1990s

  • Luc Moullet – Imphy, capitale de la France (1995)

    1991-2000DocumentaryFranceLuc Moullet

    Fort de données scientifiques irréfutables, Luc Moullet constate que Paris ne remplit plus son office de capitale. Il part donc pour Imphy, véritable centre de l’Hexagone.
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    Depending on irrefutable scientific data, Luc Moullet notes that Paris does not fill any more to be the capital of France. He thus leaves for Imphy, true center of l’ Hexagon (France).Read More »

  • Various – Imaginaria (1993)

    1991-2000AnimationShort FilmUSAVarious

    Imaginaria is a collection of computer animated short films produced by Miramar Images Inc. The original music was produced by the Austin, Texas, composer Gary Powell, featuring songs by Powell, a longtime producer of family music, and co-writer Chris Martin. Imaginaria was released in 1993, originally on Laserdisc and later on VHS. The films were featured in YTV’s Short Circutz.Read More »

  • Irfan Tözüm – Kiz kulesi asiklari (1994)

    Drama1991-2000Irfan TözümTurkey

    A 60-year-old poet, an intellectual and lonely man, often spends his days with visits to the Maiden’s Tower. While visiting the rooms on one of these visits, he encounters the old lantern guard’s belongings. This story attracts much attention of the poet, especially the diary kept by the guard during his life is a mysterious memory book. As he reads the diary, the man, who discovers that the stories told in the diary are very similar to the story of the Maiden Tower legend Hera and Leandros, gets stuck between legends and facts over time. He downstairs neighbor Nesibey in the place of Hera in the legend, and the passion that grows between them is fed by this legend.Read More »

  • Shôhei Imamura – Kanzô sensei AKA Dr. Akagi (1998)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaJapanShohei Imamura

    The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname “Dr. Liver” (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) because of his work, though the townsfolk use it as a humorous dig at his persistent diagnosis. Though the broad circumstance of Japan slowly losing the war is the setting, many of the interactions and situations tilt into humor, for instance; the very music used for the doctor running from patient to patient has an upbeat and light-hearted tone.Read More »

  • Gary Sherman – Murderous Vision (1991)

    Gary Sherman1991-2000ThrillerUSA

    Quote:
    THE MIND OF A KILLER. THROUGH THE EYES OF A PSYCHIC.

    Detective Kyle Robeshaw is a headstrong detective who finds himself stuck in a dead end job in missing person’s as a result. One of his cases leads him into the investigation of a serial killer who killed his policewoman girlfriend. Along the way he employs a psychic to help him find the missing person and the killer who kidnapped herRead More »

  • Adrian Lyne – Lolita (1997) (HD)

    1991-2000Adrian LyneDramaUSA

    Quote:
    Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze’s house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they’re not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.Read More »

  • Kôji Wakamatsu – Tobu wa tengoku, moguru ga jigoku AKA Fly to heaven, or go to hell (1999)

    1991-2000AsianDramaJapanKoji Wakamatsu

    A bus full of cult members gets stuck in snow. The cult has to stay in a mountain hotel. Strange things start to happen… This film was only released on VHS in Japan.
    The music was composed by J. A. Seazer. And the screenplay was done by Izuru Deguchi and Ei Takatori (1952-2018). And some of the members from Gessyokukageki (月蝕歌劇団) founded by Ei Takatori also performed in this film.Read More »

  • Zale Dalen – Terminal City Ricochet (1990)

    1981-1990CanadaCultSci-FiZale Dalen

    Quote:
    One of the great punk films anywhere (let alone canada), starring Jello Biafra (of Dead Kennedys fame) and never commercially released, soundtrack on alternative tentacles (with a nomeansno song!) Actually this movie kind of reminds me of Max Headrrom.Read More »

  • Zeinabu irene Davis – Compensation (1999)

    1991-2000DocumentaryDramaPoliticsUSAZeinabu irene Davis

    Synopsis
    The first feature by LA Rebellion trailblazer Zeinabu irene Davis presents two unique Black American love stories between a deaf woman and a hearing man. Inspired by a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar, this moving narrative shares the struggle of two couples—one in the early 1900s, the other in the 1990s—to overcome racism, disability, and discrimination. A groundbreaking look at African American deaf culture, COMPENSATION incorporates sign language and silent-film techniques (such as title cards) to make itself accessible to hearing and deaf viewers alike and to share the vast possibilities of language and communication.Read More »

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