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Best Of 2008 DVDs
Best Of 2008 DVDs

Film4's pick of the year's best reissues

Naked

The Mike Leigh Feature Film Collection

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From his suitably bleak debut Bleak Moments to Naked and Vera Drake, 10 feature films by one of Britain's most lauded directors.


 
Babylon

Babylon

Aswad's Brinsley Forde stars in this excoriating drama about black Britain under siege circa 1980, released on DVD in the United Kingdom for the first time this year.

 
The Terence Davies Trilogy

The Terence Davies Trilogy

Three early films about Catholicism, homosexuality, and a mother's love from Terence Davies, the director of one of 2008 greatest films, Of Time And The City.

 
Wings Of Desire

Wings Of Desire

Tired of the divine, a Berlin angel falls gratefully from grace in Wim Wenders' metaphysical fantasy. And check out Wenders' Paris, Texas, also re-released in 2008.

 
Radio On

Radio On

Writer and filmmaker Chris Petit's 1980 road movie goes west from London to Bristol, and finds a country in steep decline. Released on DVD for the first time this year.

 
Eyes Without A Face

Eyes Without A Face

A chilling 1960 study of the pitfalls of amateur facial surgery from French director Georges Franju and the writers of Vertigo.

 
Eraserhead

Eraserhead

David Lynch's fever dream feature debut. Also check out The Short Films Of David Lynch, which unearthed his little seen early work.

 
The Servant

The Joseph Losey Collection

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A collection of classics from the legendary exiled director including The Servant, Accident and The Go-Between.

 
Down By Law

The Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol 1

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Three early works from the hip priest of cool including Down By Law with Tom Waits and John Lurie.

 
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane

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Jodie Foster's resilient teenage orphan sees off nosy neighbours and predatory paedophiles.

 
Caligula

Caligula

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Sublimely ridiculous porno-togarama from Tinto Brass. A gob-smacking combination of luvvies, ancient Rome and 'Penthouse' magazine.

 
Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom

Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom

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Violence, sadism and sexual degradation all feature in Pasolini's nightmarish drama.

 
The Last House On The Left

Last House On The Left

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Wes Craven's rape-revenge shocker - one of the most provocative horrors of all time, re-released this year with a stack of extras.

 
Red Desert

Red Desert

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Crisis-stricken Monica Vitti drifts through the eerie industrial landscape of northern Italy in Michelangelo Antonioni's extraordinarily shot experiment in colour.

 
Westworld

Westworld

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Yul Brynner stars as an android gunslinger in Michael Crichton's science fiction thriller. And check out fellow sci-fi reissue Logan's Run.

 
Walkabout

Walkabout

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Nic Roeg's 1971 debut reappeared on DVD this year. And check out two other atmospheric classics set in Australia, The Cars That Ate Paris and Picnic At Hanging Rock.

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