Subgenre Sampler
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Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
- Dir. Daniel Vigne
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
- A legendary French tale with Gerard Depardieu as the 16th century peasant who returns to his family after an eight year absense but is suspected of…
Stories on Film (1982-1986)
- Dir. Larry Parr, Costa Botes, Lynton Butler
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Annie Whittle
- Three short films from New Zealand.
The Makutu On Mrs. Jones (1986) 25 mins
Based on a story by Witi Ihimaera, this short film is about a boys'…
Strata (1982)
- Dir. Geoff Steven
Feat. Nigel Davenport
- Bold but failed attempt to emulate the arthouse cinema of European directors like Bergman, Tarkovsky and Antonioni in a New Zealand setting. Staged…
Tempest (1982)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon
- Paradise is found and then lost for John Cassavetes who escapes mid–life crisis and flees to the Greek Isles with his daughter. Loosely based…
Tex (1982)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly…
- Arguably the best adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s teen fictions (THE OUTSIDERS etc.), with Matt Dillon giving an early, heartbreaking performance as a…
That Night in Varennes (1982)
- Dir. Etore Scolla
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Louis Barrault, Harvey Keitel
- An enthralling, vivid historical drama set during the last days of Louis XVI's reign during the 1791 revolution, but focusing largely on a band of…
Wild Style (1982)
- Dir. Charles Ahearn
- The Hip–hop movement had it first wide impact via this documentary–drama shot on the streets of The Bronx in 1982.
With its close…
World Cup, The (A Captain's Tale) (1982)
- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Dennis Waterman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tim Healy
- Intriguing true–story of how a minor–league English soccer–team from West Auckland (not New Zealand) got all the way to the first…
Yes, Giorgio (1982)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold
- Enjoyable romance has Pavarotti as an Opera singer (what else?) who loses his voice but finds love with throat specialist Harrold.
Americana (1981)
- Dir. David Carradine
Feat. David Carradine, Barbara Hershey, Michael Greene
- Oddball tale of America in which a Vietnam vet becomes involved in the reconstruction of a smalltown merry–go–round.
David Carradine's…