Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3045 Films to Buy & Rent
Unknown Chaplin (1983)
- Feat. Charles Chaplin
- Previously unseen footage raided from Chaplin's private collection forms the backbone of this splendid documentary series, delving into the great…
Atomic Cafe, The (1982)
- Dir. Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty
- An insight into the American phenomenon of A–Bomb culture, which compiles cheesy propaganda flicks and newsreels with hilariously naive…
Burden of Dreams (1982)
- Dir. Les Blank
Feat. Werner Herzog
- Les Blank's most famous film sticks with Werner Herzog through the thick and thin of the Amazon jungle during the notoriously troubled shooting of…
Clive James Collection, The (1982-1988)
- Feat. Clive James
- A collection of eclectic and pioneering specials from Australia's intrepid writer/documentarian. Ten episodes across three…
Killing of America, The (1982)
- The ugly flipside of the land of the free, this disturbingly accounts many of America's most bizarre and horrific acts of violence including Manson,…
Once, at a Border - Tony Palmer's film about Stravinsky (1982)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
- Another exceptional documentary from Tony Palmer, this time about Igor Stravinsky, the "most important and influential composer of the 20th century".…
Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Mick Jagger
- Above–average concert film of Brit rockers The Rolling Stones, which combines three individual concerts from their 1981 US tour and assorted…
Room 666 (1982)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
- Wim Wenders chews the fat with his contemporaries at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, provoking them into a debate on the future of film. Accosted…
Sans Soleil (1982)
- Dir. Chris Marker
- An exotic cinematic essay from eclectic film–maker Chris Marker weaving footage from all continents with semi–detached, esoteric…
Vernon, Florida (1982)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- An early gem from dir. Morris (THE FOG OF WAR) that ambles around the small backwater town of the title, documenting the eccentricities and humour of…