This film is best described with the words perfect absurdity. It has influenced a whole generation and will always remain a classic – due to its limited popularity abroad, at least in Austria. Almost every line of dialog has become a classic catchphrase. Many people in Austria know the movie by heart, because it’s getting quoted all the time.Read More »
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Harald Sicheritz – Muttertag AKA Mother’s Day (1994)
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Errol Morris – Gates of Heaven (1978)
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Gates of Heaven is a documentary film by Errol Morris about the pet cemetery business. It was made when Morris was unknown and did much to launch his career.Read More » -
Christoph Schlingensief – Terror 2000 – Intensivstation Deutschland AKA Terror 2000 (1992)
Christoph Schlingensief1991-2000ComedyCultGermanyThis satire of post re-unification Germany follows a couple investigating the disappearance of a German social worker and the Polish family in his care. Their search takes them to the town of Rassau, where the remaining hostage takers are living undercover as a priest and a furniture wholesaler.Read More »
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Christoph Schlingensief – Die 120 Tage von Bottrop AKA The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997)
Christoph Schlingensief1991-2000ComedyCultGermanyThe survivors of the old Fassbinder crew gather one last time to shoot a remake of Pasolini’s Salò. Meanwhile, the producer sends an agent to Hollywood to meet Udo Kier, Kitten Natividad and others on a mission to raise money and get ex-Visconti superstar Helmut Berger to appear in the film.Read More »
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Paulo Rocha – O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua AKA Les montagnes de la lune (1987)
Paulo Rocha1981-1990ArthouseCultPortugalQuote:
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel Cintra) is a left-wing political leader and ladies man with a bright future. His ex-wife Isabel (Manuela de Freitas) both loves and hates him as Joao plays on her wavering emotional state. He is sent to Italy to retrieve wayward family member Antonia (Caroline Chaniolleau), the beautiful young woman with a terrorist boyfriend. Joao is forced to recognize his feelings as the political and amorous climate changes around him.Read More » -
Giorgio Capitani – Ognuno per sé AKA The Ruthless Four (1968)
1961-1970CultEuro WesternsGiorgio CapitaniItalyWesternSYNOPSIS:
Sam Cooper (Heflin) finds gold and then is double-crossed by his partner. He survives and calls on the only person he can trust, Manolo (Hilton), who is soon joined by Brent (Kinski), who has a strong hold over him. Sam is warned that something is wrong with the young man and his friend, so he asks an old acquaintance, Mason (Roland), to join the group. But their preparations for the journey to retrieve the gold have attracted the attention of the vermin hanging about in the prospecting town.Read More » -
Ralph Bakshi – Fritz the Cat (1972)
Ralph Bakshi1971-1980AnimationCultUSAA hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.Read More »
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Franco Rossetti – El Desperado AKA The Dirty Outlaws (1967)
1961-1970CultEuro WesternsFranco RossettiItalyWesternWDB wrote:
In this spaghetti western, set during the last days of the Civil War, an outlaw finds a dying Confederate officer. As the officer expires, he tells the outlaw about a cache of gold hidden in his blind father’s home. The enterprising thief takes the dead man’s clothes and tricks the father and his housekeeper into believing that he is the son. He is just about ready to begin looking for the gold when an outlaw gang comes to town and forces him to help them rob an army payroll wagon. He then tries to abscond with the loot. The bandits torture him, shoot him, and leave him for dead. Then they shoot the blind father. The hero gets better and gets grisly revenge upon the outlaws. He saves a special treat for the gang leader. First he uses mud to blind him. Then he puts a gun in his hand and kills him.Read More » -
Dennis Hopper – Out of the Blue (1980)
Dennis Hopper1971-1980CanadaCultDramaUSAA young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.Read More »