S&S: April 1997

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

April 1997

Vol. 7 No. 4

The Addiction

USA - 1994 - 82m - bw

Guild (18)

D: Abel Ferrara
Dolby Stereo

Basquiat

USA - 1996 - 107m - col

Guild (15)

D: Julian Schnabel
Dolby Stereo

Bits and Pieces

Il cielo è sempre più blu

Italy - 1995 - 110m - col

Electric (15)

D: Antonello Grimaldi
Dolby Stereo

The Boy From Mercury

UK/France - 1996 - 87m - col

Blue Dolphin (PG)

D: Martin Duffy
Dolby Stereo SR

Dante’s Peak

USA - 1997 - 108m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Roger Donaldson
Audio: 5.1

Driftwood

Ireland/UK - 1996 - 100m - col

Blue Dolphin / Goldcrest (18)

D: Ronan O’Leary
Audio: 5.1

Everyone Says I Love You

USA - 1996 - 101m - col

Buena Vista (12)

D: Woody Allen

Fever Pitch

UK - 1996 - 102m - col

Film Four (15)

D: David Evans
Audio: 5.1

The Funeral

USA - 1996 - 99m - col

Guild (18)

D: Abel Ferrara
Dolby Stereo SR

Larger Than Life

USA - 1996 - 93m - col

Guild (PG)

D: Howard Franklin
Audio: 5.1

Love Lessons

Lust och fägring stor

(USA: All Things Fair)

Sweden/Denmark - 1995 - 130m - col

Gala (15)

D: Bo Widerberg
Dolby Stereo SR

Mandela

USA - 1995 - 123m - col

Nubian Tales (PG)

D: Jo Menell, Angus Gibson
Dolby Stereo

The Near Room

UK - 1995 - 89m - col

Metrodome (PG)

D: David Hayman
Audio: 5.1

No Way Home

USA - 1996 - 93m - col

Blue Dolphin (18)

D: Buddy Giovinazzo
Dolby Stereo SR

Romeo + Juliet

[see: William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet]

A Self-Made Hero

Un héros très discret

France - 1995 - 106m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Jacques Audiard
Dolby Stereo

Space Jam

USA - 1996 - 87m - col

Warner (U)

D: Joe Pytka
Audio: 5.1

Star Wars

(aka: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

USA - 1977 - 121m/125m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (U)

D: George Lucas
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Originally released as Star Wars. The now-famous subtitle was added for a 1981 re-release.
Followed by: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Jul/1980), Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1986, Jul/1983), Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999, Jul/1999), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, Jul/2002), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2004, Jul/2005), Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015, Feb/2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo
Also reviewed: Nov 1977

Tokyo Fist

Japan - 1995 - 88m - col

Blue Dolphin (18)

D: Shinya Tsukamoto

Total Eclipse

France/UK/Belgium - 1995 - 111m - col

Feature Film Company (18)

D: Agnieszka Holland
Dolby Stereo

Trojan Eddie

UK/Ireland - 1996 - 105m - col

Film Four (18)

D: Gillies MacKinnon
Dolby Stereo SR

Twin Town

UK - 1997 - 99m - col

PolyGram (18)

D: Kevin Allen
Audio: 5.1

William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

USA - 1996 - 120m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12)

D: Baz Luhrmann
Audio:  5.1