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Documental account of trains, railway workers, passengers and landscapes in the winter of 1963 in the UK (The Big Freeze).Read More »
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Geoffrey Jones – Snow (1963)
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Ken Russell – Lady Chatterley (1993)
1991-2000BBCKen RussellRomanceTVUnited KingdomLady Chatterley is a 1993 BBC television serial starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson. It is an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, first broadcast on BBC1 in four 55-minute episodes between 6 and 27 June 1993. A young woman’s husband returns wounded after the First World War. Facing a life with a husband now incapable of sexual activity she begins an affair with the groundskeeper. The film reflect’s Lawrence’s focus not only on casting away sexual taboos but also the examination of the class system prevalent in early 20th century Britain.Read More »
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Julie Taymor – Titus (1999)
1991-2000DramaJulie TaymorThrillerUnited KingdomWilliam ShakespeareTitus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.Read More »
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Dario Argento – Opera (1987)
1981-1990Dario ArgentoGialloItalyThrillerWhen a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avant-garde presentation of Verdi’s Macbeth, she triggers the madness of a crazed fan who repeatedly forces the diva to watch the brutal murders of her loved ones. Will the woman’s recurring nightmare hold the key to the identity of this psychopath or does an even more horrific evil lay waiting in the wings?Read More »
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Dario Argento – La sindrome di Stendhal (1996)
1991-2000Dario ArgentoGialloHorrorItaly
Anna Manni is a policewoman trying to capture a vicious serial rapist and killer. The problem is that she suffers from Stendhal’s syndrome, a psychosomatic disease that gives her dizziness and hallucinations when she is exposed to the sight of paintings and artistic masterpieces. When the maniac lures her into a trap inside Florence’s famous Uffizi museum, her troubles are just beginning…Read More »
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Philippe Grandrieux – Sombre (1998)
1991-2000ArthouseDramaFrancePhilippe GrandrieuxQuote:
Sombre, as Grandrieux’s first feature film, establishes some of the important characteristics of his art: An insistence on vision, with characters beyond psychologies, driven by biology or metaphysical forces.Love (a mix of brotherly and sexual Love, a true awareness of the other, a communion) mostly overrules all, and its discovery by Jean creates waves that emanate in every shot, every cut and every sound in the rest of Sombre.Read More »
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Pat O’Neill – Trouble In The Image (1996)
1991-2000ExperimentalPat O'NeillUSA
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Trouble in the Image is a collection of visual and auditory ideas, many of which seem to radiate a sense of internal conflict, irony and rage. The film has no continuing characters, but is made up of dozens of performances dislodged from other contexts. These are often relocated into contemporary industrial landscapes, or interrupted by the chopping, shredding, or flattening of special-effects technology turned against itself. All is not lost, however. The reward is to be found in immersion within a space of complex and intricate formal relationships, where subject matter is almost irrelevant. The film was accumulated over a seventeen-year period by a filmmaker who continues to insist that film can be an art form independent of storytelling.
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Tex Avery – The Counterfeit Cat (1949)
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A cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive the bulldog Spike and get a chance to eat the canary Spike is guarding.Read More » -
Lütfi Akad – Tahir ile Zühre (1952)
1951-1960DramaLutfi AkadRomanceTurkeyQuote:
The film narrates the struggle of Tahir and Zühre, two lovers trying to reunite. Zühre is a princess while Tahir is the son of a vizier. Growing up together in the palace, the two are deeply in love with each other. However, Bekir, one of the heirs to the dynasty, opposes their marriage. Bekir spreads rumors about Tahir in order to prevent their marriage. So, Tahir falls out of favor with the Sultan due to the rumors about him. Tahir and Zühre will have to make sacrifices to be together. (Yiğitalp Ertem)Read More »







