1990s

  • Paul W.S. Anderson – Shopping (1994)

    1991-2000DramaPaul W.S. AndersonThrillerUnited Kingdom
    Shopping (1994)
    Shopping (1994)

    Quote:
    Shopping takes a look at a subculture unknown outside of the UK. It was banned in the UK, presumably because it might encourage the practice of ram-raiding. It is a very insightful film about a young man’s search for his identity; whether he will continue on a potentially self destructive path and prove himself by ram-raiding, or whether he will brave a different life in a different city with his girlfriend.Read More »

  • Assi Dayan – Ha-Chayim Al-Pi Agfa AKA Life According to Agfa (1992)

    1991-2000Assi DayanDramaIsrael
    Ha Chayim Al Pi Agfa (1992)
    Ha Chayim Al Pi Agfa (1992)

    Quote:
    Following its initial release, the movie soon became a major cultural touchstone. A lot of Israelis in my age group (say 30-40) who consider themselves sophisticated love “Agfa” dearly. In Dayan, they felt they finally had a Hebrew-speaking Wim Wenders of their very own.Read More »

  • Serge Avedikian – Le Cinquième Rêve AKA Fifth Dream (1994)

    France1991-2000ExperimentalSerge Avedikian
    Le Cinquième Rêve (1994)
    Le Cinquième Rêve (1994)

    Quote:
    Not a sound, only landscapes, raw sounds… Some births and deaths of bees… Traveling from one to another space, a man looks at them, dreams of them… Sometimes, he remembers his joyful youth. At the end of his travel, he arrives in a colourful market place, but he is alone, isolated in the middle of the organized and cruel society, like the bees.Read More »

  • David Steinberg – The Wrong Guy (1997)

    1991-2000CanadaComedyDavid Steinberg
    The Wrong Guy (1997)
    The Wrong Guy (1997)

    Plot Synopsis from IMDB:
    In Cleveland, the histrionic and clumsy executive Nelson Hibbert expects to be promoted to president of the Nigel Industries since he is engaged to the owner’s daughter. However, his future father-in-law Mr. Nagel chooses the executive Ken Daly for the position, and Nelson threatens him in front of the board of directors. Later he decides to pay a visit to Mr. Nagel but finds him dead with a knife in his neck. Nelson removes the knife and is covered of blood, becoming hysterical and leaving the office assuming that he is the prime suspect. However, the surveillance cameras disclose the identity of the killer, and while Nelson escapes to Metcaf believing that he is chased by the police, the killer is pursued by the police and tries to eliminate Nelson believing that he is a “super-cop” on his trail.Read More »

  • Franco Zeffirelli – Tea with Mussolini (1999)

    Franco Zeffirelli1991-2000DramaItalyWar
    Un tè con Mussolini (1999)
    Un tè con Mussolini (1999)

    Starring Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joan Plowright, Cher, Lily Tomlin, Paolo Seganti.

    From IMDB:
    Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son (Charlie Lucas as a child, Baird Wallace as the teen) of an Italian businessman. The boy’s mother has died, and he is raised by an Englishwoman (Joan Plowright) in pre-WWII Fascist Italy. Living to each other in Florence, and presided over by an ambassador’s widow (Maggie Smith), a group of Englishwomen live a sheltered existence which they believe is guaranteed personal protection in a tea reception given by Il Duce. However, as war breaks out, the women are interned. Occasionally in this English colony is a wealthy American (Cher), who visits among her travels and marriages to wealthy older men.Read More »

  • Franco Zeffirelli – Hamlet (1990)

    1981-1990ClassicsDramaFranco ZeffirelliUSAWilliam Shakespeare
    Hamlet (1990)
    Hamlet (1990)

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.Read More »

  • Luc Besson – La Femme Nikita AKA Nikita (1990)

    Luc Besson1981-1990ActionFranceThriller
    La Femme Nikita (1990)
    La Femme Nikita (1990)

    Convicted felon Nikita, instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.Read More »

  • Joe Napolitano – Contagious (1997)

    1991-2000Joe NapolitanoThrillerTVUSA
    Contagious (1997)
    Contagious (1997)

    Imdb wrote:
    When some shrimp from Colombia, tainted with cholera, is served to some people on a plane bound for L.A., an outbreak ensues. And a doctor sets out to find the source and contain it before it turns into a epidemic. And if things weren’t bad enough, a drug smuggler who was carrying some drugs on him contaminates the drugs and are sold on the street. And to top things off, the doctor’s husband who is on a camping trip with their two children is sick but did not show any symptoms until they were isolated from the rest of the world. Can she get to them in time?Read More »

  • Alanis Obomsawin – Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

    Alanis Obomsawin1991-2000CanadaDocumentaryPolitics
    Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
    Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

    Quote:
    In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness. Pathbreaking filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin – at times with a small crew, at times alone – spent 78 days behind Kanien’kéhaka lines filming the armed standoff between protesters, the Quebec police, and the Canadian army. The result is a uniquely harrowing, unsettling, and impactful cinematic experience.Read More »

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