MFB: July 1981

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

July 1981

Vol. 48 No. 570

1+1=3

W.Germany - 1979 - 85m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Heidi Genée

Altered States

USA - 1980 - 102m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: Ken Russell
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo (MegaSound encoding)

American Raspberry

(aka: Funny America)

(aka: Prime Time)

USA - 1977 - 75m - col

Cannon (X)

D: Bradley R. Swirnoff

And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Ek Din Pratidin
এক দিন প্রতিদিন
(aka: One Day Like Another)
India - 1979 - 95m - col
Cinegate (A)
D: Mrinal Sen

Blackout

Canada/France - 1977 - 92m - col

Miracle (AA)

D: Eddy Matalon

Blaise Pascal

Italy - 1971 - 131m - col

BFI

D: Roberto Rossellini

The Bogey Man
The Boogey Man

USA - 1980 - 83m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Ulli Lommel
Followed by: Boogeyman II (1983), Return of the Boogeyman (1994).

Cat People

USA - 1942 - 71m - bw

RKO Radio (A)

D: Jacques Tourneur
Also reviewed: Mar 1943.
Followed by: The Curse of the Cat People (1944, Sep/1944 + Nov/1979).

Caveman

USA - 1981 - 91m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Carl Gottlieb

Clash of the Titans

UK - 1981 - 118m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: Desmond Davis
Dolby Stereo

Death Hunt

USA - 1981 - 97m - col

20th Century Fox (X)

D: Peter Hunt

Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype

USA - 1980 - 99m - col

Cannon (AA) (cut)

D: Charles B. Griffith

Emmanuelle's Silver Tongue

Ecco lingua d’argento

Italy - 1976 - 92m - col / scope

Jay Jay (X)

D: Mauro Ivaldi

Friday the 13th Part 2

USA - 1981 - 87m - col

CIC (X)

D: Steve Miner
Series: Friday the 13th (1980, Jul/1980).

Germany Pale Mother

Deutschland bleiche Mutter

W.Germany - 1979 - 123m - col

Mainline (AA)

D: Helma Sanders-Brahms

The Ghost Ship

USA - 1943 - 69m - bw

RKO Radio (A) (cut)

D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Mar 1944.

Happy Birthday to Me

Canada - 1980 - 111m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: J. Lee Thompson

Hot Bubblegum

שיפשוף נעים

(aka: Lemon Popsicle III)

Israel/W.Germany - 1981 - 94m - col

Cannon (X)

D: Boaz Davidson
Series: Lemon Popsicle (1977, Oct/1978).

The Last Metro

Le dernier métro

France - 1980 - 133m - col

Gala (A)

D: François Truffaut

The Leopard Man

USA - 1943 - 65m - bw

RKO Radio (A)

D: Jacques Tourneur
Also reviewed: Nov 1943.

Lingua d’argento

[see: Emmanuelle's Silver Tongue]

The Mouse and the Woman

(aka: In the Afternoon of War)

UK - 1980 - 105m - col

Facelift (AA)

D: Karl Francis

Quartet

UK/France - 1981 - 101m - col

20th Century Fox (X)

D: James Ivory

Scared to Death

USA - 1981 - 87m - col

Entertainment (X)

D: William Malone

Schizoid

USA - 1980 - 88m - col

Cannon (X)

D: David Paulsen

Seed of Innocence

USA - 1980 - 91m - col

Cannon (AA)

D: Boaz Davidson

Shifshuf naim

[see: Hot Bubblegum]

S.O.B.

USA - 1981 - 121m - col / scope

ITC (AA)

D: Blake Edwards

Soldier Girls

USA - 1980 - 87m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill

Terror Eyes
Night School

USA - 1980 - 88m - col
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

Three Immoral Women

Les héroïnes du mal

(USA: Immoral Women)

France - 1978 - 111m - col

Entertainment (X) (cut)

D: Walerian Borowczyk

MFB: June 1981

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1981

Vol. 48 No. 569

All Night Long

USA - 1981 - 87m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Jean-Claude Tramont

The Bergman File

Finland - 1977 - 56m - col

Darvill

D: Jörn Donner

A Change of Seasons

USA - 1980 - 102m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Richard Lang

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

USA - 1980 - 95m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Clive Donner

Coast to Coast

USA - 1980 - 94m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Joseph Sargent

Conquest of the Earth

USA (TV) - 1980 - 99m - col

CIC (U)

D: Sidney Hayers, Sigmund Neufeld Jr., Barry Crane
Comprised of material in the TV series Galactica 1980 (1980).
Series: Battlestar Galactica (1978, Apr/1979).

The Disappearance

UK/Canada - 1977 - 102m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: Stuart Cooper

El Salvador: Portrait of a Liberated Zone

UK - 1981 - 61m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Michael Chanan, Peter Chappell

Excalibur

USA - 1981 - 140m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: John Boorman

The Fan

USA - 1981 - 95m - col

CIC (X)

D: Edward Bianchi

Fort Apache: The Bronx

USA - 1981 - 123m - col

Rank (AA)

D: Daniel Petrie

Gregory's Girl

UK - 1980 - 91m - col

ITC (A)

D: Bill Forsyth
Followed by: Gregory's Two Girls (1999, Dec/1999).

The Howling

USA - 1980 - 91m - col

Barber (X)

D: Joe Dante
Followed by: Howling II: Stirba: Werewolf Bitch (1984), The Howling III: The Marsupials (1987), Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988), Howling V: The Rebirth (1989), Howling VI: The Freaks (1990), Howling VII: Mystery Woman (1995), The Howling: Reborn (2011).

In the Shadow of the Sun

UK - 1972 to 1980 - 51m - col

Dark Pictures

D: Derek Jarman

Invaders From Mars

USA - 1953 - 82m - col

British Lion (A)

D: William Cameron Menzies
Also reviewed: Nov 1954.

Isle of the Dead

USA - 1945 - 72m - bw

RKO Radio (X) (cut)

D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Jan 1956.

Katok i skripka

[see: Steamroller and the Violin, The]

Love in 3-D

Liebe in 3 Dimensionen

W.Germany - 1972 - 92m - col / Triarama 3-D

Entertainment (X) (cut)

D: Walter Boos
Rejected by the BBFC in 1974 when submitted by New Realm, then passed with cuts in 1981.
4-channel stereo

Manila

Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag

(aka: Manila - In the Claws of Light)
(aka: Manila: In the Claws of Neon)

Philippines - 1975 - 125m - col and bw

Cinegate (X)

D: Lino Brocka

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

USA - 1981 - 88m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Robert Guenette

Messalina, Messalina

(USA: Messalina: Empress of Love)

(aka: Caligula: Sins of Rome)

Italy - 1977 - 100m - col

Watchgrove (X)

D: Bruno Corbucci

My Bloody Valentine

Can - 1981 - 93m - col

CIC (X)

D: George Mihalka

Not of This Earth

USA - 1956 - 67m - bw

Associated British-Pathé (X)

D: Roger Corman
Also reviewed: Jul 1957.

Over Here

UK - 1980 - 52m - col

Concord

D: Carlo Gébler

Pas de Deux

UK - 1981 - 53m - bw

Contemporary

D: Prakash Jha

Riding High

UK - 1980 - 96m - bw

Enterprise (A)

D: Ross Cramer

Roadie

USA - 1980 - 105m - col

United Artists (A) (cut)

D: Alan Rudolph
Dolby Stereo

Rough Treatment

Bez znieczulenia

(USA: Without Anaesthesia)

Poland - 1978 - 131m - col

Artificial Eye (AA)

D: Andrzej Wajda

The Steamroller and the Violin

Каток и скрипка

USSR - 1961 - 50m - col

Darvill

D: Andrei Tarkovsky

Sunday Daughters

Vasárnapi szülök

Hungary - 1979 - 100m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: János Rósza

To the Last Drop

Até a Última Gota

Brazil - 1980 - 70m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Sergio Rezende

Underground U.S.A.

USA - 1980 - 85m - col

Mainline

D: Eric Mitchell

Violent Streets
Thief

USA - 1981 - 123m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Michael Mann
Dolby Stereo

Wrong Way

(aka: The Hitch Hiker)

USA - 1972 - 81m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Ray Williams

MFB: May 1981

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1981

Vol. 48 No. 568

The Antagonists
Masada

USA (TV) - 1980 - 121m - col
CIC (A) (cut)
D: Boris Sagal
Condensed version of the 4-episode TV miniseries, originally running 394 mins.

Bachelor Apartment

USA - 1931 - 76m - bw

Radio (A)

D: Lowell Sherman

Beaubourg

UK - 1980 - 52m - col

Concord

D: Denis Postle

The Blood of Hussain

UK/Pakistan - 1980 - 112m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: Jamil Dehlavi

La cage aux folles II

France/Italy - 1980 - 99m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Edouard Molinaro
Series: La cage aux folles (1978, Jan/1980).

Chariots of Fire

UK - 1981 - 123m - col

20th Century Fox (A)

D: Hugh Hudson
Dolby Stereo

Chueh-tou lao-hu chuang

[see: Duel at Tiger Village]

Circle of Two

Canada - 1980 - 105m - col

Bordeaux (A)

D: Jules Dassin

Ecstasy Girls
Small Town Girls

USA - 1979 - 84m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Tom Janovich

Erotic Confessions

Coming Attractions

USA - 1976 - 73m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Duncan Starr

The First Deadly Sin

USA - 1980 - 112m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Brian G. Hutton

From the Life of the Marionettes

Aus dem Leben der Marionetten

W.Germany - 1980 - 104m - col

ITC (X)

D: Ingmar Bergman

Green Ice

UK - 1981 - 116m - col

ITC (A)

D: Ernest Day
Dolby Stereo

High Stakes

USA - 1931 - 69m - bw

Kingston (A)

D: Lowell Sherman

Inseminoid

(USA: Horror Planet)

UK - 1980 - 92m - col / scope

Brent Walker (X)

D: Norman J. Warren

Ladies of the Jury

USA - 1932 - 62m - bw

Kingston (A)

D: Lowell Sherman

Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography

UK - 1981 - 51m - bw and col

Concord

D: Phil Mulloy

Midnight Blue

For Richer For Poorer

(aka: Sex and the Married Woman)
USA - 1979 - 71m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Gerard Damiano

The Monster Club

UK - 1980 - 97m - col

ITC (A) (cut)

D: Roy Ward Baker

Nighthawks

USA - 1981 - 99m - col

CIC (X)

D: Bruce Malmuth

No Marriage Ties

(aka: The Ad Man)

USA - 1933 - 72m - bw

Radio (A) (cut)

D: J. Walter Ruben

Pensione amore

[see: Ups and Downs of a Super Stud]

The Postman Always Rings Twice

USA - 1946 - 111m - bw

MGM (A)

D: Tay Garnett
Also reviewed: Apr 1946.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

USA - 1981 - 121m - col

ITC (X)

D: Bob Rafelson

Reggae Sunsplash II

W.Germany/Jamaica - 1979 - 109m - col

Osiris (AA)

D: Stefan Paul

A Respectable Life

Ett anständigt liv

Sweden - 1979 - 102m - col

Darvill (X)

D: Stefan Jarl

The Slams

USA - 1973 - 87m - col

Harris/Films

D: Jonathan Kaplan

Tess

France/UK - 1979 - 180m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Roman Polanski
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Tough Guy
Duel at Tiger Village
九紋龍
(aka: Duel of Master)
(aka: Iron Monkey Strikes Back)
Taiwan - 1978 - 94m - col / scope
Jay Jay (X) (cut)
D: Pao sueh-li

Up!

USA - 1976 - 80m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Russ Meyer

Ups and Downs of a Super Stud

Pensione amore servizio completo

Italy - 1979 - 92m - col

Golden Era (X) (cut)

D: Luigi Russo

Vixen!

USA - 1968 - 72m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Russ Meyer
Also reviewed: Jun 1971.

Wine of Youth

USA - 1924 - silent - bw

Harris/Films

D: King Vidor