MFB: August 1979

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1979

Vol. 46 No. 547

Allegro non troppo

It - 1977 - 85m - col

Essential Cinema (A)

D: Bruno Bozzetto

An-Nasr Salah ad-Din

[see: Saladin]

L’Atlantide

Fr - 1921 - silent - bw

BFI

D: Jacques Feyder

Boulevard Nights

USA - 1979 - 102m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: Michael Pressman

Captain Lust and the Pirate Women
Captain Lust

USA - 1977 - 82m - col

Amanda (X) (cut)

D: Beau Buchanan

Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair

(aka: Star Sex)

UK - 1979 - 96m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Willy Roe

Culloden

UK (TV) - 1964 - 71m - bw

BFI

D: Peter Watkins

Eagle’s Wing

UK - 1979 - 111m - col / scope

Rank (A)

D: Anthony Harvey

Lifespan

Ecce bombo

It - 1978 - 103m - col

Osiris (AA)

D: Nanni Moretti

Elvis

USA (TV) - 1979 - 174m - 2 episodes - col

GTO (U)

D: John Carpenter
The UK version distributed by GTO was a condensed feature-length print, running 113 mins.

Emily (Third Party Speculation)

UK - 1979 - 60m - col

London Film-Makers' Co-Op

D: Malcolm Le Grice

The Europeans

UK - 1979 - 83m - col

Enterprise (U)

D: James Ivory

Fedora

W.Ger - 1978 - 113m - col

Mainline (A)

D: Billy Wilder

Four Nights of a Dreamer

Quatre nuits d’un rêveur

Fr/It - 1971 - 82m - col

Artificial Eye (AA)

D: Robert Bresson

F.P.1 Antwortet Nicht

[see: F.P.1]

F.P.1

(USA: F.P.1 Doesn’t Answer)

(aka: No Answer From F.P.1)

(aka: Secrets of F.P.1)

UK/Fr/Ger - 1933 - 111m - bw

Renown (U)

D: Karl Hartl
English-language version of German film F.P.1 Antwortet Nicht (1932), both shot on the same sets with actors unique to each edition. Original UK release as Secrets of F.P.1: 1933 (Gaumont).

The Girl in the Moon
Frau im Mond.

(USA: Woman in the Moon)

(aka: By Rocket to the Moon)

Ger - 1929 - silent - bw

Gaumont (U)

D: Fritz Lang

Grayeagle

USA - 1977 - 104m - col / scope

ITC (A)

D: Charles B. Pierce

Hanover Street

UK - 1979 - 108m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Peter Hyams
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Hi, Mom!
(aka: Blue Manhattan)

USA - 1969 - 86m - col

Harris/Films (X)

D: Brian De Palma

Island of Mutations

L’isola degli uomini pesce

(USA: Screamers)

(aka: Island of the Fishmen)

(aka: Something Waits in the Dark)

It - 1979 - 99m - col / scope

Miracle (AA)

D: Sergio Martino

I, You, He, She

Je, tu, il, elle

Belg/Fr - 1974 - 85m - bw

The Other Cinema (X)

D: Chantal Akerman

Jamaica Inn

UK - 1939 - 108m - bw

Associated-British (A)

D: Alfred Hitchcock
Also reviewed: May 1939.

King Solomon’s Treasure

Can/UK - 1978 - 88m - col

Barber Dann (A)

D: Alvin Rakoff

Lifespan

UK/USA/Neth - 1975 - 85m - col

Respectable Films (cut)

D: Sandy Whitelaw [as: Alexander Whitelaw]

Local Color

USA - 1977 - 115m - bw

BFI

D: Mark Rappaport

Love at First Bite

USA - 1979 - 96m - col

Barber Dann (AA)

D: Stan Dragoti

The Love of Jeanne Ney

Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

Ger - 1927 - silent - bw

Cinegate (A)

D: G.W. Pabst

The Mafu Cage

(aka: Deviation)

(aka: Don’t Ring the Doorbell)

(aka: My Sister, My Love)

USA - 1978 - 101m - col

Tedderwick (X)

D: Karen Arthur

The Main Event

USA - 1979 - 112m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Howard Zieff

Manhattan

USA - 1979 - 96m - bw / scope

United Artists (AA)

D: Woody Allen

Mondo Erotico

Le notti porno nel mondo

(USA: Sexy Night Report)

It - 1977 - 90m - col

Jay Jay (X)

D: Bruno Mattei [as: Jimmy Matheus]
Followed by: Scandinavian Erotica (1978, Nov/1980).

Moonraker

UK/Fr - 1979 - 126m - col / scope

United Artists (A)

D: Lewis Gilbert
Series: Dr. No (1962, Oct/1962).
Dolby Stereo

Nocturna

USA - 1978 - 83m - col

Miracle (X)

D: Harry Hurwitz [as: Harry Tampa]

Norma Rae

USA - 1979 - 114m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (AA)

D: Martin Ritt

Odds and Evens

Pari e dispari

(USA: Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes)

It - 1978 - 117m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Sergio Corbucci

The Patriot Game

Fr - 1978 - 97m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Arthur MacCaig

Phantasm

USA - 1979 - 89m - col

GTO (X)

D: Don Coscarelli
Followed by: Phantasm II (1988, Jan/1989), Phantasm III (1993), Phantasm: OblIVion (1998), Phantasm: Ravager (2015).

Players

USA - 1979 - 120m - col

CIC (A)

D: Anthony Harvey

Porridge

(USA: Doing Time)

UK - 1979 - 93m - col

ITC (A)

D: Dick Clement

Riding Tall
Squares

USA - 1971 - 92m - col
New World (A) (cut)
D: Patrick J. Murphy

Saladin

محمد ناصر صلاح الدين

(USA: Saladin and the Great Crusades)

(aka: The Victorious Saladin)

Egypt - 1963 - 183m - col / scope

Tedderwick (A) (cut)

D: Youssef Chahine