Paul Mayersberg

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

Paul Joyce

Michael Jayston, Nagisa Ōshima

documentary about Nagisa Oshima It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg

The Disappearance

Stuart Cooper

Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette

The wife of contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.

Captive

Paul Mayersberg

Irina Brook, Oliver Reed

The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.

The Last Samurai

Paul Mayersberg

Lance Henriksen, John Fujioka

Following the trail of a samurai ancestor, two Japanese businessmen on a quest for spiritual fulfillment arrive in Africa with a group of tourists, only to get kidnapped by the local guerrilla leader. A tough mercenary must rescue them.

Nightfall

Paul Mayersberg

David Birney, Sarah Douglas

The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall" voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story of All Time."

Action Speaks Louder Than Words: The Films of Anthony Mann

Nicholas Garnham

Anthony Mann, Paul Mayersberg

An interview with American director, Anthony Mann. This documentary was first seen as episode 8 of the BBC TV series "The Movies." (A 17-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "The Furies.")

Dreams of the Hearth

Paul Mayersberg

Screenwriter Paul Mayersberg has a fascinating flow of opinions and ideas on the way Walter Tevis' original novel The Man Who Fell to Earth was transformed, and how he replaced symbolic imagery with culture references ("Tommy Can You Hear Me?").