Bogie56 Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Italy’s 80/81 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Three Brothers Best Actress Mariangela Melato, Help Me to Dream Best Supporting Actor Massimo Girotti, Passion of Love and Italy’s 81/82 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Ugo Tognazzi, Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man Best Actress Eleanora Giorgi, Talcum Powder (82) Best Supporting Actor Paolo Stoppa, The Marquis of Grillo Best Supporting Actresses Claudia Cardinale, The Skin —————————————————————————————— Italy’s 80/81 David di Donatello Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Massimo Troisi, I’m Starting From Three Best Actresses Valeria D’Obici, Passion of Love Mariangela Melato, Help Me to Dream Best Supporting Actor Charles Vanel, Three Brothers Best Supporting Actresses Laura Antonelli, Passion of Love and Italy’s 81/82 David di Donatello Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Carlo Verdone, Talcum Powder (82) Best Foreign Actor Klaus Maria Brandeur, Mephisto Best Actress Eleanora Giorgi, Talcum Powder (82) Best Foreign Actress Diane Keaton, Reds Best Supporting Actor Angelo Infanti, Talcum Powder (82) Best Supporting Actresses Alida Valli, La Caduta Degli Angeli Ribelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 The Canadian Genie Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Nick Mancuso, Ticket to Heaven Best Foreign Actor Alan Arkin, Improper Channels Best Actress Margot Kidder, Heartaches Best Foreign Actress Annie Potts, Heartaches Best Supporting Actor Saul Rubinek, Ticket to Heaven Best Supporting Actress Denise Filiatrault, Les Plouffe —————————————————————————————— The Australian Film Institute Awards for 1980 included this 1981 film … Best Supporting Actresses Jill Perryman, …Maybe This Time The Australian Film Institute Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Mel Gibson, Gallipoli Best Actress Judy Davis, Winter of Our Dreams Best Supporting Actor Bill Hunter, Gallipoli Best Supporting Actresses Judy Davis, Hoodwink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 The Canadian Genie Awards for 1981 were … Best Actress Margot Kidder, Heartaches Best Foreign Actress Annie Potts, Heartaches I had forgotten about Heartaches, so much so that I didn't have it in my notebook as having seen it. I know I did, though, a few times. Back in the early 1980's, HBO had a series of movies that they called "HBO Sleepers" where they highlighted films that they felt had merit but for one reason or another had failed to make much dent at the box-office. Heartaches was one title I recall, and it was the first time that I remember paying attention to Annie Potts. I've liked her ever since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 I had forgotten about Heartaches, so much so that I didn't have it in my notebook as having seen it. I know I did, though, a few times. Back in the early 1980's, HBO had a series of movies that they called "HBO Sleepers" where they highlighted films that they felt had merit but for one reason or another had failed to make much dent at the box-office. Heartaches was one title I recall, and it was the first time that I remember paying attention to Annie Potts. I've liked her ever since. Both Margot and Annie Potts were on my list. Heartaches was directed by Don Shebib who also did Goin' Down the Road (1970). Heartaches has never made it to dvd but it is out there on vhs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 The Japanese Academy Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Ken Takatura, Station Best Actress Keiko Matsuzaka, The Gate of Youth and Tora San’s Love In Osaka Best Supporting Actor Katsuo Nakamura, Heat Haze Theatre, Love Letter and Shikae-nin Baian and Buriki no Kunsho Best Supporting Actress Yuko Tanaka, Edo Porn and Why Not?/Eijanaka ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Toshiyuki Nagashima, Distant Thunder Best Actress Keiko Matsuzaka, The Gate of Youth and Tora San’s Love In Osaka Best Supporting Actor Masahiko Tsugawa, Manon Best Supporting Actress Yuko Tanaka, Edo Porn and Why Not?/Eijanaka ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1981 were … Best Actor Takahiro Tamura, Muddy River Best Actress Chieko Baisho, Eki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 From 1981 I have not seen: Blind Chance Burgschaft Fur ein Jahr Buriki no Kunsho Butterfly (which has a 1982 release day on IMDb) The Chosen Coup de Torchon Der Bockerer Derevo Dzhamal Distant Thunder Diva Edo Porn Eki Fact/Faktas The Fan Fever/Goraczka First Monday in October Garde a Vue The Gate of Youth Gregory's Girl Guardafronteras Heat Haze Theatre Help Me to Dream Hoodwink I'm Starting From Three Improper Channels La Caduta Degli Angeli Ribelli La Soupe aux choux Les Beaux Souvenirs Les Plouffe Lili Marleen Lion of the Desert Little Ida Lola Love Letter Manon Marianne and Juliane The Marquis of Grillo ...Maybe This Time Mephisto Modern Romance Montenegro Muddy River My Dinner with Andre Passion of Love Pixote Prince of the City Quartet Raggedy Man Rich and Famous Rollover Sally and Freedom Shikae-nin Baian Silence of the North The Skin Station Strange Affair Taxi zum Klo 36 Chowinghee Lane Three Brothers Threshold Ticket to Heaven Tora San's Love in Osaka Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man Twenty Six Days From the Life of Dostoyevsky Why Not?/Eijanka Winter of Our Dreams The Witch Hunt The Woman Next Door 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I don't think anyone mentioned Body Heat. Lawrence Kasdan's directorial debut, Kathleen Turner's film debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I don't think anyone mentioned Body Heat. Lawrence Kasdan's directorial debut, Kathleen Turner's film debut. I had Kathleen Turner as my choice for Best Actress, and also had William Hurt among my nominees. Other people had Ted Danson and Mickey Rourke among their nominees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Comments about a couple of films: Taxi zum Klo (Taxi to the Toilet) is a German film about a rather engaging but quite promiscuous gay man, played by the director himself. He does begin a serious relationship with another young man as the story develops. Some critics and viewers thought this was a much better film than Hollywood's Making Love (which did, of course, have Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean, and Kate Jackson), certainly grittier and more honest. I liked Taxi zum Klo quite a bit when it was first released, but haven't seen it since. Prince of the City is in the mode of Serpico, but much more downbeat. It was not a financial success, and thus Treat Williams did not get the Oscar nomination that was originally expected. Williams' career really suffered as a result of the financial shortcomings of this film; some had expected this role to catapult him to stardom. Prince of the City is a long movie, capably directed by Sidney Lumet, about corruption in the New York City Police Department, based on actual incidents. The strength and weakness of the movie are the same, that there is really no one to root for. I think it's worth a look. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Here are the films from 1981 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Burgschaft Fur ein Jahr with Katrin Sah Buriki no Kunsho with Katsuo Nakamura Butterfly with Orson Wlles and Pia Zadora The Chosen with Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger Christiane F. with Natja Brunckhorst Continental Divide with Blair Brown Der Bockerer with Karl Merkatz Derevo Dzhamai with Maya-Gozel Almedova Distant Thunder with Toshiyuki Nagahima Eki with Chieko Baisho Fact/Faktas with Elena Solovey Fever/Goraczka with Barbara Grabowska Four Friends with Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen and Julia Murray The Gate of Youth with Keiko Matsuzaka The Great Muppet Caper with Diana Rigg, John Cleese and Charles Grodin Guard a Vue with Michel Serrault and Guy Marchand Guardafronteras with Tito Junco Heat Haze Theatre with Katsuo Nakamura Help Me to Dream with Mariangela Melato The History of the World Part I with Madeleine Kahn and Pamela Stephenson Hoodwink with Judy Davis I’m Starting From Three with Massimo Troisi La Caduta Degli Angeli Ribelli with Alida Valli La Soupe aux Choux with Christine Dejoux Lili Marleen with Hanna Schygulla Little Ida with Sunniva Lindekleiv, Lise Fieldstad and Ronnaug Alten Lola with Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Helga Feddersen and Ulrike Vigo Love Letter with Katsuo Nakamura Manon with Masahiko Tsugawa Marianne and Juliane with Barbara Sukowa and Jutte Lampe …Maybe This Time with Jill Perryman Muddy River with Takahiro Tamur Passion of Love with Massimo Girotti, Laura Antonelli and Valeria D’Obici Possession with Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill Quartet with Maggie Smith and Isabelle Adjani Rollover with Kris Kristofferson and Hume Cronyn Sally and Freedom with Gunn Wallgren Shikake-nin Baian with Katsuo Nakamura The Skin with Claudia Cardinale Southern Comfort with Powers Boothe Station with Ken Takatura Strange Affair with Nathalie Baye and Michel Piccoli 36 Chowinghee Lane with Jennifer Kendall Taxi Zum Klo/Taxi to the Toilet with Frank Ripploh [premiere was in 1980] Three Brothers with Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Charles Vanel Tora San’s Love In Osaka with Keiko Matsuzaka Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man with Ugo Tognazzi Twenty Six Days From the Life of Dostoyevsky with Anatolly Solonitsyn Why Not?/Eijanaka with Yuko Tanaka Winter of Our Dreams with Judy Davis The Witch Hunt with Lil Tersulius Zorro: The Gay Blade with George Hamilton And I would like to see these again … Les Plouffe for Denise Filiatrault Mephisto for Rolf Hoppe and Karin Boyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 From 1981 I have not seen: Butterfly (which has a 1982 release day on IMDb) You don't think the Hollywood Foreign Press would give Pia Zadora an acting award before seeing the actual movie, would you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Here are the films from 1981 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Christiane F. with Natja Brunckhorst Continental Divide with Blair Brown Four Friends with Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen and Julia Murray The Great Muppet Caper with Diana Rigg, John Cleese and Charles Grodin The History of the World Part I with Madeleine Kahn and Pamela Stephenson Possession with Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill Southern Comfort with Powers Boothe Zorro: The Gay Blade with George Hamilton Four Friends is a movie that I saw but have little to no recall of. The same goes for Continental Divide. The Muppet movie is self explanatory. History of the World Part 1 I rewatched fairly recently, and it's hit-and-miss. There are some genuinely funny bits, but some really awful bits, too. I recall enjoying Zorro: The Gay Blade but it's been 25+ years since I've seen it last. I recall George Hamilton being amusing. Possession is a bizarre horror/psychological drama/allegory that is hard to describe. I would recommend it, but some viewers have been left stunned and disgusted, others confused, others bored and/or irritated. Christiane F. is a harrowing, ugly look at heroin addiction among German teens. It was heavily promoted as being a David Bowie movie, although he only appears in concert footage. The young girl in the starring role was very good. I still think it's the best movie depiction of heroin addiction, although the later Trainspotting was more fun. This movie is anything but. My chief recommendation would be Southern Comfort. It's one of the few really solid films from director Walter Hill. A group of National Guardsmen go out on training maneuvers in the Louisiana bayou country, where they run afoul of the backwoods Cajun natives. It's a Vietnam allegory, but it's also a solidly acted action drama, with stand out performances from Keith Carradine, Fred Ward, Lewis Smith, TK Carter, Franklyn Seales and Brion James, along with the aforementioned Powers Boothe. It's also one of the best slow build action films of the decade, as the tension ratchets up throughout the film leading to a terrific final act staged during a Cajun gathering with great local music. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 From 1981 I have not seen: Blind Chance Coup de Torchon Diva Gregory's Girl Improper Channels Les Beaux Souvenirs Les Plouffe Mephisto Modern Romance Montenegro My Dinner with Andre Pixote Prince of the City Raggedy Man Rich and Famous Silence of the North Threshold Ticket to Heaven The Woman Next Door The great news is that you have some very good films to look forward to, Lawrence. Coup de Torchon and Mephisto are both top notch. I've seen Modern Romance six times. Some of its scenes are indelible now. Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City offers many great performances. Jerry Orbach, Ron Karabatsos and Richard Foronjy were three actors I was not at all familiar with when I first saw the film. As we know Orbach and Foronjy went on to well deserved acclaimed television careers. I had the occasion to speak with the film editor Jack Fitzstephens shortly after the film came out. He thought the film was too long. Les Plouffe is a Quebecois film by Gilles Carle. It is based on a popular French-Canadian radio then televisions series about the Plouffe Family. The equivalent in England would be the long running radio show called The Archers. I caught this film in the theatre with English subtitles which was fortunate because the dvd version has none. Ellen Burstyn was one of my choices for best actress in Silence of the North. it was directed by Allan King who had made a name for himself in documentaries. It is basically a woman against nature film. As with lots of these Canadian films they did play on the now defunct MoviePix channel which was devoted to films from the 60's to the 80's but I didn't record any of them at the time. i have since picked up a dvd copy from Australia. Threshold is a good Canadian film by American director Richard Pearce about the two doctors, Sutherland and Goldblum who team to create the first artificial heart. Mare Winningham plays the transplant recipient. It offers an interesting clinical approach to a very dramatic subject. I obtained a dvd copy of this from the Netherlands. Ticket to Heaven is a good Canadian film by R.L. (Ralph) Thomas. He really should have made more. It is about a young man played by Nick Mancuso who gets caught up in a cult. Saul Rubinek and Robert Joy are also good. My voice is in there somewhere. I obtained a dvd copy of this one from Germany. You can see the running theme here. Canadian distribution companies come and go all too often and their films then get lost in limbo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Two great West German films are from 1981: Mephisto is István Szábo's adaptation of a novel by Klaus Mann. It's based on real events in Germany during the 1930s. Klaus Maria Brandauer plays an impressive leading role as Hendrik Hoefgen, a stage actor whose favorite role is Mephisto in Goethe's Faust. He's constantly playing a role, whether it's on or off stage. When the Nazi Party comes into power in 1933 his friends are accused of cultural Bolshevism and leave the country, but he decides to stay. To further his career he develops a f'riendship with the prime minister of Prussia - based on Hermann Göhring. Can someone remain apolitical in an era of political conflict, or is he the one selling his soul? Lola is chronologically the third part of R. W. Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy, although is was released second. In 1957 Von Bohm (Armin Mueller-Stahl) becomes the new building commissioner in a West German town Coburg. He's a Mr. Clean in a city that thrives on corruption. Schukert (Mario Adorf) is in the habit of bribing officials for building permits. He uses nightclub singer Lola (Barbara Sukowa) in the hope to bring Von Bohm down. Lola reminded me of Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel. Fassbinder used coloured light to paint the characters: Green for the dollar-grabbing Schukert, blue for the rational Von Bohm and red for the seductive Lola. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Best Actor: Fernando Ramos da Silva –Pixote Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani –Possession Best Supporting Actor: John Lithgow –Blow Out Best Supporting Actress: Stephane Audran –Coup de Torchon It's possible I undervalue Stapleton and Nicholson's work because I don't care much for Reds, a film that should have been radical but is ultimately just a sweeping historical very Hollywood romance. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Comparing the Oscar winners with the poll, seventies version Supporting Actress Hayes, defeated 3-1 four way tie for 2nd Leachman, winner 4-2 Heckart, no votes O'Neal, defeated 2-1 for best Actress and Supporting Actress, five way tie for 2nd Bergman, no votes Grant, no votes Straight, no votes Redgrave, Tied 2-2 Smith, at best 1/2 a vote, for sixth place Streep, Tied 2-2 Supporting Actor Mills, 1, eight way tie for 1st Johnson, 1, nine way tie for 1st Grey, no votes Houseman, no votes De Niro, winner 4-2 Burns, no votes Robards (1), defeated 2-1, five way tie for 2nd Robards (2), no votes Walker, winner 4-1 Douglas, no votes Actress Jackson (1), no votes Fonda (1), 1, eight way tie for 1st Minnelli, winner 5-1 Jackson (2), no votes Brennan, 1, six way tie for 1st Fletcher, defeated 4-3 Dunaway, tied 2-2 Keaton, tied 2-2 Fonda (2), defeated 2-1, four way tie for 2nd Field, 1, six way for 1st Actor Scott, tied 2-2-2 Hackman, no votes Brando, defeated 3-2-1, two way tie for 4th, winner Supporting 4-2 Lemmon, no votes Carney, no votes Nicholson, defeated 3-2, two way tied for 2nd Finch, no votes, defeated 2-1. five way tied for 2nd Dreyfuss, no votes Voight, no votes Hoffman, defeated 2-1, four way tie for 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 You don't think the Hollywood Foreign Press would give Pia Zadora an acting award before seeing the actual movie, would you? Do you suppose it was either/or? Either give Pia Zadora this award, or you have to see the movie! I remember that when Kathleen Turner won a GG for Romancing the Stone, she mentioned in her acceptance that the first time she was nominated for a GG, she lost to Pia Zadora. Best Actor: Fernando Ramos da Silva –Pixote Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani –Possession Best Supporting Actor: John Lithgow –Blow Out Best Supporting Actress: Stephane Audran –Coup de Torchon It's possible I undervalue Stapleton and Nicholson's work because I don't care much for Reds, a film that should have been radical but is ultimately just a sweeping historical very Hollywood romance. Agreed, Kilgore. Until seeing Reds, I never knew that the Russian Revolution was only a plot device to bring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton back together again. Maureen Stapleton's Emma Goldman seems to come from a much more interesting movie, however. I actually wish that Reds had been made in the 1940s with John Garfield and Ida Lupino directed by, say, Jules Dassin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Do you suppose it was either/or? Either give Pia Zadora this award, or you have to see the movie! The story goes that Pia Zadora's multi-millionaire husband lavished gifts upon the voting members of the Hollywood Foreign Press and that is how she won the newcomer of the year Golden Globe. Becoming a member of the HFP was a bit dodgy to begin with. There was no real checks to see if people were actually film critics for real publications. The Golden Globes began with some interesting choices in the 1940's. If you go back and look you will see some worthy performances here and there that Oscar just missed. But by the 60's through the 80's it just became this bloated show biz extravaganza. All of its members were on the take. But I still find it interesting to look at the Globe's choices bearing in mind the scamming that lays underneath it all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 One thing most screenwriters want to avoid is a film with nothing but talking heads. My Dinner with Andre violates this principle. Almost the whole film consists of two men talking at a table. Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn play themselves having a discussion in a restaurant about experimental theatre. Andre has been leading a company abroad. According to him there should be no difference between life and art. Reality becomes theatre and theatre becomes reality. It's very static, but the dialogue still makes it worth watching... or listening to. The Aviator's Wife (La Femme de l'Aviateur) is the first of a group of six films by Éric Rohmer, collectively known as Comedies & Proverbs. This one opens with the proverb, "It's impossible to think about nothing." It takes place in an everyday environment: a residential era and a park in Paris. François (Philippe Marlaud) creates his own little adventure by shadowing his fiancee's ex - a pilot. A girl he meets on a bus (Anne-Laure Meury) starts following him out of curiosity, so the watcher becomes the watched. A small scale film with well-written characters can be more intriguing than an epic full of special effects. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) Before we hit 1982 I would like to mention that I am going with 1982 for Martin Scorsese’’s The King of Comedy. For the longest time it was considered a 1983 film then it was revealed that is was released in December 1982 in Iceland which is a country the last time I checked. I am also going with 1982 for Ryszard Bugajski’s Interrogation. This is another Polish film that was banned for many years. It was completed in 1982 but did not have a real release until 1990. As I said last week when a film’s release is delayed by many years because of a political ban I prefer to use its completion date for the purposes of comparison with other films. Also 1982 for The Year of Living Dangerously. It was released in Australia in December. Edited February 4, 2017 by Bogie56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlewis Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I am surprised Bo Derek hasn't made this thread for the revised Tarzan the Ape Man. All joking aside, should Harrison Ford be considered for Raiders of the Lost Ark? He was rather wooden in his talk, but he did have to do SOME of his own stunts. Maybe not all. Also John Cleese had the best guest appearance in The Great Muppet Caper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 All joking aside, should Harrison Ford be considered for Raiders of the Lost Ark? He was rather wooden in his talk, but he did have to do SOME of his own stunts. Maybe not all. He was my 1st runner-up for Best Actor. I didn't think he was wooden at all, in fact I thought he did a great job of balancing old-fashioned movie heroics with tongue firmly in cheek and a nice comedic flair. But to each his own. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlewis Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 ... and he was the primary reason that film out-performed everything else at the box office that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Before we hit 1982 I would like to mention that I am going with 1982 for Martin Scorsese’’s The King of Comedy. For the longest time it was considered a 1983 film then it was revealed that is was released in December 1982 in Iceland which is a country the last time I checked. I still think the Icelandic release date for KOC is an example of Wikipedia fake news. I still don't see why the movie would be released in a market as small as Iceland, given that it is an offsetting black comedy whose virtues were not appreciated at the time. Nor does the source Wikipedia cites look like a proper movie ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsan404 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 He was my 1st runner-up for Best Actor. I didn't think he was wooden at all, in fact I thought he did a great job of balancing old-fashioned movie heroics with tongue firmly in cheek and a nice comedic flair. But to each his own. Burt Lancaster, a nominee that year for Atlantic City, praised Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark. When Harrison was nominated for Witness, Burt said "...too bad he had to go serious." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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