Monday 22 August 2016

MFB: August 1970




Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1970
Vol. 37 No. 439



The Adding Machine
UK - 1969 - 99m - col
Rank (A)
D: Jerome Epstein

And Soon the Darkness
UK - 1970 - 99m - col
Warner-Pathé (AA)
D: Robert Fuest

BE GLAD for the Song Has No Ending
UK - 1969 - 50m - col
Cineindependent
D: Peter Neal

Bikini Paradise
USA - 1964 - 89m - col
Golden Era (A)
D: Gregg Tallas

The Boatniks
USA - 1970 - 100m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Paul Tokar

Borsalino
France/Italy - 1970 - 126m - col
Paramount (AA)
D: Jacques Deray
Followed by: Borsalino and Co. (1974, Dec/1976).

The Boy
少年
Japan - 1969 - 97m - col / scope
Academy / Connoisseur (A)
D: Nagisa Ōshima

Change of Mind
USA - 1969 - 98m - col
Cinerama (X)
D: Robert Stevens

Cream: Last Concert
UK - 1968 - 90m - col
Fair Enterprises
D: Tony Palmer

The Curious Female
USA - 1969 - 75m - col
Antony Balch (X)
D: Paul Rapp

Doctor in Trouble
UK - 1970 - 90m - col
Rank (AA) (cut)
D: Ralph Thomas
Series: Doctor in the House (1954, May/1954).

Double Suicide
心中天網島
Japan - 1969 - 106m - bw
Contemporary
D: Masahiro Shinoda

El Condor
USA - 1970 - 102m - col
Carthay Center (AA)
D: John Guillermin

The Executioner
UK - 1970 - 111m - col / scope
Columbia (AA) (cut)
D: Sam Wanamaker

The Fighting Corsair
Surcouf: Le tigre des sept mers
(USA: The Sea Pirate)
France/Spain/Italy - 1966 - 110m - col / scope
Golden Era (AA)
D: Sergio Bergonzelli

The Games
UK - 1969 - 96m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Michael Winner

Hoffman
UK - 1969 - 113m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Alvin Rakoff

The Last Day of the War
El último día de la guerra
(aka: Death Zone)
Spain/Italy/USA - 1969 - 96m - col
Tigon (X)
D: Juan Antonio Bardem

Leo the Last
UK - 1969 - 104m - col
United Artists (X)
D: John Boorman

The Love Circle
Metti, una sera a cena
Italy - 1969 - 125m - col / scope
Cinecenta (X) (cut)
D: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

The Man Who Haunted Himself
UK - 1970 - 93m - col
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Basil Dearden


She Lost Her... You Know What


Monique
UK - 1969 - 87m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: John Bown

Naked England
Inghilterra nuda
Italy - 1969 - 108m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Vittorio De Sisti

Ned Kelly
UK - 1970 - 103m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Tony Richardson

OSS 117 Murder for Sale
Niente rose per OSS 117
(USA: OSS 117: Double Agent)
Italy/France - 1968 - 105m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Renzo Cerrato, Jean-Pierre Desagnat
Series: O.S.S. 117 is Not Dead (1956, Jan/1960).

The Out of Towners
USA - 1969 - 97m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Arthur Hiller

Poker With Pistols
Un poker di pistole
Italy - 1967 - 86m - col / scope
Golden Era (A) (cut)
D: Giuseppe Vari [as: Joseph Warren]

Ravaged
La rose ecorchée
(USA: The Blood Rose)
France - 1969 - 88m - col
SF (X) (cut)
D: Claude Mulot

Serafino
Italy/France - 1968 - 96m - col
Columbia (X)
D: Pietro Germi

She Lost Her... You Know What
Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe
(USA: Tower of Screaming Virgins)
W.Germany/Italy/France - 1968 - 88m - col
E.J. Fancey (X)
D: Franz Antel [as: François Legrand]

Shonen
[see: Boy, The]

The Spy Pit
Da Berlino l'apocalisse
Italy/W.Germany/France - 1966 - 98m - col / scope
Golden Era (A)
D: Mario Maffei

The Truce
La trêve
France - 1968 - 90m - col
Amanda (U)
D: Claude Guillemot

The Virgin and the Gypsy
UK - 1970 - 95m - col
London Screenplays (AA) (cut)
D: Christopher Miles

Walk a Crooked Path
UK - 1969 - 88m - col
Butcher's (AA)
D: John Brason

A Walk in the Spring Rain
USA - 1969 - 98m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Guy Green

A Witch Without a Broom
USA/Spain - 1966 - 88m - col
Golden Era (U)
D: José María Elorietta [as: Joe Lacy]

With Love in Mind
UK - 1969 - 50m - col / scope
Anglo-EMI (U)
D: Robin Cecil-Wright

Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
USA - 1970 - 184m/224m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Michael Wadleigh
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Also reviewed: Sep 1994.
6-channel stereo

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