1981-1990

  • Károly Makk – Egymásra nézve AKA Another Way (1982)

    1981-1990ArthouseDramaHungaryKároly Makk

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    Based on a popular, partly autobiographical novel, Another Way traces the developing relationship between Eva, a sparrowlike but determinedly uncompromising journalist from the provinces who is overtly lesbian, and Livia, a beautiful, restless fellow journalist unhappily married to an army officer.

    Director Karoly Makk’s considerable achievement here is his interweaving of two controversial themes–lesbianism and political repression–into the historic context of the still-sensitive period following the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Another Way skillfully treats the lesbian affair as a mirror for a wider discussion of public and private freedom.Read More »

  • Jim Buckley – Debbie Does Dallas Part II [+Interviews] (1981)

    Jim Buckley1981-1990EroticaUSA

    The original, one and only Debbie (Bambi Woods) is back and better than ever. This time, Deb and her pals do most of their scoring off the field when they take up employment at the hottest bordello in the West! You’ll cheer their erotic acrobatics as they lead their clients from one wild encounter to another… And you can be sure that the balls flying in this tape aren’t only on the playing field.Read More »

  • Ralph Bakshi – Fire and Ice (1983)

    USA1981-1990AnimationFantasyRalph Bakshi
    Fire and Ice (1983)

    It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi (director of FRITZ THE CAT, WIZARDS and the original THE LORD OF THE RINGS) and legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta (creator of the iconic CONAN THE BARBARIAN, VAMPIRELLA and Edgar Rice Burroughs book covers). It became – and remains – one of the most startling animation epics of all time. Now experience a world unlike any ever seen, where savage warriors, horrific monsters and luscious maidens battle for the soul of a civilization in a time of good and evil, pleasure and pain.Read More »

  • Donatella Baglivo – Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia (1984)

    1981-1990Andrei TarkovskyDocumentaryDonatella BaglivoItaly

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    Shot on the film’s set, gives a fascinating insight into the making of Nostalghia and includes interviews with Tarkovsky, the cast and crew.Read More »

  • Andrei Tarkovsky – Sculpting in Time (1989)

    1981-1990Andrei TarkovskyBooksUSSR

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    This extraordinary book is not just about filmmaking, it’s about all art…about life, faith, inner exploration and the Russian soul. It contains exquisite poetry, mostly written by his father, Arseniy Tarkovsky, and detailed descriptions of the making of several of his films as well as photos of them that are eerie, mystical, and incredibly beautiful. Tarkovsky is the master of making us see the wonder of creation in the most mundane subjects. He brings us one step closer in our journey towards the light. From page 43: “The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good”.Read More »

  • Olivier Assayas – L’enfant de l’hiver AKA Winter’s child (1989)

    1981-1990DramaFranceOlivier AssayasRomance

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    Feckless aspiring architect Stéphane leaves his pregnant girlfriend for theater designer Sabine; Sabine in turn vainly attempts to overcome her violent obsession with an actor in her theater company. A game of emotional chutes and ladders ensues as these two nearly-lost souls awaken to their true feelings and futilely attempt to regain their former lovers. –InbaselineRead More »

  • Zeki Ökten & Şerif Gören – Kurbagalar aka The Frogs (1985)

    1981-1990DramaŞerif GörenTurkeyZeki Ökten

    The women who called Elmas is earning her life with picking tomatoes, pepper and frog, she was widowed when her husband killed. Elmas survives with her child. She has to work for Bank and Cooperative debit. Also teenagers in the village are disturb her.Read More »

  • Michelangelo Antonioni – Il Mistero di Oberwald aka The Oberwald Mystery (1981)

    1981-1990ArthouseExperimentalItalyMichelangelo Antonioni

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    The Passenger (1975) marked the end of Antonioni’s three picture deal with MGM, and simultaneously the end of his mainstream acceptance. Although revered now as one of his finest works, The Passenger had lukewarm reception at best, with most of the American critics still bitter of Antonioni’s caricaturing of American capitalism in Zabriskie Point (1969). Since those two films had been costly flops, Antonioni found himself unable to secure investors for the arthouse pictures he’d become known for. Five years past, and still not a film, until finally Antonioni settled on The Oberwald Mystery.Read More »

  • Martin Scorsese – Made in Milan (1990)

    Documentary1981-1990ItalyMartin ScorseseShort Film
    Made in Milan (1990)

    Made in Milan is a 1990 short documentary film about fashion designer Giorgio Armani preparing for a show and discusses his ideas about fashion, his family history and the city of Milan it was directed by Martin Scorsese.Read More »

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