1981-1990

  • Martin Ritt – Cross Creek (1983)

    Martin Ritt1981-1990DramaRomanceUSA

    Quote:
    In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida’s backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.Read More »

  • Robert Hiltzik – Sleepaway Camp (1983)

    1981-1990ComedyHorrorRobert HiltzikUSA

    Quote:
    After a horrible boating accident kills her family, Angela, a shy and sullen young girl, moves in with her eccentric aunt Martha, alongside her protective cousin Ricky. One summer, Martha sends the kids to Camp Arawak. Soon after their arrival, a series of bizarre and increasingly violent accidents begins to claim the lives of various campers. Who is the twisted individual behind these murders? The disclosure of the murderer’s identity is the most shocking climax in the history of American cinema.Read More »

  • John Woo – Ba cai Lin Ya Zhen AKA Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982)

    John Woo1981-1990ActionComedyHong Kong

    Jane, with plain looks but a heart of gold, is always in between jobs. Once she gets a job, her knack for creating awkward situations immediately loses it for her. Ricky is her suitor, but he gets nowhere as the girl has no time for love. So Ricky goes along with her in job hunting. Somehow, Jane lands on a job as governess. Not to a child, but to an uncouth very old, very rich man who still wants to lead the life of his poor, uncivilized youth. His son is now running the old man’s millions. He wants to bring up the father the civilized way. And he wants to take over the whole city through take-over deals. He is ruthless and has thrown thousands into the streets.Read More »

  • Frank Henenlotter – Frankenhooker (1990)

    Frank Henenlotter1981-1990ComedyHorrorUSA

    Quote:
    A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.Read More »

  • Halit Refig – Ölüm Yolu (1985)

    1981-1990AdventureDramaHalit RefigTurkey

    Mehmet and his friends are prisoners and escape from a prison bus, when they have an accident. They stop a van, kill its driver and take Zeynep, who is the driver’s fiancée, as a hostage. They also contact Zeynep’s family and ask for ransom. They hide in a chalet, but the police is after them.Read More »

  • Georgiy Daneliya – Kin-dza-dza! (1986) (HD)

    Georgiy Daneliya1981-1990ComedySci-FiUSSR

    Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.Read More »

  • Thomas Heise – Imbiß spezial (1990)

    Thomas Heise1981-1990DocumentaryGermany

    Quote:
    The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR. In the snack bar, the staff are catering for travellers of every kind while in the background the authorities maintain a flow of triumphal statements, but those months between August and October come to feel like sitting out the death throes. Careful observation of people and their work as the current of history suddenly becomes perceptible.Read More »

  • Michael J. Murphy – Death Run (1987)

    1981-1990HorrorMichael J. MurphySci-FiUnited Kingdom

    A scientist places her son and his girlfriend into a cryogenic sleep so they can survive the coming apocalypse. They wake 25 years later in a world dominated by neo-Nazi like ruler, called the Messiah who holds the “Death Run”.Read More »

  • Joakim Marusic – Zadarski memento AKA Zadar’s Memento (1984)

    1981-1990DramaJoakim MarusicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Extremely rare and interesting Croatian movie about the history of the city of Zadar from 1918-1943.

    A brief historical background:
    After Napoleonic Wars and controversial Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) , Zadar was a capitol city of Austro-Hungarian Empire’s province Kingdom Of Dalmatia from 1815-1918.
    Based on a a secret pact between the Triple Entente and Italy, signed in London on 26 April 1915, and known as Treaty of London (1915), Kingdom of Italy claimed large parts of former Austro-Hungarian Empire after the end of WW I. Finally, after the Treaty of Rapallo (1920), large parts of territories inhabited with 480.000 Croats and Slovenians were given to Italy.Read More »

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