1981-1990

  • Dragan Marinkovic – Neka cudna zemlja Aka The Bizarre Country (1988)

    1981-1990ComedyDragan MarinkovicSci-FiYugoslavia

    Quote:
    Definitely worth looking! This movie presents highlights of Domanovic’s stories, Nusic’s dramas and a lot of original humor, all rolled into great, but not widely known film. However, it has the same fate as other non-low-minded and non-sexual-humor movies which is to be misunderstood by majority of the people who have seen it, or to be more precise, just throw a glance on it. Lazar Ristovski is playing a role of story guide, stranger finding himself in a country that should be his fatherland, but is to the most bizarre boundaries spoiled and ruined by actual government. The country is ruled by mindless dictators, old fellows disconnected from reality, having no touch with the people themselves. The people are not only ones who suffer from their lunacy, the police and dictators themselves are shown as total misfortunates. My recommendations: if you find Orwell’s works interesting and are a fan of Monty Python, you have to see this movie. Of course, if you are capable of finding it…Read More »

  • Colin Eggleston – Outback Vampires (1987)

    1981-1990AustraliaColin EgglestonHorror

    Plot Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine
    In this film, Australian rodeo men Bronco and Rick pick up hitchhiker Lucy on their way to a rodeo. However, after taking a wrong turn, their car breaks down in a spooky town and they are forced to ask for help at the decrepit Terminus Manor. When they discover that the manor residents are actually a group of hungry vampires, the trio must struggle to fight off the bloodsuckers and get out of town.Read More »

  • Peter Fischli & David Weiss – Der Lauf der Dinge AKA The Way Things Go (1987)

    1981-1990David WeissExperimentalPeter FischliShort FilmSwitzerland

    Synopsis:
    The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a film about a Heath Robinson-/Rube Goldberg-type machine. It was created in 1987 by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss. The machine is in a warehouse, about 100 feet long, and incorporates materials such as tires, trash bags, ladders, soap, oil drums, and gasoline. Fire and pyrotechnics are probably the most common elements used. The film is nearly 29 minutes, 45 seconds long, but much of that is waiting for something to burn, or slowly slide down a ramp.Read More »

  • Claude d’Anna – Le Cercle des passions AKA Circle of Passions (1983)

    1981-1990Claude d'AnnaDramaFrance

    An aristocratic Sicilian family living in the 1950s. Count Villafratti has sex one night with his nymphomaniac daughter because he thinks she is his wife.

    Dans les années 50, un jeune américain arrive en Sicile pour l’enterrement de son père. Les violents conflits sociaux qu’il découvre, le comportement des habitants et par dessus tout, les agissements criminels de la Mafia, le révoltent. Dans cet univers corrompu, il sera l’enjeu d’un règlement de comptes.Read More »

  • Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso – Double Target (1987) 

    1981-1990ActionBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoItaly

    After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the truth, the U.S. army calls upon a former commando who is looking for his long-lost son in Vietnam. While his military commanders want to see the commando succeed in his mission, his political overseers have a different set of plans.Read More »

  • Roger Scholes – The Tale of Ruby Rose (1987)

    Drama1981-1990AustraliaHorrorRoger Scholes

    During the 1930s in the remote highlands of Australian Tasmania, Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic – Mad Max: Fury Road) lives with her husband, Henry (Chris Haywood – Muriel’s Wedding), and stepson, Gem (Rod Zuanic – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome).
    Ruby is alone for much of the time and, afraid of night’s darkness, she concocts elaborate mythical stories to survive, retreating into a private world. Eventually, she sets out to reconnect with her estranged father, and in the process recovers her past, and transcends the fear that had gripped her so tightly.Read More »

  • András Jeles – Angyali üdvözlet AKA The Annunciation (1984)

    1981-1990András JelesArthouseHungary

    Quote:
    A downbeat, hypnotic retelling of Mankind’s story from Adam and Eve to the present, played entirely by children. But don’t expect a romp — these kids are deadly serious as they tackle issues of mortality, religion, and the struggle of class against class. Brilliant photography enhances the deliberate pacing, yet the film is never boring. Literary sources include Emily Dickinson and William Blake, and every line is delivered with full conscious intention. Especially effective is the Byzantium sequence, where a single syllable (homousios, or homoiousios) means the difference between life and death. Seldom has the narcotic influence of religious power been so effectively portrayed. The use of a cast composed entirely of children is a conceit that lends itself to preciousness, but here it succeeds without the least trace of “cuteness”. In sum, a daring, challenging, and ultimately worthwhile experiment.Read More »

  • Frunze Dovlatyan – Menavor enkuzeni AKA The Lonely Nut-Tree (1987)

    1981-1990ArmeniaDramaFrunze Dovlatyan

    Beware Masterpiece!

    Plot: Sahak Kamsaryan, a teacher from a mountain village, deciphers an inscription carved on an ancient stone and discovers that it dates back a thousand years to his native Lernasar. Determined to celebrate the village’s millennium, Sahak sends invitations to his fellow villagers scattered across the country, hoping to commemorate the occasion with grand festivities. However, news reaches the village that a procession is en route bearing the remains of Sirak Agayan, whose accusations once unjustly harmed many residents of Lernasar. As the funeral procession arrives in Lernasar, it is met by a group of elderly villagers blocking its path.Read More »

  • Oleg Teptsov – Posvyashchyonnyy AKA The Initiated (1990)

    1981-1990DramaMysteryOleg TeptsovUSSR

    Volodya, who lives with his mother in the apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, gets pre-revolutionary book on magic rituals of Africa. Reading it, Vladimir realizes that he became an owner the supernatural gift – he can kill people by his own will.Read More »

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