MFB: April 1978

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1978

Vol. 45 No. 531

Baker's Bread

Das Brot des Bäckers

W.Germany - 1976 - 122m - col

Cinegate

D: Erwin Keusch

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

USA - 1977 - 135m/132m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Steven Spielberg
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Also reviewed: Oct 1980.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Cruel Passion

(aka: Justine)

UK - 1977 - 97m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: Chris Boger

The Diary of a Chambermaid

USA - 1945 - 86m - bw

United Artists (A) (cut)

D: Jean Renoir

Dishonored

USA - 1931 - 91m - bw

Paramount (A)

D: Josef von Sternberg

Empire of the Ants

USA - 1977 - 89m - col

Brent Walker (A) (cut)

D: Bert I. Gordon

Final Chord

Schlußakkord

Germany - 1936 - 100m - bw

BFI

D: Douglas Sirk [as: Detlef Sierck]

Got It Made

(aka: Sweet Virgin)

UK - 1974 - 85m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: James Kenelm Clarke

The Indian Tomb

Das indische Grabmal

W.Germany/Italy/France - 1958 - 95m - col

BFI

D: Fritz Lang
The version reviewed by the MFB in April 1978 represented the first time this film had been made available to UK audiences in its original cut. It was first screened in British cinemas in 1962 as Tigress of Bengal (1958, May/1962), a bastardised print which combined footage from both films in this series - The Indian Tomb and The Tiger of Eschnapur (1958, below) - to create an entirely separate production.

Das indische Grabmal

(see: Indian Tomb, The)

Jubilee

UK - 1978 - 104m - col

Cinegate (X) (cut)

D: Derek Jarman

The Last Wave

Australia - 1977 - 106m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Peter Weir

The Legend of Lylah Clare

USA - 1968 - 127m - col

Harris/Films

D: Robert Aldrich

Love is Like a Violin

UK - 1977 - 54m - col

Concord

D: Jana Bokova

The Man Who Loved Women

L’homme qui amait les femmes

France - 1977 - 119m - col

Gala (X)

D: François Truffaut

My Darling Slave

La schiava io ce l’ho e tu no

(aka: The Slave)

Italy - 1973 - 102m - col

Border (AA)

D: Giorgio Capitani

Pressure

UK - 1974 - 110m - col

Crawford (AA)

D: Horace Ové

Saturday Night Fever

USA - 1977 - 119m/109m - col

CIC (X) (cut)

D: John Badham
Originally passed uncut with an X certificate. However, the film was so successful that a 'family friendly' version was prepared and released worldwide in 1979. This version was given an A certificate by the BBFC, subject to further cuts in addition to the 'official' edits.
Followed by: Staying Alive (1983, Sep/1983).
Dolby Stereo

The Savage Bees

USA (TV) - 1976 - 90m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Bruce Geller
Followed by: Terror Out of the Sky (1978).

Skateboard

USA - 1977 - 95m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: George Gage

Slumber Party ’57

USA - 1976 - 88m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: William A. Levey

Smile Orange

Jamaica - 1974 - 88m - col

Babylon (AA)

D: Trevor D. Rhone

Speaking Directly: Some American Notes

USA - 1973 - 110m - col

BFI

D: Jon Jost

Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man

USA (TV) - 1977 - 92m - col
Columbia-Warner (U)
D: E.W. Swackhamer
Followed by: Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978, May/1979), Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979, Sep/1980).

Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse

[see: Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The]

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse

W.Germany/Italy/France - 1960 - 103m - bw

Golden Era (A)

D: Fritz Lang
Followed by: The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961, Apr/1970), The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1961, Oct/1965), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1962, Jan/1965), Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse (1963), Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse (1964)
Also reviewed: Oct 1962.

The Tiger of Eschnapur

Der Tiger von Eschnapur

W.Germany/Italy/France - 1958 - 101m - col

BFI

D: Fritz Lang
The version reviewed by the MFB in Apr 1978 represented the first time this film had been made available to UK audiences in its original cut. It was first screened in British cinemas in 1962 as Tigress of Bengal (1958, May/1962), a bastardised print which combined footage from both films in this series - The Indian Tomb (1958, above) and The Tiger of Eschnapur - to create an entirely separate production.

Tigers Don’t Cry

(USA: Target of an Assassin)

S.Africa - 1976 - 102m - col

Rank (A)

D: Peter Collinson

Tomorrow Never Comes

Canada/UK - 1977 - 109m - col

Rank (X)

D: Peter Collinson

The Turning Point

USA - 1977 - 119m - col

Rank (A)

D: Herbert Ross

The World’s Greatest Lover

USA - 1977 - 89m - col

Rank (A) (cut)

D: Gene Wilder

Wot! No Art

UK - 1978 - 55m - col

Concord

D: Christopher Mason

You Light Up My Life

USA - 1977 - 91m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Joseph Brooks

The Young Tycoon

Γυμνό Φωτομοντέλο

(aka: The Naked Model Killing)

(aka: Sweet Sexual Awakening)

Greece - 1977 - 97m - col

Oppidan (X) (cut)

D: Omiros Efstratiadis