A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Talking to Strangers (1988) Rob Tregenza, Ken Gruz, Marvin Hunter, Dennis Jordan, Experimental, Drama
It consists of only nine ten minute segments. Each shot/sequence was filmed only once in 35mm film with direct sound. Read More »
Fire Festival (1985) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Kiwako Taichi, Norihei Miki, Drama
The villagers in a beautiful remote area of Japan are divided into the woodsmen, who worship the mountain goddess, and the fishermen, who worship the goddess of the sea. Read More »
Exquisite Corpses (1989) Temístocles López, Carolyn Beauchamp, John Bethune, Brian Catton, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Attractive young cowboy, new to the city meets a gay casting agent. Read More »
Oh, Moon! (1988) Reha Erdem, Yesim Tozan, Gülsen Tuncer, Nurinisa Yildirim, Drama
Yekta, 11 years old, is born and still lives in a mysterious, castle-like house, at the shore of the Bosphorus, together with her lame seagull, her spinster aunt Read More »
Swing Shift (1984) Jonathan Demme, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Drama, Romance, War
Jack and Kay Walsh are typical of couples of the 1940s, in which he’s the breadwinner and she the housewife determined upon him to perform the guy’s duties around the home. Read More »
In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal (1986) Pierre Clémenti, Achmi Gachem, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Drama, Thriller
Necrocity, a town of every terrors and also a place where even the government appear to fortify this particular state of mayhem Read More »
The Mark of the Beast (1980) Pieter Verhoeff, Gerard Thoolen, Marja Kok, Peter Faber, Drama
In 1928 at the northern portion of the Netherlands, a person has an affair with the wife of a few of the buddies (who’s in prison at the time). Read More »
The Pirate Movie (1982) Ken Annakin, Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A parody/homage to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie is a comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original Read More »
Mermaid Legend (1984) Toshiharu Ikeda, Mari Shirato, Kentarô Shimizu, Jun Etô, Crime, Drama, Horror
Following a woman is framed for the murder of her husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen accountable. Read More »