S&S: November 1997

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

November 1997

Vol. 7 No. 11

Chasing Amy

USA - 1997 - 113m - col

Metrodome (18)

D: Kevin Smith
Series: Clerks. (1994, May/1995).
Audio: 5.1

Darklands

UK - 1996 - 90m - col

Metrodome

D: Julian Richards
Dolby Stereo SR

Excess Baggage

USA - 1997 - 101m - col

Columbia TriStar (12)

D: Marco Brambilla
Audio: 5.1

Face/Off

USA - 1997 - 138m - col / scope

Buena Vista (18) (cut)

D: John Woo
Audio: 5.1

The Gambler

UK/Netherlands/Hungary - 1997 - 97m - col

Film Four (15)

D: Karóly Makk
Audio: 5.1

The Game

USA - 1997 - 128m - col / scope

PolyGram (15)

D: David Fincher
Audio: 5.1

G.I. Jane

USA/UK - 1997 - 125m - col / scope

First Independent (15)

D: Ridley Scott
Audio: 5.1

Inventing the Abbotts

USA - 1997 - 110m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Pat O’Connor
Audio: 5.1

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

(USA: A Merry War)

UK - 1997 - 101m - col

First Independent (12)

D: Robert Bierman
Dolby Stereo SR

L.A. Confidential

USA - 1997 - 138m - col / scope

Warner (18)

D: Curtis Hanson
Audio: 5.1

Lawn Dogs

UK/USA - 1997 - 101m - col

Carlton (15)

D: John Duigan
Audio: 5.1

A Life Less Ordinary

UK - 1997 - 102m - col / scope

PolyGram (15)

D: Danny Boyle
Released theatrically with a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, then restored to its intended 2.39:1 ratio for home video.
Audio: 5.1

Ma vie en rose

(aka: My Life in Pink)

France/Belgium/UK/Switzerland - 1997 - 88m - col

Buena Vista (12)

D: Alain Berliner
Audio: 5.1

Nothing to Lose

USA - 1997 - 98m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Steve Oedekerk
Audio: 5.1

The Peacemaker

USA - 1997 - 124m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Mimi Leder
Audio: 5.1

A Simple Wish

USA - 1997 - 89m - col

UIP (U)

D: Michael Ritchie
Audio: 5.1

Small Time

UK - 1996 - 60m - col

BFI (18)

D: Shane Meadows

Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee

(USA: Smilla’s Sense of Snow)

Germany/Denmark/Sweden - 1996 - 121m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Bille August
Audio: 5.1

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

USA/UK (TV) - 1996 - 100m - col

PolyGram (15)

D: Michael Cohn
Audio: 5.1

The Swan Princess: The Secret of the Castle
The Swan Princess: Escape From Castle Mountain

USA - 1997 - 74m - col

Columbia TriStar (U)

D: Richard Rich
Series: The Swan Princess (1994, Feb/1996).
Dolby Stereo SR

Up on the Roof

UK - 1997 - 100m - col / scope

Rank / Castle Rock / Turner (15)

D: Simon Moore
Dolby Stereo SR

Welcome to Sarajevo

UK/USA - 1997 - 103m - col / scope

Film Four (15)

D: Michael Winterbottom
Audio: 5.1

Will It Snow for Christmas?

Y’aura t’il de la neige à Noël?

France - 1996 - 91m - col

Artificial Eye (12)

D: Sandrine Veysset
Dolby Stereo SR