Blizna

100382 / G / PL 1976 / Kieslowski, Krzysztof / drama
Blizna / The Scar / Arpi. PC: Film Polski. D: Krzysztof Kieslowski. CAST: Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr. 104’. 1,66. DIST: Finnkino. TRANS: Jaana Wiik / Janne Staffans. Viewed at VET, Helsinki, on Tuesday, 2 September 1997. ** Kieslowski’s theatrical feature debut is clumsy - the second one, Amator (The Amateur, 1979), was already remarkably assured. Blizna shares the disconsolate realism of K’s documentaries. It experiments sparingly with sound and vision, and does not introduce very compelling characters. Kieslowski, himself, defined the film a case of ”socialist realism against the grain” with a major script problem. Worth seeing for Kieslowski aficionados.

M.D.C. Maschera di cera / Le Masque de cire / The Wax Mask

Sergio Stivaletti: M.D.C. Maschera di cera / Le Masque de cire / The Wax Mask (FR/IT 1997).

100383 16 IT 1997 Stivaletti, Sergio horror
Vahanaamio. PC: A Cine 2000. P: Dario Argento. D: Sergio Stivaletti. Story: Lucio Fulci. CAST: Robert Hossein, Romina Mondello, Riccardo Serventi Longhi. 95’. 1,66. DIST: Finn Innovation Productions. Dubbed in English. Viewed at VET, Helsinki, Tuesday, 2 September 1997. BOMB. A remake of the 1932 The Mystery of the Wax Museum, already remade in 1953 as House of Wax, etc. The only new elements are nudity and gore. The director lacks talent, the actors are wooden, the photography is a far cry from the stylish heights of Bava and Argento, and the somnambulistic dubbing is the final nail on the coffin.

Conspiracy Theory

100381 12 US 1997 Donner, Richard thriller
Conspiracy Theory / Salaliittoteoria. PC: Warner Bros. P: Joel Silver. D: Richard Donner. CAST: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart. 135’. Scope. DIST: Warner Bros. Finland. TRANS: Timo Porri. Viewed at VET, Helsinki, Monday, 1 September 1997. *** Offbeat thriller plays its Manchurian Candidate premise for comedy. Mel Gibson stars as the deranged conspiracy theorist whose worst nightmares prove true. Julia Roberts performs strongly as the agent who has to face a major case of suspension of belief. Reasons to like this: the two fascinating performances and Carter Burwell’s surprising score.

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The year of production

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P = producer

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D = director

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ED = editor

M = music

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The projection speed is the 24 fps standard unless otherwise indicated.

Of silent films, length in meters and projection speed /fps = frames per second/ is given when known. The silent speed can vary between 12-40 fps, sometimes within the same film.

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The diary includes films viewed outside the Classification Office. The official ratings of old films may be dated, and the films might get a new rating if they would be classified today. For instance, almost all Finnish films of the 1940s with a 16 rating would be G today.

1996

In 1996 I also saw

In Los Angeles:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Little Colonel

In Helsinki:
From Dusk till Dawn
Secrets and Lies
Twelve Monkeys
Kauas pilvet karkaavat

December 1996

Yasujiro Ozu: Kohayagawa-ke no aki / The End of Summer (JP 1961).

3.12.1996 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean / Roy Bean - piru mieheksi. US 1972. D: John Huston. Paul Newman. Orion

7.12.1996 Kohayagawa-ke no aki / Perhetarina / The End of Summer. JP 1961. D: Yasujiro Ozu. Setsuko Hara. Orion
7.12.1996 The Man Who Would Me King / Seikkailujen sankarit. GB/US 1975. D: John Huston. Sean Connery, Michael Caine. Orion
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10.12.1996 Kvarteret Korpen / Korppikortteli. SE 1964. D: Bo Widerberg. Thommy Berggren. Orion

November 1996, Helsinki

5.11.1996 Limita. RU 1994. D: Denis Jevstignejev. Orion
5.11.1996 Konsert dlja krysy / Concert for a Rat. RU 1995. D: Oleg Kovaljov. Orion
5.11.1996 A Walk with Love and Death. US 1969. D: John Huston. Anjelica Huston, Assi Dayan. Apparently the first screening in Finland. Orion
6.11.1996 Levoton veri / Restless Blood. FI 1946. D: Teuvo Tulio. Regina Linnanheimo. Orion
6.11.1996 Vostotshnaja elegija / Eastern Elegy. RU/JP 1996. D: Aleksandr Sokurov. Orion
7.11.1996 Mes petites amoureuses. FR 1974. D: Jean Eustache. Orion
12.11.1996 Mizrekh un mayrev / Ost und West / East and West. AT 1923. D: Ivan Abramson, Sidney M. Goldin. Molly Picon. Orion
12.11.1996 Jevreiskoe stshastje / Evreyskoe schaste / Jewish Luck. SU 1925. D: Aleksis Granovski. Solomon Mikhoels. Orion
13.11.1996 Uvletshenija / Passions. RU 1994. D: Kira Muratova. Orion
19.11.1996 Uncle Moses. US 1932. D: Sidney M. Goldin, Aubrey Scotto. Sholom Asch. Maurice Schwartz, Judith Abarbanel. Orion
20.11.1996 Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik / Zein Weibs Liebenik / His Wife's Lover. US 1931. D: Sidney M. Goldin. Orion
21.11.1996 Yidl mitn Fidl / Yiddle with a Fiddle. PL/US 1937. D: Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przybylski. Molly Picon. Orion
21.11.1996 Grine Felder / Green Fields. US 1937. D: Jacob Ben-Ami, Edgar G. Ulmer. Orion
26.11.1996 Zsvey Shvester / Tsvaye Shvester / Two Sisters. US 1938. D: Ben K. Blake. Orion - notes
26.11.1996 Der Dibuk / Dybuk / The Dybbuk. PL 1937. D: Michal Waszynski. Orion
27.11.1996 Amerikaner Shachen / The American Matchmaker. US 1940. D: Edgar G. Ulmer. Orion
28.11.1996 Undzere Kinder / Our Children. PL 1951. D: Natan Gross. Orion

October 1996, Helsinki

Philippe Garrel: J'entends plus la guitare / I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar (FR 1991). Dedicated to the memory of Nico. See also blog note 15 Oct 2008.

2.10.1996 The Misfits / Sopeutumattomat. US 1961. D: John Huston. Orion
2.10.1996 Freud / Salatut intohimot. US 1962. D: John Huston. Orion
4.10.1996 Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta / The Song of the Scarlet Flower. FI 1938. D: Teuvo Tulio. In the presence of Rakel Linnanheimo. Orion
8.10.1996 O Fim do Mundo / The End of the World. PT/FR 1993. D: João Mário Grilo. Orion
8.10.1996 Ren xia ren / The Dead and the Deadly. HK 1982. D: Ma Wu. Sammo Hung. Orion
9.10.1996 Vihtori ja Klaara / [Bringing Up Father]. FI 1939. D: Teuvo Tulio. Orion
9.10.1996 Das Tripas Coração / Four Elements: Fire. PT/FR 1992. D: Joaquim Pinto. Orion
9.10.1996 Vale Abraão / Abraham's Valley. FR/PT/CH 1993. D: Manoel de Oliveira. Orion
22.10.1996 La Naissance de l'amour. FR 1993. D: Philippe Garrel. Orion
22.10.1996 Vampyr. DE/FR 1932. Carl Th. Dreyer. Orion
24.10.1996 Hélas pour moi. FR/CH 1993. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Orion
25.10.1996 Vampyr. DE/FR 1932. Carl Th. Dreyer. Orion
29.10.1996 J'entends plus la guitare / I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar. FR 1991. D: Philippe Garrel. Orion

29.10.1996 Sous le soleil de Satan / Paholaisen auringon alla. FR 1987. D: Maurice Pialat. Orion
30.10.1996 Rakkauden risti / The Cross of Love. FI 1946. D: Teuvo Tulio. Orion
31.10.1996 Sinful Davey / Syntinen Davey. GB 1969. D: John Huston. John Hurt. Orion

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, 12-19 October 1996

Herbert Brenon: The Rescue (US 1929), based on the novel by Joseph Conrad, produced by Samuel Goldwyn and starring Ronald Colman and Lily Damita.

This year the rewards of Le Giornato del Cinema Muto were mostly of historical interest. The artistic substance was not on the level of the best years.

1.  MAX DAVIDSON. Max Davidson the master comedian flourished simultaneously with Laurel & Hardy and others for Hal Roach, often with Leo McCarey as producer or director. Often Max plays a single father saddled with an idiot son and a marriage-hungry daughter. A couple of years ago we saw the brilliant Pass the Gravy and Flaming Fathers. Now we were lavished with "More Gravy" including Why Girls Say No, Jewish Prudence, Should Second Husbands Come First and The Boy Friend. Prints are scattered and difficult to access but the situation might improve as Davidson's reputation spreads.

2.  HERBERT BRENON. The main retrospective, dedicated to Herbert Brenon, was a disappointment in artistic terms. Herbert Brenon was a great Hollywood director in the 1910s and the 1920s, but his oeuvre has not stood the test of time. I discovered two exceptions in the series of some 20 films. The Rescue (Samuel Goldwyn, 1929) is one of the finest Joseph Conrad film adaptations. The forgotten film has been recently restored by George Eastman House. Beau Geste (Paramount, 1926), the first interpretation of the often filmed subject, is a charming romantic adventure. Brenon's most highly regarded films are the fairy-tale fantasies Peter Pan (Paramount, 1924) and A Kiss for Cinderella (Paramount, 1925), both starring Betty Bronson, both absolutely worth seeing. They are personal works but not for every taste. I had trouble relating to the scantily clad, very feminine Bronson as Peter Pan.

3. IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS 1918–1924. Immediately after the Revolution film production in Russia halted, and the volume of production fell sharply. The Pordenone retrospective confirmed the assumption that the flowering of the cinema in Czarist Russia was followed by a steep decline until the start of "anni mirabili" in 1924. (Typically for GCM famous classics of 1924 such as Strike, Aelita, Kino-Glaz, and Mr. West were not screened. Only rarities were included). The historically exciting and unique series included for instance Dziga Vertov's train films, Kuleshov's experiments and Eisenstein's first sketch, Glumov's Diary. Of the early directors were also on display Aleksandr Rasumny and Vladimir Gardin. Rasumny's Mother (1920), the first film adaptation of Gorky's novel, is more complex than Pudovkin's, and its sense of the milieu is more densely realistic. In a class of its own was Suram's Fortress (1923, directed by Ivan Perestiani, photographed by Boris Zavelev), the finest film of the retrospective, an important achievement in a continuity which has continued until the days of Sergei Parajanov and Yuri Ilyenko.

4.  MAGYAR DYNAMISM. When I visited the Hungarian film archive a few years ago I saw all Hungarian silent films available at the time and found no real gems among them. The Pordenone retrospective did not change my opinion, although more films have been discovered. The impression of a golden age of Hungarian cinema is based on the fact that an amazing number – around fifty! – great persons of world cinema (Zukor, Fox, Korda, Curtiz, Lugosi, Pressburger, Balazs... ) come from there. But perhaps their great period started abroad? The most important director in this series, Béla Balogh, seemed mediocre. The most famous film, Korda's Az aranyember, not very good either, surviving in an incomplete print, we screened in the FIAF 50 Touring Show.

5. THE ANIMATIONS OF GREGORY LA CAVA. Gregory Cava, who later became a reliable comedy director in Hollywood, started in animated cartoons of the Krazy Kat and Katzenjammer Kids comic strips. Dozens of films were seen in Pordenone. All mediocre or bad. They do not stand comparison with the contemporary films of the Fleischer brothers or Walt Disney.

6.  RESTORED TREASURES FROM THE UCLA. UCLA Film and Television Archive is not famous for its silent treasures – its strength lies with sound films. Even the most important treasure of UCLA's silent collections – Harold Lloyd's films – had not been accepted to Pordenone. Yet the series was a very important – exemplary – display of technical achievements. The most attention-catching film was The Bright Shawl (1923) which has been restored from broken 16 mm prints to 35 mm: the visual quality was amazingly good. The second Vitaphone programme (1926, starring Al Jolson, among others) was equally stunning. The films have been shot on silent stock, synchronized to be played with phonograph records. The project included also the restoration of at times severely broken phonograph records. There were six shorts and one feature, Syd Chaplin's The Better 'Ole (1926), a silent comedy synched with a Vitaphone score.

7.  DAS INDISCHE GRABMAL (Joe May, 1921). From the grand restorations of the Project Lumière of the EU was saw the big budget adventure fantasy Das indische Grabmal, written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang, one of the most magnificent achievements of the golden age of German cinema. The two remakes, by Richard Eichberg (from the 1930s) and Fritz Lang himself (from the 1950s) are well-known, but this original has not been seen in 70 years except in badly truncated versions. Conrad Veidt and Bernhard Goetzke are among the stars. In several sequences – such as the waking up of the yoghi and the erotic rites at the temple – there is an unforgettable haunting atmosphere. The restoration (with toning and tinting) is first class.

8.  GEORGES MELIES. Four recent Méliès discoveries were on display, and excellent among them were La Danse du feu (1899) and Le Voyage de la famille Bourrichon (1912), Méliès's last film of which an uncertainty had prevailed whether it was ever even finished. Now we saw it and were able to state that Méliès never lost his genius.

9.  CENTENARY OF THE OLYMPICS. Compiled by Luke McKernan (NFTVA) who also moderated a programme meaningful for Finns. In the Pathé newsreels about the Stockholm 1912 Olympics we saw the legendary run of Hannes Kolehmainen – "when Finland was run on the map of the world" under the double-headed eagle of Russia but with Finland's seal on the chest. The first feature-length Olympic film is the 196 minutes long Les Jeux Olympiques Paris 1924 of which we saw a 40 min sample. Among the heroes were Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola, but there are many more Finnish victories included. Glimpses of these are familiar, but there is more material and it is of higher quality than has been generally known.

10.  ERKKI HUHTAMO: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MOVING IMAGE I–III (Yleisradio 1996). This fine work was seen as a world premiere in the video series. International top expert rated it highly. The work has lasting value and use in media education. Worthy of wide international export.

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WHAT I SAW

A KISS FOR HERBERT BRENON
Peter Pan (US 1924) 124' at 19,5 fps GEH
The Dream (US 1911) 12' /16 fps/ Mary Pickford
The Long Strike (US 1912) incomplete 13' /16 fps/
A Kiss for Cinderella (US 1925) 140' /18 fps/ announced, actually ca 120'
Ivanhoe (US 1913) 49' /16 fps/ MoMA – notes
Absinthe (US 1914) fragment 14' /16 fps/ NFM – notes
Happy Hooligan at the Circus (US 1917) notes
Katzenjammer Kids: [Una pesca magica] (US 1917) notes
Victory and Peace / The Invasion of Britain / [The National Film] (GB 1918) fragment 3' /16 fps/ NFTVA
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (US 1913) 30' /16 fps/ UCLA – notes
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (US 1928) 74' /20 fps/ Lon Chaney. GEH – notes
The Street of Forgotten Men (US 1925) incomplete, 3–7, ca 65' /20 fps/ LoC – notes
The Spanish Dancer (US 1923) Pola Negri, 80' /18 fps/ NFM – notes
Dancing Mothers (US 1926) 69' /19 fps/ LoC – Alice Joyce, Clara Bow – notes
The Breaking Point (US 1924) Nita Naldi, 109' /16 fps/ LoC – notes
The Valley of the Giants (US 1927) 65' /25 fps/ UCLA – notes 6 pages
La principessa misteriosa (IT 1920) Maria Doro. 82' /16 fps/ Cineteca Italiana, Milano
The Rescue (US 1929) incomplete 85' /22 fps/ GEH – notes
Beau Geste (US 1926) 125' /20 fps/ LoC – notes

GREGORY LA CAVA, ANIMATOR
Cartoons in the Hotel (US 1915)
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus (US 1916), notes
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Discuss the Letter (US 1916), notes
The Joys and Glooms Elope (US 1916), notes
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in a Duet: He Made Me Love Him (US 1916), notes
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in a Tale That Is Knot (US 1916), notes
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse In Their One-Act Tragedy, the Tale of the Nude Tail (US 1916), notes
Feet Is Feet: A Phable (US 1916)
Krazy Kat to the Rescue (US 1916)
The Phable of a Fat Woman (US 1916)
The Phable of a Busted Romance (US 1916)
Policy and Pie (US 1918)
How Could William Tell? (US 1919)
The Breath of a Nation (US 1919)
Smokey Smokes (US 1920)

IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS
Proekt inzenera Prajta / [Engineer Prait's Project] (Lev Kuleshov, Hanzhonkov, RU 1918) fragment, titles missing 20' (20 fps) GFF, notes
Za krasnoe znamya / [For the Red Flag] (Vladimir Kasianov, RU 1919) 16' /18 fps/ GFF, notes
Devji gory – legenda ob Antihriste / [The Virgins of the Mountains – the Legend of the Antichrist] (Aleksandr Sanin, RU 1919) 40' /20 fps/ GFF, notes
Tovarisc Abram / [Comrade Abram] (Aleksandr Rasumnyi, RU 1919) 18' /19 fps/ GFF, notes
Son Tarasa / [Taras' Dream] (Yuri Zhelyabuzhki, RU 1919) 14' /19 fps/ GFF
Proletarii vseh stran, soedinyaites! / [Workers of All Lands, Unite!] (Boris Sushkevic, RU 1919) incomplete 22' /18 fps/ GFF
Dezertiry / [The Deserters] (Evgeni Slavinski, RU 1919) missing titles 11' /18 fps/ GFF, notes
Novoe platye korolya / [The Emperor's New Clothes] (Yuri Zhelyabutzhki, RU 1919) titles missing 20' /16 fps/ GFF, notes
Agit-poezd / [Agit Train] (Dziga Vertov, RU 1919) 6' /18 fps/ Muzei Kino, notes
Rabocij Sevyrev / Rabotshi Sevyrev / [Worker Shevyrev] (Ceslav Sabinski, RU 1919) 69' /19 fps/ GFF, notes
Vzjatye zimnego dvorca / [The Taking of the Winter Palace] (Nikolai Evreinov, Aleksandr Kugel, Nikolai Petrov, Boris Sanin et al., RU 1920) 22' /18 fps/ Muzei Kino – AD: Yuri Annenkov, notes
Mat / [Mother] (Aleksandr Rasumnyi, RU 1920) 63' /19 fps/ GFF, notes
Serp i molot / V trudnye dni / [Hammer and Sickle] / [Difficult Days] (Vladimir Gardin, RU 1921) incomplete r. 2–5, 55' /19 fps/ GFF, notes
[Eksperiment Kuleshova] / [The Kuleshov Experiment] (Lev Kuleshov, RU 1921) 2 m, screened 3 times, 10" (10 seconds) /16 fps/ Ekaterina Hohlova Collection / GFF, notes
Arsen Dzordziasvili / Ybjstvo generala Grjazanova / [Arsen Dzordziasvili] / [The Killing of General Gryazanov] (Ivan Perestiani, RU 1921) 53' /18 fps/ GFF, notes
Derevnia na perelome / [Countryside at the Time of Change] (Ceslav Sabinski, RU 1921) 41' /21 fps/ notes
Net scactja na zemle / Njet stshastja na zemlje / [There Is No Happiness On Earth] (Aleksandr Panteleyev, SU 1922) 48' /20 fps/ GFF, notes
Polikushka (Aleksandr Sanin, SU 1922) incomplete r. 2–3, 5–6, 55' /19 fps/ GFF, notes
Suramskaya krepost / [The Fortress of Suram] (Ivan Perestiani, SU 1923) 73' /20 fps/ GFF, notes
Prizrak brodit po Evrope / [There Is a Spectre Over Europe] (Vladimir Gardin, SU 1923) titles missing, 85' /20 fps GFF, notes
Kombrig Ivanov / [Brigade Commander Ivanov] (Aleksandr Razumnyi, SU 1923) 66' /20 fps/ GFF, notes, notes
Dnevnik Glumova / [Glumov's Diary] (Sergei Eisenstein, SU 1923) 7' /18 fps/ Muzei Kino, notes
Sovietskie igruski / [Soviet Toys] (Dziga Vertov, SU 1924) 12' /22 fps/ GFF, notes
President Samosadkin [The Self-Appointed President] (Mikhail Verner, SU 1924) 74' /24 fps/ GFF, notes
Slesar i kantsler / [The Locksmith and the Chancellor] (Vladimir Gardin, SU 1924) incomplete 2-5  60' /19 fps/ GFF, notes
Istorija odogo razocarovanija / Boris Savikov [Story of a Disappointment] (Aleksandr Buskin, SU 1924) 4' /20 fps/ GFF
Razboinik Arsen / [Arsen the Bandit] (Vladimir Barski, SU 1924) 78' /20 fps/ GFF
N+N+N (Nini, nalog, neprijatnost) [Nini, Taxes, Sorrows] (Vladimir Smidtgof, SU 1924) 15' /20 fps/ GFF – notes
Vragi. Otets i syn / [Enemies. Father and Son] (Ceslav Sabinski, SU 1924) 86' /20 fps/ GFF – notes, 6 pages
Pokhozdeniya Vanki Gvozdya / [The Adventures of Ivan-the-Nail] (Manuel Bolshintsov, SU 1924) 10' /22 fps/ GFF
Tainstvennoe kolzo, ili rokovaja tanja [The Mysterious Ring, Or, The Fatal Mystery] (Aleksandr Buskin, SU 1924) 5' /24 fps/ GFF – notes
Bednjaku v prok – kulaku v bok / [Give to the Poor – Take from the Rich] (Jakov Poselski, SU 1924) 30' / 20 fps/ GFF- notes
Cetyre i piat / Tshetyre i pjat / [Four and Five] (Vladimir Gardin, SU 1924) 95' /20 fps/ GFF, notes
Starec Vasili Grjaznov / Starets Vasili Grjaznov / [The Monk Vadili Gryaznov] (Ceslav Sabinski, SU 1924) 56' /24 fps/ GFF, notes
Vasa znakomaja / Zurnalistka / [Your Acquaintance] / [The Journalist] (Lev Kuleshov, SU 1927) fragment, 13' /24 fps/ GFF

MAGYAR DYNAMISM, Magyar Filmintézet
Küzdelem a létért / [Struggle for Life] (Alfred Deésy, HU 1918) starring Béla Lugosi, notes
A leányasszony / [The Young Wife] (Alfred Deésy, HU 1918), notes (I saw half)
Jön az öcsém / [My Brother Is Coming] (Michael Curtiz, HU 1919) 12' /16 fps/ notes
A megfayott gyermek / [The Frozen Child] (Béla Balogh, HU 1912) 51' /18 fps/
Hegyek alján / [Under the Mountains] (Béla Balogh, HU 1920) 82' /18 fps/
Az aranyember / [The Golden Man] (Alexander Korda, HU 1928) incomplete 100' /16 fps/ – over two thirds missing

SPECIAL EVENT
Das indische Grabmal Teil I: Die Sendung des Joghi plus
Das indische Grabmal Teil Teil II: Der Tiger von Eschnapur (DE 1921) announced as 241' /20 fps/ actual duration ca 210', notes, Ende 18.09

THE JANET GAYNOR PROJECT
Pep of the Lazy "J" (Victor Nordlinger, US 1926) 22' /21 fps/ GEH

UCLA FILM AND TELEVISION ARCHIVE PRESENTS
Lotus Blossom (US 1921) 13' /20 fps/
Rheims (Charles Raleigh, US 1921) 8' /20 fps/ *
The Bright Shawl (John S. Robertson, US 1923) 93' /20 fps/, notes
[Carl Laemmle Silver Jubilee] (US 1932) 3' / 24 fps/
Tabu [preview trailer] (F. W. Murnau, US 1931) 4' /24 fps/
Legong (Dance of the Virgins) (Henri de la Falaise, US 1935) 54' /24 fps/, notes
Ouverture: The Spirit of 1918 / George Jessel / Elsie Janis / Willie and Eugene Howard / Al Jolson/ Bruce Bairnsfather (US 1926) 60' / 24 fps/
The Better 'Ole (Charles Reisner, US 1926) 95' / 24 fps/
[Ernst Lubitsch at Home in Hollywood] (US 1924) 3' /20 fps/
[Ernst Lubitsch on the Set of Rosita] (US 1923) 4' /20 fps/
The Patriot preview trailer (US 1928) 4' /18 fps/

KEVIN MCDONALD PRESENTS
Chaplin's Goliath. In Search of Scotland's Forgotten Star (GB 1996) VHS. 52' Eric Campbell

ERKKI HUHTAMO PRESENTS
The Archaeology of the Moving Image I–III (FI 1996) English version. U-Matic. 90'

GEORGES MELIES
Sur les toits (FR 1897) AFF / CNC, notes
Le Prise de Tournavos (FR 1897) AFF / CNC, notes
La Danse du feu (FR 1899) GEH, notes
Le Voyage de la famille Bourrichon (FR 1912) Lobster Film, notes

MAX DAVIDSON
Why Girls Say No (US 1927) 25' /20 fps/ Bonner Kinemathek, notes
Jewish Prudence (US 1927) 24' /20 fps/ Bonner Kinemathek, notes
Should Second Husbands Come First? (US 1927) Bonner Kinemathek
The Boy Friend (US 1928) Bonner Kinemathek
No Woman Knows (Tod Browning, US 1921) 65' /20 fps/ Cinecon 32 Hollywood / Filmoteca Española – notes
Hurdy Gurdy (US 1929) 20' /24 fps/ Bonner Kinemathek

GOOD NIGHT, SILENTS...
Quand Madelon... (Georges Lordier, FR 1917), 4' /18 fps/ Lobster, live performance Serge Bromberg, notes
Celles qui s'en font (Germaine Dulac, FR 1928) 7' /20 fps/ Lobster. notes ,*****
Cast Ashore (US 192X) 9' /19 fps/ GEH - straight and gay hard core porn
Manchu Love (Elmer Clifton, US 1928) 17' /24 fps/ GEH

OLYMPIA 100 - LUKE MCKERNAN - NFTVA
Olympic Games at Athens (GB 1906) 6'
[Athens 1896] (FR 1906) 1'
[1908 Olympics: Marathon] (GB 1908) 6' London
[Olympic Games 1912] (GB 1912) 8' Stockholm
[Stockholm: the Olympic Games 1912] (GB 1912) 13'
Antwerp – Olympic Games (Fox News # 11) (GB 1920) 1'
Les Jeux olympiques Paris 1924 (FR 1924) 3 reels selection 40' /20 fps/ IWM

FRESH FROM THE ARCHIVES
Des Alters erste Spuren (Franz Hofer DE 1913) 23' /16 fps/ Slovenska Kinoteka, notes
Le Jongleur des chapeaux (FR 1909) 6' /16 fps/ Slovenska Kinoteka

BLANCHE SWEET REMEMBERED
The Little Country Mouse (Donald Crisp, US 1914) 14' /16 fps/ LoC New Zealand Collection
The Villain Foiled (Mack Sennett, US 1911) 6' /16 fps/ MoMA
Public Opinion (Frank Reicher, US 1916) 57' /16 fps/ LoC

SPECIAL EVENT: L'IMMAGINE RITROVATA
Za-la-Mort / Der Traum der Za-la-Vie (DE 1924) 96' /18 fps/ Jugoslovenska Kinoteka / Cineteca del Comune di Bologna

15 OCT 1996, RIDOTTO DEL VERDI, SEZIONE VIDEO
15.30 LOBSTER FILM PRESENTS: UNIDENTIFIED AMERICAN SHORT COMEDIES, PART I
Peculiar Patients' Pranks (Hal Roach, Lonesome Luke series, Rolin Film Co., US 1915), starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels - notes

September 1996, Helsinki

10.9.1996 Pink Flamingos. US 1972. D: John Waters. Orion
XXX
XXX
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13.9.1996 Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart. US 1985. D: Wayne Wang. Orion
13.9.1996 Simple Men. US 1992. D: Hal Hartley. Orion
17.9.1996 Mala Noche. US 1986. D: Gus Van Sant. Orion
19.9.1996 Ma vida loca. US/GB 1993. D: Allison Anders. Orion. Notes.
20.9.1996 Barcelona. US 1994. D: Whit Stillman. Orion
21.9.1996 at 14.30 Helsinki Film Festival, Maxim 2
24.9.1996 The Roots of Heaven / Taivaan juuret. US 1958. D: John Huston. Orion
25.9.1996 Ar irardo! / Ne gorjui! / Meillä ei surra. SU-GE 1970. D: Georgi Danelija. Orion
27.9.1996 Laveata tietä / [The Broad Way]. FI 1931. D: Valentin Vaala. Teuvo Tulio. Orion
27.9.1996 Little Odessa / Pikku Odessa. US 1994. D: James Gray. Orion
29.9.1996 The Roots of Heaven / Taivaan juuret. US 1958. D: John Huston. Orion

August 1996, Los Angeles, Hayden Lake, Spokane

Mel Stuart: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (US 1971), based on Roald Dahl, starring Gene Wilder.

1.8.1996 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory / Jali ja suklaatehdas (Mel Stuart, US 1971) chez S.M., Hayden Lake. I had never seen this wonderful movie before. After a disappointing first run it grew into a sleeper hit and cult movie, not well known in Finland.

2.8.1996 Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, US 1959) tv at Shangri La Motel, Spokane. I opened the tv set at the motel. The transmission was terrible, full of static. I recognized the opening scene and sat transfixed through the 141 minutes of Rio Bravo, a movie that I had also programmed at school film societies on 16 mm. The film is always great no matter what quality the presentation.
7.8.1996 The Disorderly Orderly (Frank Tashlin, US 1964, with Jerry Lewis) video
8.8.1996 A Time to Kill (Joel Schumacher, US 1996)
9.8.1996 Victory Through Air Power (Walt Disney, US 1943) screening at Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, with Scott MacQueen
10.8.1996 Destry Rides Again (George Marshall, US 1939) Lakeside Video
13.8.1996 Darby O'Gill and the Little People (Robert Stevenson, US 1959) video
14.8.1996 Escape from L.A. (John Carpenter, US 1996) AMC Burbank
15.8.1996 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, US 1994) Lakeside Video
16.8.1996 The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, US 1962) Lakeside Video
17.8.1996 Basquiat (Julian Schnabel, US 1996)
23.8.1996 Kansas City (Robert Altman, FR/US 1996) Lammle's Sunset 5
25.8.1996 Nixon (Oliver Stone, US 1995) video, director's cut
26.8.1996 Tin Cup (Ron Shelton, US 1996)

July 1996, Los Angeles

1.7.1996 The Nutty Professor (Tom Shadyac, US 1996, with Eddie Murphy) AMC Burbank
2.7.1996 Eraser (Chuck Russell, US 1996, with Arnold Schwartzenegger) AMC Burbank
3.7.1996 Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, US 1996)
3.7.1996 The Rock (Michael Bay, US 1996) AMC Burbank
4.7.1996 The Cable Guy (Ben Stiller, US 1996, with Jim Carrey) AMC Burbank
5.7.1996 Hoop-La (Frank Lloyd, US 1933, with Clara Bow) UCLA
5.7.1996 The North West Mounted Police (Cecil B. De Mille, US 1940, with Gary Cooper) UCLA
7.7.1996 GoldenEye (Martin Campbell, GB/US 1995, with Pierce Brosnan) Blockbuster Video - notes
8.7.1996 Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld, US 1995) Blockbuster Video
10.7.1996 Clueless (Amy Heckerling, US 1995) Blockbuster Video
11.7.1996 The Great McGinty (Preston Sturges, US 1940) video
12.7.1996 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, US 1933) video, short version
18.7.1996 Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame (Robert Land, DE 1929, with Marlene Dietrich) US version, GEH restoration, at UCLA
19.7.1996 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (Robert Siodmak, US 1945) UCLA
19.7.1996 Specter of the Rose (Ben Hecht, US 1946) UCLA
20.7.1996 The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, US 1945/1946) UCLA restored early version presented by Bob Gitt (I may mix dates here)
23.7.1996 The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, US 1946) 1946 release version
25.7.1996 To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, US 1962) video
26.7.1996 The Jolson Story (Alfred E. Green, US 1945) video
27.7.1996 The Sea Wolf (Michael Curtiz, US 1941) Lakeside Video
28.7.1996 The Crowd (King Vidor, US 1928) Lakeside Video
29.7.1996 Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney, US 1951) Lakeside Video

June 1996, Los Angeles

1.6.1996 Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, US 1996) Chinese
1.6.1996 From the Journals of Jean Seberg (Mark Rappaport, US 1995) Laemmle's Sunset
1.6.1996 Mulholland Falls (Lee Tamahori, US 1996) Fairfax
2.6.1996 Captain Blood (Michael Curtiz, US 1935) video from TNT
3.6.1996 Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (Joshua Waletzky, US/GB/FR 1992) video from L.A. Public Library
3.6.1996 The Farmer's Daugher (H.C. Potter, US 1947) video from L.A. Public Library
4.6.1996 Going My Way (Leo McCarey, US 1944) video from L.A. Public Library
5.6.1996 The Bells of St. Mary's (Leo McCarey, US 1945) video from Hollywood Library
6.6.1996 The Fountainhead (King Vidor, US 1949) video from Hollywood Library
7.6.1996 Holiday (George Cukor, US 1938) video from Hollywood Library
5.6.1996 Sylvia Scarlett (George Cukor, US 1935) video from Hollywood Library
8.6.1996 Kiss Me Kate (George Sidney, US 1953) video from Hollywood Library
8.6.1996 Pursued (Raoul Walsh, US 1947) video from Hollywood Library
9.6.1996 David Copperfield (George Cukor, US 1935) video from Hollywod Library
11.6.1996 Four Daughters (Michael Curtiz, US 1938) video from Hollywood Library
11.6.1996 Yankee Doodle Dandy (Michael Curtiz, US 1942) video from Hollywood Library
11.6.1996 Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, US 1945) video from Hollywood Library
12.6.1996 The Quest (Jean-Claude Van Damme, US 1996) The Vine
12.6.1996 OG: Original Gangstas (Larry Cohen, US 1996) The Vine
13.6.1996 The Postman Always Rings Twice (Tay Garnett, US 1946) video from Hollywood Library
13.6.1996 Les Girls (George Cukor, US 1957) video from Hollywood Library
16.6.1996 A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, US 1949) video from Hollywood Library
16.6.1996 Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, US 1950) video from Hollywood Library
16.6.1996 Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, US 1945) video from Hollywood Library
17.6.1996 Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, US 1940) video from Hollywood Library
18.6.1996 The House on 92nd Street (Henry Hathaway, US 1945) video from Hollywood Library
18.6.1996 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin, GB 1951) video from Hollywood Library
19.6.1996 The Black Pirate (Albert Parker, US 1926, with Douglas Fairbanks) Orpheum
20.6.1996 The Bank Dick (Edward F. Cline, US 1940, with W.C. Fields)
20.6.1996 Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, US 1950)
22.6.1996 Lone Star (John Sayles, US 1996)
27.6.1996 Gilda (Charles Vidor, US 1946) restored, UCLA
29.6.1996 Striptease (Andrew Bergman, US 1996, with Demi Moore) AMC Burbank
30.6.1996 Ben-Hur (William Wyler, US 1959) video from Hollywood Library

May 1996, Los Angeles

George Loane Tucker: The Miracle Man (US 1919). A lost film, one of the most highly regarded silents. Two minutes survive in Paramount's 20th anniversary chronicle The House that Shadows Built (US 1933) – including the electrifying turning-point. The Miracle Man (Joseph J. Dowling, standing in the center) and his gang fool the crowd with a fake healing. The "crippled" Frog (Lon Chaney, lying in front of him) stands up and walks. Then an actual crippled boy (Frankie Lee) feels the healing spirit. Photo and information from Shawn Hall: The Everyday Cinephile (20 Oct 2022). Fragment viewed in the Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles.

10.5.1996 The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, US 1939) tv CBS special screening 40th tv anniversary with special material: a making of documentary hosted by Angela Lansbury, directed by Jack Haley, Jr.

11.5.1996 The Return of Frank James (Fritz Lang, US 1940) tv TNT
11.5.1996 Counsellor at Law (William Wyler, US 1933) UCLA
11.5.1996 The Little Foxes (William Wyler, US 1941) UCLA
13.5.1996 Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, US 1995)
17.5.1996 Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, US 1987) tv UPN (Paramount)
18.5.1996 Serpico (Sidney Lumet, US 1973) video UPN (Paramount)
18.5.1996 Klute (Sidney Lumet, US 1971) tv TBS
18.5.1996 Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, US 1973) video from UPN (Paramount)
19.5.1996 Twister (Jan De Bont, US 1996) Academy, Beverly Hills, preview
20.5.1996 Visions of Light (Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy etc., US 1992) tv PBS
20.5.1996 Norma Jean & Marilyn (tvm, Tim Fywell, US 1996) video from HBO
20.5.1996 Crimson Tide (Tony Scott, US 1995) tv Showtime
23.5.1996 tv: American Cinema - Film In the Television Age, 60 min, tv PBS
23.5.1996 Malicious (Ian Corson, US 1995) tv Showtime
23.5.1996 Color of Night (Richard Rush, US 1994) tv Showtime
24.5.1996 Confidential Agent (Herman Shumlin, US 1945) video Showtime
24.5.1996 Mr. Wu (William Nigh, US 1927) Silent Movie Theater, Lon Chaney Super
24.5.1996 Victory (Maurice Tourneur, US 1919) Silent Movie Theater, Lon Chaney Super
+ Felix Goes Hungry (Otto Messmer, US 1924)
+ The Miracle Man (George Loane Tucker, US 1919) fragment - in the presence of Michael Blake, organ: Stan Kann, notes. Not released in Finland. In Sweden: Mirakelmannen.
25.5.1996 Otrazhenie v zerkale / Reflections in a Mirror (Svetlana Proskurina, RU 1992) Laemmle's Sunset 5
25.5.1996 Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, US 1995) Laemmle's Sunset 5
25.5.1996 Cold Comfort Farm (John Schlesinger, GB 1995) Laemmle's Sunset 5
25.5.1996 Toy Story (John Lasseter, US 1995) Fairfax
26.5.1996 exhibition: MOCA: Hall of Mirrors
26.5.1996 The Sands of Iwo Jima (Allan Dwan, US 1949) tv TNT
26.5.1996 Biruma no tatego (Kon Ichikawa, JP 1956) video from PBS
27.5.1996 The Dirty Dozen (Robert Aldrich, US 1967) video from TNT. Notes
27.5.1996 tv: AFI Tribute to Clint Eastwood, tv ABC
28.5.1996 Shaft (Gordon Parks, US 1971) tv TNT
29.5.1996 The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder, US 1955) The Los Angeles Theatre, arranged by The Los Angeles Conservatory, on MM 70th birthday, with Stephanie Anderson, Leonard Maltin, Anna Strasberg, Evelyn Moriarty, George Barris, Donald Spoto
30.5.1996 tv: American Cinema: Film Noir, tv PBS
30.5.1996 Marilyn and Me (tvm, John Patterson, US 1991, with Susan Griffiths)
30.5.1996 Dangerous Game (Abel Ferrara, US 1993)
31.5.1996 tv: Intimate Portrait: Marilyn Monroe (1996) tv Lifetime

April 1996, Los Angeles

2.4.1996 Executive Decision (Stuard Baird, US 1996) AMC Century
2.4.1996 The Birdcage (Mike Nichols, US 1996) AMC Century
2.4.1996 Babe (Chris Noonan, AU/US 1995) Fairfax
2.4.1996 Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, US 1995) Fairfax
3.4.1996 Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, US 1975) video from UPN
3.4.1996 Samson and Delilah (Cecil B. DeMille, US 1949) tv TNT
6.4.1996 The Naked City (Jules Dassin, US 1948) USC
6.4.1996 The Undercover Man (Joseph H. Lewis, US 1949) USC, in the presence of Marvin Wald, Nina Foch
6.4.1996 The Dark Past (Rudolph Maté, US 1948) USC
6.4.1996 An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli, US 1951) UCLA
6.4.1996 Lust for Life (Vincente Minnelli, US 1956) UCLA
7.4.1996 Moses (tvm, Roger Young, US 1995, with Ben Kingsley) tv TNT
7.4.1996 The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, US 1956) tv ABC 280 min with commercial breaks
8.4.1996 While You Were Sleeping (Jon Turteltaub, US 1995, with Sandra Bullock) tv Showtime
11.4.1996 Land and Freedom (Ken Loach, GB/ES/DE/IT 1995) Goldwyn Pavilion
11.4.1996 Antonia (Marleen Gorris, NL 1995) Goldwyn Pavilion
11.4.1996 Fargo (Joel Coen, US 1996) AMC Media North 6 at Burbank Media City Center
11.4.1996 Primal Fear (Gregory Hoblit, US 1996) AMC Burbank 14
13.4.1996 Point Blank (John Boorman, US 1967) LACMA "The Big Picture", presence of Angie Dickinson, hosted by Todd McCarthy
13.4.1996 Tengoku to jigoku (Akira Kurosawa, JP 1962) LACMA "The Big Picture"
18.4.1996 Ed Wood (Tim Burton, US 1994) video from Showtime
20.4.1996 Chung Hing sam lam / Chung King Express / Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, HK 1994) Laemmle's Sunset 5
20.4.1996 Denise Calls Up (Hal Salwen, US 1995) Laemmle's Sunset 5
20.4.1996 James and the Giant Peach (Henry Selick, US 1996) El Capitan
20.4.1996 Jumanji (Joe Johnson, US 1995) Fairfax
20.4.1996 Broken Arrow (John Woo, US 1996) Fairfax
20.4.1996 Advise and Consent (Otto Preminger, US 1962) LACMA "The Big Picture"
21.4.1996 UCLA Westwood: "Hall of Mirrors: Film and Art Since 1945": Animation Programme
- Gerald McBoing Boing (1951)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
- Love Comes to Magoo (1958)
- Barefaces Flat Foot (1951)
- Big Things, Lots of Things (Pat O'Neill, 1995) 38 min
- Motion Painting No. 1 (Oskar Fischinger, 1949)
- Film No. 12 (The Magic Feature / Heaven and Earth Magic, Harry Smith, 1960) 66 min
- Lapis (James Whitney, 1965)
25.4.1996 The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (William Wyler, US 1944) UCLA
25.4.1996 Jezebel (William Wyler, US 1938) UCLA
26.4.1996 Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, US 1945) video from A&E
26.4.1996 Lady of the Pavements (D.W. Griffith, US 1929) Silent Movie Theater
+ Stupid, But Brave (Roscoe Arbuckle, US 1924, with Al St. John)
+ The Fall Guy (Larry Semon, US 1921)
27.4.1996 Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, US 1947) video from Showtime
28.4.1996 The Man in the Glass Booth (Arthur Hiller, US 1974) USC Lucas Hall (Max Kade -Institut), 35 mm colour faded, in the presence of the screenwriter (Edward Anhalt I believe)

March 1996, Los Angeles

Edward Dmytryk: Murder, My Sweet (US 1944) with Dick Powell (Philip Marlowe) and Claire Trevor (Helen Grayle), based on Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler, one of the first films noir. It was the third Raymond Chandler film but the first with Philip Marlowe as a character. Viewed at the Edward Dmytryk marathon at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in the presence of Edward Dmytryk.

23.3.1996 Crossfire (Edward Dmytryk, US 1947) USC

23.3.1996 Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk, US 1944) USC, presence of E.D. + discussion
23.3.1996 Cornered (Edward Dmytryk, US 1945), USC
25.3.1996 TV: The Oscars, at Robert Gitt's
27.3.1996 Flirting with Disaster (David O. Russell, US 1996) AMC Century
27.3.1996 La flor de mi secreto (Pedro Almodóvar, ES 1995) Laemmle's Royal, Santa Monica
27.3.1996 Braveheart (Mel Gibson, US 1995) Fairfax, Beverly Bl.
28.3.1996 The Long, Long Trailer (Vincente Minnelli, US 1954) video from TNT
30.3.1996 Body and Soul (Abraham Polonsky, US 1947) USC, presence of A.P.?
30.3.1996 Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, US 1948) USC
31.3.1996 Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blake Edwards, US 1961) video from TBS

February 1996, Los Angeles

8.2.1996 Lucky Boy (Norman Taurog, US 1928, with George Jessel), Robert Gitt
10.2.1996 an episode of Fantômas (Louis Feuillade, FR 1913), USC George Lucas Hall, Yuri Tsivian & David Shepard
10.2.1996 Der Student von Prag (Stellan Rye, DE 1913), USC George Lucas Hall, Yuri Tsivian & David Shepard
10.2.1996 Atlantis (August Blom, DK 1913), USC George Lucas Hall, Yuri Tsivian & David Shepard
10.2.1996 Death's Marathon (D.W. Griffith, US 1913), USC George Lucas Hall, Yuri Tsivian & David Shepard
10.2.1996 Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (Enrico Guazzoni, IT 1913), USC George Lucas Hall, Yuri Tsivian & David Shepard

January 1996, Los Angeles

6.1.1996 Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995), Santa Monica
18.1.1996 The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, 1927), Robert Gitt, Studio City
+ The Jazz Singer trailer + Al Jolson: A Plantation Act (1926)
25.1.1996 Wonder Bar (Lloyd Bacon, US 1934), nitrate, UCLA Melnitz - notes ***½
+ The Miller's Daughter (Friz Freleng, US 1934) nitrate, **½, Chuck Jones contributed
+ Hearst Metrotone News Vol. 5, No. 264 (5/5/1934)
+ What, No Men? (Ralph Staub, US 1934) 22', Technicolor, nitrate, ***½
25.1.1996 The Singing Kid (1936), UCLA Melnitz, Charles Hopkins, guest: Cybill Jason
+ clip: You Are the Cure to All Ills
29.1.1996 TV doc: The American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996), TV PBS (KCET)

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 13.-21.10.1995 (Helsingin Sanomat)

Epileptic Seizure series (US 1905). D: Walter G. Chase. From: Library of Congress. "This Walter G. Chase film about epileptic seizures was photographed from a single camera position against a backdrop of dark canvas. The patients were placed on the ground in front of the backdrop and then their seizures were photographed. The subjects were both males and females of various ages. Patients are shown enduring muscle strictures." – Motion Pictures From the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection 1894-1912, ed. Bebe Bergsten 

HS - Radio- ja TV-arvostelut - 2.11.1995
Alussa oli todellisuus 
Elokuva kuvasi ensimetreillään tosielämää

PORDENONE, ITALIA - Le Giornate del Cinema Muto -festivaalilla Pordenonessa palattiin elokuvan 100-vuotisjuhlinnan merkeissä taiteenalan varhaisimpiin alkumuotoihin, joissa vetonaulana oli elämä itse ja spektaakkeliksi kelpasi todellisuus sellaisenaan.

28. joulukuuta 1895 esitetyt ensimmäiset elokuvat olivat tosielämän välähdyksiä, joista Lumière-veljekset käyttivät nimitystä actualités. Niistä kehittyivät matkakuvaukset ja uutiskatsaukset, kunnes 1920-luvulla alettiin puhua dokumenttielokuvasta. Aina television läpimurtoon saakka non-fiction oli elokuvan lajeista suurin.

"Elämä vangittuna itse teossa", oli Lumière-veljesten tunnuksena. He olivat varakkaita tehtailijoita ja insinöörejä, jotka säilyttivät elokuvansa niin hyvin, että lähes kaikki heidän yli 1400 elokuvaansa ovat tallella ja nautittavissa juhlavuonna tuliterinä restauroituina kopioina. Niistä voi seurata, miten veljekset kuvauttivat lempiaiheitaan, kuten kotikaupunkiaan Lyonia, tehtaansa työntekijöitä, junien tuloa asemalle ja lasten leikkejä, useina muunnelmina.

Unohdettu Marey

Lumièren kuvat ovat maailmankuuluja, mutta toisen pioneerin, Etienne-Jules Mareyn, eivät. Tiedemies Marey kuvasi 1890-luvulla kamerakiväärillään suuren joukon upeita kuvasarjoja esimerkiksi lintujen lennosta, kissojen putoamisesta ja hevosten laukasta.

Pordenonen maailmanensi-iltana nähtiin Marey-rekonstruktio, jossa 90 mm:n ja 60 mm:n kuvat oli siirretty elokuvan normaalifilmille. Marey tutki vuosisataisten perinteiden vaikutusta vertaillessaan eurooppalaisen ja afrikkalaisen kävelyä. Kohtaus vilkkaasti keskustelevista miehistä johti päätelmiin elekielestä. Samalla Mareyn kuvat ovat taiteellisesti korkeatasoisia kunnianosoituksia liikkeen jaloudelle.

Elokuvan varhaisvuosina ihmisten mobiliteetti oli vielä kaukana nykyisestä - massaturismia ei tunnettu. Elävät kuvat vieraista maista tarjosivat todella jotakin ennennäkemätöntä, kun ne veivät ihmisiä tuntemattomiin paikkoihin. Tutkimusmatkailijat ottivat tavakseen tehdä elokuvia, ja naparetkeilijöillä oli filmikamera vakiovarusteena.

Paljon yksinkertaisemmatkin asiat saattoivat tarjota viehätystä. Useimmat ihmiset eivät olleet koskaan nähneet merta, ja niinpä kuvat myrskystä Atlantilla kävivät sensaatiosta. Luonnon ihmeet (boakäärme nielee jäniksen, sähkörausku saa lampun syttymään) tarjosivat aina viehätystä, mutta non-fictionin alue laajeni nopeasti moneen suuntaan.

Poliitikot elokuvissa

Non-fiction kuvasi asioita, jotka olivat näytelmäelokuville liian järkyttäviä. Tuberkuloosi ja syfilis, kuolemantaudeista kauheimmat, olivat valistuselokuvien aiheina. Epileptisten kohtausten ikiaikainen järkyttävyys tehoaa vieläkin Edisonin himmentyneissä paperikopioissa.

Poliitikkojen mediasuhde puhuttaa tänäkin päivänä, mutta on mielenkiintoista tulla muistutetuksi siitä, miten poliitikot ovat käyttäneet elokuvaa alusta alkaen. Amerikkalaisten etunenässä oli safarisankari Teddy Roosevelt, mutta eurooppalaisessa elokuvassa säteili yllättävän valovoimaisesti vanhan maailman edustaja, Itävalta-Unkarin ikivanha keisari Frans Joosef I. Nämä elokuvat olivat avointa propagandaa.

Historiantutkijat ja lakimiehet tietävät, että elokuvaan dokumenttina tulee muutenkin suhtautua suurin varauksin. Lavastukset ja väärennökset herättivät jo varhain huomiota. Buurisodasta ja bokserikapinasta levitettiin väärennettyjä uutisfilmejä, joissa päänkatkaisu oli toteutettu stop motion -trikillä ja joissa kuolinkohtauksen teatraaliset eleet eivät liene vakuuttaneet ketään.

Sotadokumenttiin liittyy periaatteellinen ongelma: sota on uuvuttavaa odotusta ja sekavaa salamatoimintaa - eli sitä on vaikea kuvata. Ensimmäisen maailmansodan ns. dokumentit ovat yleensä montaaseja, joissa uutiskuvaajan aitoihin välähdyksiin on liitetty lavastettuja otoksia. Noita elokuvia ei tehty virallisiksi asiakirjoiksi vaan suuren maksavan yleisön tyydyttämiseksi.

On muistettava myös esitystilanne, johon nuo elokuvat oli tarkoitettu. Kohtaus Borneon ihmissyöjistä saattoi sisältyä samaan näytökseen, jossa oli myös piirakanheittelyfarssi, lännensarjan jakso ja viiden nenäliinan nyyhkyelokuva. Nykypäivin kanavapujottelun surreaaliset siirtymät tunnettiin myös vanhan elokuvan päivinä.

Filmeille kysyntää

Vanhat katsaukset ovat pölyttyneet vuosikymmeniä arkistojen hyllyillä, mutta audiovisuaalisen alan kasvu voi merkitä sitä, että kaikkein epktodennäköisimmillekin filmeille voi löytyä kysyntää kanavaräjähdyksen, cd-romien ja verkostojen kasvun ansiosta. Samalla digitaalisen restauroinnin kehitys lupaa ihmeitä seuraavien 15 vuoden aikana.

"Elokuva ilman auteuria" on ollut tunnuksena non-fiction-keskustelussa, joka on ollut elokuvatutkijoiden suosikkiteemoja viime aikoina. Pordenonen kokemuksen pohvalta tekee mieli todeta, että non-fiction-elokuvistakin itsenäisesti kestävimpiä ovat ne, joilla on selvä tekijä (ohjaaja, tuottaja, kuvaaja). Tähän perustuu Mareyn ja Lumièren ikuinen arvo ja 1920-luvulle tultaessa Flahertyn ja Vertovin voima. Suomessa Oscar Lindelöfin, Ahon ja Soldanin sekä Kurt Jägerin otokset vetävät hyvin vertoja aikalaisilleen muissa maissa.

Non-fictionia voi esiintyä myös näytelmäelokuvassa, ja niinpä Pordenonen flahertymäisin elämys oli kiinalaisessa draamassa Chuncan (Spring Silkworms), sen pitkissä jaksoissa vuosituhantisista silkinvalmistuksen taidoista.

Flahertylaisuus on ikivanhojen perinteiden kuvausta. Dokumentin modernismin huipensi Dziga Vertov, futuristi ja konstruktivisti. Mies ja elokuvakamera (1929) kuului Pordenonen kohokohtiin - esitettynä ensi kertaa 65 vuoteen Vertovin omalla musiikilla, jonka ohjeet oli löytänyt arkistojen kätköstä Juri Tsivian. Kinosilmän täydennykseksi Vertov halusi luoda radiokorvan, ja Alloy Orchestran tulkitsema äänitausta alkaa ja loppuukin radion viritysäänillä.

Sävelmaailmaan punoutuu lainauksia klassisesta ja populaarimusiikista, ja futuristista näkyä säestää Russolon, Antheilin ja Meiselin mieleen tuova konemusiikki, josta kulkevat myös suorat yhteydet nykypäivän teknoon.

1995, Helsinki, Berlin, Los Angeles

F. W. Murnau's mighty tomb. Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf, Potsdam. Bust by sculptor Ludwig Manzel. Behind the facade is the entrance to the underground crypt with the coffins. When I visited it, the cemetery had been abandoned for decades, and nature had taken over. Deer walked in the forest. During the Cold War, the graveyard had remained in an uninhabited East German zone bordering West Berlin. Years later, Satanist graverobbers stole Murnau's skull. Photo: A. Savin, 4 Sep 2006, Wikipedia.

Fritz Lang's simple grave. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Enduring Faith section, Map #D16, Lot 3818, Single Ground Interment Space 3. Next grave: Lily Lang.

8.10.1995 at 16.30 EU-Film Festival, Illusion

8.10.1995 at 18.30 EU-Film Festival, Illusion
8.10.1995 EU-Film Festival, Illusion

October 1995
Pocahontas, Zoo-Palast, Berlin

Los Angeles, December 1995:

3 Dec 1995  A long walk at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The last stop: Fritz Lang's grave.

9 Dec 1995  Autry Western Museum

14 Dec 1995  My first CD-ROM: Cinemania 1996
Heat
Cutthroat Island
Casino
Waiting to Exhale

September 1995, Helsinki

Walther Ruttmann: Berlin - die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (DE 1927).

5.9.1995  19.00  Die Brüder Skladanowsky: Das Wintergarten-Programm. DE 1895. Restoration, stretch print, 35 mm

+ Die Brüder Skladanowsky: Filme aus dem Jahr 1896. DE 1896. Restoration, stretch print, 35 mm

+ Wim Wenders and his team: Die Brüder Skladanowsky I: Icke, die Tochter, oder wie wir den Kintopp erfunden haben. DE 1995. 35 mm. ca 15 min

+ Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Grossstadt. DE 1927. D: Walther Ruttmann. 35 mm. 

SEA Orion. A Goethe Institut Centenary of the Cinema event with prof. Rudolf Jürshcik, Volker Marwitz, Maritta Lilja, Heikki Plosila.

8.9.1995  Legends of the Fall / Intohimon tuulet. US 1994. D: Edward Zwick. Bristol 2
8.9.1995  A Matter of Life and Death / Kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta. GB 1946. D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Carte blanche à Mika Kaurismäki. Orion
12.9.1995  Priest / Papin tarina. GB 1994. D: Antonia Bird. Nordia 1
12.9.1995  Smultronstället / Mansikkapaikka. SE 1957. D: Ingmar Bergman. Orion
XXX Once Were Warriors / Kerran sotureita. NZ 1994. D: Lee Tamahori. President
15.9.1995 Film Concert: Schastye / Onni / Happiness. SU 1935. D: Aleksandr Medvedkin. Music: Johannes Raumonen. Orion
+ Shakhmatnaya goryachka / Shakkikuume / Chess Fever. SU 1925. D: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Nikolai Shpikovsky. Music: Laura Sovio (from Shostakovich' Chamber Symphony op. 110 / String Quartet No. 8 in c minor)
22.9.1995  Pee-wee's Big Adventure / Pee-ween suuri seikkailu. US 1985. D: Tim Burton. Orion
+  Vincent. US 1982. D: Tim Burton
+  Frankenweenie. US 1984. D: Tim Burton
22.9.1995  The Passion of Darkly Noon / Intohimon iltapäivä. GB/DE/BG 1995. D: Philip Ridley. Helsinki Film Festival. Maxim 1
XXX  Helsinki Film Festival.
XXX  Helsinki Film Festival.
23.9.1995  Death and the Maiden / Yö ei tunne armoa. GB/US/FR 1994. D: Roman Polanski. Helsinki Film Festival. Maxim 1
XXX  Helsinki Film Festival. 23
23.9.1995  Exotica / Exotica. CA 1994. D: Atom Egoyan. Helsinki Film Festival. Maxim 1
24.9.1995  The Glass Shield / Lasikilpi. FR/US 1994. D: Charles Burnett. Helsinki Film Festival. Maxim 1
24.9.1995  Chelsea Girls. US 1966. D: Andy Warhol. Helsinki Film Festival. Amanda 2
25.9.1995  Crumb. US 1994. D: Terry Zwigoff. Helsinki Film Festival. Maxim 1

August 1995, Helsinki

2.8.1995 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm / Kaikki hauska kielletty. US 1917. D: Marshall Neilan. Mary Pickford. The 1922 re-release version. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
2.8.1995 Docteur Françoise Gailland / Naislääkärin päiväkirja. FR 1975. D: Jean-Louis Bertuccelli. Annie Girardot. Les Césars. Orion
2.8.1995 Quest for Fire / La Guerre du feu / Taistelu tulesta. CA/FR 1981. Les Césars. Orion
4.8.1995 William Ratcliff. AT 1922. D: Heinz Hanus. Nitrate identification of a lost, unique Austrian film. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
5.8.1995 Bad Boys / Pahat pojat. US 1995. D: Michael Bay. Formia 1
6.8.1995 La Charrette fantôme trailer / Ajomies. FR 1939. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
6.8.1995 Johann / Elämyksiä nekin! DE 1943. D: Robert A Stemmle. Theo Lingen. Two reels. Nitrate identification: not Mauritz Stiller's Johan. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
6.8.1995 Sången om den eldröda blomman / Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta. SE 1934. D: Per-Axel Branner. Edvin Adolphson. Reels 1-3+5 / 5. Interesting version with Finnish subtitles. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
6.8.1995 Klostret i Sendomir / Klášter u Sendomíru. SE 1920. D: Victor Sjöström. A brilliant colour print with Czech intertitles. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
6.8.1995 L'Été meurtrier / Intohimon ja koston kesä. FR 1983. D: Jean Becker. Les Césars. Orion
6.8.1995 Une étrange affaire / Vaarallinen siirto. FR 1981. D: Pierre Granier-Deferre. Les Césars. Orion
12.8.1995 Carrefour / Unohdettu elämä / Crossroads. FR 1938. D: Kurt Bernhardt. Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
12.8.1995 Le Ciel est à vous / Taivas on teidän / The Sky Is Yours. FR 1944. D: Jean Grémillon. Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel. Nitrate quality in a vintage hardly screened print. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
13.8.1995 To Catch a Thief / Varkaitten paratiisi. US 1955. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Orion
22.8.1995 Walt Disney: Saludos Amigos / Saludos Amigos. US 1943. Orion
22.8.1995 Walt Disney Before Mickey Mouse 1 / ennen Mikki Hiirtä 1. Orion
- Newman Laugh-O-Grams (1921), The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922), Puss in Boots (1922), Cinderella (1922), Tommy Tucker's Tooth (1922), Alice Gets in Dutch (1924), Alice and the Three Bears (1924), Alice's Day at Sea (1924), Alice Chops the Suey (1925), Alice in the Jungle (1925), Alice's Circus Daze (1927), Alice the Whaler (1927)
23.8.1995 Walt Disney: The Reluctant Dragon / Lempeä lohikäärme. US 1941. Orion
23.8.1995 Walt Disney: Silly Symphonies 1 / Hassut sinfoniat 1. Orion
- The Skeleton Dance (1928), El Terrible Toreador (1929), The Merry Dwarfs (1929), Arctic Antics (1930), Midnight in a Toyshop (1930), The China Plate (1931), Mother Goose Melodies (1931), The Clock Store (1931), The Ugly Duckling (1931), Flowers and Trees (1932), Santa's Workshop (1932), Father Noah's Ark (1933), The Pied Piper (1933), Three Little Pigs (1933)
24.8.1995 Walt Disney: Make Mine Music / Iskelmäparaati. US 1946. Orion 24.8.1995 Walt Disney: Silly Symphonies 2 / Hassut sinfoniat 2. Orion
- The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934), Peculiar Penguins (1934), The Wise Little Hen (1934), The Tortoise and the Hare (1935), Water Babies (1935), Music Land (1935), Cookie Carnival (1935), Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935), Three Blind Mousketeers (1936), The Old Mill (1937), Ferdinand the Bull (1938), The Moth and the Flame (1938), The Ugly Duckling (1939)
29.8.1995 Walt Disney: Song of the South / Etelän laulu. US 1946. Orion
29.8.1995 Walt Disney Before Mickey Mouse 2 / ennen Mikki Hiirtä 2. Orion
- Trolley Troubles (1927), Great Guns (1927), The Mechanical Cow (1927), The Ocean Hop (1927), Rival Romeos (1928), Bright Lights (1928), Oh What a Knight (1928), The Fox Chase (1928), Plane Crazy (1928), Gallopin' Gaucho (1928), Steamboat Willie (1928)
30.8.1995 Walt Disney: Fun and Fancy Free / Mikki ja pavunvarsi. US 1947. Orion
30.8.1995 Walt Disney: Melody Time / Säveltuokio. US 1948. Orion
31.8.1995 Walt Disney: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad / Kaislikossa suhisee. US 1949. Orion
31.8.1995 Walt Disney: The Three Caballeros / Kolme caballeroa. US 1945. Orion

July 1995, Helsinki

Der Feldzug im Osten (DE 1942). "The German eagle and the Finnish lion in battle against Russian tyranny! The greatest film experience of the year 1942. Available for rental in Finland in the Finnish language! Cinema owners: please book this uniquely interesting giant film that no Finn will fail to see. Premiere in the turn of January and February! Exclusive rights in Finland: Adams Filmi Oy." The official German Feldzug film was released in a special Finnish version. Photo from: Jukka Lankinen / Kuhmon elokuvahistoriasta: Sota-ajan vaikutukset.

7.7.1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance / Die Hard - koston enkeli. US 1995. D: John McTiernan. Bristol 1

8.7.1995 The Grass Is Greener / Ruoho on vihreämpää aidan toisella puolen. US 1960. D: Stanley Donen. Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr. PTV tv
11.7.1995 Un dimanche à la campagne / Sunnuntai maalla. FR 1984. D: Bertrand Tavernier. Les Césars. Orion
13.7.1995 L'Étoile du Nord / Rikos yöjunassa. FR 1981. D: Pierre Granier-Deferre. Georges Simenon. Les Césars. Orion
14.7.1995 The Gold Rush. US 1925. Identification: the Chaplin 1942 sonorized version. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
14.7.1995 Virginia City. US 1940. Sampling the vintage nitrate black and white look. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
14.7.1995 Franz Lisztin unkarilainen rapsodia 11. Identification: not the Hanns Schwarz masterpiece. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
14.7.1995 Daddy. US 1923. The first reel, on the verge of decomposition. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
14.7.1995 Dung fong saam hap / The Heroic Trio - idän soturit. HK 1993. D: Johnnie To. Andorra 1
15.7.1995 La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 / Het seksuele leven der Belgen / Belgialaisten salattu seksielämä. BG 1994. D: Jan Bucquoy. Nordia 1
15.7.1995 Before Sunrise / Rakkautta ennen aamunkoittoa. US/AT/CH 1995. D: Richard Linklater. President 1. - I hear that Matti Pellonpää has died
17.7.1995 Vom Reiche der sechs Punkte / Sokeiden maailmasta. DE 1927. D: Hugo Rütters. Identification: a lost German feature film not even included in the Lamprecht catalogue. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
18.7.1995 Hrabryi Pak / Rohkea rokan syö. SU 1953. Identification: not the Harold Lloyd film with the same Finnish title. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
18.7.1995 Poljot na Lunu / Matka Kuuhun. SU 1953. Identification: not the Méliès film with the same Finnish title. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
18.7.1995 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. GB 1951. Nitrate viewing to get an impression of the vintage Technicolor look. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
19.7.1995 Ihr grosses Geheimnis / Hänen suuri salaisuutensa. DE 1918. D: Joe May. Mia May. Identification: a presumably lost German feature film. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
20.7.1995 Der galante König - August der Starke / Lemmenleikeissä liehuva kuningas August Väkevä. DE 1920. D: Alfred Halm. Identification: a presumably lost German feature film. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
21.7.1995 Der Stier von Olivera / Oliveran härkä. DE 1920. PC: Messter-Film der Ufa. D: Erich Schönfelder. Emil Jannings. Identification and checking a presumably lost feature German film. Stunning power, Emil Jannings at his best, impressive colour. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
21.7.1995 Sleep with Me / Sleep with Me. US 1994. D: Rory Kelly. Illusion
22.7.1995 Batman Forever / Batman Forever. US/GB 1995. D: Joel Schumacher. Bio Rex
24.7.1995 Naples au baiser de feu / Tuhoava liekki / Tulisuukko. FR 1937. D: Augusto Genina. Nitrate investigation: reel three. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
24.7.1995 The Jungle Book. GB 1942. Nitrate investigation of a junked print. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
25.7.1995 Der deutsche Vormarsch in Livland / [The German Invasion into Livonia]. DE 1917-1918. A Bufa military newsreel. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
25.7.1995 Los Angeles. Non-fiction not newer than 1919. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
25.7.1995 [unidentified American comedy not newer than 1918]. US 191X. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
25.7.1995 The Sable Lorcha. US 1915. D: Lloyd Ingraham. Tully Marshall. Fifth reel. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
26.7.1995 Veckorevyn n:o 23. Finlandia Film. FI 1920. Revolutionen den 13 mars 1920.  Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
26.7.1995 [unidentified American fiction]. US late 1910s or early 1920s. ("Pätkiä" Fjalar). Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
27.7.1995 [unidentified American animal comedy] / Gefährliche Liebschaft. US 191X. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
28.7.1995 [Bufa Wochenschauen 1916-1918]. DE 1916-1918. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
28.7.1995 Ufa Magazin 559. DE 19XX. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
28.7.1995 [WW II military newsreels, Ufa, RKO]. DE. US. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
28.7.1995 The Stein Song. US 1930. D: Max Fleischer. Rudy Vallee. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room. 
28.7.1995 [unidentified Pathé newsreel] / Lentokone automobiili [Airplane Automobile]. FR 1925. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
31.7.1995 Das Dornier Flugschiff Do. X. DE ca 1929. Newsreel. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
31.7.1995 Olympia II: Fest der Schönheit. DE 1938. Two sequences. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
31.7.1995 Volshebnaja fleita / Taikahuilu. SU 1937. D: Aleksandr Ivanov. Short animation. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.
31.7.1995 Der Feldzug im Osten / Idän sotaretki / [The Invasion to the East]. DE 1942. The Finnish version of the official military propaganda feature film of Operation Barbarossa. Nitrate identification. SEA Pursimiehenkatu nitrate viewing room.

June 1995, Helsinki

Gillian Armstrong: Little Women (US/CA 1994). Claire Danes (Beth March), Winona Ryder (Jo March),Trini Alvarado (Meg March). Kirsten Dunst (Amy March) and Susan Sarandon (Mrs. March).

1.6.1995 Stalker / Stalker. SU 1979. D: Andrei Tarkovsky / Andrei Tarkovski. Orion - sampled 40 min
2.6.1995 Ivanovo detstvo / Ei paluuta / Ivan's Childhood. SU 1962. D: Andrei Tarkovsky. Orion - sampled
6.6.1995 Andrei Rubljov / Andrei Rubljov. SU 1966. D: Andrei Tarkovsky. Orion - sampled 30 min
7.6.1995 Lauantaileikit / [Saturday Games]. FI 1963. D: Maunu Kurkvaara. Under the Helsinki Sky. Orion - sampled 30 min from the start
8.6.1995 Soljaris / Solaris. SU 1972. D: Andrei Tarkovski. Orion - sampled 30 min
9.6.1995 Broadway Danny Rose / Broadway Danny Rose. US 1984. D: Woody Allen. Orion
10.6.1995 Little Women / Pikku naisia. US/CA 1994. D: Gillian Armstrong. Forum 6
13.6.1995 Body Heat / Huuma. US 1981. D: Lawrence Kasdan. Bad Women. Orion - sampled
14.6.1995 Onnenpeli / [Game of Luck]. FI 1965. D: Risto Jarva. Under the Helsinki Sky. Orion - sampled
15.6.1995 Crimes and Misdemeanors / Rikoksia ja rikkomuksia. US 1989. D: Woody Allen. Orion
17.6.1995 Rob Roy / Rob Roy. US/GB 1995. D: Michael Caton-Jones. Orion
17.6.1995 RoboCop 3 / RoboCop 3. US 1993. D: Fred Dekker. Formia 1
20.6.1995 Alice / Alice. US 1990. D: Woody Allen. Orion - sampled
25.6.1995 Manhattan Murder Mystery / Manhattanin murhamysteeri. US 1993. D: Woody Allen. Orion
25.6.1995 Merci la vie / Kiitos elämä. FR 1991. D: Bertrand Blier. Les Césars. Orion - sampled 45 min

May 1995, Helsinki

2.5.1995 Der Blaue Engel / Sininen Enkeli. DE 1930. D: Josef von Sternberg. Bad Women. Orion
3.5.1995 SF-paraati / [The SF Parade]. FI 1940. D: Yrjö Norta. Under the Helsinki Sky. Orion - sampling the start
+ Heikinkadun historiaa / [From the History of Heikinkatu]. FI 1936. short doc. Orion.
6.5.1995 Boys on the Side / Boys on the Side. D: Herbert Ross. Forum 5
6.5.1995 Miami Rhapsody / Miami Rhapsody. US 1995. D: David Frankel. Forum 6
9.5.1995 Mamma Roma / Mamma Roma. IT 1962. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
10.5.1995 Sopralluoghi in Palestina / Location Hunting in Palestine. IT 1964. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
12.5.1995 Fänrik Ståls sägner / [The Tales of Ensign Stål]. SE 1910. D: Carl Engdahl. Print acquisition check viewing at the SEA Pursimiehenkatu screening room (Centenary of the Cinema). In the presence of Kari Uusitalo, who recited the J.L. Runeberg verses in Finnish by heart.
12.5.1995 Fänrik Ståls sägner 1-2 / [The Tales of Ensign Stål]. SE 1926. D: John W. Brunius. Orion. Print acquisition check viewing at the SEA Pursimiehenkatu screening room (Centenary of the Cinema). In the presence of Kari Uusitalo, who recited the J.L. Runeberg verses in Finnish by heart.
12.5.1995 Comizi d'amore / Love Meetings. IT 1964. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
16.5.1995 from the screening of Edipo re / Oidipus. IT 1967. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion, I watched mainly the short Toto al circo, 8 min
18.5.1995 change of programme: The Canterbury Tales / Canterburyn tarinoita. IT/FR 1972. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. [not shown: Medea / Medeia. IT/FR/DE 1969. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini]. Orion
18.5.1995 Appunti per un film sull'India / Notes for a Film about India. IT 1968.
+ Appunti per una orestiade africana / Notes for an African Oresteia. IT 1969. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
23.5. 1995 Pasolinin koomiset episodit / Pasolini's Comic Episodes. Orion
- La terra vista dalla luna / The Earth Seen from the Moon. 1967
- Che cosa sono le nuvole / What Are the Clouds? 1966
- La sequenza del fiore di carta / The Paper Flower Sequence, 1969
- La ricotta, 1962
23.5.1995 Il Decameron / Decamerone. IT/FR/DE 1971. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
+ [Il Decameron outtake, 5 min] Set di Sana
24.5.1995 [Canterbury Tales cancelled, Medea screened instead]
24.5.1995 Il fiore delle mille e una notte / Tuhat ja yksi yötä. IT/FR 1974. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
+  Il fiore delle mille e una notte, two outtakes: Prologo alla storia di Nur-ed-din, Dunja e Tadji, 21 min
25.5.1995 La rabbia / Rage. IT 1963. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini
+ Le mura di Sana'a / The Walls of Sana. IT 1971. D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Orion
25.5.1995 Abgeschminkt! / Unelmatreffit / Making Up! DE 1993. D: Katja von Garnier. Diana
+ Dry! FI 1995. D: Mika Ripatti. Featuring Vampira. Diana
25.5.1995 Belle époque / Belle époque - muutosten aika. ES/PT/FR 1992. D: Fernando Trueba. President 1
27.5.1995 Muriel's Wedding / Tahdon naimisiin. AU/FR 1994. D: P.J. Hogan. Forum 1
27.5.1995 Kiss of Death / Koston suudelma. US 1995. D: Barbet Schroeder. Nordia 1
30.5.1995 Play It Again, Sam / Kerta vielä Sam. US 1972. D: Herbert Ross. Woody Allen. Orion - revisiting 25 min from the beginning
31.5.1995 Yksityisalue / [Private Territory]. FI 1962. D: Maunu Kurkvaara. Under the Helsinki Sky. Orion - sampling 30 min from the beginning

April 1995, Helsinki

Robert Altman: Pret-à-porter / Ready to Wear (US 1994). Helena Christensen (born 1968, Danish supermodel, Miss Denmark 1986, one of "The Magnificent Seven") as herself.

2.4.1995 Tie / La strada. IT 1954. D: Federico Fellini. Purgatory. Orion

3.4.1995 guest at the SEA: Paul Jarrico. Hollywood's Blacklisted Screenwriters
4.4.1995 I Confess / Minä tunnustan. US 1952. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Purgatory. Orion
5.4.1995 Lasisydän / [Heart of Glass]. FI 1959. D: Matti Kassila. Five Times Jurkka. Orion
5.4.1995 The Savage Eye. US 1959. D: Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick. Hollywood's Blacklisted Screenwriters. Orion - guest: Paul Jarrico
6.4.1995 Ordet / Sana. DK 1955. D: Carl Th. Dreyer. Purgatory. Orion
6.4.1995 Give Us This Day / Anna meille tänä päivänä. GB 1949. D: Edward Dmytryk. Hollywood's Blacklisted Screenwriters. Orion
8.4.1995 Le Colonel Chabert / Eversti Chabert. FR 1994. D: Yves Angelo. Gérard Depardieu. Maxim 1
8.4.1995 Immortal Beloved / Ikuinen rakkaus. GB/US 1994. D: Bernard Rose. Gary Oldman. Maxim 2
8.4.1995 Outbreak / Tuntematon uhka. US 1995. D: Wolfgang Petersen. Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman. Bristol 1
10.4.1995 Mustalaishurmaaja / [The Gypsy Charmer]. FI 1929. D: Valentin Vaala. Print check screening of the new Centenary of the Cinema print. Orion
11.4.1995 1918 - mies ja hänen omatuntonsa / [The Year 1918 - A Man and His Conscience]. FI 1957. D: Toivo Särkkä. Purgatory. Orion
11.4.1995 Journal d'un curé de campagne / Papin päiväkirja. FR 1950. D: Robert Bresson. Purgatory. Orion
12.4.1995 we learn that Pekka Riihimäki, the most devoted colleague we ever had, has died
12.4.1995 Punainen viiva / [The Red Line]. FI 1959. D: Matti Kassila. Five Times Jurkka. Orion
14.4.1995 One Hundred and One Dalmatians / 101 dalmatialaista. US 1961. Walt Disney. The 1995 re-release in the 1995 Pekka Lehtosaari Finnish spoken version. Formia 1
14.4.1995 An Awfully Big Adventure / Elämän teatteri. GB 1995. D: Mike Newell. Hugh Grant. Nordia 1
5.4.1995 Der bewegte Mann / Vapautunut mies / Maybe... Maybe Not. DE 1994. D: Sönke Wortmann. Ralf König. Bio City
18.4.1995 Pickpocket / Taskuvaras. FR 1959. D: Robert Bresson. Orion
20.4.1995 Pride of the Marines / Laivaston sankari. US 1945. D: Delmer Daves. Hollywood's Blacklisted Screenwriters. Orion
25.4.1995 Fellow Traveller / Screen Two: Fellow Traveller. (tvm). GB/US 1989. D: Philip Saville. Hollywood's Blacklisted Screenwriters. Orion
26.4.1995 meeting Jiří Menzel in Helsinki
26.4.1995 Päämaja / [The Headquarters]. FI 1970. D: Matti Kassila. Five Times Jurkka. Orion?
28.4.1995 Blade Runner The Director's Cut / Blade Runner. US 1982. D: Ridley Scott. Genres. Orion
29.4.1995 Pret-à-porter / Pret-à-porter. US 1994. D: Robert Altman. Maxim 2
29.4.1995 Bai fa mo nu zhuan / Valkohiuksinen morsian / Ritari Jiang-Hu / The Bride with White Hair / Jiang-Hu Between Love and Glory. HK/CN 1993. D: Ronny Yu. Bio City

March 1995, Helsinki

Henri Decoin: Battement de cœur / Beating Heart (FR 1940) starring Danielle Darrieux.

1.3.1995 Tähtisilmä / [Starry Eyes]. FI 1955. D: Matti Oravisto. Five Times Jurkka. Orion
1.3.1995 Angèle. FR 1934. D: Marcel Pagnol. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
1.3.1995 La Kermesse héroïque / Herttua etsii yösijaa. FR/DE 1935. D: Jacques Feyder. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
2.3.1995 Wu kui / Puumiehen morsian / The Wooden Man's Bride. TW 1993. D: Jianxin Huang. New York
4.3.1995 Stargate / Tähtiportti. FR/US 1994. D: Roland Emmerich. Bristol 1
4.3.1995 Léon / Léon. FR 1994. D: Luc Besson. Bio Bio
XXX
7.3.1995 Ludwig II. DE 1954. D: Helmut Käutner. Orion
7.3.1995 Kris / Crisis. SE 1946. D: Ingmar Bergman. Orion
8.3.1995 Jokin ihmisessä / [Something Inside]. FI 1954. D: Aarne Tarkas. Five Times Jurkka. Orion
9.3.1995 Le Roman d'un tricheur / Huijarin tarina. FR 1936. D: Sacha Guitry. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
9.3.1995 La belle équipe / Jean Pariisista. FR 1936. D: Julien Duvivier. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
10.3.1995 Der Hauptmann von Köpenick / Köpenickin kapteeni / The Captain from Köpenick. DE 1956. D: Helmut Käutner. Orion
11.3.1995 Before the Rain / Ennen sadetta / Пред дождот. MK/FR/GB 1994. D: Milcho Manchevski. Nordia 1
11.3.1995 Remontons les Champs-Elysées / Kärsimysten katu. FR 1938. D: Sacha Guitry. Orion
12.3.1995 Film Concert Metropolis, music by Martin Matalon. DE 1927. D: Fritz Lang. Helsinki Biennale, Finlandia-talo
14.3.1995. Der Rest ist Schweigen / Ja lopussa oli hiljaisuus / The Rest Is Silence. DE 1959. D: Helmut Käutner. Orion
15.3.1995 the outtakes to Salpausselän hiihto 4-7.2.1926 / [The Salpausselkä Ski Race 4-7 February, 1926]. FI 1926. The film is lost, but we watched the outtakes. SEA screening room, Pursimiehenkatu
15.3.1995 Silja - nuorena nukkunut / The Maid Silja. FI 1956. D: Jack Witikka. Five Times Jurkka. Orion
16.3.1995 Baccara / Valeavioliitto. FR 1936. D: Yves Mirande. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion [change of programme: Messieurs les Ronds-de-Cuir cancelled]
17.3.1995 Tuntematon sotilas / The Unknown Soldier. FI 1955. D: Edvin Laine. Genres. Orion
18.3.1995 Hamnstad / Satamakaupunki / Port of Call. SE 1948. D: Ingmar Bergman. Orion
18.3.1995 Pépé le Moko / Pépé le Moko. FR 1936. D: Julien Duvivier. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion

20-22 March, 1995 Stockholm

23.3.1995 Hôtel du Nord / Hôtel du Nord. FR 1938. D: Marcel Carné. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
23.3.1995 Le Quai des brumes / Sumujen laituri. FR 1938. D: Marcel Carné. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
23.3.1995 Johnny Guitar / Johnny Guitar. US 1954. D: Nicholas Ray. Hollywood's Blacklisted Screenwriters. Orion
24.3.1995 Les Trois de Saint-Cyr. FR 1938. D: Jean-Paul Paulin. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
25.3.1995 Vita lögner / Valkoisia valheita / White Lies. SE/DK/FI 1995. D: Mats Arehn. Illusion
25.3.1995 Suolaista ja makeaa / [Sweet and Salty]. FI 1995. D: Kaisa Rastimo. Maxim 1
25.3.1995 Ingmar Bergman: seven Tvålen Bris commercials, for the soap Bris. [change of programme in the main feature: Sånt händer inte här (SE 1950) was cancelled as IB denied permission to screen it] - instead was shown: Auf Wiedersehn, Franziska! / Näkemiin, Franziska! DE 1941. D: Helmut Käutner. The uncensored long Nazi version in a nitrate print. Orion. [Instead of the Käutner original Liebeneiner's remake was erroneously provided last month.]

25.3.1995 Drop Zone / Drop Zone - pudotusalue. US 1994. D: John Badham. Bio Rex
28.3.1995 Battement de cœur / Beating Heart. FR 1939. D: Henri Decoin. French Cinema of the 1930s. Orion
31.3.1995 Erään vierasmaalaisen tarina - Kurt Jäger / [Kurt Jäger - the Story of a Foreigner]. FI 1994. D: Maija-Liisa Wassmund. P: Matti Helkapalo. Video