Films Without Families

The Maniacs

2008-09-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

d. Lucio Fulci
c. Italy
y. 1964

description:
"A minor comedy from Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci (Zombi 2; L'Aldila), this anthology is of interest primarily to cult devotees for marking the notorious director's only collaboration with legendary "scream queen" Barbara Steele (La Maschera del Demonio). Lushly photographed and filled with popular comedians of the era (including Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, who made several of their "Franco and Ciccio" comedies with Fulci), the film's sketches spotlight various manias. As might be expected, nymphomania gets an extended treatment, with all the requisite mugging, leering, and smarmy asides common to Italian comedies of the period, as well as a lengthy parade of songs, many scored by Ennio Morricone, and some international burlesque performers. Enrico Maria Salerno and Walter Chiari lead a cast which includes Lisa Gastoni, Gaia Germani, Umberto d'Orsi, and Raimondo Vianello." (AMG)

IMDB... 5.2 (15)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
subs: ?

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Strongman Ferdinand

2008-09-14T08:42:00.001-07:00

d. Alexander Kluge
c. West Germany
y. 1976

description:
"Ferdinand Rieche (Heinz Schubert) was a policeman, but found the legal constraints of that profession too stifling. He gets into the business of protecting manufacturing plants and outfits and trains his men like a private army expecting an invasion. After his excesses prove too much for his bosses, he is fired, and Ferdinand takes his strong opinions back into public life." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.1 (34)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 1360MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Artists and Models Abroad

2008-07-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

d. Mitchell Leisen
c. USA
y. 1938

description:
"In this musical sequel to the highly successful Artists and Models, Jack Benny plays Buck Boswell, the leader of a troupe of performers who end up broke and stranded in gay Paris. To rustle up a little cash, he decides to produce a musical fashion show. Boswell hires an American father and daughter to perform because he thinks they too are impoverished. Things happen, and Boswell nearly loses his show until his two Yanks reveal that they are loaded." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.0 (31)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 940MB
qlty: VHS
subs: n/a

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The Boss

2008-07-09T07:44:00.000-07:00

d. Byron Haskin
c. USA
y. 1956

description:
"John Payne always felt that he delivered his best screen performance in The Boss. Set in the years following WW1, the story concerns a small-town veteran named Matt Brady (John Payne), whose brother, machine politician Tim Brady (Roy Roberts), arranges for Matt to get a cushy government job. When Tim dies, Matt takes over his operation, eventually assuming control of the entire state (which judiciously remains unnamed in the film). Though a successful power broker, Matt is unable to win the woman he loves (Doe Avedon), so he settles for another (Gloria McGhee) whom he treats atrociously. A falling out with his best friend/severest critic Bob Herrick (William Bishop) sets the stage for the ruthless Brady's inevitable downfall. Though all the names were changed to protect the guilty, audiences in 1956 were quick to perceive that the film was a thinly disguised attack on the Pendergast machine of Kansas City, Missouri. Coproduced and cowritten by John Payne, The Boss falters only in its overreliance upon anachronistic newsreel footage." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.2 (37)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 850MB
qlty: VHS
subs: n/a

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Yoshiwara

2008-07-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

d. Max Ophuls
c. France
y. 1937

description:
"This bit of elegant esoterica was Max Ophuls' only directorial effort for 1937. Japanese matinee idol Sessue Hayakawa made a long-overdue return to films as Yaamo, a humble Chinese coolie in love with the beautiful and aristocratic Kohana (Michiko Tanaka). Following her father's suicide, Kohana is reduced to working as a Geisha girl, and it is in this capacity that she meets Russian naval officer Serge Polinoff (Pierre-Richard Willm), who marries the girl and takes her back to his homeland. Now regarding Kohana as a traitor, Yaamo swears vengeance on both the girl and her Russian husband. At film's end, only Kohana is left alive, which in context is surprising indeed. The Japanese government issued a formal complaint about the content of Yoshiwara, but French moviegoers were not yet conditioned to take such things seriously, and the film was a hit." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.2 (27)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 1090MB
qlty: TV
subs: no

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The Lion Has Seven Heads

2008-07-08T21:46:00.000-07:00

d. Glauber Rocha
c. Brazil
y. 1971

description:
"This disturbing story of religious and political confusion in Latin America finds the CIA trying to infiltrate rebels loyal to a puppet government. A local guerilla fighter is tortured by a priest and his cronies who take sadistic pleasure in the torment of their victims. A blonde woman loyal to a shadowy operative is stripped naked, thrown in a cage and crucified by the sinful and sadistic spiritual scum. The guerilla eventually escapes to exact revenge on the enemy." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.9 (26)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 570MB
qlty: VHS
subs: ?

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Each Night I Dream

2008-07-08T21:42:00.001-07:00

d. Mikio Naruse
c. Japan
y. 1933

description:
"This silent feature by the esteemed Japanese director Mikio Naruse takes the form of a domestic melodrama. Sumiko Kurishima stars as Omitsu, a barmaid and single parent long-estranged from her irresponsible, out-of-work husband (Tatsuo Saito). When he suddenly returns without advance warning, she does anything and everything in her power to pull the pieces of her shattered family back together. Naruse employs heavy stylization to tell his story, including the repeated use of montage, a fractured chronology, and metonymical close-ups of characters' moving legs. When combined, these elements imbue the motion picture with much tension and a lingering sense of unease." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.9 (28)
_AMG... n/a

size: 480MB
qlty: VHS
subs: yes

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The Last Indian Attack

2008-07-08T21:35:00.000-07:00

d. Alcides Greca
c. Argentina
y. 1917

description:
"El Último Malón it is one of the early Argentinean silent films that has survived until today. It was the only film that was directed by Herr Alcides Greca, a man with many cultural interests as a journalist and writer and with other more useful interests as a lawyer and politician. The film depicts the revolt of the Mocovies, Argentinean Indians, in the city of San Javier in 1904. Herr Alcides Greca was a native of that city and thus his interest to tell the world what happened in his town." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 7.4 (6)
_AMG... n/a

size: 590MB
qlty: VHS
subs: n/a

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The Clown

2008-07-08T21:30:00.000-07:00

d. A. W. Sandberg
c. Denmark
y. 1926

description:
"The Clown, directed and co-written by A.W. Sandberg, is a remake of a 1917 film, also titled Klovnen, written and directed by Sandberg." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 6.5 (17)
_AMG... n/a

size: 1460MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no (Spanish)

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Carrot Top

2008-07-08T21:20:00.000-07:00

d. Julien Duvivier
c. France
y. 1925

description:
"A family is a group of people living under the same roof who cannot stand each other." So writes young François Lepic, nicknamed Poil de carotte (Carrot-top), in his school essay - and he gets soundly rapped on the knuckles by his teacher for it. But the poor boy is used to such abuse: at home his mother takes a vicious delight in maltreating him, his brother and sister torment him, and his father simply ignores him. Only the maid understands him and foresees the possible tragedy lying ahead." (Cine-Clasico)

IMDB... 7.2 (9)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 1360MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Moscow

2008-07-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

d. Mikhail Kaufman
c. USSR
y. 1927

description:
Silent feature by Dziga Vertov's brother, Mikhail. He was the cinematographer on Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera.

IMDB... 0.0 (0)
_AMG... n/a

size: 470MB
qlty: ?
subs: n/a

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Blind Justice

2008-07-08T14:44:00.000-07:00

d. Benjamin Christensen
c. Denmark
y. 1916

description:
"Directed by Benjamin Christensen, who would later become quite notable, this Danish silent film was a classic romantic melodrama about an escaped criminal who "steals" his own child from an orphanage before seeking refuge at a nearby manor home. The daughter of the house agrees to help him feed the child but the escaped prisoner is arrested once again. Paroled after 14 years, the reformed man learns that his child has been adopted by the same girl who once came to his assistance. Christensen played the escaped convict himself in this the only notable film from the now forgotten Dansk Biografkompagni ("Danish Biograph Company")." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.9 (27)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 1370MB
qlty: DVD
subs: n/a

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The Mysterious X

2008-07-08T14:38:00.000-07:00

d. Benjamin Christensen
c. Denmark
y. 1914

description:
"One modern critic termed this classic of the Danish silent screen, "a bad story translated into moving pictures with a visual energy that still commands respect." Directed by future Hollywood emigre Benjamin Christensen, Det Hemmelighedsfulde X told a sordid story of a navy officer (Christensen) falsely accused of being a spy and stubbornly refusing to hand over proof of his innocence in order to protect a philandering wife. An innovator, Christensen astounded audiences by filming the turning on of an electric light. Motion pictures were shot in natural sunlight in those days, and Christensen was forced to use trick photography. The set was draped with black cloth and Karen Sandberg, playing the adulterous wife, entered to "turn on the light." The camera was stopped while the cloth was removed and the actress remained still. When filming resumed, the set was bathed in light. Det Hemmelighedsfulde X, along with the Swedish Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922), led to a contract with Ufa in Germany and, in time, the invitation to Hollywood. Alas, Christensen's stay in America was, by and large, a disappointment, and he returned to his native country where he mainly directed programmers." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.9 (44)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
subs: n/a

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Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

2008-07-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

d. Esfir Shub
c. USSR
y. 1927

description:
"Soviet filmmaker Esfir Shub assembled this historical documentary, which uses newsreel footage (some show by Czar Nicholas II's own camera men) to depict the tummultuous events of 1912 through 1917, as the leadership of the Czar and the Russian aristocracy crumbles and Lenin rises to power in the wake of the Soviet Revolution." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.1 (38)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: n/a

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Impressions de la haute Mongolie

2008-06-28T08:51:00.000-07:00

d. Salvador Dali
c. West Germany
y. 1976

description:
"An elaborate yarn about a search for giant hallucinogenic mushrooms." (IMDB comment)

IMDB... 6.4 (23)
_AMG... n/a

size: 500MB
qlty: ?
subs: ?

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Identification Marks: None

2008-06-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

d. Jerzy Skolimowski
c. Poland
y. 1964

description:
"In this drama, a budding ichthyologist studies at a university to try to avoid the draft. At the last moment he then relents and enlists. He has only a few hours to organize his personal life before he must undertake basic training. He goes to his apartment; there he finds his sick dog and has it put to sleep. He then attempts to make love to a housewife, not his own. Finally he goes to the store where his own wife works and discovers that she is really a streetwalker. The young man attempts to prepare himself for spending the next two years in the military as he walks toward the train station." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.7 (37)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 570MB
qlty: Sat
subs: no

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Walkower

2008-06-14T20:12:00.000-07:00

d. Jerzy Skolimowski
c. Poland
y. 1965

description:
"An aging boxer makes a scant living as a prizefighter in this drama. A former college buddy helps the fighter get an engineering job. Still the lure of the ring is strong, and when the fellow learns that his factory has a boxing team, he eagerly signs up. During a major fight, he ends up winning when his opponent is a no-show. Later the late fighter arrives and demands half of the prize money as he was paid not to show up. The protagonist refuses to share and the two end up duking it out in the ring. The aging fighter is no match for the opponent and is badly beaten." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.1 (37)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 530MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Barrier

2008-06-14T20:09:00.000-07:00

d. Jerzy Skolimowski
c. Poland
y. 1966

description:
"This Polish drama chronicles the rebelliousness of the country's youth as it presents episodes from a young man's cross-country journey." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.4 (56)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 560MB
qlty: Sat
subs: no

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The Cossacks

2008-06-14T19:57:00.000-07:00

d. George W. Hill
c. USA
y. 1928

description:
"Based on a Leo Tolstoy novel, The Cossacks centers around Lukashka (John Gilbert), a young Russian man who has no interest in fighting, unlike the other Cossacks around him. Because of his cheery, peaceful ways, he is ridiculed by the others of his village, even though he is the son of Ivan the Ataman (Ernest Torrence), who is the toughest man there. Finally, even Lukashka's ladylove, Maryana (Renee Adoree), believes him a coward. The people of the village dress him up in an apron and throw grapes at him, and this causes him to snap. Lukashka becomes a fierce fighter, killing any Turks that come his way. Meanwhile, the Czar's messenger, Prince Olenin (Neil Neely) comes to town and decides to take Maryana for his own. But when he makes his way back to the capital with the girl, Lukashka kidnaps her. As for the Prince, he is killed by a pack of Turks. Although the set design and photography for this film were well-done, other aspects miss. George Hill directed most of the picture but Clarence Brown was brought in at the finish to clean it up -- Brown claims the film was a mess by the time he was assigned to work on it. Many of the subtitles are poorly written and are not fair descriptions of the action. One example that is especially -- and unintentionally -- hilarious: Gilbert's character is introduced with "He does not like the smell of blood. He is a chewer of sunflower seeds." Needless to say, Gilbert was unhappy with The Cossacks. While it received, for the most part, positive reviews, hindsight shows that it subtly marked the beginning of a downward spiral for the M-G-M silent star." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.2 (10)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: n/a

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Pavoncello

2008-06-13T22:15:00.000-07:00

d. Andrzej Zulawski
c. Poland
y. 1967

description:
"In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs. Szczebieniew is aware of it but he hopes that at least this way she can bear him an heir. However, he makes sure that she is always accompanied by Emelianow, Szczebieniew's servant and confidant. One day, in a movie theater Zinaida meets Ernesto Fosca, a young Italian violinist. She asks him to give her music lessons. She doesn't conceal her affection for him and they end up spending a night together. In the morning, though, Emelianow tells Ernesto that it was all planned."

IMDB... 7.4 (10)
_AMG... n/a

size: 170MB
qlty: Sat
subs: no

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Story of Triumphant Love

2008-06-13T22:11:00.000-07:00

d. Andrzej Zulawski
c. Poland
y. 1967

description:
"One day Mucjusz and his friend Malaj visit the mansion of Fabiusz, an old time friend of Mucjusz. Their sudden arrival makes Fabiusz anxious because years ago Mucjusz was in love with his beautiful wife Waleria. The visitor, however, assures Fabiusz that during his wanderings he has met many other women and has forgotten his old flame. The master of the house offers for him to stay in the garden pavilion. At the party in their honor, while Mucjusz distributes gifts to everyone present, Malaj plays the charming "Song of Love." It's rumored that those who are in love can do unusual things while listening to this melody at night. To prove it Mucjusz pierces his chest with a stiletto and takes it out without a sign of pain. At night Waleria wakes up to the sounds of the charming song coming from the outside and goes to the pavilion. In their conversation Mucjusz confesses that he still loves her but he has leprosy."

IMDB... 5.7 (9)
_AMG... n/a

size: 180MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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I'm an Elephant, Madame

2008-06-10T19:09:00.000-07:00

d. Peter Zadek
c. West Germany
y. 1969

description:
"Rull (Wolfgang Schneider) is in his last year at a classical German state school. Believing all authority figures are repugnant, he engages in a series of bizarre behaviors. He literally acts like a bull in a china shop, alienates his friends, loses his girlfriend and infuriates his teachers. When he paints a swastika on a wall of the Parliament building, he really gets in trouble. This film is based on the novel The Unadvised by Thomas Valentin. In the novel, the principle character was a hero, but he turns into an alienating buffoon in the celluloid version. Neither authority figures nor the counterculture is spared in this satire. Music is provided by Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground."

IMDB... 7.7 (26)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no

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Oriental Elegy

2008-05-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1996

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.5 (39)
_AMG... n/a

size: 410MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian?)

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Last Day of a Rainy Summer

2008-05-23T16:27:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1978

description:
n/a

IMDB... n/a
_AMG... n/a

size: 300MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Robert: A Fortunate Life

2008-05-23T16:24:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1996

description:
"Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. He was successful with the wealthy, who bought his works from him. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times, and agreed with the taste of his clients. Just how far removed from us this is, is shown by pictures of a "Nô" performance which are inter-cut on the screen. No words are necessary to describe what everybody knows today." (IMDB)

IMDB... 6.6 (32)
_AMG... n/a

size: 250MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian?)

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Sonata for Hitler

2008-05-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1989

description:
n/a

IMDB... 7.0 (26)
_AMG... n/a

size: 80MB
qlty: ?
subs: n/a

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The Evening Sacrifice

2008-05-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1987

description:
n/a

IMDB... 8.2 (16)
_AMG... n/a

size: 150MB
qlty: ?
subs: n/a

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A Simple Elegy

2008-05-23T16:20:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1990

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.3 (11)
_AMG... n/a

size: 150MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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A Humble Life

2008-05-23T16:18:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1997

description:
n/a

IMDB... 8.5 (7)
_AMG... n/a

size: 960MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Russian Elegy

2008-05-23T16:17:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1993

description:
n/a

IMDB... 8.5 (7)
_AMG... n/a

size: 590MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian)

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Soldier's Dream

2008-05-23T16:15:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1995

description:
"This small film came out of the material edited for Sokurov's five-hour documentary Spiritual Voices." (IMDB)

IMDB... 6.7 (12)
_AMG... n/a

size: 110MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Soviet Elegy

2008-05-23T16:13:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1989

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.8 (18)
_AMG... n/a

size: 350MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian?)

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Maria

2008-05-23T16:12:00.001-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1988

description:
n/a

IMDB... 7.2 (32)
_AMG... n/a

size: 420MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian?)

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St. Petersburg Elegy

2008-05-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1989

description:
n/a

IMDB... 7.5 (11)
_AMG... n/a

size: 400MB
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subs: no (Italian?)

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Save and Protect

2008-05-23T16:06:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1989

description:
"Sexual excess eventually degenerates into madness in this extremely explicit (and repetitive) feature from the late Soviet period in Russia. The story is loosely based on Madame Bovary and it takes place in a remote region of Russia, and is only vaguely anchored in time. It concerns the efforts of a highly imaginative and sensitive doctor's wife to bring some life to her dull existence. Certainly her plodding husband is no help. Thus, when she is not exclaiming in French, she seeks out, and has sex with, seemingly the whole male population of her town - in fields, in wagons - anywhere, and everywhere." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.7 (48)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 1130MB
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subs: no (Italian)

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St. Petersburg Diary: Mozart, Requiem

2008-05-23T16:03:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 2004

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.9 (11)
_AMG... n/a

size: 360MB
qlty: ?
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Sonata for Viola

2008-05-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1988

description:
n/a

IMDB... 8.3 (37)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
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subs: no

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Pozyvnye R1NN

2008-05-23T15:57:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1975

description:
"In the 20's an enthusiast radio amateur, Fyodor Lbov, experiments one of the first short-waves radio in the city of Gorky." (IMDB)

IMDB... 0.0 (0)
_AMG... n/a

size: 340MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian)

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Dolce

2008-05-23T15:52:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 2000

description:
"An experimental documentary directed by acclaimed Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, Dolce takes its inspiration from the life and death of the widely respected Japanese writer Toshio Shimao. Although Shimao is the ostensible subject of Sokurov's film, much of its emphasis rests on Shimao's widow, Miho, and her loving relationship with her handicapped daughter Maya." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.0 (35)
_AMG... n/a

size: 460MB
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subs: no (Italian)

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Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn

2008-05-23T15:49:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1999

description:
"Renowned Russian director Alexander Sokurov creates this uncharacteristically straightforward documentary about legendary author and Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The film is essentially an extended interview with the literary figure about his experiences in the Gulag, his 18-year exile in the United States, the state of Russian culture, and self-understanding. Uzel was screened at the 1999 Mill Valley Film Festival." (AMG)

IMDB... 5.8 (52)
_AMG... n/a

size: ~1500MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Confession

2008-05-23T15:44:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1998

description:
"Alexander Sokurov's Confession documents life on a Russian battleship. While the ship sails the Barents Sea, the ship's leader discusses how the loneliness of life at sea affects him and his crew." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.0 (27)
_AMG... n/a

size: ~1750MB
qlty: DVD
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Spiritual Voices

2008-05-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1995

description:
"How do you wage war with an enemy who surrounds you at all times but remains forever out of sight? This was the question raised by filmmaker Alexander Sokurov as he journeyed to the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border to interview the Russian soldiers trapped in a perpetual state of danger and desolation. As the weary soldiers await the arrival of an enemy who may never materialize, Sokurov embeds himself with them to offer one of the most unique and involved portrayals of military quandary ever committed to celluloid." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.8 (50)
_AMG... n/a

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Mournful Unconcern

2008-05-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1987

description:
"American audiences generally expect the films they see to be simply entertaining, whatever other good qualities they may have. Russian audiences and filmmakers are more diverse in their expectations, so that sometimes a film can be made (and seen) purely to advance the cause of art. Skorbnoye Beschuvstviye is such a film, made by Alexander Sokurov who routinely requires his viewers to appreciate his skillful use of imagery and symbolism, rather than his storytelling. He is considered to be one of the more significant young Russian directors, and his films frequently create quite a stir. The action in this lavishly produced film takes place at an oddly ark-shaped mansion during World War I, and in spirit (although not in story) it reflects the play which inspired it, the ferociously antiwar Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw. A large group of family and friends have gathered at this country house to dance, drink, and converse. Their conversation, in particular, is adorned with erudite literary references and quotations. Despite their apparent refinement, their preoccupations are simple: sex and violence. Disquieting images break the tranquility of the vacationers' inappropriate idyll: some of these include documentary footage of starving African children, images (both real and re-enacted) of George Bernard Shaw going about his daily life, and a corpse coming to life on an autopsy table, only to cheapen that miracle by scolding a group of women. The music used in the film ironically points to its disturbing message and is uniformly anachronistic." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.7 (47)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

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Empire

2008-05-23T15:25:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1987

description:
n/a

IMDB... 0.0 (0)
_AMG... n/a

size: 240MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian)

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Moscow Elegy

2008-05-23T15:18:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1987

description:
"Alexander Sokurov made this biography of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky during the final years of the Russian master's life, when he was living in exile in Western Europe. Completed shortly after Tarkovsky's death in 1986, the movie eschews by-the-numbers portraiture, opting for a more ruminative approach that evinces its subject's influence. Sokurov flits back and forth between scenes of contemporary Moscow and of Tarkovsky directing his last two pictures, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice. Using footage of Tarkovsky at work and play, Sokurov assembles a touching scrapbook of a stateless artist, forced to live in exile to continue working. (After leaving the U.S.S.R. to film Nostalghia in 1982, Tarkovsky was soon told by Soviet officials that he would no longer be allowed to make movies if he returned home.) Moscow Elegy also features generous excerpts from both Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, and priceless clips of Tarkosky's turn in front of the camera in the 1963 film The Gates of Ilyich. Infused with personal feeling, Sokurov's paean to his mentor is a heartfelt document that devotees of both filmmakers will not want to miss." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.7 (60)
_AMG... 3.5 / 5.0

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The Lonely Voice of Man

2008-05-23T15:13:00.000-07:00

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1987

description:
"This is the first feature film directed by Alexander Sokurov, who is widely regarded as a spiritual heir of director Andrei Tarkovsky. Completed in 1979, the film wasn't released until 1987 when it received a Bronze Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. The film is based on a few stories by Russian writer Andrei Platonov, who was not a member of the official Soviet pantheon at the time, so maybe this is the reason why the film had difficulties with its distribution. After the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita Firsov returns to his hometown. There he meets Lyuba, whom he has known since childhood. Lyuba lives alone, since her mother has died and her brother has gone somewhere with the Red Army. Nikita begins to visit her frequently. He is in love with Lyuba but never tells her. When he falls sick, Lyuba brings him to her house and takes good care of him. They get married, but their marriage is never consummated; it is Nikita's fault, and, remorseful, he leaves town. He wanders a lot and almost stops talking to people. A sudden meeting with his father -- who tells him that Lyuba has been missing him so terribly that she even attempted to drown herself -- makes him change his mind, and he returns to Lyuba, whom he loves so much. The same story was also filmed by Andrei Konchalovsky in his first American movie Maria's Lovers (1983) starring John Savage and Nastassja Kinski. Konchalovsky changed the setting to a Yugoslav community in Pennsylvania and the time period to post-WWII. Platonov's name was not mentioned in the credits of Maria's Lovers." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.5 (57)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

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Love for an Idiot

2008-05-23T09:32:00.000-07:00

d. Yasuzo Masumura
c. Japan
y. 1967

description:
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IMDB... 7.3 (21)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
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Kisses

2008-05-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

d. Yasuzo Masumura
c. Japan
y. 1957

description:
"Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach. Akiko, who tries to make money as an artist's model to pay for her mother's medical expenses, now has to find 100,000 yen to pay off the company from which her father embezzled. Kinichi also requires 100,000 yen as bail for his father, who is accused of election fraud. Kinichi tries to borrow 100,000 yen from his mother, whom he has not seen for three years." (IMDB)

IMDB... 7.6 (44)
_AMG... n/a

size: 750MB
qlty: DVD
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A Lustful Man

2008-05-23T09:27:00.000-07:00

d. Yasuzo Masumura
c. Japan
y. 1961

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.8 (24)
_AMG... n/a

size: 980MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no

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Black Test Car

2008-05-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

d. Yasuzo Masumura
c. Japan
y. 1962

description:
"Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch." (IMDB)

IMDB... 7.0 (57)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
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The Pig

2008-05-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

d. Jean Eustache
c. France
y. 1970

description:
"In the French countryside it's the day for peasants to kill a big fat pig. The slaughter goes on for a great part of the day as they work to store 140kg worth of meat." (IMDB)

IMDB... 7.3 (16)
_AMG... n/a

size: 650MB
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Swords of Death

2008-05-23T09:11:00.000-07:00

d. Tomu Uchida
c. Japan
y. 1971

description:
"This film, based on a novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, details exploits in the life of the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto. Musashi, whose life has been the subject of countless Japanese novels, developed the art of swordsmanship to a very high level and is thought to have originated a technique involving the use of two swords, though Musashi's own writings make no reference to this technique. In the story, a fighter using chains and sickles as weapons joins with eight allies to avenge himself on Musashi." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.0 (12)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
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The Duel Against Yagyu

2008-05-23T09:08:00.000-07:00

d. Tomu Uchida
c. Japan
y. 1963

description:
n/a

IMDB... 5.9 (12)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
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Killing in Yoshiwara

2008-05-23T09:05:00.000-07:00

d. Tomu Uchida
c. Japan
y. 1960

description:
"I saw this when I lived in New York. It was wide-screen and cinemascope, and was shown at the Japan Society in a series. It was about a unscrupulous girl who marries a man with a birthmark and claws her way to the top. Every scene was just right, including the incredible finale. Although I tried to convince other movie buffs to go to the second screening, the prospect of a Saturday morning movie was just too much for them. I went, though. Sort of like Fritz Lang or Ophuls in Japan. Gorgeous. My first choice for what I'd love to show on video or DVD (in widescreen, of course)." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 7.8 (39)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
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Miyamoto Musashi

2008-05-23T09:01:00.000-07:00

d. Tomu Uchida
c. Japan
y. 1961

description:
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IMDB... 7.5 (28)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
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A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji

2008-05-23T08:56:00.000-07:00

d. Tomu Uchida
c. Japan
y. 1955

description:
"A Bloody Spear on Mt Fuji's plot is basic; a group of travellers (Samurai and two servants, shamisen player and daughter, highway policeman, thief, miner) interact and become closer through stressful and comedic situations (also, some tragedy). Ostensibly a road movie, a lot of the interaction and activity takes place in inns and city streets, very little on roads (though what does is memorable, such as Gonpachi becoming acquainted with an young orphan boy admirer.) Most of the plot revolves around the samurai, whose character reminds one of Yamanaka taking a stand against society and paying the price. I wonder if this inference was an accident (Yamanaka made popular films that questioned the status quo in the 30s, was sent to Manchuria and died at the front shortly after; only three of his films survive today.) There are many great moments in the film, which is as comedic in dialogue as it is in editing and tone. Daisuke Kato plays one of the servants, and his sake drinking and philosophizing scenes are everyman humor at its best. The playful looks, dialogue, and subtle attraction between the shamisen player and Gonpachi (Chiezo Katoaka), lords sitting on a busy highway to Edo shutting down traffic for a tea ceremony, and the lancer's final battle all stick close to my memory. I can't think of any other postwar Samurai film that does this kind of action, comedy, and drama as entertainingly (my favorite postwar jidai-geki films are the Anti-Samurai ones, such as Okamoto's Sword of Doom)." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 8.0 (62)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

2008-05-23T08:51:00.000-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. USA
y. 1997

description:
"A video diary of Ginsberg in the days immediately before and after his death." (ubuweb)

IMDB... n/a
_AMG... n/a

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subs: n/a

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Zefiro Torna

2008-05-23T08:49:00.000-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. USA
y. 1992

description:
"In Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (1992), Mekas reads from his diary encounters with his friend and fellow Lithuanian émigré, George Maciunas, during the years when Maciunas' health was in rapid decline. The footage shown, however, rarely depicts Maciunas' illness, but rather his vitality and humour at Fluxus events and performances. Mekas talks of Maciunas' favorite composer, Monteverdi, and at the end of the film, his voice gives way to Monteverdi's jubilate madrigal, "Zefiro Torna". As it plays, Maciunas is seen for the first and only time on a hospital bed, smiling." (ubuweb)

IMDB... 7.2 (11)
_AMG... n/a

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subs: n/a

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Happy Birthday to John

2008-05-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. USA
y. 1972

description:
"October 9, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Father of Fluxus movement, George Maciunas, opened at the Syracuse Museum of Art (curated by David Ross, presently director of the Whitney Museum). Same day an unusual group of John's and Yoko's friends, including Ringo, Allen Ginsberg and many others gathered to celebrate John's birthday. This film is a visual and audio record of that event. We hear a series of improvised songs, sung by John, Ringo, Yoko Ono, and their friends,--not a clean studio recording, but as a birthday singing, free and happy. This is the only recording of that event. There are other images that are included in the film that develops like a "music video": the John & Yoko party at Klein's /their agent/ June 12, 1971; August 1972 at the Madison Square Garden; the Central Park Vigil on the day John was shot; and some other rare footage that I have taken on different occasions of John and Yoko. The soundtrack, besides the unique recording of the Birthday Party singing, contains John's comments on his own film-making, his "home movies" he did on 8mm. The most catchy song, sung in an improvised manner, in the film, is the Attica Blues. The drummer for the last part of the film is Dalius Naujolaitis." (ubuweb)

IMDB... n/a
_AMG... n/a

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subs: n/a

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Hare Krishna

2008-05-23T08:44:00.000-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. USA
y. 1966

description:
"This was filmed on November 5, 1966 in New York City. It is with Srila Prabhupada, Barbars Rubin, Phil Corner, and many others." (ubuweb)

IMDB... n/a
_AMG... n/a

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subs: n/a

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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

2008-05-23T08:37:00.000-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. UK & West Germany
y. 1972

description:
"This film, and its companion piece Going Home are documentaries in the form of home movies. It records the return visit of brothers Jonas and Adolfas Mekas to their homeland of Lithuania. They apparently left the country near the end of World War II, and suffered various hardships on their way to America. Until the time of this film (1972), they had never been back to Lithuania." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.9 (64)
_AMG... 4.5 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: VHS
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Diaries, Notes and Sketches

2008-05-23T08:33:00.001-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. USA
y. 1969

description:
"Underground filmmaker Jonas Mekas presents a collection of home movies, outtakes and unfinished projects. A picnic in Central Park with friends is shown, as are Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer in an anti-war protest march. John Lennon and Yoko Ono are shown in their celebrated honeymoon where they answer questions from the media in a Toronto hotel room to promote peace. Timothy Leary, Andy Warhol and Nico also appear. Color process is not credited." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.0 (47)
_AMG... 4.0 / 5.0

size: 1360MB
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subs: n/a

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The Brig

2008-05-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

d. Jonas Mekas
c. USA
y. 1964

description:
"The Brig is a literal filmization of the 1964 Living Theater presentation written by Ken Brown. The play is set in a Marine Corps prison, with tense facial expressions and sudden outbursts of brutality supplanting dialogue for most part. Ken Brown traces the degeneration of one prisoner (Warren Finnerty) from a normal human being to little more than an animal. Shot in one single night with a hand-held camera, The Brig won the "best documentary" award at Venice Film Festival. The 120-minute version proved impossible for most mainstream audiences to endure; current prints run 57 minutes." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.5 (45)
_AMG... 4.0 / 5.0

size: 660MB
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subs: n/a

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The Phantom Heart

2008-05-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1996

description:
"A hangdog, middle-aged painter falls in love with a tender young college student after he leaves his philandering wife and his children in this romantic French drama. To console himself, the fundamentally bohemian Phillippe finds comfort in the arms of various prostitutes, especially Valeria. It is while searching for her that he meets lovely Justine, the student. Sparks fly and they move into together. Things go well until Phillippe begins pining for his children. This makes insecure Justine terribly jealous and tumult erupts until the aging artist is able to discover the true source of his anxieties." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.4 (47)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 1090MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no (Spanish?)

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Emergency Kisses

2008-05-23T08:18:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1989

description:
"The kicker in this black and white film about the director of the film making a film about his life (got that?) is that almost everyone playing a family member of the director (who plays himself, naturally) really is a family member. In the story, director Phillippe Garrel is preparing to make a film about his life. When he informs his wife that her part is to be played by someone else she is understandably offended - after all, she is an actress, isn't she? This leads to all sorts of family arguments and discussions about what their relationship means to each of them. The couple's children, meanwhile, attempt to get on with their own lives in the best way possible, despite the insufferable silliness of their parents." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.6 (41)
_AMG... n/a

size: 770MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian)

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Les bleu des origines

2008-05-23T08:15:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1979

description:
"Les Bleu des Origins is an uncompromising example of old school avant-garde cinema at its most cryptic, enigmatic and inscrutable. Made by Philippe Garrel in 1979 using a hand-cranked silent camera, Les Bleu represents absolute year zero in film-making, a return to the starkest basics of film's origins in early silent cinema, replacing any trace of narrative or even dialogue with an emphasis almost exclusively on close-ups of women's faces. The film is black and white, and absolutely silent for its full 50-minute duration. " (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 6.8 (8)
_AMG... n/a

size: 710MB
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Secret Child

2008-05-23T08:09:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1979

description:
"Four chapters based on the birth of a 'secret child', or a film, with chapter titles: "La séction Césarienne" (Caesarian section: a descriptive detail introducing the mother); "Le dernier guerrier" (the last warrior: how the father sees himself); "Le cercle ophydique" (the serpent's closed circle: the couple reunites at the psychiatric ward); "Les forêts désenchantées" (unfairy forests: the film in the making). " (IMDB)

IMDB... 8.0 (34)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 980MB
qlty: DVD
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Berceau de cristal

2008-05-23T08:05:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1976

description:
"A weird and dreamy minimalist underground art movie, Le Berceau de Cristal offers no joy whatsoever to mainstream film buffs - but doomed romantics, drug takers and fans of director Philippe Garrel may find it hypnotic and profoundly moving. An androgynous poet/dreamer (played by Nico - Velvet Underground singer, Eurotrash icon and Garrel's other half) sits and writes and meditates on the aching void that is her life. Hieratic and semi-mythical beings show up to haunt her dreams. Dominique Sanda as a fleshy Pre-Raphaelite earth goddess. Anita Pallenberg as an impishly grinning, emaciated drug diva - shooting up live on camera. An early icon of 'heroin chic.' Not one of these figures utters a word to disturb Nico's reverie. Beyond the poet's voice is only silence and an intermittent, achingly lovely music score. (Uncredited, but perhaps the work of Garrel's frequent collaborator, the Velvet Underground guitarist John Cale.) Impossible to say what any of this is about, only that - in the last few seconds - Nico takes out a revolver and blows a hole in her skull. By that time, you may be so bored that you have an overwhelming desire to do the same, or you may be - as I was - curled up in a primal ball, gazing raptly at the screen and silently sobbing. So if you are a morbid manic-depressive neo-romantic, Le Berceau de Cristal is the film for you. If you value your sanity, stay well clear." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 7.2 (14)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: VHS
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Le revelateur

2008-05-23T07:59:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1968

description:
"A 4-year-old child is the element from and around which the action develops, and brings sentiments and emotions to light. The French word "révélateur"/developper describes the product to develop or "reveal" film negatives." (IMDB)

IMDB... 7.8 (44)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
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Marie for Memory

2008-05-23T07:57:00.000-07:00

d. Philippe Garrel
c. France
y. 1967

description:
"A young hippie feels disenfranchised with the modern world around him. He tries to enter into a relationship with a young girl, but the two are plagued by their own individual problems and things don't work out as they would like. The two feel alienated from society and each other in this symbolic and listless feature." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.9 (15)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 720MB
qlty: VHS
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Speak, Little Mute Girl

2008-05-23T07:51:00.000-07:00

d. Manuel Gutierrez Aragon
c. Spain
y. 1973

description:
"This Spanish drama explores an encounter between a well-educated mountain-climber and a young shepherdess who has been kept mute by her suffocating family. Lost during a climbing expedition, Don Ramiro (Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez) finds shelter and safety through the help of the speechless girl (Kili Manyer). Though her brother is deaf and half-mad, there is nothing wrong with the girl, and Ramiro begins to teach her how to speak. This interferes with the established pattern preferred by the girl's family, and Ramiro is accused of rape and carted off to prison." (AMG)

IMDB... 4.5 (9)
_AMG... n/a

size: 730MB
qlty: Sat
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Tuset Street

2008-05-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

d. Jorge Grau & Luis Marquina
c. Spain
y. 1967

description:
"Barcelona 1967. The pop culture revolution. Jordi (Patrick Bauchau) is a rich playboy who runs around with a bunch of high-end hippies, smoking, drinking, dancing and daydreaming about Tuset Street, an effort to develop a popular street in the newer section of Barcelona after the models of Haight Ashbury Street in San Francisco and Carnaby Street in London. Jordi and his gang represent the new Barcelona, rich, artificial and striving for imported sophistication. On the older side of the city is El Paralelo, the theater district. At El Molino, one of its many music halls, performs Violeta (Sara Montiel), a showgirl in the old style tradition who supplements her singing salary with prostitution. Somehow Violeta represents the old values, the "real world" living along side an artificial creation such as Tuset. Jordi and friends have no idea of who she is when they see her dancing at "The Pub," a Tuset disco. With nothing better to do, Jordi makes a bet with his friends that he can make Violeta fall in love with him. At the beginning, she takes him for just another "customer pickup" but is surprised when he refuses to have sex with her after paying her. In the following nights Jordi pursues Violeta making her believe that he is really falling in love with her. He complains about loneliness and his search for real love. Violeta gives in and starts caring for the young man, not knowing that his friends are taping all their encounters. As day passes Violeta and Jordi become inseparable. One day Violeta walks in "The Pub" and Jordi's friends play for her the tape of their love conversations. She realizes that the affair has been a lie for the amusement of the Tuset Street crowd and dumps Jordi for good. At the same time he realizes that he really loves Violeta and tries to gain her forgiveness but to no avail. She goes back to singing at El Molino while Jordi is left alone with the realization that this affair was the only true thing in his life. Tuset Street seems now desolate." (IMDB)

IMDB... 0.0 (0)
_AMG... n/a

size: 810MB
qlty: Sat
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An Obsession

2008-05-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

d. Shinji Aoyama
c. Japan
y. 1997

description:
"Shinji Aoyama (Two Punks) directed this Japanese cop drama about assistant police inspector Saga (Ryo Ishibashi), who is guarding a religious cult leader when the man is shot and killed. In pursuit of the hitman (Yu-rei Yanagi), Saga is also shot, and he's only half-conscious when his gun is stolen. At the hospital, his wife Rie (Eiko Nagashima) begins planning a divorce. Low on self-esteem, Saga resigns from the force. Saga's stolen gun is later determined to be a weapon used in a murder. Hypnosis sends Saga to terminal leukemia patient Shimano (Kazuma Suzuki), who's taking stolen morphine, and the trail then leads to Shimano's ex-lover Kimiko Endo (Kyoko Tohyama). Shown at the 1997 Turin Film Festival." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.1 (26)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
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Helpless

2008-05-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

d. Shinji Aoyama
c. Japan
y. 1996

description:
"Gen-X auteur Shinji Aoyama directs this brooding gangster flick about alienation, sudden violence, and high school classmates. The film opens with mobster Yasuo (Ken Mitsuishi) getting out of jail only to learn that his gang's don is dead, and that his own future is in doubt. Seething from the bad news, he sees his old high school friend Kenji (played by hipster heartthrob Tadanobu Asano). Along with Yasuo's mobster cohorts -- a young thug and nattily dressed yakuza with a Gorbachov style birthmark who greeted Yasuo at the prison gates -- they break bread at a family restaurant. When yakuza makes an off-colored remark about Yasuo's boss, he ices him on the spot. Later, Kenji pays a visit to his profoundly depressed father at the hospital. Afterwards, he goes to Yasuo's mountain cabin where the gangster is busy burying the body. There Kenji meets Yasuo's kid sister, Yuki (Kaori Tsuji). When Yasuo takes off in search of his boss' killer, Kenji zips off in the other direction with Yuki in tow. Once in town, Kenji learns that his father hung himself. At about the same time, another one of Kenji's former high school classmates, Akihito (Yoichiro Saito), surprises him with a Polaroid camera. Kenji violently snaps." (AMG)

IMDB... 5.0 (41)
_AMG... 4.0 / 5.0

size: 650MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Two Punks

2008-05-12T11:57:00.000-07:00

d. Shinji Aoyama
c. Japan
y. 1996

description:
"Following up on his acclaimed Helpless and Chimpura, Shinji Aoyama directs this bizarre reworking of a yakuza flick. Hiroki Sakai (Kosuke Toyohara) adjusts pins in pachinko machines for a living. It's a dull existence, but Sakai seems to have made his peace with it. One day he runs into his former co-worker, Mizuguchi (Ken Mitsuishi), a twitchy sort who managed a parlor before yakuza goons beat him up and robbed the place. Now he is obsessed with the thought of vengeance against his assailants. Soon afterwards, he runs into Rie (Yuna Natsuo) -- the daughter of his boss -- who has suddenly blossomed into voluptuous womanhood and who is eagerly hoping to improve her relationship with Sakai. Later, he finds himself the target of yakuza aggression when the gang's boss comes to believe that Sakai is the bearer of a coveted envelope. Though a sensible and retiring sort by nature, he realizes that the only way to end this unwanted adventure is to rescue his boss, Tsumura (Mickey Curtis), from the clutches of the yakuza." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.2 (36)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
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Wild Life

2008-05-12T11:55:00.000-07:00

d. Shinji Aoyama
c. Japan
y. 1997

description:
"Following up on his acclaimed Helpless and Chimpura, Shinji Aoyama directs this bizarre reworking of a yakuza flick. Hiroki Sakai (Kosuke Toyohara) adjusts pins in pachinko machines for a living. It's a dull existence, but Sakai seems to have made his peace with it. One day he runs into his former co-worker, Mizuguchi (Ken Mitsuishi), a twitchy sort who managed a parlor before yakuza goons beat him up and robbed the place. Now he is obsessed with the thought of vengeance against his assailants. Soon afterwards, he runs into Rie (Yuna Natsuo) -- the daughter of his boss -- who has suddenly blossomed into voluptuous womanhood and who is eagerly hoping to improve her relationship with Sakai. Later, he finds himself the target of yakuza aggression when the gang's boss comes to believe that Sakai is the bearer of a coveted envelope. Though a sensible and retiring sort by nature, he realizes that the only way to end this unwanted adventure is to rescue his boss, Tsumura (Mickey Curtis), from the clutches of the yakuza." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.7 (40)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

2008-05-12T11:51:00.000-07:00

d. Shinji Aoyama
c. Japan
y. 2002

description:
"Shinji Aoyama's Mike Yokohama - A Forest With No Name is a loose adaptation of the work of Mickey Spillane. Private detective Mike Yokohama (Masatoshi Nagase) is hired by a rich businessman to find his daughter who has joined a commune. Mike goes undercover and joins the secret group, where everything is not what it seems. Mike begins to suspect that the leader of the group (Kyoka Suzuki) is up to no good when a former member of the commune is arrested for murder. This is the first in a series of films that will be made for Japanese television." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.6 (72)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Lakeside Murder Case

2008-05-12T11:45:00.000-07:00

d. Shinji Aoyama
c. Japan
y. 2004

description:
"Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress..." (IMDB)

IMDB... 6.2 (48)
_AMG... n/a

size: 1400MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Far West

2008-05-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

d. Jacques Brel
c. France
y. 1973

description:
"This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West in modern America. Dressed as cowboy, he travels throughout western American cities and towns and finds others similarly dressed. These idealists gather together and build an old-western-style town in the middle of an abandoned factory, battling local bureaucracies in the process." (AMG)

IMDB... 3.8 (17)
_AMG... 1.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Franz

2008-05-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

d. Jacques Brel
c. France
y. 1971

description:
"In this French romantic tragedy, introverted soldier Leon and the lovely Leonie fall in love, but unfortunately, poor Leon has been emotionally damaged by his overbearing mother and the horrors he endured while at war and is unable to keep their love alive." (AMG)

IMDB... 5.6 (19)
_AMG... 1.0 / 5.0

size: 600MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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The Tyrant's Heart

2008-05-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 1981

description:
"It is the 15th c. in Hungary. And young prince Gaspar (Laszlo Galffy) was sent off to Italy when he was just two years old, and now he has come back to his father's castle as a grown man, with a troupe of actors in tow. Once arrived at the castle, he discovers his mother is in a kind of trance state, reportedly drinking the blood of virgins to keep her forever young (just like the infamous Bloody Lady Elizabeth Bathory). Gaspar's father has died in very mysterious circumstances - some say it was a bear that killed him (another symbolical, legendary animal in European lore) and others say he was done in by the Turks. Meanwhile, his uncle says the trance-like queen was really in love with him - and sometimes he says not. Yet they marry, and when she comes out of her mesmerized state for awhile she tells Gaspar that just like his friends, none of the castle's inhabitants are real, they are all actors and she is actually younger than he is - and then she falls back into her trance. As Gaspar seems to have nowhere to turn, a Turk comes into the picture to test him for his worthiness to rule, and says he (the Turk) is really Gaspar's father. The tests turn out negative, and Gaspar is told he cannot be king. There seems to be no choice but to leave the castle with his troupe of actors, and as the castle opens up onto a vast field, he and his friends - and an underhanded Turkish priest - make a dash for freedom, hoping to elude the weaponry of the Turkish guards behind them." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.0 (12)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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The Battle of Mohacs

2008-05-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 2004

description:
n/a

IMDB... 5.5 (47)
_AMG... n/a

size: 570MB
qlty: ?
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Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

2008-05-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 2002

description:
"Miklós Jancsó's Kelj Fel, Komán, Ne Aludjál (Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep) takes a satiric look at how Hungary dealt with the Jews in the time of World War II. The film begins with Kapa (Zoltan Mucsi) and Pepe (Peter Scherer) being swept up by authorities into a group of Jews. The fourth wall breaks down, and the characters begin complaining to Jancsó about the making of the film. Eventually the picture turns into a series of satirical blackout scenes that are unrelated apart from their inherent Hungarianism." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.3 (70)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
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Last Supper at the Arabian Grey Horse

2008-05-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 2001

description:
"After their success in Nekem Lampast Adott Kezembe Az Ur Pesten and Anyad! A Szunyogok, Zoltan Musci and Peter Scherer make their third appearance together as dancing grave diggers Kapa and Pepe in this idiosyncratic musical comedy. As Kapa and Pepe pass their time in Heroes' Square in Budapest, they find themselves confronted by members of a number of political and social groups, including a gang of Hungarian wiseguys, a handful of right-wing extremists, and a faction of leftist radicals. But no matter how hard they try, Kapa and Pepe can't seem to fit in with any of them, finding their dancing works best on its own. Utolso Vacsora Az Arabs Szurkenel was directed by veteran filmmaker Miklos Jansco, who was 80 years old when the film was released." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.7 (64)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 680MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Agnus dei

2008-05-11T09:27:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 1970

description:
"This is one of the more inscrutable works by famed Hungarian director Miklos Jancso, better known for his film epic on the Russian Revolution, The Red and the White. His films still upset authorities in Eastern Europe, and he is considered to be both a political maverick and an extraordinary film stylist. This film, Egi Barany, or Agnus Dei, deals with the period in Hungary's history immediately following the overthrow of the Bela Kun Commune in 1919. Hungary, like the other units of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, suffered from chaos and civil war following the breakup of the empire at the end of World War I. For a short time, the Commune, a communist faction, governed Hungary. It had considerable military support from the new Bolshevik regime in Russia. The movie shows communards attempting to hold on to power in a rural area. They have (but do not welcome) the support of a wild, epileptic priest. The story is told using dialogue from Hungarian folklore and the Bible. Peasants are swept up in waves of violence as supporters of Admiral Horthy and the Reds struggle for control." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.2 (19)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 900MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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The Bells Have Gone To Rome

2008-05-11T09:21:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 1958

description:
n/a

IMDB... 7.8 (10)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 690MB
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Cantata

2008-05-11T09:15:00.000-07:00

d. Miklos Jancso
c. Hungary
y. 1963

description:
"Highly acclaimed Hungarian director Miklos Jancso brought this interesting film to the Argentina Film Festival in 1964, indicating to the world what was going on in the art community of Hungary at the time. Based upon a story by Jozsef Lengyel, this drama details a few days in the life of a doctor (Zoltan Latinovits). Working in a hospital, he takes leave to go back to the place of his childhood where his father is deathly ill. During his journey and stay at the old farm, he becomes introspective about the importance of friendship and family. Oldas Es Kotes/Cantat is Jancso's earliest work which illustrated his characteristic style of long takes and strong, symbolic imagery. He would go on to make more highly acclaimed films like Szegenylegenyek/The Round Up (1966, also starring Latinovits), Csillagosok, Katanok/The Red and the White (1967) and Meg Ker a Nep/Red Psalm, for which he would win a Best Director award at Cannes Film Festival in 1972." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.4 (61)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 1370MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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King Matthew I

2008-05-05T08:40:00.000-07:00

d. Wanda Jakubowska
c. Poland
y. 1958

description:
n/a

IMDB... 5.4 (11)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 705MB
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Every Night

2008-05-04T12:03:00.000-07:00

d. Eugene Green
c. France
y. 2001

description:
"Eugene Green, an expatriate American living in France, made his debut as a director and screenwriter with this film, based on a story by Gustave Flaubert. In 1967, Henri (Alexis Loret and Jules (Adrien Michaux) are close friends who have grown up together in a small town in the French countryside. But as they turn 17, they begin to follow different paths in life; Henri moves to Paris to go to college, while Jules stays behind to concentrate on a career as a writer. Henri becomes involved with Emilie (Christelle Prot), the wife of one of his professors, and in time they decide to run away together to the United States, leaving Paris just in time to miss the May 1968 student uprisings. Henri maintains a steady correspondence with Jules, and when Henri and Emilie go their separate ways, she stays in touch with Jules, and they become close confidantes through the mail without ever meeting face to face. Toutes Les Nuits became a surprising critical and modest commercial success after being released independently in France, with early screenings advertised only through invitation postcards." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.3 (30)
_AMG... n/a

size: 1170MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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The Wedding March

2008-05-04T11:57:00.000-07:00

d. Marco Ferreri
c. Italy
y. 1965

description:
n/a

IMDB... 8.3 (13)
_AMG... n/a

size: 1230MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no (Spanish)

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The Priest and the Girl

2008-04-12T22:30:00.000-07:00

d. Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
c. Brazil
y. 1966

description:
"Helena Ignez and Paul Jose star in this plodding melodrama from Brazil. A dedicated priest tries to help a young girl from the village escape from an unwanted suitor. He succeeds but the two are soon surrounded by an angry mob." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.8 (21)
_AMG... n/a

size: 1170MB
qlty: ?
subs: yes

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Brasilia 18%

2008-04-12T22:18:00.000-07:00

d. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
c. Brazil
y. 2006

description:
"Coroner Dr. Olavo Bilac (Carlos Alberto Riccelli) returns to Brasilia from Los Angeles to perform an autopsy on the body of Eugenia Camara (Karine Carvalho), a young woman working in politics who was believed to be having affairs with prominent men and murdered by her jealous boyfriend. After leaving the airport the doctor is reintroduced to the wealthy, casually corrupt world of Brazilian politics at a swank party. It soon becomes clear that the powers-that-be expect him to positively identify the body without asking any questions, even though DNA tests haven't proven that the body is Eugenia's. At the party he is seduced by Georgesand Romero (Malu Mader), whose powerful and well-connected family appears to be implicated in the disappearance of Camara. The next morning Bilac decides, to everyone's shock, that he will not immediately ID the body and will conduct an investigation into its real identity, Camara's whereabouts, and the political scandal that seems to lie beneath the mystery. He comes under increasing pressure and threats to halt his investigation and struggles to reconcile the youthful idealisms of his friends with the present reality: that when having acquired power in adulthood they are just as crooked and amoral as their predecessors. He is also recovering from the death of his wife Laura (Bruna Lombardi) and experiences hallucinations of her and eventually Camara too. Bilac must eventually decide whether or not he too should give in, abort his detective work, and return to Los Angeles." (AMG)

IMDB... 4.6 (63)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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The Amulet of Ogum

2008-04-12T22:14:00.000-07:00

d. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
c. Brazil
y. 1974

description:
"Ogum is one of the deities of Brazil's many voodoo-related folk religions. This story is narrated by an ubiquitous folk singer and tells of a young boy whose mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings which would make him immune to gunfire. The amulet apparently works, for the boy becomes a member of a mobster's hit-team and then joins with a group of people who resist his original employers. He is betrayed by a woman who, ironically, possesses a similar amulet of her own." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.2 (28)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Rio, Northern Zone

2008-04-12T22:12:00.000-07:00

d. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
c. Brazil
y. 1957

description:
"Rio Zone Norte was one of Brazil's contributions to the 1958 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Grande Otelo heads the cast as a self-trained composer of samba music. Unwise in the ways of the world, Otelo permits himself to be exploited by a charlatan who passes off the composer's music as his own. Things don't end so well for the protagonist, but he remains loyal to his Art to the very end. American critics in 1958 felt obliged to note that, despite the fact that the film's hero was black, the race issue was never mentioned in Rio Zone Norte; at the time, of course, race relations were far more relaxed in Brazil than the U.S." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.6 (55)
_AMG... 3.0 / 5.0

size: 800MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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The Golden Mouth

2008-04-12T22:10:00.000-07:00

d. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
c. Brazil
y. 1963

description:
"In Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, in the 60's, the powerful "bicheiro" (for non-Brazilians: in Brazil, mainly in Rio de Janeiro, there is an illegal and very popular lottery of numbers associated to animals called "jogo do bicho" (game of animals), and the outlaws are called "bicheiros") Boca de Ouro (Jece Valadão) dies. Two journalists look for his former lover, Dona Guigui (Odete Lara), trying to get information of any unsolved crime committed by Boca de Ouro and make a bang news. In accordance with her mood, Guigui tells three different versions of the mysterious murder of Leleco (Daniel Filho) and Celeste (Maria Lúcia Monteiro) to the reporters." (IMDB)

IMDB... 8.8 (37)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Rio 40 Degrees

2008-04-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

d. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
c. Brazil
y. 1955

description:
"In the 1950s, a non-realistic and highly innovative filmmaking movement swept over the country of Brazil, which some might consider an unlikely spot for such invention. However, with a population of well over a hundred and fifty million, that country had (and has) a lively moviemaking business and also has many connoisseurs of films whose emphasis is artistic rather than commercial. This movie was the first part of a projected trilogy which included Rio Zona Norte, and it was made by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, who was considered to be a prime mover in the "Cinema Novo" movement. The third movie in the trilogy was never made. The story offers a varied portrait of the city of Rio de Janeiro at that time, organized around the life and work of five youthful peanut vendors who live in the surrounding slums (favelas). Each works in a different part of town: Quinta da Boa Vista, Copacabana Beach, Sugar Loaf Mountain, the soccer stadium and Corcovado Mountain. Reviewers of this film discerned the influence of Roberto Rossellini and the Italian neorealist school in its style. The most famous of the films to emerge from this filmmaking tradition was Black Orpheus, which is still widely watched and enjoyed today." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.1 (92)
_AMG... n/a

size: 880MB
qlty: VHS
subs: no

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Cancer

2008-04-12T21:58:00.000-07:00

d. Glauber Rocha
c. Brazil
y. 1972

description:
"This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and society." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.8 (25)
_AMG... n/a

size: 800MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian)

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Di Cavalcanti

2008-04-12T21:56:00.000-07:00

d. Glauber Rocha
c. Brazil
y. 1977

description:
"This is a very rare movie, but the story is very spread among brazilian cinema people. When brazilian art master Di Cavalcanti died, Glauber Rocha went to his funeral... with a camera. The short movie shows Cavalcanti`s corpse in the coffin, the funeral, and his family yelling at Rocha to get out of there with that camera, while in the background we hear Jorge Ben singing "Umbabarauma, homem gol", a famous samba-funk song about a famous brazilian soccer player. The guts make the myth." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 6.9 (40)
_AMG... n/a

size: 60MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Cutting Heads

2008-04-12T21:54:00.000-07:00

d. Glauber Rocha
c. Brazil
y. 1970

description:
"This uneven and hastily produced film suffers from many technical difficulties and is plagued by meaningless improvisation. Some attempt is made by the director to talk of some of the social problems in Brazil, but this entry qualifies as one itself. A narrator tells tales of the poverty stricken, and the filmmaker's many attempts at symbolism are confusing and pretentious." (AMG)

IMDB... 4.8 (25)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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Claro

2008-04-12T21:52:00.000-07:00

d. Glauber Rocha
c. Brazil
y. 1975

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.7 (15)
_AMG... n/a

size: 700MB
qlty: ?
subs: no

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