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