MFB: September 1978

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1978

Vol. 45 No. 536

Backroads

Australia - 1977 - 59m - col

Scala

D: Phillip Noyce

Between the Lines

USA - 1977 - 101m - col

Essential Cinema (AA)

D: Joan Micklin Silver

Beyond Victory

USA - 1931 - 69m - bw

PDC (A)

D: John S. Robertson

The Big Sleep

USA - 1946 - 114m - bw

Warner (A)

D: Howard Hawks

The Big Sleep

UK - 1978 - 99m - col

ITC (AA)

D: Michael Winner

The Boxer

ボクサー

Japan - 1977 - 94m - col

Marquee (A)

D: Shūji Terayama

Confessions of an Au Pair Girl

Ragazza alla pari

(USA: The Best)

(aka: Au-Pair Girl)

Italy - 1976 - 79m - col

Watchgrove (X)

D: Mino Guerrini

F.I.S.T.

USA - 1978 - 130m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Norman Jewison

Girlfriends

USA - 1978 - 88m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Claudia Weill

Grease

USA - 1978 - 110m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Randal Kleiser
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Grease 2 (1982, Aug/1982).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Hitler: A Career

Hitler: Eine Karriere

(aka: Hitler: The Whole Story)

W.Germany - 1977 - 157m - bw and col

GTO (A)

D: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer

Hitler’s Madman

USA - 1943 - 84m - bw

MGM (A) (cut)

D: Douglas Sirk
Also reviewed: Aug 1943.

Lebanon... Why?

لبنان ... لماذا؟

Lebanon/UK - 1978 - 97m - col

Oppidan (A)

D: F.N. Georges Chamchoum

Liban... pourquoi?

[see: Lebanon... Why?]

The Love Letters From Teralba Road

Australia - 1977 - 50m - col

Scala

D: Stephen Wallace

The Manitou

USA - 1977 - 105m - col / scope

Enterprise (X)

D: William Girdler
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Mata Hari

USA - 1932 - 88m - bw

MGM (A) (cut)

D: George Fitzmaurice

Nest of Vipers

Ritratto di borghesia in nero

Italy - 1978 - 105m - col

CIC (X)

D: Tonino Cervi

The Next Man

USA - 1976 - 107m - col

Harris/Films

D: Richard C. Sarafian

On a Paving Stone Mounted

UK - 1978 - 96m - bw

BFI

D: Thaddeus O’Sullivan

Once Upon a Virgin

Phantasmes

(USA: The Seduction of Amy)

France - 1975 - 88m - col

Cinecenta (X)

D: Jean Rollin

The Perverse Couple

Un couple: Parmi tant d’autres... mais si pervers

France - 1975 - 89m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Daniel Daërt [as: Jean-Paul Marise]

Power Play

(aka: State of Shock)

Canada/UK - 1978 - 102m - col

Rank (X)

D: Martyn Burke

Raise Ravens

Cria cuervos

Spain - 1975 - 110m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Carlos Saura

Red Hot and Sexy
The Beach Bunnies

(aka: Sun Bunnies)
USA - 1976 - 90m - col
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Stephen Apostolof [as: A.C. Stephen]

Revenge of the Pink Panther

UK - 1978 - 100m - col / scope

United Artists (A)

D: Blake Edwards
Series: The Pink Panther (1963, Feb/1964).

Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot

USA - 1976 - 101m - col

GTO (U)

D: Ed Ragozzini

The Silent Partner

USA - 1978 - 105m - col

Enterprise (X)

D: Daryl Duke

Sven Klang's Combo

Sven Klangs kvintett

Sweden - 1976 - 109m - bw

Essential Cinema (AA)

D: Stellan Olsson

The Swarm

USA - 1978 - 116m/155m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Irwin Allen
4-channel stereo

Two Faces of Love

(aka: Feel My Face)

UK - 1975 - 71m - col

Oppidan (A)

D: Souheil Jabbour

Vengeance of the Barbarians
Get Mean

(aka: Beat a Dead Horse)
Italy - 1975 - 89m - col / scope
Ember (A)
D: Ferdinando Baldi

You’re Driving Me Crazy

UK - 1978 - 53m - col

New Realm (X)

D: David Grant