S&S: November 1999

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

November 1999

Vol. 9 No. 11

The Alarmist

(aka: Life During Wartime)

USA - 1997 - 91m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Evan Dunsky
Dolby Stereo

The Blair Witch Project

USA - 1999 - 81m - col and bw

Pathé (15)

D: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
Followed by: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000, Dec/2000), Blair Witch (2016, Oct/2016).
Dolby Stereo SR

Bowfinger

USA - 1999 - 97m - col

UIP (12)

D: Frank Oz
Audio: 5.1

Boys on the Beach

Le ciel, les oiseaux,... et ta mère!

(USA: Homeboys at the Beach)

France - 1998 - 90m - col

Gala (15)

D: Djamel Bensalah
Dolby Stereo

Deep Blue Sea

USA/Australia - 1999 - 105m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Renny Harlin
Audio: 5.1

Detroit Rock City

USA - 1999 - 95m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Adam Rifkin
Audio: 5.1

East is East

UK - 1999 - 96m - col

Film Four (15)

D: Damien O’Donnell
Followed by: West is West (2010, Mar/2011).
Audio: 5.1

The Haunting

USA - 1999 - 113m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Jan De Bont
Audio: 6.1

Head On

Australia - 1997 - 104m - col and bw

Millivres (18)

D: Ana Kokkinos
Audio: 5.1

The Last Days

USA - 1998 - 87m - col and bw

Downtown (PG)

D: Jim Moll
Dolby Stereo SR

Lucky People Center International

Sweden/Denmark/Norway - 1998 - 81m - col

Jane Balfour (12)

D: Johan Söderberg, Erik Pauser
Dolby Stereo SR

Pushing Tin

USA - 1999 - 124m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Mike Newell
Audio: 5.1

Ratcatcher

UK/France - 1999 - 93m - col

Pathé (15)

D: Lynne Ramsay
Audio: 5.1

Romance

France - 1999 - 97m - col

Blue Light (18)

D: Catherine Breillat
Audio: 5.1

Runaway Bride

USA - 1999 - 116m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Garry Marshall
Audio: 5.1

Run Lola Run

Lola rennt

Germany - 1998 - 80m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Tom Tykwer
Audio: 5.1

Simply Irresistible

USA/Germany - 1998 - 96m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Mark Tarlov
Audio: 5.1

The Sixth Sense

USA - 1999 - 107m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: M. Night Shyamalan
Audio: 5.1

Skin Flick
Skin Gang

Germany/UK/Canada/Japan - 1999 - 88m/67m - col

Millivres (cut)

D: Bruce La Bruce

Soul in the Hole

USA - 1995 - 98m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Danielle Gardner

Such a Long Journey

Canada/UK - 1998 - 113m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Sturla Gunnarsson
Audio: 5.1

Tarzan

USA - 1999 - 88m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
Followed by: Tarzan & Jane (2002), Tarzan II (2005).
Audio: 5.1

Universal Soldier: The Return

USA - 1999 - 83m - col

Columbia TriStar (18) (cut)

D: Mic Rodgers
Series: Universal Soldier (1992, Sep/1992).
Audio: 5.1

The Winslow Boy

USA - 1998 - 104m - col

Columbia TriStar (U)

D: David Mamet
Audio: 5.1

You’re Dead...

UK/Germany - 1999 - 97m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Andy Hurst
Audio: 5.1