MFB: July 1980

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

July 1980

Vol. 47 No. 558

7th Heaven

USA - 1927 - silent - bw

Fox (A)

D: Frank Borzage

Adult Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales

USA - 1978 - 79m - col / scope
Productions Associates (X) (cut)
D: Harry Hurwitz [as: Harry Tampa]

Angi Vera

Hungary - 1978 - 96m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Pál Gábor

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen

W.Germany - 1979 - 107m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Rosa von Praunheim

Being There

USA - 1979 - 130m - col

ITC (AA)

D: Hal Ashby

The Big Red One

USA - 1980 - 162m/113m - col

ITC (AA)

D: Samuel Fuller
Originally released at 113m, then subsequently restored to an approximation of the director's original intentions.
Dolby Stereo

The Blood Spattered Bride

La novia ensangrentada

Spain - 1972 - 102m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Vicente Aranda

Bronco Billy

USA - 1980 - 116m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Clint Eastwood

Cinema Cinema

France/USA - 1979 - 104m - col

Movie World Promotions (AA)

D: Krishna Shah

Confession of a Concubine
I Want More
官人我要
(aka: Injustice, My Lord!)
Hong Kong - 1975 - 91m - col / scope
Tigon (X)
D: Peter Yang Kwan, Chen Chi-hwa

Confessions of the Campus Virgins
Die Schulmädchen vom Treffpunkt Zoo

(USA: Train Station Pickups)

(aka: Confessions of a Sixth Form Virgin)

W.Germany - 1979 - 88m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Walter Boos

The Day Time Ended

USA - 1979 - 80m - col / scope

Transworld (A)

D: John 'Bud' Cardos

Defiance

USA - 1979 - 102m - col

ITC (X)

D: John Flynn

Desire

USA - 1936 - 91m - bw

Paramount (A)

D: Frank Borzage
Also reviewed: Apr 1936.

The Empire Strikes Back

[see: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]

Erotic Encounters

L'amour chez les poids lourds

(USA: Traveling Companions)

(aka: Truck Stop)

France/Italy - 1978 - 95m - col / scope

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Jean-Marie Pallardy

Fame

USA - 1980 - 133m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Alan Parker
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Final Countdown

USA - 1980 - 105m - col / scope

United Artists (A) (cut)

D: Don Taylor
Dolby Stereo

Forget Venice

Dimenticare Venezia

(USA: To Forget Venice)

Italy/France - 1979 - 107m - col

Connoisseur (X)

D: Franco Brusati

Friday the 13th

USA - 1980 - 95m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Sean S. Cunningham
The film was originally released uncut for cinema and video, but when the video was submitted for censorship in 1987 - following the introduction of the VRA - the BBFC was only prepared to pass the US R-rated edition (censored to curtail some of the bloodier highlights). The distributors subsequently claimed the film was being released 'uncut' - technically true, but completely misleading. The uncensored version was finally restored for video in 2003.
Followed by: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981, Jul/1981), Friday the 13th Part III (1982, May/1983), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, Jun/1984), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985, Aug/1985), Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986, Apr/1988), Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1987), Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), Jason X (2000, Aug/2002), Freddy vs. Jason (2003, Nov/2003).

A Girl in Every Port

USA - 1928 - silent - bw

BFI

D: Howard Hawks

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

UK - 1979 - 104m - col

Virgin (X) (cut)

D: Julian Temple

The Grim Reaper

La commare secca

Italy - 1962 - 100m - bw

Mithras (AA)

D: Bernardo Bertolucci

I grossi bestioni

[see: Erotic Encounters]

Hard Stuff
A Time to Love

USA - 1971 - 93m - col
Poseidon (X) (cut)
D: Jay Campbell, Harold Kovner

Hide in Plain Sight

USA - 1980 - 92m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: James Caan

Hurricane

(aka: Forbidden Paradise)

USA - 1979 - 120m - col / scope

ITC (A) (cut)

D: Jan Troell
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

I Feel It Rising
Temptations

USA - 1976 - 80m - col
Poseidon (X) (cut)
D: Bill Milling [as: Luis F. Antonero]
Contemporary ad-mats credit Milling as director under his pseudonym 'Dexter Eagle', though he's actually credited on-screen as Antonero.

Journeys From Berlin/1971

USA - 1980 - 125m - col and bw

BFI

D: Yvonne Rainer

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

USA - 1980 - 98m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Charles Jarrott

Little Darlings

USA - 1980 - 94m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Ronald F. Maxwell

Little Miss Marker

USA - 1980 - 102m - col

CIC (U)

D: Walter Bernstein

Long Shot

UK - 1978 - 85m - col

Mithras (AA)

D: Maurice Hatton

Long Weekend

Australia - 1977 - 97m - col / scope

Bordeaux (AA)

D: Colin Eggleston

Marigolds in August

S.Africa - 1979 - 87m - col

Contemporary (A)

D: Ross Devenish

One Way or Another

De cierta manera

(USA: Sort Of)

Cuba - 1977 - 78m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Julio García Espinoza, Thomas González Pérez, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Sara Gómez

Les rendez-vous d'Anna

(USA: The Meetings of Anna)

France/Belgium/W.Germany - 1978 - 127m - col

The Other Cinema (AA)

D: Chantal Akerman

Somewhere in Hackney

UK - 1980 - 50m - col

Concord

D: Ron Orders

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

USA - 1980 - 124m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Irvin Kershner
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Star Wars (1977, Nov/1977 + Apr/1997).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Street Angel

USA - 1928 - silent - bw

Fox (A) (cut)

D: Frank Borzage
Though produced as a silent film, music and sound effects were created for some prints.

Triangle of Lust

Teufelscamp der verlorenen Frauen

W.Germany/Spain/Austria - 1977 - 91m - col

S. Film Enterprises (X) (cut)

D: Hubert Frank

Working Title: Journeys From Berlin/1971

[see: Journeys From Berlin/1971]