Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 The Handyman (1980) marked the feature film directorial debut for Quebecoise actress, Micheline Lanctot. Lanctot played Richard Dreyfuss' girlfriend in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974). The Handyman is a simple comedy about the title character's dalliance with a married woman. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Robert Enrico's Heads or Tails (1980) has the benefit of starring two of France's greatest actors, Philippe Noiret and Michel Serrault. It's an entertaining cat and mouse between detective Noiret and suspected wife killer, Serrault. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 What do you do when you've just had a huge international hit with La Cage Aux Folles (1978)? You follow it with La Cage Aux Folles II and ruin it with silliness by having Serrault and Tognazzi getting mixed up with spies. Needless to say it pales in comparison with the original but the stars were still good. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 My top FF films of 1981 of the 17 that I have seen are …. 1. Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen, Germany 2. Coup de Torchon (1981) Bertrand Tavernier, France 3. Les Plouffe (1981) Gilles Carle, Canada 4. Circle of Deceit (1981) Volker Schlondorff, Germany 5. Pixote (1981) Hector Babenco, Brazil 6. Mephisto (1981) Istvan Szabo, Hungary 7. Man of Iron (1981) Andrzej Wajda, Poland 8. Quest For Fire (1981) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Canada 9. Blind Chance (1981, banned then released in 1987) Krzstof Kieslowski, Poland 10. The Marquis of Grillo (1981) Mario Monicelli, Italy Diva (1981) Jean-Jacques Beinex, France Les Beaux Souvenirs (1981) Francis Mankiewicz, Canada The Woman Next Door (1981) Francois Truffaut, France and I’ve also seen … The Cabbage Soup (1981) Jean Girault, France The Games of Countess Dolingen of Gratz (1981) Catherine Binet, France Santo In the Fury of the Karatecas (1981) Alfredo Crevenna, Mexico Edo Porn (1981) Kaneto Shindo, Japan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1981 Das Boot, Wolfgang Petersen, West Germany The Beyond, Lucio Fulci, Italy Christiane F., Uli Edel, West Germany Quest for Fire, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Canada My Young Auntie, Chia-Liang Liu, Hong Kong Corpse Mania, Chih-Hung Kuei, Hong Kong The House By the Cemetery, Lucio Fulci, Italy The Other Hell, Bruno Mattei, Italy I've also seen: Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror, Andrea Bianchi, Italy Bruce vs. Bill, Kuo-Hsiang Lin, Hong Kong Cannibal Ferox, Umberto Lenzi, Italy Hellhole Women aka Sadomania, Jess Franco, Spain Escape from Galaxy Three, Bitto Albertini, Italy 1001 Movies You Must See Das Boot, Wolfgang Petersen, West Germany Diva, Jean-Jacques Beineix, France Man of Iron, Andrzej Wajda, Poland Three Brothers, Francesco Rosi, Italy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhov Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 My top FF films of 1981... 1. They Were Actors, Georgi Natanson, USSR 2. Das Boot, Wolfgang Petersen, West Germany 3. Cannibal Ferox, Umberto Lenzi, Italy 4. Man of Iron, Andrzej Wajda, Poland 5. Mephisto, Istvan Szabo, Hungary 6. To the Stars by Hard Ways, Richard Viktorov, Nikolay Viktorov, USSR 7. Quest For Fire, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Canada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhov Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 From the foreign editions- They Don't Wear Black Tie, Leon Hirszman, Brazilian edition Pixote, Hector Babenco, Brazilian edition Tree of Knowledge, Nils Malmros, Danish edition Quest For Fire, Jean-Jacques Annaud, French edition Love Wanders in the Night, Frieda Liappa, Greek edition A Foolish Love, Giorgos Panousopoulos, Greek edition To ergostasio, Tasos Psarras, Greek edition Mephisto, Istvan Szabo, Hungarian edition Een vlucht regenwulpen, Ate de Jong, Dutch edition 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Mephisto, Istvan Szabo, West Germany/Hungary Lola, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany The Aviator's Wife, Éric Rohmer, France Garde à vue, Claude Miller, France The Girl with the Red Hair, Ben Verbong, Netherlands Christiane F., Uli Edel, West Germany Das Boot, Wolfgang Petersen, West Germany The Woman Next Door, Francois Truffaut, France Cabbage Soup, Jean Girault, France Lili Marleen, Rainder Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1. Pixote Hector Babenco, Brazil 2. The Woman Next Door Francois Truffaut, France This is my smallest list since 1943. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 The 1981 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film included … Mephisto (1981) Istvan Szabo, Hungary **** Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen, Germany Man of Iron (1981) Andrzej Wajda, Poland Muddy River (1981) Kohei Oguri, Japan Three Brothers (1981) Francesco Rosi, Italy The 1982 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film included … Coup de Torchon (1981) Bertrand Tavernier, France 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 France’s 1981 Grand Prix du Cinema Award went to … Garde a Vue (1981) Claude Miller, France 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 The 1981 winner of France’s Cesar Best Picture Award was … Quest For Fire (1981) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Canada aka Les Flintstones (1981) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 The 1981 German Film Awards Best Picture was … Jede Menge Kohle (1981) Adolf Winkelmann, Germany The 1982 German Film Awards Best Picture was … Marianne and Juliane (1981) Margarethe von Trotta, Germany 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Italy’s David di Donatello 1980/81 Best Picture winners included … I’m Starting From Three (1981) Massimo Troisi, Italy Italy’s David di Donatello 1981/82 Best Picture winners included … Mephisto (1981) Istvan Szabo, Hungary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 The 1981 winner of Mexico’s Ariel Best Picture Award was … Ora si Tenemos Que Ganar (1981) Raul Kamffer, Mexico 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhov Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 They Were Actors - The plot of the film is based on real events of the Great Patriotic War. The story is based on the life of the real actress Aleksandra Feregonna (played by Zinaida Kirienko). "They didn't have to break into the cities, Forcing river rifts. When the general trouble came, The actors died as soldiers ... ” When the fascists occupied the Crimea, the actors of the Simferopol Drama Theater (headed by Feregonna) entered the Falcon underground group. The activities of the underground workers were diverse: they pasted leaflets with the information of the Soviet Information Bureau, made maps indicating the strategic objects of the enemy, supplied the partisans with medicines, etc. But not all people fought against the Germans in the occupied territory equally dignified. Many did come into confrontation with the enemy, but there were also those who went into the service of the invaders and became a traitor. Among them are Kablukova, Solodchy, and Fricke. On April 10, 1944, 3 days before the liberation of Simferopol, the underground workers died from the bullets of their enemies - they were shot on the outskirts of the city. And on April 14 they were buried with military honors. After many years, the deserving punishment overtook the traitors - they were tried by a military tribunal. This film includes a beautiful rendition of "Lili Marleen" performed by Zinaida Kirienko to the Germans that is used to contrast with her underground activities. My favorite scene. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 The Beyond finds Italian director Lucio Fulci at his peak. Following 1979's Zombi and 1980's City of the Living Dead aka Gates of Hell, he helmed this surreal nightmare of a movie that, while weak in plot, more than makes up for it in atmosphere and inspired visuals. A couple (David Warbeck and Catriona MacColl) inherit a rundown hotel in Louisiana that may contain an entrance to Hell. While primarily shot in Italy, there was some location footage shot near New Orleans, including an incredible bit featuring a deserted Lake Ponchartrain Causeway. If you've ever traveled through this area, you'd know how difficult it had to be to get these shots with a limited budget and before CGI. While Fulci made a few more decent horror films (1981's The House By the Cemetery, 1982's The New York Ripper), he would never again achieve the demented heights he does in The Beyond. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 The 1981 National Film Awards of India Best Picture was … In Search of Famine (1981) Mrinal Sen, India 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 The 1981 winner of Japan’s Academy Award was … Station (1981) Yasuo Furuhata, Japan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 China’s Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture of 1981 was … In-Laws (1981) Huanzhang Zhao, China China’s Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Picture of 1987/88 included … The Savage Land (1981) Zi Ling, China 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 The winner of China’s Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture of 1981 was … Lin Ju (1981) Guming Xu, Dongtian Zheng, China 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 South Korea’s Grand Bell Best Picture Award of 1981 went to … Invited Heroes (1981) Ha Won Choi, South Korea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 The Hong Kong Film Awards began in 1982. This film from 1981 won Best Picture …. Father and Son (1981) Allen Fong, Hong Kong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 theyshootpictures.com top 1000 movies for 1981 The Woman Next Door Francois Truffaut, France #688 Das Boot Wolfgang Petersen, West Germany #893 Too Early, Too Late Jean-Marie Straub/Danielle Huillet, West Germany #928 Jonathan Rosenbaum's top 1000 movies La toit de la baleine Raul Ruiz, Netherlands*Too Early, Too Late Jean-Marie Straub/Danielle Huillet)The Vulture Yaki Yosha, Israel An asterisk (*) means the movie is one of Rosenbaum's top 100 movies. Note dates are not exact. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 The 1981 New York Film Critics Foreign Film Award included … Pixote (1981) Hector Babenco, Brazil **** Man of Iron (1981) Andrzej Wajda, Poland The 1982 New York Film Critics Foreign Film Award included … Three Brothers (1981) Francesco Rosi, Italy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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