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Subgenre Sampler

 
Runner, TheRunner, The (1984)
Dir. Amir Naderi
Feat. Abbas Nazeri, Majid Niroumand, Musa Torkizadeh
On a coastline strewn with the flotsam of the Arabian Gulf, an Iranian orphan boy scrapes a living together scavenging and selling ice before it…
Swann in LoveSwann in Love (1984)
Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon
Lavish filming of Proust's novel 'Remembrance of Things Past' which centres around a high class man who risks everything for his erotic obsessions.…
Three of Us, TheThree of Us, The (Noi Tre) (1984)
Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Christopher Davidson, Ida De Benedetto, Gianni Cavina
Charming, though slender, portrayal of Mozart’s teenage life as the 14–year old musical prodigy spends a summer in Italy and starts to…
Ultimate Solution of...Grace Quigley, TheUltimate Solution of...Grace Quigley, The (1984)
Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte
Curious black comedy features Hepburn as a lonely widower who enlists hitman Nolte to hasten her demise.
Yellow EarthYellow Earth (1984) Recommended
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan, Xueyin Wang
This spearheaded the wave of modern Chinese cinema to be seen outside the People's Republic. A communist soldier visits a backwards village in 1939…
BetrayalBetrayal (1983) Recommended
Dir. David Jones
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Jeremy Irons
Amorality tale of a publisher, his wife and her lover, adapted from Harold Pinter's powerhouse play, effectively told in reverse chronology. Ben…
Cabaret Voltaire: Gasoline in Your Eye / CV (1983)
Industrial revolutionists of the musical kind, the U.K. duo provide two compilations of eye–popping visuals, cut–up from a variety of…
Chained Heat (1983)
Dir. Paul Michaels
Feat. Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning
The other film of ‘note’ to star Linda Blair (THE EXORCIST), is an unrepentant and sleazy woman–in–prison exploitationer,…
Divine: Live at the Hacienda (1983)
Feat. Divine
The unique Divine, John Waters 'associate' (PINK FLAMINGOS) and committer of many an outrageous (and unhygenic) act, is caught live at the Hacienda…
Experience Preferred, but Not EssentialExperience Preferred, but Not Essential (1983)
Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Elizabeth Edmonds, Sue Wallace
Amusing, low–key drama about a young woman waitressing at a seaside resort.

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