MFB: March 1982

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1982

Vol. 49 No. 578

Alligator

USA - 1980 - 91m - col

Alpha (A) (cut)

D: Lewis Teague
Followed by: Alligator II: The Mutation (1991).

Blood Wedding

Bodas de sangre

Spain - 1981 - 71m - col

Artificial Eye (U)

D: Carlos Saura
Followed by: Carmen (1983, Feb/1984), El amor brujo (1986, Jan/1987).

Body and Soul

USA - 1981 - 122m - col

Cannon (X)

D: George Bowers

The Contract

Kontrakt

Poland - 1980 - 111m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: Krzysztof Zanussi

Death Wish II

USA - 1981 - 91m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Michael Winner
Series: Death Wish (1974, Jan/1975).

Dragon on Fire

快拳怪招

(aka: Enter Three Dragons)

HK - 1978 - 88m - col / scope

Jay Jay (X)

D: Joseph Kong Hung (credited as 'Joseph Velasco' on some prints)

Duel of the Tough
Mu-rim Battle
무림대협
(aka: Duel of Tao Toughs)
S.Korea - 1978 - 86m - col / scope
Jay Jay (X)
D: Kim Seon-kyeong
The dubbed UK version was credited to director Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung.

Dynamite Trio

龍虎旋風

(USA: The Mantis Kung-Fu Master in Long Step Mantis)

(aka: Long Step Mantis)

Hong Kong - 1982 - 92m - col / scope

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Danny Cheng Yau-man

Electric Blue: The Movie

UK - 1981 - 96m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Adam Cole

Ghost Story

USA - 1981 - 110m - col

UIP (X)

D: John Irvin

A Girl From Lorraine

La provinciale

France/Switzerland - 1980 - 112m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Claude Goretta

The Gods Must Be Crazy

S.Africa - 1980 - 109m - col / scope

New Realm (A)

D: Jamie Uys
Followed by: The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1988, Jul/1990).

Halloween II

USA - 1981 - 92m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Rick Rosenthal
Series: Halloween (1978, Feb/1979).
Dolby Stereo

Men in War

USA - 1957 - 102m - bw

United Artists (A)

D: Anthony Mann
Also reviewed: Nov 1957.

New Year's Evil

USA - 1980 - 85m - col

Cannon (X)

D: Emmett Alston

On Our Land

UK - 1981 - 55m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Antonia Caccia

Polyester

USA - 1981 - 86m - col

GTO (X)

D: John Waters

Ragtime

USA - 1981 - 155m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Milos Forman

Reds

USA - 1981 - 196m - col

UIP (AA) (cut)

D: Warren Beatty

Rivals of the Dragon
The Crane
飛鶴
Hong Kong - 1980 - 84m - col / scope
Jay Jay (AA)
D: Simon Chui Yee-ang

Rosemary's Killer
The Prowler

USA - 1981 - 88m - col
Entertainment (X) (cut)
D: Joseph Zito

Taboo (the Single and the LP)
USA - 1980 - 52m - bw

Paul Webster

D: Curt McDowell

The Tall Target

USA - 1951 - 78m - bw

MGM (U)

D: Anthony Mann
Also reviewed: Sep 1951.

Taps

USA - 1981 - 126m - col

20th Century Fox (A) (cut)

D: Harold Becker
Dolby Stereo

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy

UK - 1978 - 231m - col

Threadcross

D: Graham Coleman
Three films collected into a single programme: A Prophecy (54m), Radiating the Fruit of Truth (125m), The Fields of the Senses (52m).

Venom

UK - 1981 - 92m - col

HandMade (AA)

D: Piers Haggard
Dolby Stereo

Winter of Our Dreams

Australia - 1981 - 90m - col

Enterprise (X)

D: John Duigan

X-Ray
Hospital Massacre

USA - 1981 - 80m - col
Cannon (X)
D: Boaz Davidson