Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
First Name: Carmen (Prenom Carmen) (1983)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffe - Late Godard standout is a markedly nostalgic throwback to his New Wavy years, combining an ad hoc terrorist, ill–fated romance, a…
Fourth Man, The (1983)- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe - Jeroen Krabbe is a gay alchoholic writer prone to hallucinations who suspects his hairdresser of triple murder. Weird and stylish…
Hong Kong 1941 (Dang doi lai ming) (1983)- Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alex Man, Kien Shih… - One of Chow Yun–Fat's early classics, this portrays the disturbing invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese in 1941, which disrupts the dreams and…
L'Argent (1983)- Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Christian Patey - This bleak, enigmatic crime study depicts the tragic chain of events which emanate from a counterfeit bank note being passed through a photo shop.…
Lady is the Boss, The (Chang men jen) (1983)- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Liu Chia Liang, Chia Hui Liu - Amiable flick concerns a curmudgeonly martial arts teacher who begrudgingly hires a young marketing woman to help keep his martial arts school open,…
Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) (1983)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno - The director's impressive debut (at the age of 24) is a post–apocalyptic fable, strikingly filmed in black and white with almost no…
Life Is A Bed Of Roses (1983)- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Ruggero Raimondi, Fanny Ardant, Geraldine Chaplin - Ambitious fantastical oddity from dir. Resnais was made as a tribute to era–defining French directors Melies, L'Herbier and Rohmer, weaving…
Makioka Sisters, The (Sasame-yuki) (1983)- Dir. Kon Ichikawa
Feat. Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga - Lyrical Japanese drama set in the 1930's, following the lives of four siblings who have taken on their father's kimono manufacturing business. Based…
Moon in the Gutter (1983)- Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril… - Dockworker Gerard Depardieu befriends Nastassja Kinski as he hunts for the killer of his sister. Pompous or excellent? Watch and decide for yourself.…
Nostalgia (Nostalghia) (1983)- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Oleg Jankovsky - A lingering essay on the angst of living in exile, with Oleg Jankovsky as a beleaguered Russian academic subsisting in Italy (like Tarkovsky…
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