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Subgenre Sampler
Last Bastion, The (1984)- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Robert Vaughn… - Australia's involvement in World War II is explored from behind closed doors in this dramatisation of the decisions made by politicians and generals…
Legend of the Suram Fortress (1984)- Dir. Sergei Paradjanov
- Soviet dir. Sergei Paradjanov resumed his filmmaking career after years of exile with this visually rapturous, obscure folk tale. More opaque in…
Love Streams (1984)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel - Rarely–seen film by indie iconoclast John Cassavetes, described by some as he at his self–indugent worst, but praised in other quarters…
Love Unto Death (L'amour à Mort) (1984)- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Sabine Azema, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi - Alain Resnais (HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR) pursues his themes of love and death with this symbolic tale of lovers Simon (Arditi) and Elizabeth (Azema)…
Man of Flowers (1984)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood - A wealthy middle–aged bachelor pays a young woman to disrobe for him on call. A sombre, handsomely shot study of an odd character, with touches…
Maria's Lovers (1984)- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum… - An embittered war veteran (Savage) experiences girl trouble upon returning from Vietnam. With a steamy Nastassja Kinski as the film's obscure object…
Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series) (1984)- Feat. Stefanie Powers, Robert Urich, Lee Remick…
- Blubbery, melodramatic saga of three generations of women by way of artist Julien Mistral. Based on a novel by Judith Krantz.
Mrs. Soffel (1984)- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine… - Sombre though interesting drama set in 1901 Pittsburgh about a woman who helps one of the inmates of her prison warden husband.
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)- Feat. Angela Lansbury
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
My First Wife (1984)- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. John Hargreaves, Wendy Hughes - A man is devastated when his wife of ten years walks out on him. His experience is achingly realised through an incisive screenplay and virtuoso…
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