Bogie56 Posted February 6 Melo (1986) Alain Resnais, France. Andre Dussolier begins an affair with his best friend's (Pierre Arditti) wife (Sabine Azema) and sure enough complications ensue - but with a few twists. Azema and Arditti won Cesar awards. Fanny Ardant also stars. Quite good IMO. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 6 I Hate Actors (1986) Gerard Krawrzyk, France. This is my kind of film - a funny buried treasure. It is based on a novel by Ben Hecht about the trials and tribulations of a talent agent who represents a lot of has-beens. Portly, aging Michel Galabru is fantastic as the over-stuffed former swashbuckler. It also has a good old murder mystery. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 7 This foreign language film won at the 1986 Venice Film Festival …. Summer/Le Rayon Vert (1986) Eric Rohmer, France 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 7 The 1986 Locarno International Film Festival foreign film winner was … Sons and Comrades (1986) Janusz Zaorski, Hungary 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 7 This foreign language film won the 1986 San Sebastian Film Festival … Half of Heaven (1986) Manuel Guiterrez Aragon, Spain 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 7 This film won the Grand Prize and the Most Popular Film Award at the 1986 Montreal World Film Festival … Betty Blue (1986) Jean-Jaques Beineix, France 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 7 This film won the People’s Choice Award and the Best Canadian Film Award at the 1986 Toronto International Film Festival … The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Denys Arcand, Canada This film won the International Critics Prize at the 1986 Toronto International Film Festival … Man Facing Southeast (1986) Eliseo Subiela, Argentina 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 7 Pouvoir Intime (1986) is a stylish armored car heist film that put Canadian director Yves Simoneau on the map. It stars Marie Tifo and Pierre Curzi (above). Not bad. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 7 Armour of God was Jackie Chan's stab at an Indiana Jones-type movie. He plays a musician/treasure hunter who gets duped by an evil cult into acquiring a precious relic for them. He realizes the error of his ways, but then the cult kidnaps his girlfriend in order to force him into finding the remaining pieces of the "Armour of God", which they believe will grant them great power. Chan filmed this one in Asia and Eastern Europe. Known for doing his own stunts (and including the painful outttakes at the end of his films, a gimmick he picked up after appearing in Cannonball Run), this film is renowned for being the closest brush with death Chan had yet experienced, as a minor stunt involving him jumping into a tree resulted in a long fall and a fractured skull. Like most of Chan's films, this had a shoddy release in the West. It wasn't seen theatrically in America at all during it's original run. A 1991 sequel, Armour of God II: Operation Condor, was released (heavily edited) by Miramax in 1997. That proved to be a modest hit, so Miramax then released the first film, calling it a "prequel", in 1999, re-titled Operation Condor 2: The Armor of the Gods. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 8 The winner of the 1986 Nederlands Film Festival Best Picture Award … Voyeur (1986) Alex van Warmerdam, the Netherlands 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 8 The 1987 winner of Norway’s Amanda Award for Best Picture went to …. X (1986) Oddvar Einarson, Norway 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 8 The Best Picture winner of the 1986 Golden Horse Film Festival was … The Terrorizers (1986) Edward Yang, Taiwan 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 8 Perhaps it is no match for a live performance but Franco Zeffirelli's Otello (1986) with Placido Domingo was pretty good and I usually don't rush out to see opera. Domingo was on Amanpour recently and he is still going strong, now as a baritone. It would be interesting to throw this Shakespeare/Verdi role into the blackface debate. Is it PC for an actor to use blackface if it is not meant to be derogatory? All we hear is it is never okay in today's world. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 9 My top FF films of 1987 of the 15 that I have seen are …. 1. Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Sweden 2. Dark Eyes (1987) Nikita Mikhalkov, Italy 3. The Grand Highway (1987) Jean-Loup Hubert, France 4. Babette’s Feast (1987) Gabriel Axel, Denmark 5. Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle, France 6. The Family (1987) Ettore Scola, Italy 7. Princess From the Moon (1987) Kon Ichikawa, Japan 8. Wedding In Galilee (1987) Michel Khlefi, Palestine 9. Un Zoo la Nuit (1987) Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canada 10. Good Morning Babylon (1987) Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, Italy and I’ve also seen … Wings of Desire (1987) Wim Wenders, Germany The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987) Giuliano Montaldo, Italy Intervista (1987) Federico Fellini, Italy Yeelen (1987) Souleymane Cisse, Mali Moscow Elegy (1987) Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 9 1987 Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, West Germany Babette's Feast, Gabriel Axel, Denmark Au Revoir les Enfants, Louis Malle, France Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August, Denmark/Sweden A Chinese Ghost Story, Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong Yeelen aka Brightness, Souleymane Cisse, Mali Opera, Dario Argento, Italy Dark Eyes, Nikita Mikhalkov, Italy/USSR City on Fire, Ringo Lam, Hong Kong StageFright, Michele Soavi, Italy Project A 2, Jackie Chan, Hong Kong Wicked City, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Japan Aenigma, Lucio Fulci, Italy I've also seen: Delirium, Lamberto Bava, Italy The 4 Robbers, Sung Chin-Lai, Hong Kong Ninja Death, Joseph Kuo, Taiwan Strike Commando, Bruno Mattei, Italy Specters, Marcello Avallone, Italy Devil's Dynamite, Godfrey Ho, Hong Kong Zombie 5: Killing Birds, Claudio Lattanzi & Joe D'Amato, Italy 1001 Movies You Must See Au Revoir les Enfants, Louis Malle, France Babette's Feast, Gabriel Axel, Denmark A Chinese Ghost Story, Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong Project A 2, Jackie Chan, Hong Kong Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, West Germany Yeelen aka Brightness, Souleymane Cisse, Mali 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gershwin fan Posted February 9 My top FF films of 1987 1. Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, Germany 2. Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel, Denmark 3. Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August, Denmark/Sweden 4. Au Revoir les Enfants, Louis Malle, France 5. Dark Eyes, Nikita Mikhalkov, Italy/USSR 6. Akseleratka, Aleksey Korenev, Russia 7. A Chinese Ghost Story, Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong 8. Yeelen aka Brightness, Souleymane Cisse, Mali 9. Project A 2, Jackie Chan, Hong Kong 10. The Felons, Franci Slak, Yugoslavia A Broad Bellflower, Kyun Soon Joo, North Korea The Country I Saw, Eun-hie Choi, Sang-ok Shin, North Korea Zombie 5: Killing Birds, Claudio Lattanzi, Joe D'Amato, Italy I've also seen... Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit, Germany 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gershwin fan Posted February 9 From the foreign editions- Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August, Danish edition The Children of the Swallow, Costas Vrettakos, Greek edition Pathfinder, Nils Gaup, Norwegian edition (but Saami language) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoraSmith Posted February 9 (edited) Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August, Denmark Hector, Stijn Coninx, Belgium Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, Germany Law of Desire, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain Alice, Jan Svankmayer, Czechoslovakia Under the Sun of Satan, Maurice Pialat, France Au Revoir les Enfants, Louis Malle, France Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel, Denmark Le Big-Bang, Picha, Belgium Opera, Dario Argento, Italy [Edited] Edited February 9 by CoraSmith wrong year 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 9 5 hours ago, CoraSmith said: [Edited] The 1001 Movies book also had that listed as a 1987 movie, so don't feel bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted February 9 1. Where is the Friend's Home? Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 2. Yeelen Souleymane Cisse, Mali 3. Wings of Desire Wim Wenders, West Germany 4. Pelle the Conqueror Bille August, Denmark 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 10 The 1987 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film included … Babette’s Feast (1987) Gabriel Axel, Denmark **** Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle, France Course Completed (1987) Jose Luis Garci, Spain The Family (1987) Ettore Scola, Italy Pathfinder (1987) Nils Gaup, Norway The 1988 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film included … Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Sweden **** 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 10 The 1988 BAFTA Foreign Film Award included …. Babette’s Feast (1987) Gabriel Axel, Denmark **** [also nominated for Best Picture] Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle, France [also nominated for Best Picture] Dark Eyes (1987) Nikita Mikhalkov, Italy Wings of Desire (1987) Wim Wenders, Germany The 1989 BAFTA Foreign Film Award included this nominee … Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Sweden 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 10 Nominated for the 1987 Independent Spirit Best Foreign Film Award … Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle, France The 1988 Independent Spirit Best Foreign Film Award included … Wings of Desire (1987) Wim Wenders, Germany **** Yeelen (1987) Souleymane Cisse, Mali The 1989 Independent Spirit Best Foreign Film Award included this nominee … Rouge (1987) Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 10 The winner of the 1988 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film was … Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Sweden 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 10 The 1987 winner of France’s Cesar Best Picture Award … Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle, France 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
