Tuesday, December 31, 1991

1991

Checklist: some of the films I saw theatrically in 1991

10.1.1991 Sheltering Sky, Bernardo Bertolucci, Maxim
11.1.1991 Tampere: opening of the festival office, Tullikamari
16.1.1991 16.30 Nazarin, Luis Buñuel, Andorra - A
16.1.1991 17.00 Mustalaishurmaaja, Valentin Vaala, Orion - video
16.1.1991 18.30 The Long Gray Line, John Ford, Orion
16.1.1991 21.00 The Searchers, John Ford, Orion - A
22.1.1991 17.00 The Rising of the Moon, John Ford, Orion
23.1.1991 Silent Movie, Mel Brooks, US 1976, video
23.1.1991 Top Secret!, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, US 1984, video
24.1.1991 19.00 Porte des Lilas, René Clair, Orion
25.1.1991 14.00 Matti Lukkarila - launching, Illusion
29.1.1991 17.00 Romanze in Moll, Helmut Käutner, Orion
30.1.1991 17.00 Mieheke, Valentin Vaala, FI 1936, Orion

5.2.1991 21.00 Plein soleil, René Clément, Orion
7.2.1991 13.00 Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme, Bristol
7.2.1991 17.00 Jew Süss, Lothar Mendes, Orion - nitrate
7.2.1991 19.00 Camille, George Cukor, Orion
7.2.1991 21.00 Rookie, Clint Eastwood, Bio Rex
8.2.1991 16.30 Miller's Crossing, Joel Coen, US 1990
11.2.1991 15.45 Mountains of the Moon, Bob Rafelson, Nordia
11.2.1991 18.30 Viiva Vinita, Timo Linnasalo, Illusion
11.2.1991 20.45 Narrow Margin, Peter Hyams, Formia
12.2.1991 17.00 Pygmalion, Anthony Asquith, Orion
13.2.1991 16.00 Kindergarten Cop, Ivan Reitman, US 1990, Formia
13.2.1991 18.30 Passport to Pimlico, Henry Cornelius, GB 1949, Orion
15.2.1991 16.15 Dances With Wolves, Kevin Costner, Bristol 1
20.2.1991 21.00 Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks, 1974, Orion
22.2.1991 SEA cruise
23.2.1991 Solaris 15th anniversary, Tampere
26.2.1991 18.30 Henry V, Laurence Olivier, Orion
26.2.1991 21.00 The Taming of the Shrew, Franco Zeffirelli, Orion
27.2.1991 16.00 100 Années Lumière XIV, Orion
- Le grand Méliès, Georges Franju
- Opération beton, Jean-Luc Godard
- Symphonie mécanique, Fernand Léger
- La Seine a rencontré Paris, Joris Ivens
- Paris la belle, Pierre Prévert
27.2.1991 18.30 Free Cinema, Orion
- We Are the Lambeth Boys, Karel Reisz, 1958
- Every Day Except Christmas, Lindsay Anderson, 1957
- Nice Time, Alain Tanner, Claude Goretta, 1957
27.2.1991 20.30 Muuttolinnun aika, Anssi Mänttäri, 1991, Illusion (first screening)
28.2.1991 guests: Jochen Kuhn, Christoph Schlingensief, Thomas Sief
28.2.1991 18.30 Earth Girls Are Easy, Julien Temple, Formia 2

1.-2.3.1991 Sibelius-Akatemia, studia generalia, Film Music
6.-10.3.1991 Tampere Film Festival
12.3.1991 17.00 Les Films de Lumière - A
12.3.1991 19.00 100 Années Lumière, Orion
- Ceux de chez nous, Sacha Guitry
- Chartres, Jean Grémillon
- La Tour, René Clair
- À propos de Nice, Jean Vigo
- Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche, Marcel Carné
13.3.1991 19.00 La Croisière jaune, Léon Poirier, Orion
14.3.1991 17.00 100 Années Lumière, Orion
- La Zone, Georges Lacombe
- Paris Cinéma, Pierre Chenal
- Ténérife, Yves Allégret, Eli Lotar
- Les petits métiers de Paris, Pierre Chenal
15.3.1991 10.00 Jääkärin morsian (1931), Kalle Kaarna, internal video viewing of a film that had been believed lost, SEA screening room, Pursimiehenkatu
15.3.1991 16.30 The Godfather Part III, Francis Ford Coppola, Bristol
19.3.1991 18.30 100 Années Lumière, Orion
- Naissance du cinéma, Roger Leenhardt
- Le Vampire, Jean Painlevé
- Aubervilliers, Eli Lotar
- Le six juin à l'aube, Jean Grémillon
20.3.1991 19.00 Farrebique, Georges Rouquier, Orion
26.3.1991 19.00 100 Années Lumière, Orion
26.3.1991 21.00 100 Années Lumière, Orion
27.3.1991 19.00 100 Années Lumière, Orion

3.4.1991 21.00 100 Années Lumière XVII, Orion
4.4.1991 19.00 The Third Man, Carol Reed, Orion
5.4.1991 17.00 Kashima Paradise, Yann Le Masson, Benie Deswarte, Orion - L
5.4.1991 19.00 Alice, Woody Allen, Nordia
9.4.1991 19.00 Le Fond de l'air est rouge, Chris Marker, Orion - four hours + intermission
10.4.1991 17.00 Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent?, Coline Serreau, Orion
11.4.1991 17.00 100 Années Lumière XXII, Orion
12.4.1991 14.30 Sibelius-Akatemia, studia generalia, Elokuvamusiikki II: Päivi Takala, Pauli Jyrälä, Heikki Valpola, Porthania
13.4.1991 + Jukka Linkola, Matti Kassila, Porthania
16.4.1991 21.00 La Cina é vicina, Marco Bellocchio, Orion - A
18.4.1991 19.00 Once Upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone, Orion
19.4.1991 18.45 Bonfire of the Vanities, Brian De Palma, Gloria
23.4.1991 17.00 L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo, Dario Argento, Orion
25.4.1991 18.00 Lawrence of Arabia (restored version), David Lean, Orion
26.4.1991 20.00 House Party, Reginald Hudlin, Cinema
26.4.1991 22.00 Jim Blashfield - animaation mestari, Illusion

3.5.1991 16.30 Haizi wang, Chen Kaige, Illusion
3.5.1991 21.00 Heart Condition, James D. Parriott, Maxim
7.5.1991 17.00 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Karel Reisz, Orion
7.5.1991 19.00 Lorna, Russ Meyer, Orion
7.5.1991 21.00 Fanny Hill, Russ Meyer, Orion
9.5.1991 17.00 Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, Karel Reisz, Orion
9.5.1991 19.00 A French Lieutenant's Woman, Karel Reisz, Orion
9.5.1991 21.00 The Entertainer, Tony Richardson, Orion - A
10.5.1991 18.15 The Russia House, Fred Schepisi, Forum 1
11.5.1991 17.00 The Border, Tony Richardson, Orion
11.5.1991 23.00 The Doors, Oliver Stone, Bristol
12.5.1991 16.00 Laurel & Hardy I, Orion
- Should Married Men Go Home?
13.5.1991 9.30 Der Student von Prag, Henrik Galeen, Orion - flatbed, SEA Pursimiehenkatu
13.5.1991 17.00 Taideteollisen korkeakoulun Elokuvataiteen laitoksen oppilastöitä 1991, Orion
14.5.1991 19.00 Der Student von Prag, Henrik Galeen, Orion - A ca 60 min
15.5.1991 21.00 Crossroads, Walter Hill, Orion
16.5.1991 19.00 L'Affaire est dans le sac, Pierre Prévert, Orion
16.5.1991 21.00 Darling..., John Schlesinger, Orion
19.5.1991 16.00 Laurel & Hardy II, Orion
- Brats
- The Laurel & Hardy Murder Case
- Laughing Gravy
- One Good Turn
19.5.1991 20.00 L'Affaire est dans le sac, Pierre Prévert, Orion
22.5.1991 18.30 O Lucky Man!, Lindsay Anderson, Orion
23.5.1991 18.30 Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Jacques Demy, Orion
23.5.1991 21.15 Peau d'âne, Jacques Demy, Orion
24.5.1991 13.00 Ateneum opening
24.5.1991 16.30 German avantgarde, Illusion
24.5.1991 18.30 Filofax / Taking Care of Business, Arthur Hiller ,Formia
24.5.1991 20.45 Skrivánci na niti, Jiří Menzel, Nordia
30.5.1991 17.00 Victim, Basil Dearden, Orion
30.5.1991 19.00 Un train, un soir, André Delvaux
30.5.1991 21.00 Un homme et une femme, Claude Lelouch
31.5.1991 19.00 Die 3-Groschen-Oper, G.W. Pabst, Orion
31.5.1991 21.00 Not without My Daughter, Brian Gilbert, Nordia 1

2.6.1991 16.00 Laurel & Hardy IV, Orion
- The Music Box
- Scram!
- Their First Mistake
- Twice Two
4.6.1991 21.00 Room at the Top, Jack Clayton, Orion
11.6.1991 17.00 Les Amants de Vérone, André Cayatte, Orion - a vintage nitrate print
11.6.1991 20.00 meeting Sodankylä guests: André de Toth, Robert Gitt, Anthony Slide, etc.
12.-16.6.1991 Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä
18.6.1991 17.00 Ylösnousemus, Anssi Mänttäri, Orion
19.6.1991 17.00 Morena, Anssi Mänttäri, Orion
20.6.1991 17.00 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle, Orion - a vintage nitrate print
25.6.1991 19.00 La Vie de château, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Orion - A
26.6.1991 19.00 The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Val Guest, Orion
27.6.1991 19.00 Night of the Eagle, Sidney Hayers, Orion
27.6.1991 21.00 Highlander II, Russell Mulcahy, Bio Rex
28.6.1991 18.00 Robin Hood, Kevin Reynolds, Bristol

1.8.1991 19.00 Cujo, Lewis Teague, Orion
2.8.1991 17.00 Return to the Blue Lagoon, William A. Graham, Forum 1
2.8.1991 19.00 Whore, Ken Russell, Gloria
4.8.1991 21.00 Shatranj ke khilari, Satyajit Ray, Orion
6.8.1991 19.00 Christine, John Carpenter, Orion
6.8.1991 21.15 Children of the Corn, Fritz Kiersch, Orion
12.8.1991 16.00 Paprika, Tinto Brass, Forum 6
12.8.1991 18.30 Teen Agent / If Looks Could Kill, William Dear, Formia 2
13.8.1991 19.00 Hudson Hawk, Michael Lehmann, Bristol
14.8.1991 15.00 Illusion
14.8.1991 18.30 Salama, Anssi Mänttäri, Orion
14.8.1991 19.30 Doctor Zhivago, David Lean, Orion
16.8.1991 15.45 Once Around, Lasse Hallström, Forum 1
16.8.1991 19.00 Class Action, Michael Apted, Gloria
18.8.1991 17.00 Cinderella, Walt Disney, Studio 3
18.8.1991 21.15 To Have and Have Not, Howard Hawks, Yle TV1
20.8.1991 21.00  Jön az öcsém, Michael Curtiz, Orion
20.8.1991 21.00 Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, Orion
22.8.1991 17.00 Espoo Ciné opening
22.8.1991 19.30 La double vie de Véronique, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Espoo Ciné
24.-25.8.1991 viewings at Espoo Ciné
27.8.1991 17.00 Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, Orion - L
27.8.1991 19.15 Päällystakki, Orion
28.8.1991 17.00 Eino Ruutsalo I , Orion - in the presence of Eino Ruutsalo and his entourage
29.8.1991 Taiteiden yö: Kino concert Konets Sankt-Peterburga, Vsevolod Pudovkin, at Helsinki Senate Square
30.8.1991 19.00 Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra, Ere Kokkonen, Bio Rex - the icy silence
31.8.1991 Kino concert Ballet mécanique, (etc.), Fernand Léger, the original George Antheil score played live, complete with airplane engines, produced by Joe Davidow, Helsingin Juhlaviikot, Savoy

4.9.1991 14.00 The Ring, Alfred Hitchcock, SEA screening room, print acquisition check viewing
4.9.1991 17.00 Eino Ruutsalo II - in the presence of Eino Ruutsalo and his entourage
4.9.1991 19.00 Aleksandr Sokurov II, Orion
6.-9.9.1991 Aleksandr Sokurov visiting Helsinki for the first time
6.9.1991 19.00 Peterburgskaya elegiya, Aleksandr Sokurov, Orion
6.9.1991 19.00 Sovetskaya elegiya, Aleksandr Sokurov, Orion
6.9.1991 19.00 Prostaya elegiya, Aleksandr Sokurov, Orion
6.-8.9.1991 a Sokurov weekend, the screenings introduced by him
 10.9.1991 14.00 L'Atalante, Jean Vigo, Andorra
10.9.1991 19.00 Fig Leaves, Howard Hawks, Orion - a 16 mm situation
10.9.1991 21.00 A Girl in Every Port, Howard Hawks, Orion
11.9.1991 19.00 Paid to Love, Howard Hawks, Orion
11.9.1991 21.00 The Dawn Patrol, Edmund Goulding, Orion - wrong film sent from Washington
12.9.1991 19.00 Fazil (sonorized print), Howard Hawks, Orion
12.9.1991 21.00 The Criminal Code, Howard Hawks, Orion
13.9.1991 17.00 The Intruder, Roger Corman, Orion
13.9.1991 19.00 Reflecting Skin, Philip Ridley, R&A Maxim
13.9.1991 21.15 The Kill-Off, Maggie Greenwald, R&A, Amanda
13.9.1991 23.15 Gai tung ngap gong / Chicken and Duck Talk, Clifton Ko, R&A, Maxim
14.9.1991 1.15 Le Trésor de îles chiennes, F.J. Ossang, R&A, Maxim
14.-15.9.1991 marathon viewing R&A [the plan: to watch 25 movies in 7 days]
17.9.1991 17.15 Ke tu qiu hen / Song of the Exile, Ann Hui, R&A, Maxim
17.9.1991 21.15 Qi xiao fu / Painted Faces, Alex Law, R&A, Maxim
17.9.1991 23.15 A Fei jingjyuhn / Days of Being Wild, Wong Kar Wai, Maxim
18.9.1991 R&A / Helsinki Intenational Film Festival club at Up & Down
18.9.1991 19.15 The Bronx War, Joseph B. Vasquez, R&A, Maxim
18.9.1991 21.00 Hangin' with the Homeboys, Joseph B. Vasquez, R&A, Maxim
18.9.1991 23.15 Livin' Large, Les Sheldon, R&A, Maxim
24.9.1991 17.00 Das blaue Licht, Leni Riefenstahl, Orion - introduced by Matti Lukkarila
26.9.1991 19.00 Madame wünscht keine Kinder, Alexander Korda, Orion
27.-28.9.1991 Oulu: seminar Silent Witnesses, with Yuri Tsivian

2.10.1991 19.00 Barbary Coast, Howard Hawks, Orion
2.10.1991 21.00 Il posto, Ermanno Olmi, Orion - A
3.10.1991 I fidanzati, Ermanno Olmi, Orion - A
4.10.1991 Uusi Suomi, funeral of the cultural department, Taidehallin Klubi
5.10.1991 13.00 Terminator 2, James Cameron, Forum 1
5.10.1991 15.45 Jungle Fever, Spike Lee, Maxim 2
5.10.1991 18.30 Meeting Venus, István Szabó, Maxim 1
5.10.1991 21.00 The Rocketeer, Joe Johnston, Formia 1
6.10.1991 8.00 Unidentified early Italian film, nitrate, 1905-1910, stencil coloured, SEA screening table
8.10.1991 17.00 Ceiling Zero, Howard Hawks, Orion
8.10.1991 19.00 The Road to Glory (1936), Howard Hawks, Orion
9.10.1991 18.45 Come and Get It, Howard Hawks, Orion
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, 12-20, October, 1991
Nelly Kaplan visit 21.-22.10.1991
22.10.1991 14.00 Abel Gance et son Napoléon, Nelly Kaplan, ETL
22.10.1991 16.30 La Fiancée du pirate, Nelly Kaplan, Orion
22.10.1991 19.00 Plaisir d'amour, Nelly Kaplan, Orion
24.10.1991 16.30 Air Force, Howard Hawks - A+L - Leo Andersson, etc.
24.10.1991 18.45 Molière, Ariane Mnouchkine, Orion - A
25.10.1991 14.30 Today We Live, Howard Hawks, SEA viewing table
25.10.1991 17.00 Sergeant York, Howard Hawks, Orion
30.10.1991 18.30 Red River (133 min version), Howard Hawks, Orion
30.10.1991 21.00 Rue Cases Nègres, Euzhan Palcy, Orion - A
31.10.1991 17.00 Behind the Screen, Charles Chaplin, Orion

1.-4.11.1991 Clyde Jeavons visit
5.11.1991 16.30 Neige, Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger, Orion - A
5.11.1991 18.15 Henry V, Kenneth Branagh - A
6.11.1991 19.00 Clémentine Tango, Caroline Roboh, Orion
6.11.1991 21.00 Brittiläiset dokumenttiklassikot II: Industrial Britain, Song of Ceylon, Coal Face, Night Mail - Flaherty, Wright, Cavalcanti, Watt, Orion
7.11.1991 18.00 The Adventurer, Charles Chaplin, Orion
12.11.1991 17.00 Words for Battle, Humphrey Jennings, Orion
12.11.1991 17.00 Listen to Britain, Humphrey Jennings, Orion
12.11.1991 17.00 Fires Were Started, Humphrey Jennings, Orion
12.11.1991 19.00 Force of Evil, Abraham Polonsky - A
13.11.1991 18.45 The Object of Beauty, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Forum
13.11.1991 21.00 A Diary for Timothy, Humphrey Jennings, Orion
13.11.1991 21.00 Man of Africa, Cyril Frankel, Orion - A
14.11.1991 17.00 Oscar-festivaali, Walt Disney, Orion - A
19.11.1991 17.00 Oedipus Rex, Tyrone Guthrie, Orion - A
20.11.1991 19.00 Odds Against Tomorrow, Robert Wise, Orion
21.11.1991 19.00 Un homme amoureux, Diane Kurys, Orion - A
24.11.1991 16.30 Donald Duck's Cartoon Mania, Walt Disney, Orion - A 30 min
24.11.1991 18.00 Trois hommes et un couffin, Coline Serreau, Orion
24.11.1991 20.00 Angelic Conversation, Derek Jarman, Orion
26.11.1991 21.00 Madigan, Don Siegel, Orion - A

10.12.1991 17.00 The Company of Wolves, Neil Jordan, Orion
11.12.1991 21.00 Kohayagawa-ke no aki, Yasujiro Ozu, Orion
12.12.1991 16.15 Il Capitano, Jan Troell, Andorra 1
12.12.1991 18.45 Trust, Hal Hartley, Andorra 2
14.-15.12.1991 SETS seminar at Vanajanlinna
17.12.1991 17.00 The Ipcress File, Sidney J. Furie, Orion - A
17.12.1991 18.15 The Indian Runner, Sean Penn, Bristol 2