Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3050 Films to Buy & Rent
Vive Le Tour / Human, Trop Humain / Place de la Republique (1962-1974)
- Dir. Louis Malle
- Louis Malle turns the camera on his homeland, France, in these three documentaries that reveal a curiosity in ordinary human lives: an encapsulation…
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 1 (Herakles; Last Words; The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreutz; Huie's Sermon; The Flying Doctors of East Africa; Wings of Hope; Precautions Against Fanatics) (1962-1999)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs.
Herakles (1962)
Last Words (1967)
The…
Mein Kampf (1961)
- Dir. Erwin Leiser
- Based on the infamous diary of Adolf Hitler, this is an impressive, prudent chronicle of his life, from his formative years through the horrors of…
Two Sides of Johnny Cash (Five Minutes to Live + Johnny Cash: An Anthology) (1961)
- Dir. Bill Karn
Feat. Johnny Cash
- Double disc DVD includes Cash's starring turn in sixities B–movie thriller FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE, plus JOHNNY CASH: AN ANTHOLOGY, a tribute…
Primary (1960)
- Dir. Robert Drew
- Landmark documentary captures the charismatic JFK as he contests the Wisconsin Democratic Primary with Hubert Humphrey.
One of the first films of…
Royal Ballet, The (1960)
- Dir. Paul Czinner
- Outstanding performance film showcases prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake,…
Savage Innocents, The (1960)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Yoko Tani
- Curiously compelling ethnological drama from dir. Ray in which an eskimo (Quinn) wages an ongoing battle for survival in the Arctic environment and…
European Nights (1959)
- Dir. Alessandro Blasetti
- A variety bill of nightclub acts from the heyday of European cabaret. Included are acts from Carmen Sevilla, The Platters, Ukrainian Balalaika…
Delius (1958)
- Dir. Ken Russell
- Ken Russell's BBC film biography of the music and life of English composer Frederick Delius, who had to overcome blindness and paralysis to fulfil…
Whicker's World (TV Series) (1958-1994)
- Feat. Alan Whicker
- Fronted by one of the most celebrated social commentators and journalists of the 20th century, Alan Whicker's television masterpieces saw the polite…