A Simple Elegy

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. USSR
y. 1990

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

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A Humble Life

d. Aleksandr Sokurov
c. Russia
y. 1997

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

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Soldier's Dream

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
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Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn

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

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
subs: yes

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Spiritual Voices

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

size: ~2400MB
qlty: DVD
subs: yes

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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

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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Zefiro Torna

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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The Phantom Heart

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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An Obsession

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
subs: yes

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Helpless

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

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
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subs: yes

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Wild Life

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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Cuentos de Borges: El Sur

d. Carlos Saura
c. Spain
y. 1992

description:
"To see El Sur is like slipping as a guest into one of Jorge Luis Borges' tales." (IMDB Comment)

IMDB... 8.5 (11)
_AMG... n/a

size: 600MB
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subs: no

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Little Bird

d. Carlos Saura
c. Spain
y. 1997

description:
"A relatively simple coming-of-age drama with autobiographical overtones from Carlos Saura, one of Spain's leading directors, the story is told from the viewpoint of 10-year-old Manu as he is shuffled from relative to relative in the hometown of his parents, who are busy trying to decide whether or not to divorce. That each of Manu's relatives is eccentric only adds spice to the low-key tale." (AMG)

IMDB... 6.9 (83)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 530MB
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subs: no

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The Rebellion

d. Michael Haneke
c. Austria
y. 1993

description:
n/a

IMDB... 7.2 (26)
_AMG... n/a

size: 960MB
qlty: TV
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Amanecio de golpe

d. Carlos Azpurua
c. Venezuela
y. 1998

description:
"Carlos Azpurua's drama Coup at Daybreak takes place during the military coup that saw the overthrow of the Venezuelan government in 1992. A number of the Caracas' wealthiest citizens attempt to figure out their status when soldiers march into town and they are unable to trust reports from radio and television. The film follows-up on how a variety of these people deal with the new reality they face." (AMG)

IMDB... 7.4 (59)
_AMG... n/a

size: 650MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no

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La historia casi verdadera de Pepita la Pistolera

d. Beatriz Flores Silva
c. Uruguay
y. 1993

description:
n/a

IMDB... 6.4 (14)
_AMG... n/a

size: 570MB
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Fallen from Heaven

d. Francisco Jose Lombardi
c. Peru
y. 1990

description:
"In each of the three tragic stories in this film, set in Lima, Peru, the people in them are as haphazardly related to their lives and the world around them as if they had Fallen From The Sky. In the first, an elderly couple is so determined to have a magnificent burial that they sell or hock everything they own for a grand mauseleum to be built. Meanwhile, they have nothing left to live on, and they are taken to an old folk's home. In the second, the result of the gift of a piglet to a woman living in a shanty is that she devotes all of her time and energy to fattening the pig, and fails to note that her children are sick and starving. In the third, a defomed man who earns his living by announcing on the radio saves a girl from committing suicide, and though the two develop a relationship eventually, it does not turn out well." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.3 (74)
_AMG... n/a

size: 900MB
qlty: DVD
subs: no

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Dakan

d. Mohammed Camara
c. Guinea
y. 1997

description:
"Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, and filmed amidst a storm of controversy, Mohamed Camara's Dakan is the first of its nations films to directly address issues surrounding homosexuality. When Camara set about making the film, he had funding from France and the Guinea government (a first) until the latter learned of the subject matter and immediately withdrew support, leaving Camara to use his own resources to make up the difference. When the film still didn't have enough financial resources to be made, the French television network La Sept came in and provided the necessary backing. But the filmmaker's trials were not over; Camara and crew then had to contend with angry mobs of protestors who wanted them to stop filming. The story centers on the romance between two 20-year-old men, Manga and Sory who are first seen making out in a car. The trouble begins when Manga tells his widowed mother about his love for Sory, who is busy contending with his outraged father. The parents insist that the two never see each other again. Manga's mother then uses witchcraft to cleanse her son and change him into a heterosexual. Time passes and eventually Manga begins to date a girl. But it soon becomes apparent that try as he might, Manga's heart belongs to Sory." (AMG)

IMDB... 5.6 (35)
_AMG... 2.0 / 5.0

size: 630MB
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