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Tag Archives: 1980s
Fort Saganne (1984) Alain Corneau

French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. Read More »
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984) Jerzy Skolimowski

Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England Read More »
Banana Paradise / Xiang jiao tian tang (1989) Tung Wang

“Door Latch” and his friend followed the KMT army and moved to Taiwan in 1949. Read More »
Strawman (1987) Tung Wang

During the last years of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, as tenants from the preceding generation Read More »
King Lear (1983) Michael Elliott

Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal Read More »
The Ploughman’s Lunch (1983) Richard Eyre

James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) has made a career out of journalism. Read More »
Restless Natives (1985) Michael Hoffman

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. Read More »
The Boat Is Full (1981) Markus Imhoof

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: “Our boat is full.” Read More »
The Lost Tribe (1983) John Laing

An anthropologist disappears in New Zealand while looking for a lost tribe Read More »