self-destruction
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    Darling (1965)

    A British model (Julie Christie) gravitates toward one unfulfilling love affair after another and,...

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    The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

    Loved ones and musicians recall the exploits of a semi-legendary country singer.

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    Bad Timing

    Psychiatrist Alex (Art Garfunkel) becomes sexually obsessed with Milena (Theresa Russell), a woman...

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    Quid Pro Quo (2008)

    A paraplegic (Nick Stahl) meets a mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga) who wants to be confined to a...

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    Holding Trevor (2008)

    After finally breaking up with his drug-addicted lover, a gay man (Brent Gorski) begins a new...

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    Lenny (1974)

    1950s comic Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) spurs controversy with his drug use, graphic language and...

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    Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

    The troubled daughter (Kirsten Dunst) of a congressman (Bruce Davison) falls in love with an...

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    The Entertainer

    British song-and-dance man Archie (Laurence Olivier) knows he's a failure, and so does his alcoholic...

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    Bird (1988)

    Jazz saxophonist Charlie ``Bird'' Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34...

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    The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

    Sudden money ruins a struggling writer (Van Johnson) and his wife (Elizabeth Taylor) in post-World...

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    J J Martin

    J J Martin directed the movie The Self-Destruction of Gia.

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    Rockets Redglare! (2004)

    Bellvue Hospital, May 8, 1949. Agnes Tarrulli Morra, a 15-year-old heroin addict, gives birth to...

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    Faust 5.0

    Modern take on the Faust tale.

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    Punchline (1988)

    A medical student (Tom Hanks) trying to be a stand-up comic meets a New Jersey housewife (Sally...

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    Until the Night

    An unsuccessful writer, who leads a dissolute life, has an affair with an ex-lover, who is the wife...

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    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1991)

    Eric Bogosian does his one-man show, sketches of 10 strange urban characters.

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    Burden of Dreams (1982)

    Filmmaker Les Blank shows director Werner Herzog obsessed in the Amazon making his 1982...

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    The War Between Men and Women

    A Thurberesque New Yorker (Jack Lemmon) going blind acquires a wife (Barbara Harris), three...

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    In My Skin (2003)

    A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident.

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    Women (1999)

    Five women, all near the wrong side of forty, face life's ups and downs together with laughter,...

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    Querelle (1982)

    Querelle is a handsome sailor whose commanding officer, Seblon, worships and desires him from afar....

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    Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)

    A filmed concert performance, highlighted by a chilling but humorous account of the accident that...

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    Under the Volcano (1984)

    The ex-wife (Jacqueline Bisset) of an alcoholic ex-British consul (Albert Finney) returns to 1938...

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    Jack Frusciante e Uscito dal Gruppo

    Based on a best-selling novel that achieved cult status in Italy's high schools, a bittersweet...

  • The Self-Destruction of Gia picture
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    The Self-Destruction of Gia

    An examination of the brief life and untimely death of supermodel and heroin addict Gia Marie...

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    Sixteen Years of Alcohol (2005)

    A violent man (Kevin McKidd) recalls his troubled childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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    Un Taxi mauve

    An ambitious musical adaptation of Michel Déon's best-selling novel, Un Taxi Mauve is set in Ireland...

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    Urbania (2000)

    A gay man (Dan Futterman) wanders Manhattan encountering strange people, each with a story to tell.

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    Toro negro (2006)

    Portrait of Fernando, also known as El Suicida and El Negro, a bull fighter in the slums of the...

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    The Backyard (2003)

    An undercover look at the world of "backyard wrestling," where kids and teens wrestle with staple...