London Film Festival 1987

Pedro Almodóvar: La ley del deseo / The Law of Desire (ES 1987).

19 Nov 1987  Meeting Markku Salmi, Richenda Walford and Elaine Burrows at the BFI.
20 Nov 1987  Meeting Charles Beddow, Sheila Whittaker, Jim Hickey, Wayne Drew, Wendy Hsiao-Wang and Paul Willemen at the NFT.
20 Nov 1987  La famiglia / The Family (IT 1987). D: Ettore Scola. NFT 1
20 Nov 1987  Video UK. ICA
- Rod Iverson: Agent Orange: Policy of Poison (GB 1987).
- Stephen Todd: I Was Dreaming Too (GB 1987).
- Rosalind Hewett: Crying and Not Crying (GB 1987).
- Nicola Baldwin: Falling Under (GB 1987).
- The Molotov Brothers: Noise into Pictures (GB 1987). *
20 Nov 1987  Do ma dan / Peking Opera Blues (HK 1986). D: Tsui Hark. ICA
20 Nov 1987  Someone to Love (US 1988). D: Henry Jaglom. NFT 1
21 Nov 1987  Film concert Bronenosets Potemkin / Battleship Potemkin (SU 1925). D: Sergei Eisenstein. QEH. Edmund Meisel music live - Fearon - Brabant
21 Nov 1987  On the Black Hill (GB 1987). D: Andrew Grieve. NFT 1
21 Nov 1987  Video for TV. ICA
- Steps (US/GB 1987). D: Zbigniew Rybczynski. Deconstruction of the Odessa Steps. A parody, but in which way.
- Time Code
- Invisible TV (GB 1987). D: Jean McClements, Tim Morrison.
21 Nov 1987  Dear America. NFT 1
22 Nov 1987  Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (US 1987). D: Taylor Hackford. Empire Two.
22 Nov 1987  Swan Song. ICA
22 Nov 1987  The Puppetoon Movie. ICA
22 Nov 1987  New York Video. ICA
- Ken Kobland, Wooster Group (Elizabeth LeCompte), The Kitchen Center.: Flaubert Dreams of Travel But the Illness of His Mother Prevents It (US 1986).
- Davids Daniels, The Kitchen Center: Buzz Box (US 1987). 

- Hey Bud

- Dara Birnbaum: Damnation of Faust: Evocation (US 1980).
- Smith: Mike
- Tom Bowes, The Kitchen Center: Two Moon July (US 1987).
- Laurie Anderson, John Lurie, David Byrne
22 Nov 1987 I send my review of London Film Festival I for Helsingin Sanomat per telefax
23 Nov 1987  Poussière d'ange / Angel Dust / Enkelin sirpale (FR 1987). D: Edouard Niermans. NFT 1
23 Nov 1987  Un zoo la nuit / Night Zoo / Öinen eläintarha (CA 1987). D: Jean-Claude Lauzon. NFT 1
23 Nov 1987  With Kaarle Stewen, we meet David Meeker and Elaine Burrows. A walk in Soho with Markku Salmi, checking locations of Peeping Tom.
23 Nov 1987  La ley del deseo / The Law of Desire. NFT 1
23 Nov 1987  Cry Freedom / Huuto vapaudelle (GB/Zimbabwe/US 1987). R: Richard Attenborough. Empire. In the presence of Richard Attenborough. Meeting Päivi Hartzell (here for Lumikuningatar).
24 Nov 1987  The Kitchen Toto / Vapauden julmat kasvot (GB 1987). D: Harry Hook. Rank Preview Theatre, 127 Wardour Street
24 Nov 1987  4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle / Reinette ja Mirabellen neljä seikkailua (FR 1986). D: Éric Rohmer. NFT 1
24 Nov 1987  Housekeeping / Sylvien talo (US 1987). D: Bill Forsyth. Prince Charles
25 Nov 1987  The Best of World Animation. NFT 1
- Lestocart & Coussoneau: Annecy Logo (1987)
- Hickey: An Inside Job (1987)

- Pojar, Drouin: L'Heure des anges (1986)
- Hinton: Giordano (1985)
- Kanev: Amachan, sviat (1986)
- Manuli: Piu uno meno uno (1987)
- Shorina: Dver (1986)
- Lasseter: Luxo, Jr. (1986)
- Krumme: Seiltänzer (1986)
- Peränne: Isä ja poika (1987)
- Back: L'Homme qui plantait des arbres (1987)

25 Nov 1987  The Best of British Animation. NFT 1
- Steveley: Strangers in Paradise (1987)
- Rimminen: Blind Justice (1987)
- Ashey, Newitt: The Jump (1987)
- Cawdery: Heart and Stars (1986)

- Goleszowski: Barefootin' (1987)

- Rock Garden
- Austin, Hayes: Binky and Boo (1987)
- de Vere: Black Dog (1987)
- Hüseyin: Rockie, Sten et Pierre (1985)
- Andrew: Dolphins (1987)
- World Safari
- Berol
- Little Devil
- Soldiers

- South Bank Show
- Capital City
- Copperhead Cider
- Ashworth: The Web (1987)
- Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares For Me
25 Nov 1987  Royal Charity Premiere: Film Concert Ben-Hur (US 1925). D: Fred Niblo. Carl Davis conducts the premiere of his new score. Palladium. 145 min + interval. Kevin Brownlow
26 Nov 1987  Manhunter / Psykopaatin jäljillä (US 1986). D: Michael Mann. Warner. In the presence of Michael Mann. The first Hannibal Lecter movie
26 Nov 1987  I send my review of London Film Festival II for Helsingin Sanomat per telefax.
27 Nov 1987  A day off with Markku Salmi, Sakari Toiviainen, Riitta Toiviainen.
28 Nov 1987  Out of Order (1987). D: Jonnie Turpie. . NFT 1
28 Nov 1987  King Lear (1987). D: Jean-Luc Godard. NFT 1
28 Nov 1987  Soigne ta droite (1987). D: Jean-Luc Godard. NFT 1. Jean-Luc Godard interviewed by Colin McCabe.
28 Nov 1987  Surprise film: Someone to Watch Over Me / Erään murhan varjossa (US 1987). D: Ridley Scott. NFT 1
28 Nov 1987  Brand New Day (1987). D: Amos Gitai. NFT 1. Eurythmics. Amos Gitai interviewed
29 Nov 1987  RoboCop (US 1987). D: Paul Verhoeven. Uncut 103 min. Leicester Square Theatre
29 Nov 1987  Clandestino destino (MX 1987). D: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. NFT 1
29 Nov 1987 With Antti Lindqvist in the chaos in Heathrow. Fog. Gatwick.

29-30 Nov 1987  Flight London-Helsinki, arrival at 3 am, with 4 hours delay.

30 Nov 1987  At 3-5 am, I write my last festival report, London Film Festival III, for Helsingin Sanomat and take it to Ludwiginkatu. 

November 1987

Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay: Street of Crocodiles (GB 1986).

Separate entry: London Film Festival 1987.

1 Nov 1987  Train from Helsinki to Tampere, bus from Tampere to Pirkkala.
1 Nov 1987  Peter von Bagh: Ennen elokuvaa: Out of the Past. TV3
1 Nov 1987  Out of the Past / Menneisyyden varjot (US 1947). [X] TV3
1-4 Nov 1987  Preparing a lecture on the stars.
4 Nov 1987  Lecture: Stars. Tampere University: täydennyskoulutuskeskus
4 Nov 1987  Meeting Jukka Sihvola
4 Nov 1987  Train from Tampere to Helsinki
4 Nov 1987  I help Risto Raitio to view The New Centurions, Murder in the Dressing Room
4 Nov 1987  Varieté (DE 1925). D: E. A. Dupont. SEA Orion 35 mm. I speak the live earphone commentary in Finnish
5 Nov 1987  Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (DE 1925). D: Arthur von Gerlach. SEA Orion 35 mm
6 Nov 1987  Stromboli (IT 1949). D: Roberto Rossellini. SEA Orion 35 mm
6 Nov 1987  Alchemists of the Surreal - curated by Jayne Pilling, BFI. SEA Orion
- Jan Švankmajer: Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara (CZ 1964)
- Byt / The Flat (CZ 1968)
- Možnosti dialogu (CZ 1982)
- Do pivnice / Down to the Cellar (CZ 1968)
- Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay: Street of Crocodiles (GB 1986)
- Zbigniew Rybczyński: Tango (PL 1979)
7 Nov 1987  Tagebuch einer Verlorenen / Kadotetun päiväkirja (DE ). D: G. W. Pabst. SEA viewing table, 35 mm
8 Nov 1987  Berlin - die Sinfonie einer Grossstadt (DE 1927). D: Walther Ruttmann. SEA Orion 35 mm
10 Nov 1987  Man Ray special screening
10 Nov 1987  Dirnentragödie (DE 1927). D: Bruno Rahn. [3]. SEA Orion 35 mm. I speak the live earphone commentary in Finnish
11 Nov 1987  Asphalt (DE 1929). D: Joe May. SEA Orion 35 mm
12 Nov 1987  Risto Raitio views La Neige était sale
13 Nov 1987  Polizeibericht Überfall, 25 UPA cartoons, Berlin Alexanderplatz (Jutzi)
14 Nov 1987  Mädchen in Uniform (DE 1931). D: Leontine Sagan. SEA 35 mm
14 Nov 1987  Die verkaufte Braut (DE 1932). D: Max Ophuls. SEA 35 mm
15 Nov 1987  Morgenrot (DE 1933). D: Gustav Ucicky. SEA 35 mm
17 Nov 1987  Berlin Alexanderplatz (DE 1931). D: Piel Jutzi. [X] SEA Orion 35 mm
18 Nov 1987  Flight from Helsinki to London