic of Hispanic rock'n'roller Richie Valens lends the usual 'rise to fame' tale an unusual ethnic slant. Lou Diamond Phillips…
Last Emperor, The (1987)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole - Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
Len Lye - Doodlings (1987)- Dir. Keith Griffiths
- A refreshing paean to New Zealand's best known avant–garde filmmaker (who is equally famous for his kinetic sculptures). Features clips from…
Less Than Zero (1987)- Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jnr., Jami Gertz… - A slick, rather thin adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ cult–novel set among the bored, coke–snorting youth of 1980s upper–crust…
Lethal Weapon (1987)- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover - Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Life Is a Long Quiet River (1987)- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Benoit Magimel, Helene Vincent, Andre Wilms… - Wry, off–beat comedy with a resonant message about two families of different classes who discover that their twelve–year–old…
Lighthorsemen, The (1987)- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton… - Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
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