Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Falls, The (1980)- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray - One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Fame (1980)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Irene Cara - Young wannabees get ready for their big break at a New York performing arts college. Funny how none of the cast have since achieved it.
First Deadly Sin, The (1980)- Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, Bruce Willis… - Probably Ol' Blue Eyes' last decent film, giving an understated, effective performance as a pressured NYC detective hunting a serial killer and…
Flickers (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Bob Hoskins, Frances de la Tour, Sheila Reid
- An amiable Cockney rogue seeking investors in the silent–film industry finds that building a business out of make believe isn't as easy as he…
Formula, The (1980)- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller… - Muddled thriller with Scott as a detective caught up in a conspiracy to manipulate world fuel prices. Brando –only in three scenes– does…
Foxes (1980)- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman… - Four teenage loose cannons speed towards self–destruction in this frank, impressionistic portrait of L.A. teen culture. A young Jodie Foster…
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Robert Atzom, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath - A dark themed and intricately plotted drama from dir. Bergman's later period, concerning a businessman who commits the sex–murder of a…
Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter) (1980)
- Dir. Helma Sanders-Brahms
Feat. Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi - Bleak WWII drama that follows the tragic fate of a couple who marry the day before the war breaks out when he is drafted to the Eastern front only to…
Grown-Ups (1980)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Brenda Blethyn - A working class couple discovers the joys of living in a council flat in this early Mike Leigh drama for the BBC (part of the 'Play for Today'…
Hamlet (1980)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart… - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
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