Subgenre Sampler
Sociology: 254 Films to Buy & Rent
Robinson in Space (1997)
- Dir. Patrick Keiller
Feat. Paul Scofield
- Following up his widely–noted documentary LONDON, dir. Keiller again hits the road with his anonymous alter ego (voiceover by Paul Scofield)…
Sick (1997)
- Dir. Kirby Dick
- Stunning, compassionate feature biography of the life of Bob Flanagan, whose 'super–masochism' and extreme performance art was born of his…
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1996)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Further pushing out a signature style that impresses technique as much as subject, dir. Errol Morris here takes real life as a mere starting point…
Gallivant (1996)
- Dir. Andrew Kotting
- An engrossing ‘gallivant’ around the coastline of Great Britain (and the parameters of experimental documentary) with the filmmaker, his…
Kiwi As (1996)
- Dir. Shirley Horrocks
- The second of dir. Shirley Horrocks journey into the delightful world of 'Kiwiana' – those often quaint artifacts of New Zealand's past –…
Kiwiana (1996)
- Dir. Shirley Horrocks
- The first of two congenial excursions into the increasingly popular genre of 20th century New Zealand cultural artifacts, collectively known as…
Not Fourteen Again (1996)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
- Inspired by the British 7–UP series, film–maker Armstrong completes(?) her anthropological documentary following the lives of three…
Putting Our Town On the Map (1995)
- Dir. Shirley Horrocks
- An eye–opening documentary about how many New Zealand towns create prominent versions of local icons in their search for distinction and…
Human Animal, The (1994)
- Famed zoologist Desmond Morris' personal assessment of the human being spans the cultural globe to understand behavioural peculiarities that we daily…
London (1994)
- Dir. Patrick Keiller
- The giant dichotomy that is London is exposed by counter–pointing post–card imagery with Paul Scofield's narration of the ironic,…