Research in Progress:
We are launching a new, regular column, titled Abandoned, Neglected, Misunderstood, a group of films that for whatever reasons have never found the appreciative audiences they deserve.
Some of these films had not received proper attention by their studios or distributors, others were released at the “wrong time,” others were misperceived or undeservedly panned by film critics, and still others enjoyed strong critical support but did not get the viewers’ support and thus died at the box-office.
We invite all of our readers to contribute to our ever-growing list of gems that never got the public they deserved–albeit for different reasons.
A
After Hours
All Night Long
B
Baby, It’s You
Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (Peckinpah, 1970)
Barbarosa
Best Boy (docu)
Best of Times
Blow Out
Border, The
Bounty (The (1984)
Brood, The
Brothers Quay, The
Buffalo Bill
Bunny Lake Is Missing (Preminger, 1965)
By Design
C
Carnival of Souls (Derek Harbey)
Casualties of War
Cattle Annie
Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Choose Me
Comfort and Joy
Company of Wolves, The (Neil Jordan)
Conversation, The (Coppola, 1974)
Cry in the Dark, A (Schepisi, 1987)
Cutter’s Way