Wednesday, December 5, 2012

1981 Year In Review

Best Film of The Year
GREAT MOVIES
Arthur      Steve Gordon     US
Blow Out Brian De Palma      US
Body Heat                 Lawrence Kasdan     US
Chariots of Fire                 Hugh Hudson     UK
Coup De Torchon                 Bertrand Tavernier France
Mephisto Istvan Szabo       Hungary
Montenegro                Dusan Makavejev                Serbia
Perempuan Dalam Pasungan  Ismail Soebardjo Indonesia
Pixote      Hector Babenco   Brazil
Raiders Of The Lost Ark          Steven Spielberg  US
Reds         Warren Beatty      US
Scanners   David Cronenberg                Canada

MUST SEE
Absence of Malice                 Sidney Pollack    US
American Werewolf In London, An                 John Landis      US
Cutter's Way / Cutter and Bone                Ivan Passer      US
Escape From New York        John Carpenter US
Evil Dead, The                Sam Raimi       US
Lola         Rainer Werner Fassbinder                Germany
Mad Max 2 / Road Warrior    George Miller       Australia

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Hand, The                 Oliver Stone       US                 1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover       Just Jaeckin     UK                 1981
Marianne and Juliane                 Margarethe Von Trota                Germany                1981
Piranha 2 James Cameron  US                1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness   Marco Ferreri      Italy                1981
Taxi Zum Klo                Frank Ripploh    Germany                1981

NOW SHOWING
36 Chowringhee Lane        Aparna Sen           India
Amateur, The                 Charles Jarrott      Canada
Beau Pere Bertrand Blier         France
Blood Wedding / Bodas De Sangre                Carlos Saura        Spain
Boat is Full, The                 Markus Imhoof                 Switzerland
Cannonball Run, The          Hal Needham US
Cheerful Wind                 Hou Hsiao Hsien       Taiwan
Choice Of Arms                Alain Corneau   France
Chosen, The                 Jeremy Kagan      US
Christiane F                Uli Edel                 Germany
Circle of Deceit / False Witness                 Volker Schlondorff                Germany
Clash of The Titans                 Desmond David       US
Das Boot        Wolfgang Petersen                 Germany
Day After Trinity, The          Jon Else                 US
Deliverance / Sadghati   Satyajit Ray          India
Deprisa Deprisa                Carlos Saura        Spain
Diva         Jean Jacques Beineix                 France
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?                Emir Kusturica  Serbia
Dreadnaught                Yuen Woo Ping                 Hong Kong
Edo Porn                 Kaneto Shindo      Japan
Eijanaika  Shohei Imamura  Japan
Endless Love                Franco Zeffirelli  US
Eu Te Amo / I Love You          Arnaldo Jabor        Brazil
Excalibur  John Boorman  UK
Fast Times At Ridgemont High                Amy Heckerling                US
Fever       Agnieszka Holland    Poland
First Monday In October    Ronald Neame     UK
Flight of Rainbirds, A             Ate De Jong                Netherlands
For Your Eyes Only                John Glen                UK
Four Friends                Arthur Penn        US
Four Seasons, The   Alan Alda   US
French Lieutenant's Woman    Karel Reisz        UK
Fruits of Passion                 Shuji Terayama                 Japan
Gallipoli   Peter Weir        Australia
God of Killers / Story of Woo Viet                Ann Hui                Hong Kong
Gregory's Girl                Bill Forsyth    UK
Hotel Des Amerique                Andre Techine   France
Killing of Angel Street, The                 Donald Crombie   Australia
Knightriders                George Romero    US
La Chevre                Francis Veber       France
Les Uns et Les Autres / Bolero                Claude Lelouch    France
Light Years Away                Alain Tanner                Switzerland
Lightning Over Water      Nicholas Ray          US
Lili Marleen                Rainer Werner Fassbinder                Germany
Lion of The Desert                 Moustapha Akkad   Libya
Looks And Smiles                Ken Loach      UK
Man of Iron                Andrzej Wajda      Poland
Mommie Dearest                 Frank Perry       US
Ms. 45     Abel Ferrara     US
My Dinner With Andre       Louis Malle       France
My Young Auntie                Lau Kar Leung       Hong Kong
Outsider, The                 Bela Tarr                 Hungary
Passion of Love / Passione d'amore                Ettore Scola        Italy
Pennies From Heaven    Herbert Ross         US
Polyester John Waters     US
Possession                Andrzej Zulawski   Poland
Postman Always Ring Twice, The                Bob Rafelson   US
Priest of Love                 Christopher Miles    UK
Prince of The City                Sidney Lumet      US
Quartet    James Ivory       UK
Quest For Fire                Jean Jacques Annaud                France
Ragtime   Milos Forman    US
Rat Trap  Adoor Gopalakrishnan                India
Rece Do Gory / Hands Up                 Jerzy Skolimowski                Poland
Rich and Famous                George Cukor       US
Rollover   Alan J. Pakula      US
Security Unlimited                Michael Hui           Hong Kong
Silsila       Yash Chopra     India
Southern Comfort                 Walter Hill          US
Stripes      Ivan Reitman   US
Sweet Dreams                Nanni Moretti    Italy
Tarzan The Ape Man (Bo Derek)                John Derek       US
Thief       Michael Mann       US
Three Brothers                 Francesco Rosi         Italy
Time Bandits                 Terry Gilliam     US
Time For Revenge                Adolfo Aristarain Argentina
Too Early, Too Late         Jean Marie Straub                France
Tragedy of A Ridiculous Man                Bernardo Bertolucci                Italy
True Confessions                Ulu Grosbard   US
Vernon, Florida                 Errol Morris      US
Woman Next Door, The          Francois Truffaut   France
Zigeunerweisen                 Seijun Suzuki      Japan

TOP 10 HITS
1 Raiders of The Lost Ark
2 Superman II
3 Arthur
4 Stripes
5 The Cannonball Run
6 Chariots of Fire
7 For Your Eyes Only
8 The Four Seasons
9 Time Bandits
10 Clash of The Titans

ACADEMY AWARDS
Atlantic City
Chariots of Fire
On Golden Pond
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Reds

Arthur
American Werewolf in London, An
Genocide

Absence of Malice
Only When I Laugh
French Lieutenant’s Woman, The
Ragtime
Pennies From Heaven
Prince of The City
Excalibur
Heaven’s Gate
Outland
Dragonslayer
Endless Love
Great Muppet Caper, The
For Your Eyes Only
Heartbeeps
Boat is Full, The
Man of Iron
Mephisto
Muddy River – Japan
Three Brothers

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Angels of Iron                 Thomas Brasch      Germany
Beau Pere Bertrand Blier         France
Chariots of Fire                 Hugh Hudson     UK
Cserepek Istvan Gaal         Hungary
Excalibur  John Boorman  UK
Faktas      Alimantas Grikiavicius                 Lithuania
Flame Top / Tulipaa                Pirjo Honkasalo                 Finland
Heaven's Gate                Michael Cimino     US
La Pelle / Skin, The                Liliana Cavani     Italy
Les Uns et Les Autres / Bolero                Claude Lelouch    France
Light Years Away                Alain Tanner                Switzerland
Looks And Smiles                Ken Loach      UK
Man of Iron                Andrzej Wajda      Poland
Mephisto Istvan Szabo       Hungary
Montenegro                Dusan Makavejev                Serbia
National Heritage                 Luis Garcia Berlanga                Spain
Neige       Juliet Berto       France
Passion of Love / Passione d'amore                Ettore Scola        Italy
Possession                Andrzej Zulawski   Poland
Quartet    James Ivory       UK
Thief       Michael Mann       US
Tragedy of A Ridiculous Man                Bernardo Bertolucci                Italy

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