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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Dark Glow of the Mountains / Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg (1985) Werner Herzog, Reinhold Messner, Hans Kammerlander
Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during Read More »
Death Shock (1981) Ben Dover, Frank Thring, Linzi Drew
A vacationing group of teens become stranded in the countryside Read More »
Quartermaine’s Terms (1987) Bill Hays, Eleanor Bron, Edward Fox, Clive Francis
As St John Quartermaine’s world largely consists of the staff-room at the Cull-Loomis School Read More »
Yokohama BJ Blues / Yokohama BJ burûsu (1981) Eiichi Kudô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Mari Henmi, Toby Kadoguchi
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. Read More »
Bullet of Rage / Crime Hunter (1989) Toshimichi Okawa, Seiji Matano, Masanori Sera, Minako Tanaka
After his partner Ahiru (Riki Takeuchi) is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Read More »
Litan (1982) Marie-José Nat, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nino Ferrer
An innocent couple who were observing the “color” of a local festival begin to feel afraid because Read More »
A Woman Alone / Kobieta samotna (1987) Agnieszka Holland, Maria Chwalibóg, Boguslaw Linda, Pawel Witczak
A story of a middle-aged woman, Irena, living alone on the outskirts of Wroclaw with her 8-year old son. Read More »
The Terrorizers / Kong bu fen zi (1986) Edward Yang, Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks. Read More »
Homecoming / Si shui liu nian (1984) Ho Yim, Josephine Koo, Gaowa Siqin, Weixiang Xie
Coral, a Hong Kong woman tortured by city life, went back to her home town to visit her two old friends. Read More »