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LIST CANDIDATE: THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR (1983)

Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot

DIRECTED BY: Raoul Ruiz

FEATURING: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche

PLOT: A weary sailor promises a desperate student passage on a sailing ship, but first he

relates tales of his surreal adventures in ports around the world. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: It’s easier to think of reasons . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR (1983)

111. SANS SOLEIL (1983)

AKA Sunless

“It is tempting, and not unjustified, to speculate that one reason for Marker’s growing visibility and popularity is that, as a culture, we have now finally caught up with works that once seemed like dispatches from another planet…”–Catherine Lupton, “Chris Marker: Memory’s Apostle” (2007 Criterion Collection essay)

DIRECTED BY: Chris Marker

FEATURING: . . . → Read More: 111. SANS SOLEIL (1983)

BORDERLINE WEIRD: XTRO (1983)

DIRECTED BY: Harry Bromley Davenport

FEATURING: Bernice Stegers, Phillip Sayer, Danny Brainin, Maryam d’Abo

PLOT: A husband and father disappears one day while playing frisbee with his young son;

three years later, he returns to the family as an amnesiac who eats snake eggs for sustenance. WHY IT’S ON THE BORDERLINE:  Xtro is vying . . . → Read More: BORDERLINE WEIRD: XTRO (1983)

25. NOSTALGHIA (1983)

“I wanted the film to be about the fatal attachment of Russians to their national roots, an attachment which they will carry with them for their entire lives, regardless of where destiny may fling them.  How could I have imagined as I was making Nostalghia that the stifling sense of longing that fills the screen . . . → Read More: 25. NOSTALGHIA (1983)

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