MFB: February 1984

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1984

Vol. 51 No. 601

The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright

UK - 1983 - 74m - col

Concord

D: Murray Grigor

The Big Chill

USA - 1983 - 105m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Lawrence Kasdan
Followed by: Grand Canyon (1991, May/1992).

The Big Steal

USA - 1949 - 71m - bw

RKO Radio (A) (cut)

D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Oct 1949.

Born in Flames

USA - 1983 - 80m - col

COW Films (15)

D: Lizzie Borden

Carmen

Spain - 1983 - 101m - col

Curzon (15)

D: Carlos Saura
Series: Blood Wedding (1981, Mar/1982).

The Cause of Ireland

UK - 1983 - 107m - col and bw

Platform

D: Chris Reeves

Crime in the Streets

USA - 1956 - 91m - bw

Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)

D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Aug 1957.

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street

Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße

W.Germany - 1972 - 103m - col

V: Thorn EMI (pre-VRA)

D: Samuel Fuller
Originally broadcast on W.German TV as an episode of Tatort (1970-present).

Family Business

USA - 1982 - 87m - col

BFI

D: Tom Cohen

First Name Carmen

Prénom Carmen

France/Switzerland - 1983 - 84m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Jean-Luc Godard

Ghost Dance

UK/W.Germany - 1983 - 100m - bw and col

The Other Cinema

D: Ken McMullen

The Heartbreakers

Die Heartbreakers

W.Germany - 1983 - 114m - col

Contemporary (15)

D: Peter F. Bringmann
Dolby Stereo

Kressin und die Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße

[see: Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street]

The Lift

De lift

Netherlands - 1983 - 99m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Dick Maas

Nutcracker Fantasy

くるみ割り人形

Japan - 1979 - 81m - col

Ambassador (U)

D: Takeo Nakamura

The Price of Peril

Le prix du danger

France/Yugoslavia - 1983 - 98m - col

Brent Walker (18)

D: Yves Boisset

Risky Business

USA - 1983 - 99m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Paul Brickman
Dolby Stereo

Sahara

USA - 1983 - 111m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG) (cut)

D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Scarface

USA - 1983 - 170m - col / scope

UIP (18) (cut)

D: Brian De Palma
4-channel stereo

Shadows From Light

UK - 1983 - 59m - bw

Concord

D: Stephen Dwoskin

Slayground

UK - 1983 - 89m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Terry Bedford

Star 80

USA - 1983 - 103m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Bob Fosse

This Isn't Wonderland

C’est pas le pays des merveilles

Canada - 1981 - 57m - col

Circles

D: Helen Doyle, Nicole Giguère

To Be or Not to Be

USA - 1983 - 107m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Alan Johnson
Dolby Stereo

Two of a Kind

USA - 1983 - 87m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: John Herzfeld
Dolby Stereo

The Verdict

USA - 1946 - 86m - bw

Warner (A) (cut)

D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Aug 1946.

White Dog

USA - 1981 - 90m - col

UIP (15)

D: Samuel Fuller