MFB: April 1982

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1982

Vol. 49 No. 579

The Beads of One Rosary

Paciorki jednego różańca

Poland - 1979 - 111m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Kazimierz Kutz

Before the Monsoon

UK (TV) - 1979 - 141m - col

BFI

D: Michael Grigsby
Three episodes collected into a single programme: Roots of Violence (51m), State of Emergency (53m), Seeds of Democracy (37m).

The Blue Light

Das blaue Licht

Germany - 1932 - 84m - bw

Universal (U)

D: Leni Riefenstahl

The Border

USA - 1981 - 108m - col / scope

UIP (X)

D: Tony Richardson

Butterfly

USA - 1981 - 108m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Matt Cimber

Céleste

W.Germany - 1981 - 106m - col

Artificial Eye (AA)

D: Percy Adlon

The Challenge

USA - 1982 - 116m - col

Rank (X)

D: John Frankenheimer

Countryman

Jamaica - 1982 - 102m - col

Island (AA) (cut)

D: Dickie Jobson
Dolby Stereo

Dear Boys

Lieve jongens

Netherlands - 1980 - 88m - col

Rosier (cut)

D: Paul de Lussanet
Screened in cinemas under license without a censor certificate, and subsequently cut by the BBFC when submitted for home video.

I, the Jury

USA - 1981 - 111m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Richard T. Heffron

Kid Vengeance

USA - 1977 - 94m - col

Cannon (X) (cut)

D: Joe Manduke

Lina Brooke

UK - 1979 - 75m - col

BFI

D: Anthony Harrild

Lola

W.Germany - 1981 - 115m - col

Miracle (AA)

D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Neighbors

USA - 1981 - 96m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: John G. Avildsen

The Players

Komödianten

(USA: The Comedians)

Germany - 1941 - 110m - bw

BFI

D: G.W. Pabst

Private Lessons

USA - 1980 - 87m - col

Sunn Classic (X) (cut)

D: Alan Myerson
Followed by: Private Lessons II (1993), Private Lessons: Another Story (1994).
Dolby Stereo

Quest for Fire

Canada/France - 1981 - 100m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (AA) (cut)

D: Jean-Jacques Annaud
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Roar

USA - 1981 - 101m - col / scope

Alpha (A)

D: Noel Marshall
Dolby Stereo

Rough Cut and Ready Dubbed

UK - 1982 - 56m - col

BFI

D: Hasan Shah, Dom Shaw

The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball

UK - 1982 - 99m - col

UIP (AA)

D: Julian Temple
Series: The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979, Aug/1980).
Dolby Stereo

Sharky’s Machine

USA - 1981 - 120m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Burt Reynolds
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Traveller

UK - 1981 - 80m - col

BFI

D: Joe Comerford

Victor Victoria

USA - 1982 - 134m - col / scope

UIP (AA)

D: Blake Edwards
Dolby Stereo

White Hell of Pitz Palu

Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

Germany - 1929 - silent - bw

BFI (U)

D: Arnold Fanck, G.W. Pabst
A sound version of the film was released in Germany in 1935.