Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3050 Films to Buy & Rent
Regret to Inform (1998)
- Dir. Barbara Sonneborn
- A moving and haunting doco which analyzes the Vietnam War from the point of view of the American and Vietnamese women who lost the men they loved to…
Richter, The Enigma (1998)
- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- Lengthy biography of the supremely expressive Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who only emerged from behind the Iron Curtain in the late 1950s.…
Stephen Hawkings' Universe (1998)
- The various theories of the wheelchair–confined English cosmologist are explained by other researchers in this in–depth BBC TV series.…
Tackle Happy (1998)
- Dir. Mick Molloy
Feat. Simon Morley, David Friend
- Eye–widening puppet–show utilises the visual and tactile properties of the male–organ to impersonate… all sorts of things:…
Timothy Leary's Dead (1998)
- Dir. Paul Davids
Feat. Todd Mills
- An adoring eulogy to counter–cultural 60s guru, chiefly known for extolling the virtues of LSD and fuzzy–headed philosophy.
With a…
Top Gear (TV Series) (1998)
- Feat. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
- Selected highlights from the BBC series in which three car–crazy lads (Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond) have fun driving and…
Turandot Project, The (1998)
- Dir. Allan Miller
Feat. Zhang Yimou, Zubin Mehta
- The glorious insanity of Italian opera defeats all obstacles in this amusing behind–the–scenes account of a gigantic international…
Velvet Dreams (1998)
- Dir. Sima Urale
- Director Sima Urale presents this short documentary investigating the world of 'velvet paintings' by traversing the Pacific to talk to artists and…
Wadd: The Life and Times of John C Holmes (1998)
- Dir. Cass Paley, Alan Smithee
Feat. John Holmes
- Well hung, generously portioned portrait of the American sex film industry's most famous and successful male 'porn star'.
Legendary for his…
Wild Man Blues (1998)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple
Feat. Woody Allen
- Affably entertaining documentary that follows Woody Allen 'on tour' through Europe in 1996 aboard his musical side–act, a New Orleans Jazz Band…