MFB: September 1982

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1982

Vol. 49 No. 584

Blade Runner

USA - 1982 - 117m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Ridley Scott
35mm and 70mm release prints. Converted to IMAX-D/L (with 12-track audio) for 2017 re-release.
Followed by: Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Blue Emmanuelle

(aka: Pleasure Island)

France - 1981 - 72m - col

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Michel Ricaud

Bongo Man

W.Germany - 1981 - 93m - col

Playpont (A)

D: Stefan Paul

Brimstone & Treacle

UK - 1982 - 87m - col

Brent Walker (X)

D: Richard Loncraine
Dolby Stereo

California Axe Massacre
Axe

USA - 1977 - 68m - col
Childs Associates (X) (cut)
D: Frederick R. Friedel
Released uncut on VHS by VRO as Axe before being released in cinemas as California Axe Massacre, censored by the BBFC. The uncut version was finally 'approved' for video in 2005.

Come Play With Me 3

Julchen und Jettchen: Die verliebten Apothekerstöchter

(aka: The Amorous Sisters)

Switzerland - 1980 - 80m - col

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]

The Last American Virgin

Confessions of Lady Blue
The Legend of Lady Blue

USA - 1978 - 88m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Jesse Pearson [as: A. Fabritzi]

Deathtrap

USA - 1982 - 116m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Sidney Lumet

Death Vengeance
Fighting Back

USA - 1982 - 98m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)
D: Lewis Teague

Diva

France - 1981 - 117m - col

Palace (A)

D: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Fade to Black

USA - 1980 - 102m - col

V: Media (pre-VRA)

D: Vernon Zimmerman

Hanky Panky

USA - 1982 - 107m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Sidney Poitier

Heatwave

Australia - 1981 - 95m - col

Mainline (AA)

D: Phillip Noyce

Hot Lunch

USA - 1978 - 66m - col

Topart (X) (cut)

D: Howard Perkins [as: Harold Perkins]

Hot T-Shirts

USA - 1979 - 86m - col

Cannon (X)

D: Chuck Vincent

Isola del piacere

[see: Blue Emmanuelle]

The Last American Virgin

USA - 1982 - 92m - col

Cannon (X)

D: Boaz Davidson
Dolby Stereo

The Line
Parades

(aka: Break Loose)
USA - 1972 - 95m - col
Enterprise (AA) (cut)
D: Robert J. Siegel

The Loveless

USA - 1981 - 82m - col

Mainline (X)

D: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery

Lustful Desires
The Fur Trap

USA - 1978 - 72m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: David Stitt

Moonlighting

UK - 1982 - 97m - col

Miracle (AA)

D: Jerzy Skolimowski

Nathalie

Νάταλι

(aka: Nathalie’s Birthday)

Greece - 1981 - 93m - col

Cannon (X) (cut)

D: Ilias Mylonakos

Norman Loves Rose

Australia - 1982 - 98m - col

Direct Hit (AA)

D: Henri Safran

Poltergeist

USA - 1982 - 114m - col / scope

UIP (X)

D: Tobe Hooper
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986, Aug/1986), Poltergeist III (1988, Oct/1988).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Puberty Blues

Australia - 1981 - 81m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (AA)

D: Bruce Beresford

La signora di tutti

Italy - 1934 - 96m - bw

BFI (A)

D: Max Ophüls

Silent Rage

USA - 1982 - 100m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Michael Miller

UndeRage

UK - 1982 - 57m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Kim Longinotto, Lizzie Lemon

The Valiant Ones

忠烈圖

Hong Kong - 1974 - 106m - col / scope

Osiris (AA)

D: King Hu

The Watcher in the Woods

USA - 1980 / 1982 - 100m/83m - col

Walt Disney (A)

D: John Hough
Originally released in 1980. The film was withdrawn following disastrous previews, and new material was subsequently filmed and added to a shortened + re-edited print screened two years later. Only the latter version made it into UK cinemas.
Dolby Stereo

Who Dares Wins

(USA: The Final Option)

UK - 1982 - 125m - col

Rank (AA)

D: Ian Sharp

The Witness

A tanú

Hungary - 1969 - 108m - col / scope

Cinegate (A)

D: Péter Bacsó

Zhonglie tu

[see: Valiant Ones, The]