JUNE 1981, STOCKHOLM

A King in New York / Kuningas New Yorkissa. GB 1957. Charles Chaplin. tv. I was prepared for disappointment but was happily surprised, instead. A new gear for C. First person cinema, direct cinema in a unique way. The best is not in the gags but in the touches: looks, gestures, not acting. His last masterpiece.
Silk Stockings / Silkkisukat. US 1956. D: Rouben Mamoulian. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. It is ruthless to compare this with Ninotchka.
Carrie. US 1976. Brian De Palma. Stephen King. Rialto. Well made telekinetic horror, but crude, I was not particularly impressed.
Nine to Five / Yhdeksästä viiteen. D: Colin Higgins. Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin. Park. A women's feelgood movie, obvious.
Gösta Berlings saga / Gösta Berlingin taru. SE 1924. D: Mauritz Stiller. Selma Lagerlöf. Greta Garbo. Fkl / Fh. Majestic, magnificent. Lars Hanson's ardent sermon. The Devil among the Cavaliers. The wolfpack chasing Garbo and Hanson on the frozen lake. The mansion on fire.
Ma nuit chez Maud / Yöni Maudin luona. FR 1969. D: Eric Rohmer. Fkl / Fh. My favourite R. Admirable focus and clarity. Both realistic and mythical.
Sous les toits de Paris / Pariisin kattojen alla. FR 1930. D: René Clair. Fkl / Fh. Clair felt dated.
Prova d'orchestra. tv [2] Keeps getting better.
A Damsel in Distress /En flicka i knipa / Neitonen ahdingossa. US 1937. D: George Stevens. P.G. Wodehouse. Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine. Fkl / Fh. The only bright element: the dances of Astaire: in the fairground, by the moonlit river, the dance which is a drum solo.
Tales of Terror. US 1962. D: Roger Corman. Fkl / Fst. I Morella (Vincent Price, Leona Gage). II The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar (Price, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget). III The Black Cat (Peter Lorre, Price, Joyce Jameson). Yuck!
Berlin Alexanderplatz. DE 1980. D: R.W. Fassbinder. Alfred Döblin. Günter Lamprecht. tv. some 3-4 episodes
Berlin-Alexanderplatz. DE 1931. D: Phil Jutzi. Alfred Döblin. Heinrich George. tv. I preferred this version at the time.
San Francisco / San Franciscon maanjäristys. US 1936. D: W.S. Van Dyke. Gable, McDonald, Tracy. Fkl / Fst. The MGM studio splendour. Two thirds are about the merry old Frisco with its vices. Then the earthquake, and Gable's religious conversion.
The Raven / Korppi. US 1962. D: Roger Corman. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson. Fkl / Fst. Very modest.
Perceval le Gallois. FR 1979. D: Eric Rohmer. Fkl / Fh. It failed to move me, but maybe I was in the wrong mood, and the language was difficult.
The Big Heat / Gangsterikuningas. US 1953. D: Fritz Lang. tv. Masterpiece, my favourite American FL film at the time.
Калина красная / Punainen heisipuu / The Red Snowball Tree. Fst / Sommarfestivalen [3] Gets better.
Roma. Nya Ritz [2] This gets better, too, many details I had forgotten. Maybe too scattered.
The Public Enemy / Yhteiskunnan vihollinen. US 1931. D: William A. Wellman. James Cagney, Jean Harlow. Fst / Sf. Cagney is tough. Harlow, too, is tough. The grapefruit act is tough. Especially the shock ending is tough.

MAY 1981, WEST BERLIN AND STOCKHOLM

Marcel Cravenne: La Danse de mort / Dance of Death (FR/IT 1948). Seen in Stockholm: August Strindberg's marriage tragedy enacted by the real-life artist couple Denise Vernac (Théa) and Erich von Stroheim (Edgar).

Christiane F – wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo / Christiane F – isku suoraan suoneen. DE 1981. D: Ulrich Edel. Marmorhaus, West Berlin. Boring
Desperado City. DE 1981. D: Vadim Glowna. Filmkunst 66, West Berlin. Boring.
...
Back to Stockholm
Bus Stop. tv [4]. Seems to work well on tv, feels quicker, pan-scan does not harm.
The Man I Killed / Särkynyt sävel. US 1932. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A strange L. film. The man who becomes the double of the one he killed. In the phenomenology of the cinema this belongs to the chapter on Conscience.
Trouble in Paradise. US 1932. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Might this not be quite as brilliant as they say, or maybe I was not in the best mood for this. Dazzling but too thin.
Design for Living / Meidän herrojen kesken. US 1933. D: Ernst Lubitsch. A fascinating precursor of Jules et Jim. The two friends who love the same woman, yet stay friends. Also this felt too thin.
Caprice / Caprice – vaarallinen oikku. US 1967. D: Frank Tashlin. Doris Day. Fkl / Fst. A boring agent parody. Poor Tashlin.
The Merry Widow / Iloinen leski. US 1934. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Marvellous, maybe the best L. film, one of the highlights of the year besides The Wedding March and Vertigo. *
Peeping Tom. GB 1960. D: Michael Powell. The film as a mortal dream.
La Danse de mort / Kuolemantanssi. FR 1948. D: Marcel Cravenne. Strindberg. Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac. The prison island as a symbol of the world. The breath that can be seen in the freezing air.
Angel / Yön enkeli. US 1937. D: Ernst Lubitsch. A L. favourite of mine. The profound darkness beneath the froth.
Secret Agent / Salainen asiamies. GB 1936. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Fkl / Fst. A light suspense film switches abruptly into tragedy as Gielgud and Lorre assassinate the wrong man. Robert Young one of the memorable H. villains. Important clarification of essential moral grounds.
TV: Jerry Williams: Rockrullen. Chuck Berry: Memphis, Tennessee. Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls Of Fire. Ruth Brown: Tears Keep Tumbling Down. Fats Domino: Honey Chile [...Hold That Kiss...]. The Moonglows: Over And Over Again. The Coasters: What Is The Secret Of Your Success (*). Johnny Burnette: Lonesome Train. Carl Perkins: Glad All Over. Elvis: Blue Suede Shoes.
Ninotchka / Ninotchka. US 1939. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Greta Garbo. Fkl / Fh. Perfect.
Rude Boy / Rude Boy. GB 1980. D: Jack Hazan & David Mingay. The Clash. Filmstaden.
The Shop Around the Corner / Pieni myymälä. US 1940. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. L. does not convince me in the land of romance.
Nashville / Nashville. US 1975. D: Robert Altman. Fkl / Fh. Great, loose yet full of intensity, Nashville as a microcosm.
To Be Or Not To Be. Fkl / Fh [2] A print dubbed in German. – One of my five L. favourites. Incredibly brilliantly constructed. The characters keep changing their roles, yet keep going in their varying strategies. The ham actors are more credible playing Gestapo than Gestapo itself, because they are afraid to unmask the big fraud. The trick by which they finally outwit Gestapo is the greatest ever. – For the first time I understood this film.
Fadren. SE 1911. D: Anna Hoffman-Uddgren. Strindberg. Fkl / Fst. Just a record of a theatrical performance.
Fadern / Isä. SE 1969. D: Alf Sjöberg. Strindberg. Fkl / Fst. Somehow it had it all, but an urgent spirit was missing.
Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti. tv. [2] Unlike Sjöberg, Långbacka hasn't it all, but Pöysti's magnificent outburst makes one forget about it. Something wild and wonderful.
Roman Holiday / Loma Roomassa. US 1953. D: William Wyler. Audrey Hepburn. Brilliant but a little empty.
The Wolf Man. US 1941. D: George Waggner. Lon Chaney, Jr. Fkl / Fst. Good actors, good art direction. It is not us vs. them. The dividing line goes through the monster, he is both himself and something else.
The Conversation / Keskustelu. US 1974. D: Francis Ford Coppola. tv
Meet Me In St. Louis / Tyttö ja kosija. US 1944. D: Vincente Minnelli. Fkl / Fh.
Let's Make Love. tv [2]
The Day the Earth Stood Still / Uhkavaatimus Maalle. US 1951. D: Robert Wise. Fkl / Fst. If we don't stop playing with nuclear power they must unfortunately destroy us.
Lili Marleen / Lili Marleen. DE 1981. D: R. W. Fassbinder. Cinema
Beat the Devil / Afrikan aarre. GB/US/IT 1953. D: John Huston. Fkl / Fst. A wonderful ensemble. I have to agree with PvB: "slackerhood perceived as Weltanschauung". Men of action who don't act.
TV: Jerry Williams: Rockrullen. Chuck Berry's bus in Let The Good Times Roll. Chuck Berry: Little Queenie (*). Richie Valens: Ooh My Head (Alan Freed). Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue (tv 1957). Buddy Holly: Oh Boy (tv 1958). Lewis Lymon & The Teen Chords: Your Life's Chance (*). Elvis: Heartbreak Hotel. Elvis: Hound Dog (1956). Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley: Johnny B. Goode (Let The Good Times Roll).
Live and Let Die. Kvartersbion. [2] Recycling other cultures. The soul discotheques of Harlem, the voodoo cult of Haiti, Bayou country. This was the big collapse in the continuum of the Bond movies.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Notre Damen kellonsoittaja. US 1939. D: William Dieterle. Fkl / Fst. Charles Laughton is great.


* The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch) – the funniest telegram in film history.
Bits from the telegram to the Marshovian Ambassador in Paris Popoff (Edward Everett Horton).
"Darling" = "You are the greatest idiot in the diplomatic service".
"Next word: Lilac Time" (having heard this Horton asks to remove the poison bottle).
"She must be married now. Act quickly. Be brilliant. Meet crisis. Kill rumors. Admit nothing. Deny everything. Evade issues. Face facts. Stand pat. Something must be done. Do it. Do it now. What are you waiting for?"
"Darling!"

APRIL 1981, STOCKHOLM AND WEST BERLIN

Sumurun / Sumurun. DE 1920. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. A dazzling print. Looks fantastic, but the story does not work so well.
The Tales of Hoffmann / Hoffmannin seikkailut. GB 1951. Powell & Pressburger. Jacques Offenbach. Fkl / Fh. Great, a phenomenological odyssey.
Anna Boleyn / Anna Boleyn. DE 1920. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A full two-hour print, visual quality duped. A perfect production, but L. does not seem to have much to say.
Die Bergkatze / Vuorikissa. DE 1921. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. An 95 min presentation, visual quality tolerable. An absolute L. favourite of mine, Pola Negri in great comedy form.
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. Fkl /Fh. [3] After 10 years gets stronger, feels even topical. Conrad Veidt is unforgettable as the sleepwalker.
Das Weib des Pharao / Faaraon vaimo. DE 1922. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A 65 min compilation of a two-hour film, with texts in missing sequences, visual quality brilliant. A great spectacle, but the story is banal.
Rosita / Rosita. US 1923. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Mary Pickford. Fkl / Fh. A 100 min presentation of a Russian-language print, apparently shortened, I found the visual quality bearable (?). I liked it more than Dubarry, Boleyn, and Pharao. The Toledo carneval: might Bakhtin have seen this? My first Mary Pickford movie.
The Marriage Circle / Avioliiton ilveilyä. US 1924. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A 110 min presentation of an apparently complete version but with a gray, low-contrast image. The total change of tack. Instead of spectacle, there is a focus on the essentials. Monte Blue seemed too childish, Florence Vidor wonderful.
Fun in Acapulco / Rytmiä ja riemua Acapulcossa. US 1963. D: Richard Thorpe. Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress. tv. The former trapeze artists now suffers from acrophobia.
The Elephant Man / Elefanttimies. GB/US 1980. D: David Lynch. John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins. Grand. An impressive mise-en-scène. The burning gas everywhere. The monster is believably unbelievable.
The Red Shoes / Punaiset kengät. GB 1948. Powell & Pressburger. H.C. Andersen. Fkl / Fh. Andersen's idea has been elaborated in a way that brings to mind Thomas Mann. The tragedy of art, the affinity of art to death.
The Edge of the World. GB 1937. D: Michael Powell. Half-doc. Fkl / Fh. The island in the Atlantic, the incredible waves, apparently inspired by Flaherty.
The Lion Has Wings. GB 1939. D: Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst, Adrian Brunel. Fkl / Fh. Restrained war propaganda in the British style. It is nice to spot Ian Fleming, who resembles Bernard Lee as M.
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli 1 / Kristus pysähty Eboliin 1. IT/FR 1979. D: Francesco Rosi. tv. I was not impressed by the first episode.
Hellzapoppin / Hullunmyllyssä. US 1941. D: H.C. Potter. Filmstaden. A comedy for pure laughter only.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Poison. US 1958. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Wendell Corey and the poisonous krait reptile.
Monsieur Verdoux / Ritari Siniparta. US 1947. D: Charles Chaplin. tv. Verdoux's wife is lame, as the City Lights girl was blind. The moment of truth when Verdoux tells Marilyn Nash about the great economic crash, how he woke up and realized that he had been living in a dream world. Fun with Martha Raye, the girl he could not put away (also the insatiable woman in Hellzapoppin). Horrible ironies, catharthic in the end. I found this greater than The Great Dictator and Limelight.
Sullivan's Travels / Nauru kahleiden takana. US 1941. D: Preston Sturges. Joel McCrea. Fkl / Fst. A parody of social consciousness in Hollywood.
Lady Windermere's Fan / Hänen suurin kiusauksensa. US 1925. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A fine print, a 110 min presentation. One of the very greatest L. films. How tensions are built and how they are suddenly condensed in a single gesture.
The Thief of Bagdad / Bagdadin varas. GB 1940. D: Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan. Fkl / Fh. Maybe I was not in the right mood for this.
49th Parallel / Pako. GB 1941. D: Michael Powell. Fkl / Fh. A great thriller, taut like Hitchcock, yet original. A team of Nazis flees through Canada to the USA. The episodes grow into a cross section of Canada.
Engel aus Eisen. DE 1981. D: Thomas Brasch. Cinema Paris, West Berlin. Boring.
Vertigo / Vertigo - punainen kyynel. US 1958. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Thalia 2, West Berlin, 16mm. Before the official re-release it was possible to see Peter Vollmann's print of Vertigo in West Berlin, it was maybe 10 min shortened, but not jarringly, and the colour seemed right. For the first time, mind-blowing.

De första filmerna / The First Films (1981 Svenska Filminstitutet / Filmklubben / Filmstaden)

Louis Lumière: Sortie d’usine, [I] (FR 1895). Vue N° 91,1. “Les ouvriers et ouvrières sortent de l’usine Lumière.” Des ouvrières et des ouvriers franchissent le portail de l’usine Lumière et sont suivis d’une voiture attelée de deux chevaux. Cette vue a été datée grâce à l'étude des ombres architecturales (cf. le chapitre L'année 1895 et ses jalons). Opérateur: Louis Lumière. Date: [26 mai 1895]. Lieu: France, Lyon, Monplaisir, chemin Saint-Victor (aujourd'hui rue du 1er Film). Projections: Projetée le 10 juin 1895 à Lyon (France) (Bulletin de la Société française de photographie, 2e série, Tome XI, n° 16, 1895, p. 396). Eléments filmiques: 1 copie Lumière. Pays: France- Ville: Lyon- Lieu: rue, usine, ville. Sujet: ouvrier. Objet: bicyclette, voiture hippomobile. Séries: Edition BluRay 2015, Les sorties d’usine, Salon indien du Grand Café. Photo and data: Catalogue Lumière. Ce site repose sur les données produites par l'équipe de recherche de Michelle Aubert et Jean-Claude Seguin. Il a été développé par Manuel Schmalstieg et des étudiants de l’EAA La Chaux-de-Fonds.

De första filmerna.
Svenska Filminstitutet / Filmklubben / Filmstaden 1 April 1981
...

Lumière FR ca 1895, ca 10 min:
Sortie d'usine
Le Repas de bébé
Démolition d'un mur
L'Arroseur arrosé
L'Arrivée des congressistes
L'Arrivée d'un train à la Ciotat
Partie d'écarté
Barque sortant du port
...

Méliès (wonderful colour prints):
Le Voyage à travers l'impossible (FR 1904) [2]
Le Chaudron infernal (FR 1907)
Le Locataire diabolique (FR 1909 ...

miserable prints:
A Corner in Wheat (US 1909, D. W. Griffith)
The Great Train Robbery (US 1903, Edwin S. Porter)
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (US 1903, Porter, a laughable eagle)
...
Cops (US 1922). Keaton [3]
The Immigrant (US 1917). Chaplin [3]

MARCH 1981, STOCKHOLM

Emile de Antonio: Painters Painting (US 1973).

Painters Painting. US 1973. D: Emile de Antonio. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. Unexpectedly powerful. Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Scull (the dealer piranha), Leo Castelli (the asshole). A seminal film of the 1970s
Notorious. Fkl / Fst. [3] Bad print, ingenious film.
The Horror Show. US 1978. D: Richard Schickel. Palladium. CBS compilation in theatrical distribution. Strong scenes from The Phantom of the Opera (Chaney), Island of Lost Souls (Laughton), Frankenstein (Karloff), Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc. Many strange moments.
Ensayo de un crimen. MX 1955. D: Luis Buñuel. Fkl / Fh. Surprise: a key film, ironic, black comedy, the precursor of B's late work.
Under Capricorn / Kauriin merkeissä. GB 1949. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman. Fkl / Fst. Lauded by Rohmer and Chabrol, maybe not quite so great.
Der Stolz der Firma. DE 1914. D: Carl Wilhelm. Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed.
Fräulein Piccolo. DE 1914. D: Franz Hofer. Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed.
Schuhpalast Pinkus. DE 1916. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed.
Wenn vier dasselbe tun. DE 1917. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed.
The Young One / Neitsytsaari. MX/US 1960. D: Luis Buñuel. Fkl / Fh. Original in English. A little masterpiece.
Kaze no naka no mendoori / A Hen in the Wind. JP 1948. D: Yasujiro Ozu. Fkl / Fh. I'm still struggling to get Ozu. His earlier films like this are easier to access, as the narration is more concrete, more dense.
Ein fideles Gefängnis. DE 1917. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed.
Ich möchte kein Mann sein. DE 1918. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed. Having seen many weak early L. films I missed the charm of this, too.
Die Augen der Mumie Ma. DE 1918. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A bad print. Not impressed.
Carmen. DE 1918. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Pola Negri. Fkl / Fh. A good print, screening of 85 min. In this film I experienced the L. touch at its earliest.
Die Austernprinzessin / Osteriprinsessa. DE 1919. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Ossi Oswalda. Fkl / Fh. A worn print but full length. Funny, fantastic satire.
Dracula / Kreivi Dracula. GB 1973. D: Dan Curtis. Jack Palance. Saw part. tv. Not impressed.
Intolerance / Suvaitsemattomuus. US 1916. D: D.W. Griffith. Fkl / Fh. A toned print, screening of 165 min. Impressed me much stronger than The Birth of a Nation. Crazily ambitious, with a sense of humour.
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask / Mitä kaikkea oletkaan aina halunnut tietää seksistä *mutta et ole uskaltanut kysyä. US 1972. D: Woody Allen. Rigoletto. Another surprise. My favourite W.A. besides Annie Hall. Great parodies of film styles: 1: the court jester (costume drama), 2: the hungry wolf (en glupsk varg) (Italian story of alienation), 3: the lamb (Love Story), 4: the man in drag (empathy), 5: What's Your Perversion? (tv commercial and a sponsored tv show), 6: the mammoth breast (science fiction), 7: the machine room (a nature documentary).
Madame Dubarry / Madame Dubarry. DE 1919. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Pola Negri. Fkl / Fh. A worn but almost full-length print. History is not the forte of L.
Nihon no yoru to kiri / Night and Fog in Japan. JP 1960. D: Nagisa Oshima. Fkl / Fh. Not impressed.
Die Puppe / Nukke. DE 1919. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Ossi Oswalda. Fkl / Fh. A worn but full-length print. Fantastic, charming, moving.
Party Girl / Chicagon yöperhoset. US 1958. D: Nicholas Ray. Cyd Charisse. Fkl / Fh. Ray meets the hard MGM glamour.
Kohlhiesels Töchter. DE 1920. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Henny Porten. Fkl / Fh. A very worn print. A broad Bavarian farce. Laughter non stop.
Cabiria / Cabiria. IT 1914. D: Giovanni Pastrone. Bartolomeo Pagano (Maciste). Fkl / Fh. A fine print from the vintage Swedish-titled version. An astounding mastodont film, better than its reputation, but not in the class of Griffith.
Romeo und Julia im Schnee. DE 1920. D: Ernst Lubitsch. Fkl / Fh. A good print. Another broad Bavarian farce, and another laughter success.

FEBRUARY 1981, STOCKHOLM

Krzysztof Kieslowski: Amator / The Camera Buff (PL 1979). Jerzy Stuhr.

The Patsy. (tv) [2] Not as funny the second time, I felt the sadness, instead. Essential Jerry Lewis, anyway.
Der Golem - wie er in die Welt kam / Golem - miten hän tuli maailmaan. DE 1920. D: Paul Wegener & Carl Boese. Filmklubben / Filmstaden. A masterpiece, in full command of the legend.
TV: Hit Service. Slade: Coz I Luv You. Little Feat: Oh Atlanta. The Troggs: With A Girl Like You (Berlin). Boz Scaggs: You Can Have Me Anytime. Robert Gordon: It's Only Make-Believe. The Hollies: The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee.
Privilege / Tänään huipulla. GB 1967. D: Peter Watkins. Paul Jones (vocalist and harmonica player of Manfred Mann), Jean Shrimpton. Fkl / Filmhuset. Interesting concept, fails to move.
Europa '51. IT 1952. D: Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman. Fkl / Fh. English version. R's boldest film, brought to mind Tolstoy (Resurrection).
Schatten - eine nächtliche Halluzination / Varjoja - öinen harhakuva. DE 1922. D: Arthur Robison. Fkl / Fst. A bad Yugoslavian print. Fascinating concept: shadows play out the hidden desires. How well this was realized was impossible to tell as the print was so bad.
TV: Hit Service. Leo Sayer: More Than I Can Say. Delaney & Bonnie: Poor Elaine. Peter & Gordeon: World Without Love. Graham Parker: Stupefaction (1980). Frankie Avalon: Teacher's Pet. Deep Purple: Fireball.
El bruto. MX 1952. D: Luis Buñuel. Fkl / Fh. Pedro Armendáriz and Katy Jurado are great.
Les Bruits du monde, les cris de la solitude / Tystnaden - den finns inte. FR 1978. D: Robert Manthoulis & Claude Fléouter. Doc. tv. Fine, inventive, creative film-making, theme: sound. I saw but a part.
The Blues Brothers / The Blues Brothers. US 1980. D: John Landis. Lyran. Some of my favourite music and performers.
Na samotě u lesa / Pakopaikka metsikössä / Sommarstället / Seclusion Near a Forest. CZ 1976. D: Jiří Menzel. Filmstaden. Not as good as Rozmarne leto but better than Bajecni muzni s klikou.
City Lights. tv [2] My absolute C. favourite. The millionaire who recognizes the tramp only when drunk. The girl who recognizes him only as long as she's blind.
Easy Rider / Easy Rider - matkalla. US 1969. D: Dennis Hopper. Victoria. Unexpectedly a small masterpiece. A clarity and ruthlessness of vision. The American odyssey as a death trip.
India. FR/IT 1959. D: Roberto Rossellini. Fkl / Fst. I was not yet ready for India.
The Court Jester / Hovinarri. US 1956. D: Norman Panama & Melvin Frank. Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns. tv. I wasn't impressed. Funny: the outlaws are portrayed by children, and the lady is the only man of the story.
Amator / Amatööri / Camera Buff. PL 1979. D: Krzysztof Kieslowski. Filmstaden. One of the best of the contemporary Polish films besides The Man of Marble and Camouflage. Here scenes that seem random grow into a tight and rich whole. Multidimensional yet not confused.
La ilusion viaja en tranvia. MX 1953. D: Luis Buñuel. Fkl / Fh. A light, sympathetic story. A sense of humour and a feeling for the ensemble.
Il generale della Rovere / Kenraali della Rovere. IT 1959. D: Roberto Rossellini. Vittorio De Sica. Fkl / Fh. Clearly different from R's earlier films, missing a sense of urgency.
Era notte a Roma / Rooman öitä. IT 1960. D: Roberto Rossellini. Fkl / Fh. See above.
There's No Business Like Show Business. Fkl / Fh [2]. I saw the SEA print with the magnetic soundtrack in Filmhuset for the first time with sound. Marilyn is the only reason to see this.

JANUARY 1981, STOCKHOLM

Erich von Stroheim: Blind Husbands (US 1919). Francelia Billington (The Wife - Margaret Armstrong), Erich von Stroheim (The Other Man - Lt. Erich von Steuben), Gibson Gowland (The Mountain Guide - Sepp Innerkofler), Sam De Grasse (The Husband - Dr. Robert Armstrong).

Kagemusha / Kagemusha - varjokenraali. JP 1980. D: Akira Kurosawa. Rialto. A great ironic historical epic

Barnens ö / Lasten saari. SE 1980. D: Kay Pollak. P.C. Jersild. Spegeln. A strong vision of urban anxiety
Elvis - That's the Way It Is / Tämä on Elvis! US 1970. D: Denis Sanders. Guitar: James Burton. When those harsh guitar chords strike Elvis it looks like he gets an electric shock and his original wild voice back.
Mon oncle d'Amérique / Amerikan setä. FR 1980. D: Alain Resnais. Astoria. An interesting experimental fiction film, with the theories of scientist Henri Laborit as the framework.
Blind Husbands. US 1919. D: Erich von Stroheim. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. A good American print. Probably the only surviving example of Stroheim unabridged.
Dressed to Kill / Tappava tunnustus. US 1980. D: Brian De Palma. Festival. Good visual eye, a skill for suspense, and nothing to say.
Foolish Wives / Järjettömiä naisia / Hupsut vaimot. US 1922. D: Erich von Stroheim. Fkl / Fh. A bad Danish print. Even more powerful than B.H., goings-on electrified by a sense of the world epoch.
TV: Hit Service. Kiss: Shandy (1980). Police: Don't Stand So Close To Me. Elvis: Love Me (Ed Sullivan Show 1956). Blondie: Atomic. The Byrds: So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star. The Shadows: Frightened City (Crackajack 1961).
La città delle donne. Röda Kvarn [3]. I felt that there were some scenes here that were not in the Italian print, and some Italian scenes missing.
TV: Hit Service. Status Quo: What's Your Proposing (1980). Fats Domino: Wait And See (Jamboree, 1957). Manfred Mann: Just Like A Woman. Sally Oldfield: Mirrors. The Vapors: Turning Japanese. McGuinness Flint: Malt And Barley Blues.
Black and Tan. US 1929. D: Dudley Murphy. tv. Duke Ellington
Bizalom / Luottamus / The Trust. HU 1979. D: István Szabó. tv. Too tired to appreciate this
TV: Dokumentärfilmens bästa. Clips: Nanook of the North (Flaherty, 1922), Chelovek s kinoapparatom (Vertov, 1929), New Earth (Ivens, 1934), Night Mail (Wright & Watt, 1936), The River (Lorentz, 1937), The City (Van Dyke & Steiner, 1939)
Hello Sister! / Walking Down Broadway. US 1933. D: nc. [Erich von Stroheim][Alfred Werker, Edwin Burke, Sol Wurtzel]. Fkl / Fst. 67 min version. Some Stroheimian touches left.
TV: Hit Service. Rod Stewart & The Faces: Maggie Mae. Olivia Newton-John: Magic (1980). Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe. Phil Lynott & Mark Knopfler: King's Call. The Drifters: Down On The Beach Tonight.
The Merry Widow / Iloinen leski. US 1925. D: Erich von Stroheim. Fkl / Fh. A very bad print. His lightest, most fantasy-oriented, strangest. A dark fairyland.
The Wedding March / Häämarssi. US 1927. D: Erich von Stroheim. Fkl / Fh. Presented by Arthur Lennig. The print authorized by EvS with the original record music, left side of image missing because of the soundtrack added in the 1950s. The best existing print. Lennig presented the colour sequence as an extra. - His masterpiece besides Greed. The original magnificent music brings it alive with a strange sense of elevation.
Merry-Go-Round / Elämän karuselli. US 1923. D: Erich von Stroheim & Rupert Julian. Fkl / Fst. A bearable print. A blueprint for The Wedding March, also belongs to the "circus as the world" continuum with Griffith, Lubitsch, Sjöström, Dupont, Chaplin. Conventionalized by the production company.
Queen Kelly. US 1929. D: Erich von Stroheim. Gloria Swanson. Fkl / Fh. Presented by Arthur Lennig. A brilliant print. Maybe because of the brilliance of the print this stays in mind as the visually finest EvS film.
TV: Rock Pop in Concert / Rockkonsert från Wiesbaden (19.-20.12.1980). Roxy Music, Dire Straits, Talking Heads, Mike Oldfield: an hour of each.
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten / Marionettien elämästä. DE 1980. D: Ingmar Bergman. Grand. (1, 2) I was not impressed.
TV: Hit Service. Roxy Music: Oh Yeah. Gerry and the Pacemakers: Ferry Cross The Mersey (the film theme song, 1965). Ellen Foley: Stupid Girl (*). Precious Wilson: Cry To Me (*). Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Schlager-Kosmorama 1967). Mott the Hoople: Roll Away The Stone.
The Roaring Twenties / Då lagen var maktlös. US 1939. D: Raoul Walsh. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart. Fkl / Fst.
Germania anno zero / Saksa vuonna nolla. IT 1948. D: Roberto Rossellini. The ruins of Berlin.
Dr. No. Ri-Paraden [2]

DECEMBER 1980, STOCKHOLM

Stanley Kubrick: Paths of Glory (US 1957) with Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax.

Jean Cocteau: Le Testament d'Orphée (FR 1960). The intellectual lovers. Photo from: Matthew Dessem: The Criterion Contraption, 3 May 2007.

A Woman of Paris / Nainen Pariisissa. US 1923. D: Charles Chaplin. Edna Purviance. tv. The Chaplin year: The Kid still touching. A Woman of Paris important and full of insight, but suffers from the lack of a strong cast.

Picnic at Hanging Rock / Huviretki hirttopaikalle. AU 1975. D: Peter Weir. tv. A mystery from Victorian Australia.
Paths of Glory / Kunnian polut. US 1957. D: Stanley Kubrick. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. Now I have seen all K.'s films except Fear and Desire. Paths of Glory is an ardent anti-war film. Lolita is K's only erotic and humoristic film. The Shining is his best since 2001, I confess it frightened me, although I was not profoundly impressed at first. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".
Ramodenime interviu pirad sakitkhebze / Несколько интервью по личным вопросам / Henkilökohtaisia kysymyksiä / Personliga frågor. GE-SU 1979. D: Lana Gogoberidze. tv. New style Soviet cinema. A newspaperwoman investigates complaints made on officials and gets to examine questions on the quality of life. Working overtime she is distanced from her husband. Attractive milieux. Somewhat half-hearted.
The Kid from Brooklyn / Pahus mieheksi. US 1946. D: Norman Z. McLeod. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo. tv. One of the original pop comedies, before Tashlin, Lewis.
Les quatre cents coups. tv [2]
Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar god jul / Samu Sirkan joulusirkus. US. A Walt Disney Christmas cavalcade with very funny Swedish dubbing.
The Silent Lovers / Moviola 1: Greta Garbo. TVM. US 1980. D: John Erman. tv. Miserable, Kristina Wayborn (Garbo). Brian Keith all wrong as Stiller.
The Flame and the Arrow / Liekki ja nuoli. US 1950. D: Jacques Tourneur. Lancaster & Cravat. tv
Arsenic and Old Lace / Arsenikkia ja vanhoja pitsejä. US 1944. D: Frank Capra. Fkl / Fst. The Capra year: Meet John Doe fascinating and naive. Arsenic and Old Lace a special black farce.
The Scarlett O'Hara War / Moviola 2: The War of the Stars. TVM. US 1980. D: John Erman. tv. Morgan Brittany (Vivien Leigh), Tony Curtis (David O. Selznick)
ABBA - The Movie. SE 1977. D: Lasse Hallström. tv
Le Testament d'Orphée. FR 1960. Fkl / Fst. [3] Favourite scenes this time: Orphée meets his double and tells Cégeste they hate each other; the wanderers meet the intellectual lovers which take notes while embracing and give their autographs to two autograph hunters who drop them into a stone augur's muzzle. The augur has the capacity to make anybody famous in fifteen minutes.
Help! tv [2]
Salt of the Earth / Maan suola. US 1953. D: Herbert Biberman. Fkl / Fst. Great. The story of the miners' strike is also psychologically credible. Many layers of conflict included: workers / employers, the white / the coloured, men / women. A feminist classic, too.
This Year's Blonde / Moviola 3: This Year's Blonde. US 1980. D: John Erman. tv. Constance Forslund (Marilyn Monroe). Based on Garson Kanin's novel this was a good tv miniseries. This episode is about the MM - Johnny Hyde relationship. Not profound, nor scandalous.
All This and World War II / Yesterday - det andra världskriget. US 1977. D: Susan Winslow. Rigoletto. A futile compilation.
Broken Blossoms / Katkenneita kukkasia. US 1919. D: D. W. Griffith. Fkl / Fst. The Griffith year: in the spring I caught the fine A Romance of Happy Valley in the Helsinki archive series, and now this masterpiece from the London Chinatown. Lillian Gish one of the discoveries of the year for me.
The Heroes of Rock and Roll. TV. US 1979. D: Malcolm Leo. tv. Narrated by Jeff Bridges stupidly. A magnificent cavalcade of 127 clips. - The rock film year: The Rose clichéd; Monterey Pop deservedly legendary; Celebration at Big Sur serviceable; Breaking Glass big budget punk without inspiration; Rust Never Sleeps has Neil Young in good form; The Harder They Come and Rockers prime reggae films; Radio On an existentialist road movie fuelled by Kraftwerk and Bowie; ABBA the Movie starts electrifyingly with SOS I think but gets formulaic; Help! boring; The Heroes of Rock and Roll at best on the 1950s. - After John Lennon's death also clips such as "Penny Lane" (1967), "Stand By Me"; "Slipping and Sliding" (1975 - his last performance), the concerts of The Beatles in Sweden (1963, 1964), "Some Other Guy" (1962), The Dick Cavett Show: John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1971?), "Erection", "Imagine".

NOVEMBER 1980, STOCKHOLM

The Idle Class / Joutilas luokka. US 1921. Charles Chaplin. tv
The Kid / Chaplinin poika. US 1921. Charles Chaplin. tv
Karin Ingmarsdotter / Karin Ingmarintytär / Karin, Daughter of Ingmar. SE 1920. D: Victor Sjöström. Selma Lagerlöf. Filmklubben / Filmhuset
Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru / Berg-Ejvind ja hänen vaimonsa / The Outlaw and His Wife. SE 1917. D: Victor Sjöström. Filmklubben / Filmhuset
Mästerman / Mestarimies / The Pawn of Love. SE 1920. D: Victor Sjöström. Hjalmar Bergman. Filmklubben / Filmhuset
La dolce vita. tv [2]
Ingmarssönerna 1-2 / Ingmarin pojat 1-2 /Sons of Ingmar 1-2. SE 1919. D: Victor Sjöström. Lagerlöf. Filmklubben / Filmhuset
Hans nåds testamente / Hänen armonsa testamentti / His Grace's Last Will. SE 1919. D: Victor Sjöström. Hjalmar Bergman. Fkl/Fst
Vem dömer? / Ken tuomitsee? / Love's Crucible. SE 1921. D: Victor Sjöström. Hjalmar Bergman. Fkl/Fst
Démanty noci / Yön timantit / Diamonds of the Night. CZ 1964. D: Jan Němec. Arnošt Lustig. tv. An extremely taut story of an escape: the sweat, the fatigue, the mortal danger, the pain of hunger.
Asfalttilampaat / Asfaltkärlek / [Asphalt Love]. tv [2] Donner's part cut almost completely.
The Awful Truth. tv [2]
Körkarlen / Ajomies / The Phantom Carriage. SE 1920. D: Victor Sjöström. Lagerlöf. Fkl/Fst
He Who Gets Slapped / Hän joka saa korvapuustit. US 1924. D: Victor Sjöström. Leonid Andreyev. Lon Chaney. Fkl/Fh. Introduced by Bengt Forslund. The discovery of the year: the long forgotten film was seen for the first time in decades. It was reported that also Ingmar Bergman saw it for the first time now, interestingly, because of the parallels with Gycklarnas afton. - And the director discovery of the year for me was Victor Sjöström. - The musical commentary: Antonin Dvořák's "Humoresque" played live by a trio.
The Scarlet Letter / Tulipunainen kirjain. US 1926. D: Victor Sjöström. Hawthorne. Lillian Gish. Fkl/Fh
Kenneth Anger: Puce Moment (US 1949), Scorpio Rising (US 1963), Invocation of My Demon Brother (US 1969), Rabbit's Moon (FR 1950 / US 1970), Eaux d'artifice (FR 1953), Fireworks (US 1947). Fkl
The Family Jewels / Jerry, perheen musta lammas. US 1965. Jerry Lewis. Saw half. tv. Mediocre
Meet John Doe. tv [2]
Несколько дней из жизни И. И. Обломова / Oblomov / A Few Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov. SU 1980. D: Nikita Mikhalkov. Ivan Goncharov. Oleg Tabakov. Kosmos, Helsinki. - By this year I had seen all the film of M.: Five Evenings is best, there are good things in the end of The Unfinished Piece, Oblomov is too scattered and without a sense of urgency.
The Thirty-Nine Steps / 39 askelta. GB 1935. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Video PvB = Peter von Bagh
Il bidone / Huijarit. IT 1955. D: Federico Fellini. video PvB
The Man Who Knew Too Much / Mies joka tiesi liikaa. US 1956. D: Alfred Hitchcock. video PvB. Of the discoveries of the A.H. year, this is the best. Torn Curtain fascinating in its contradictions (the story it tells beyond the one it intends to tell). 39 steps starts thin, gets substance. Sabotage has a sense of pressure, marred by the fatal flaw of storytelling (the child's death).

OCTOBER 1980, STOCKHOLM, ROME, HELSINKI

La città delle donne. Aniente, Rome [2]
Rust Never Sleeps. US 1979. D: Bernard Shakey (= Neil Young). Il Labirinto, Rome
The Conquest / Kreivitär Walewska. US 1937. D: Clarence Brown. Archimede, Rome. Greta Garbo. Her 75th anniversary: there is a shimmering in Mata Hari directed by George Fitzmaurice who also directed the very interesting As You Desire Me after Pirandello. The Conquest is mediocre, Charles Boyer out of his depth as Napoléon
Magnum Force / Magnum 44. US 1973. D: Ted Post. Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry). Sergel-teatern
Bronco Billy / Bronco Billy. US 1980. D: Clint Eastwood. Bostock. My Clint Eastwood year: High Plains Drifter is a revenge legend where the ghost who returns forces the inhabitants to paint their town red and renames it Hell. Magnum Force is a fascinating attack against vigilantism. Every Which Way But Loose turns the star image upside down: he is a loser in fight and love, with an orangutang his only friend. Escape from Alcatraz is a masterpiece. Bronco Billy is modest entertainment, Clint hates violence, finds symbiosis in the contradictory situation with the heritage of machismo and facing feminism.
The Shining / Hohto. GB/US 1980. D: Stanley Kubrick. Filmstaden
Lolita / Lolita. GB 1962. D: Stanley Kubrick. Filmklubben / Filmstaden
Tout va bien / Kaikki ovat oikeassa. IT/FR 1972. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Filmklubben / Filmhuset
The Harder They Come. JM 1973. D: Perry Henzell. Cinema
Rockers. JM 1978. D: Ted Bafaloukos. Filmstaden
Radio On / Radio On. GB/DE 1980. D: Chris Petit. Filmstaden
Sauve qui peut (la vie) / Pelastukoon ken voi. FR/AT/DE/CH 1980. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Corona, Helsinki. Godard discoveries: Tout va bien pleasantly humoristic and offbeat. Sauve qui peut more interesting as a phenomenon, of utter desillusion.

SEPTEMBER 1980, STOCKHOLM, COPENHAGEN, ROME

Die Ehe der Maria Braun / Maria Braunin avioliitto / The Marriage of Maria Braun. DE 1979. D: R.W. Fassbinder. Hanna Schygulla. Grand
The Empire Strikes Back / Imperiumin vastaisku. US 1980. D: Irvin Kershner. Ri-tvåan. Good effects, but it tastes recycled
High Plains Drifter / Ruoska. US 1972. D: Clint Eastwood. Filmstaden
Sången om den eldröda blomman / Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta / The Song of the Scarlet Flower. SE 1918. D: Mauritz Stiller. Filmklubben / Filmhuset
Swing Time / Hääkarkuri. US 1936. D: George Stevens. Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. Filmklubben / Filmstaden
That's Entertainment 2: Hollywood, Hollywood! US 1976. Filmklubben / Filmstaden. Mishmash, yet still good fun
Herr Arnes pengar / Aarne-herran rahat. SE 1918. D: Mauritz Stiller. Filmklubben / Filmstaden
Fårödokument 1979. SE 1979. D: Ingmar Bergman. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. The Bergman year: Gycklarnas afton did not move me; En passion has a grim force; Fårödokument 1969 is ordinary, but Fårödokument 1979 magisterial, B's colour sense at its strongest; Ansikte mot ansikte was a strange experience on the big Filmhuset screen; Riten is a priapic joke and an attack against critics, a depressing comedy; Scener ur ett äktenskap still a big favourite in its powerful focus on faces
Goldfinger. Rita [2]
Summer Stock / Sano se sävelin. US 1950. D: Charles Walters. Filmklubben / Filmstaden. The final film of Judy Garland's consistent MGM musical career, "Get Happy" wonderful. - The autumn's musicals started brilliantly with That's Entertainment, a magnificent introduction into the MGM musical. Singin' in the Rain is great, as is Swing Time. Deep in My Heart is more mediocre. - My discovery of the greatness of Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
Geisha Boy / Jerry kimonossa. US 1958. D: Frank Tashlin. Jerry Lewis. Filmstaden
Deep in My Heart / Syvällä sydämessäni. US 1954. D: Stanley Donen. Filmklubben / Filmstaden. The Sigmund Romberg story with José Ferrer
Erotikon / Erotikon. SE 1920. D: Mauritz Stiller. Filmklubben / Filmhuset. This season was my introduction to Stiller, Sången om den eldröda blomman my favourite with its vigorous sense of life, Herr Arnes pengar I found too heavy, Erotikon brought the audience to laughter.
Breaking Glass. GB 1980. D: Brian Gibson. Bio Tivoli, Copenhagen
La città delle donne / Naisten kaupunki. IT/FR 198o. D: Federico Fellini. Aniente, Rome
Mata Hari / Mata Hari. US 1931. D: George Fitzmaurice. Greta Garbo. Archimede, Rome

AUGUST 1980, STOCKHOLM

Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker / Сталкер (SU 1979) with Aleksandr Kaidanovsky (Stalker).

Hollywood IX: The Westerns. GB 1979. Kevin Brownlow & David Gill. tv. saw half
American Gigolo / American Gigolo. US 1980. D: Paul Schrader. Göta Lejon. Cinematic: yes, original: no. Influenced by Bresson (Pickpocket), Demy (The Model Shop), Warhol & Morrissey (Heat), Altman (The Long Goodbye)
Singin' in the Rain / Laulavat sadepisarat. US 1952. D: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly. Filmklubben / Filmstaden
Hollywood X: Star Treatment. GB 1979. Kevin Brownlow & David Gill. An exemplary tv series with wonderful interviews and appetizing clips that tempt to see all the films
Stromboli / Stromboli. IT 1949. D: Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman. tv. The volcanic vision is a psychological journey. Impressive even in the Howard Hughes version
That's Entertainment / Viihteen kulta-aika. US 1974. D: Jack Haley, Jr. A wonderful compilation of the best production numbers of the musicals of the golden age
Зеркало / Peili / The Mirror. SEA screening room, Helsinki [2]
Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих / Toverit / Friend Among Strangers, Stranger Among Friends. SU 1974. D: Nikita Mikhalkov. SEA screening room, Helsinki
Сталкер / Stalker. SU 1979. D: Andrei Tarkovsky. Kosmos, Helsinki. T. at his grimmest, cinema of desillusion, the film of the year, with hope in the hidden potential of people
Раба любви / Rakkauden orja / A Slave of Love. SU 1976. D: Nikita Mikhalkov. SEA screening room, Helsinki
Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино / Keskeneräinen sävelmä mekaaniselle pianolle / An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano. SEA screening room, Helsinki [2]
Сталкер / Stalker. Kosmos [2]

JULY 1980, STOCKHOLM

Hollywood 5: The Stuntmen. GB 1979. Kevin Brownlow & David Gill. tv
The Man with the Golden Gun / James Bond ja kultainen ase. GB 1974. D: Guy Hamilton. Ian Fleming. Roger Moore (James Bond), Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight), Maud Adams (Andrea Anders), Christopher Lee (Scaramanga). Ri-tvåan
Hollywood 6: The Comedians. GB 1979. Kevin Brownlow & David Gill. tv
Monkey Business / Neljä nolattua neroa. US 1931. The Marx Bros. Filmstaden. Now I have seen all the Marx Bros. films except Room Service and A Night in Casablanca. Animal Crackers is my favourite, A Night in the Opera is great, Monkey Business if fine but too plot-driven
Sabotage / Sabotaasi. GB 1936. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Filmstaden
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot / Riemuloma Rivieralla / Semestersabotören. FR 1952. D: Jacques Tati. Now I have seen all the Tati theatrical feature films: Jour de fête already perfect, Les Vacances has a touch of melancholy, Mon oncle is my favourite
Angi Vera / Vera och Stalin. HU 1978. D: Pál Gábor. Filmstaden. Veronika Papp is moving. The story of the socialist experiment turning into repression

JUNE 1980, STOCKHOLM

Guy Hamilton: Goldfinger (GB 1964). Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson) and Sean Connery (James Bond). The Midas touch.

In Stockholm I immediately joined Filmklubben / Cinemateket / Svenska Filminstitutet, which had screenings in the heart of the city (Filmstaden) and in Filmhuset.
Play It Again, Sam / Kerta vielä Sam. US 1972. D: Herbert Ross. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts. Bio 2001
En passion. Filmklubben/Filmstaden [2]
Fårödokument 1969. SE 1969. D: Ingmar Bergman. Filmklubben/Filmstaden
The Spy Who Loved Me / 007 rakastettuni. D: Christopher Wood. Ian Fleming. Roger Moore (James Bond), Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens (Stromberg). Ri-tvåan
Ansikte mot ansikte / Kasvotusten / Face to Face. SE 1976. D: Ingmar Bergman. 1: Uppbrottet, 2: Gränsen, 3: Skymningslandet, 4: Återkomsten. Filmklubben/Filmhuset. The full long tv version on film on screen
Riten / Riitti / The Rite. SE 1968. D: Ingmar Bergman. Filmklubben/Filmstaden
Torn Curtain / Revitty esirippu. US 1966. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Filmklubben/Filmhuset
Tapsa. tv [2]
Diamonds Are Forever / Timantit ovat ikuisia. GB 1971. D: Lewis Gilbert. Ian Fleming. Sean Connery (James Bond), Jill St. John (Tiffany Case), Charles Gray (Ernst Stavro Blofeld). Ri-tvåan
You Only Live Twice / Elät vain kahdesti. GB 1967. D: Lewis Gilbert. Sean Connery (James Bond), Donald Pleasence (Ernst Stavro Blofeld). Ri-tvåan
Scener ur ett äktenskap / Kohtauksia eräästä avioliitosta / Scenes From a Marriage. SE 1973. D: Ingmar Bergman. 1: Oskuld och panik, 2: Konsten att sopa under mattan, 3: Paula, 4: Tåredalen, 5: Analfabeterna, 6: Mitt in natten i ett mörkt hus någonstans i världen. Filmklubben / Filmstaden. The full long tv version on film on screen
From Russia with Love / 007 Istanbulissa / Agent 007 ser rött. GB 1963. D: Terence Young. Ian Fleming. Sean Connery (James Bond), Daniela Bianchi. Ri-tvåan
Hollywood 3: Single Beds and Double Standards. tv series. GB 1979. Kevin Brownlow & David Gill. tv
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat. US 1960. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Roald Dahl. tv
Every Which Way But Loose / Mies San Fernandosta. US 1978. D: James Fargo. Clint Eastwood. Filmstaden
Hollywood 4: Hollywood Goes To War. D: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill. tv
Великая Отечественная 20: Неизвестный cолдат / Tuntematon sota 20: Tuntematon sotilas / The Unknown War 20: The Unknown Soldier. SU/US 1978. D: Roman Karmen. video. The best episodes of the series were 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 17, and 19. There were strong, unforgettable images, which the cliche-ridden commentary could not spoil. The main problem: evading all difficult issues. The mistakes of the USSR and the Western allies were not discussed. As an example the case of Finland was ignored. Too many stock shots and stock sounds.
Thunderball / Pallosalama. GB 1965. D: Terence Young. Ian Fleming. Sean Connery (James Bond), Claudine Auger (Domino), Adolfo Celi (Emilio Largo). Ri-tvåan
Goldfinger / 007 ja Kultasormi. GB 1964. D: Guy Hamilton. Ian Fleming. Sean Connery (James Bond), Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore), Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger). Ri-tvåan. All Bond films seen in 1980: Goldfinger is best. Diamonds Are Forever starts the trend of stupid villains, but Connery's angry, frustrated face is intriguing. The Moore films are weaker than the Connery films, but after a weak start they started to grow. OHMSS has the funniest plot but Lazenby is not convincing. The apocalyptic theme is impressive in the cycle. It is not true that the films have gotten funnier; there is less suspense, though, and less of the absurd kind of pop humour.

MAY 1980, TAMPERE

Пять вечеров / Viisi iltaa / Five Evenings. SU 1979. D: Nikita Mihalkov. Lyudmila Gurchenko, Stanislav Lyubshin. Pirkka
The closing party of the Solaris spring season (films screened in advance, too):
One Week [2, 3] +
The Playhouse / The Play House. US 1921. Buster Keaton [1, 2] +
The Balloonatic [2, 3]. Keaton was my favourite comedian
The Bride of Frankenstein / Frankensteinin morsian. US 1935. D: James Whale. Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester. Solaris
Великая Отечественная 16: Освобождение Польши / Tuntematon sota 16: Puolan vapautus / The Unknown War 16: The Liberation of Poland. SU/US 1978. D: Ilja Gutman. tv
Báječní muži s klikou / Nuo mainiot miehet elokuvakameroineen / Those Wonderful Men With a Crank. CZ 1978. D: Jiří Menzel. tv
Visions of Eight / München 1972: kahdeksan näkökulmaa. US/DE 1973. P: David L. Wolper. I: Juri Ozerov: The Beginning. II Mai Zetterling: The Strongest. III Arthur Penn: The Highest. IV Michael Pflegher: The Women. V Kon Ichikawa: The Fastest. VI Milos Forman: The Decathlon. VII Claude Lelouch: The Losers. VIII John Schlesinger: The Longest
Kung-fu. PL 1979. D: Janusz Kijowski. tv
Stärker als die Nacht / Yötä voimakkaampi / Plus fort que la nuit / [Stronger Than the Night]. DD 1954. D: Slatan Dudow. Germany seen from the inside during the Nazi times with the eyes of the resistance
The Country Doctor. US 1909. Biograph. D: D.W. Griffith. SEA Helsinki
Bobby, the Coward. US 1911. Biograph. D: D.W. Griffith. SEA Helsinki
A Romance of Happy Valley. US 1919. Biograph. D: D.W. Griffith. SEA Helsinki
Великая Отечественная 17: Cоюзники / Tuntematon sota 17: Liittolaiset / The Unknown War 17: The Allies. SU/US 1978. D: N. Solovjova. tv
The Seven Year Itch. tv [4] pan-scan damages the visual style
The Show Boat / Teatterilaiva. US 1951. D: George Sidney. Viva Ava, otherwise mediocre
Великая Отечественная 18: Битва за Берлин / Tuntematon sota 18: Taistelu Berliinissä / The Unknown War 18: The Battle of Berlin. SU/US 1978. D: A. Rybakova. tv
Сибириада / Siperiada / Siperiade. SU 1979. D: Andrei Mihalkov-Konchalovsky. Kosmos. His best since The First Teacher, also with critical aspects
Великая Отечественная 3: Блокада Ленинграда / Tuntematon sota 3: Leningradin piiritys / The Unknown War 3: The Siege of Leningrad. SU/US 1978. D: T. Semjonov. video
Великая Отечественная 7: Оборона Сталинграда / Tuntematon sota 7: Stalingradin piiritys / The Unknown War 7: The Defense of Stalingrad. SU/US 1978. D: S. Pumpjanskaja. video
This Gun for Hire / Vainottu. US 1942. D: Alan Tuttle. Graham Greene. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake. Final sequence with gas masked men impressive
The Lusty Men / Rodeon miehet. US 1951. D: Nicholas Ray. Horace McCoy. Robert Mitchum. Fine
Ultimo tango a Parigi / Viimeinen tango Pariisissa. IT/FR 1972. D: Bernardo Bertolucci. Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider. Adams
Берлин / Berliini / Berlin. SU 1945. D: Juli Raizman. SEA Helsinki. doc
Суд народов / Kansojen oikeus / [The Judgment of the Nations]. SU 1946. D: Roman Karmen. SEA Helsinki. The Nuremberg trials
Der Hauptmann von Köln / Kölnin kapteeni / [The Captain from Cologne]. DD 1956. D: Slatan Dudow. SEA Helsinki. A contemporary parody of the Zuckmayer play set into West Germany
Великая Отечественная 19: Последнее сражение войны / Tuntematon sota 19: Taistelut kaukoidässä / The Unknown War 19: The Last Battle of the Unknown War. SU/US 1978. D: I. Grigorjev.
Великая Отечественная 2: Битва за Москву / Tuntematon sota 2: Taistelu Moskovasta / The Unknown War 2: The Battle for Moscow. SU/US 1978. D: Ilja Gutman. SEA moviola
The Prince and the Showgirl. [3] tv on the Diana II, the ferry to Stockholm

APRIL 1980, TAMPERE

Carl Th. Dreyer: Vredens dag / Day of Wrath (DK 1943).

Popiół i diament. Pirkkala kansalaisopisto film society 16 mm [2]
Vredens dag / Vihan päivä / The Day of Wrath. DK 1943. D: Carl Th. Dreyer. tv.
River of No Return. tv [2]
L'Année dernière à Marienbad / Viime vuonna Marienbadissa. FR/IT/DE/AT 1961. D: Alain Resnais. Alain Robbe-Grillet. Delphine Seyrig. SEA Tampere. To be coldly admired
Великая Отечественная 13: Освобождение Украины / Tuntematon sota 13: Ukrainan vapautus / The Unknown War 13: Liberation of the Ukraine. SU/US 1978. D: Lev Danilov. tv
Cегодня / Tänään / Today. SU 1930. D: Eshfir Shub. SEA Helsinki. Some good bits in This Is America style, but otherwise hopelessly dated.
Du und mancher Kamerad / Sinä ja moni toveri / [You and Many a Comrade]. DD 1956. D: Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike. SEA Helsinki. Brilliant on fascism, starts well, gets weaker
In the Year of the Pig. SEA Helsinki [2]
Великая Отечественная 14: Освобождение Белоруссии / Tuntematon sota 14: Valko-Venäjän vapautus / The Unknown War 14: The Liberation of Belorussia. video
The Man You Loved To Hate / Erich von Stroheim: mies jota oli ihana vihata. US 1977. D: Patrick Montgomery [& James C. Gutman?]. tv
The Long Goodbye / Pitkät jäähyväiset. US 1973. D: Robert Altman. Raymond Chandler. Elliott Gould (Philip Marlowe). This film well-loved by my friends did not move me so much
Der Rat der Götter / [Council of the Gods]. DD 1950. D: Kurt Maetzig. SEA Helsinki without translation. The history of IG Farben during the Nazi era. I did not understand German so well then
Великая Отечественная 15: От Карпат на Балканы до Вены / Tuntematon sota 15: Karpaateilta Wieniin / The Unknown War 15: The Balkans to Vienna. SU/US 1978. D: Igor Gelein. tv
The Best Years of Our Lives / Parhaat vuodet. US 1946. D: William Wyler. tv. I was impressed, but I had the feeling that the generations that had actually experienced the coming home years at the time did not feel this was authentic enough. The reality was more bitter to the returning cripples.
Sleeper / Unikeko. US 1973. D: Woody Allen. Royal

MARCH 1980, TAMPERE

Dr. Mabuse der Spieler 1: Der grosse Spieler - ein Bild der Zeit / Tri Mabuse - ihmispeto. DE 1922. D: Fritz Lang. The Leiser-Atlas reissue version (1964) with the unforgettable music by Konrad Elfers (& Peter Schirmann?). SEA Tampere
Великая Отечественная 10: Величайшее танковое сражени / Tuntematon sota 10: Maailman suurin panssaritaistelu / The Unknown War 10: The World's Greatest Tank Battle. SU/US 1978. D: Tengiz Semyonov. tv
Some Like It Hot. Studio, Helsinki [2]
Prova d'orchestra / Orkesteriharjoitus. IT/DE 1978. D: Federico Fellini. Uusi Orion, Helsinki
Le Signe du lion / Leijonan merkki. FR 1959. D: Eric Rohmer. Solaris. Fascinating, also with the influences and hommages to Chaplin (the tramp), Welles (the lion's nature), Murnau (the last laugh), and especially Renoir (Boudu!)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. tv [2]
Восхождение / Nousu / The Ascent. SU 1977. D: Larisa Shepitko. Monroe. Masterpiece
Dr. Mabuse der Spieler 2: Inferno, ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit / Tri Mabuse rikosten pyörteessä. DE 1922. D: Fritz Lang. SEA Tampere. Dynamite
Im Feuer bestanden / Tulessa karaistu / [Tempered in Fire]. DD 1978. D: Heynowski & Scheumann. SEA Helsinki. Chile
Phoenix. DD 1979. D: Heynowski & Scheumann. SEA Helsinki. Vietnam
Casino Royale / Casino Royale. GB/US 1967. D: Joe McGrath & Robert Parrish & John Huston & Val Guest & Ken Hughes. Petit. A boring spoof
Le amiche / Pikku ystävättäriä. IT 1955. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. SEA Tampere. My favourite Antonioni at that time
Великая Отечественная 11: Война в воздух / Tuntematon sota 11: Taistelu ilmassa / The Unknown War 11: War in the Air. SU/US 1978. D: Zoja Fomina. tv
The Seven Year Itch. Petit [3]
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes / Aguirre - Jumalan viha. DE/PE/MX 1972. D: Werner Herzog. Monroe 16mm
In this month, I watched for the first time films and tv programmes taped on home video. The first person I knew who had a home video player was Mr. Jouko Hanhinen.
Tapsa, viiltoja reissumiehen elämästä / [Tapsa, Cuts from a Vagabond's Life]. FI 1980. Video [Jouko Hanhinen?]. The best of Bagh along with Vuosi 1952
[W.C. Fields in Hurry Hurry / Hurja ajo?]. The chase sequence from It's a Gift / Sehän käy kuin leikiten. US 1934. TAMY 16mm [2]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Video (Jouko Hanhinen) [3]
L'avventura / Seikkailu. IT/FR 1960. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. SEA Tampere. The French version, shortened by 20 min, yet a profound spiritual experience
Великая Отечественная 12: Битва на море / Tuntematon sota 12: Taistelu merellä / The Unknown War 12: The Battle of the Seas. D: Semjon Kiselev. tv
[W. C. Fields: the store sequence] from Never Give a Sucker an Even Break / Harmia kerrakseen. US 1941. TAMY 16mm [2]
The Crimson Pirate / Karmiininpunainen merirosvo. US/GB 1952. D: Robert Siodmak. Burt Lancaster & Nick Cravat. TAMY 16mm. An extra laugh was granted because of the topicality of Burt Lancaster as the host of The Unknown War. His parodic introduction ("believe everything you see... believe half of what you see") reminded us of his tv performance.

FEBRUARY 1980, TAMPERE

Ingmar Bergman: Gycklarnas afton (SE 1953). Hasse Ekman (Frans), Harriet Andersson (Anne).

The Amazing Howard Hughes 2 / Hämmästyttävä Howard Hughes 2. TVM. US 1977. D: William A. Graham. Tommy Lee Jones. tv. An excellent tv biopic, although not of Welles calibre

Valahol Európában / Jossakin Euroopassa / Somewhere in Europe. HU 1947. D: Géza von Radványi. SC: Béla Balázs. SEA Tampere. One of the cinemas memorable stories about the young outcasts, qf. Los olvidados, Putjovka v zhizn, Wild Boys of the Road, Sciuscià
Великая Отечественная 6: Война в Арктике / Tuntematon sota 6: Taistelut arktisella alueella / The Unknown War 6: War in the Arctic. SU/US 1978. D: Leonid Kristi. tv
A Night at the Opera / Ilta oopperassa. US 1935. The Marx Bros. Olympia
Du rififi chez les hommes / Rififi. FR 1955. D: Jules Dassin. Pirkka. Magnificent crime film, along with Touchez pas au grisbi
Gycklarnas afton / Viettelysten ilta. SE 1953. D: Ingmar Bergman. Walhalla
Monkey Business. tv [2]. Disturbed by an avalance of commercials, this film with its special rhythm does not work on tv
On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Hänen majesteettinsa salaisessa palveluksessa. GB 1969. D: Peter Hunt. Ian Fleming. George Lazenby (James Bond). Royal. Big fun, better than its reputation
Tavaszi zápor / Marie eli unkarilainen legenda / Marie, a Hungarian Legend. HU 1932. D: Pál Fejös. Annabella. SEA Tampere
Великая Отечественная 8: Победа под Сталинградом / Tuntematon sota 8: Voitto Stalingradissa / The Unknown War 8: Survival at Stalingrad. SU/US 1978. D: Semiramida Pumpjanskaja
Конец Санкт-Петербурга / Pietarin viimeiset päivät / The End of St. Petersburg. TAMY 16 mm [2, 3]
Ukigusa / Kiertolaiset. JP 1959. D: Yasujiro Ozu. Diana
Bellissima / Bellissima. IT 1951. D: Luchino Visconti. tv. Magnani magnificent
Gone With the Wind / Tuulen viemää. US 1939. D: Victor Fleming. Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable. The 1967 70 mm re-release version looked strange, yet magnificent. Bristol, Helsinki
Jour de fête / Lystikäs kirjeenkantaja. FR 1947. D: Jacques Tati. TAMY 16 mm
Великая Отечественная 9: Битва за Кавказ / Tuntematon sota 9: Taistelu Kaukasuksella / The Unknown War 9: The Battle of Caucasus. SU/US 1978. D: Dzhemma Firsova. tv

JANUARY 1980, TAMPERE, MADISON (WI)

In this month and year the Soviet aggression to Afghanistan was front page news. It was ironic to watch the magnificent 20-part American-Soviet tv series The Unknown War in such times. Operation Bear Trap was successful.
Vuosi 1952 / Året 1952 / The Year 1952. FI 1980. D: Peter von Bagh. tv
Великая Отечественная 1: 22 июня 1941 г / Tuntematon sota 1: 22. kesäkuuta 1941 /The Unknown War 1: June 22, 1941. TV series. SU/US 1978. P: Isaac Kleinerman. D: Roman Karmen. Host: Burt Lancaster. tv
The Westerner / Lännen mies. US 1940. D: William Wyler. tv
The Rose / The Rose. US 1979. D: Mark Rydell. Bette Midler. Madison, Wisconsin
Monterey Pop / Monterey Pop. US 1968. D: D.A. Pennebaker. tv, Madison, Wisconsin
Celebration at Big Sur. US 1971. D: Baird Bryant, Johanna Demetrakas. Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, John Sebastian, Neil Young. tv, Madison, Wisconsin
Move Over Darling / Sänky kolmelle. US 1963. D: Michael Gordon. Doris Day, James Garner. The film that was made instead of Something's Got to Give with Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin. tv, Madison, Wisconsin
Великая Отечественная 4: Партизаны. Война в тылу врага / Tuntematon sota 2: Partisaanien taistelu saksalaisia vastaan / The Unknown War 4: The Partisans. SU/US 1978. D: Vasili Katanjan. tv
Solaris: opening season
Finland by Night. FI 1971. D: Börje Aura
Robin Hood, Jr. US 1934. D: Ub Iwerks. Willie Whopper
[The Janitor?]. Ub Iwerks
Riemukkaat rämäpäät =
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case [2] +
Twice Two [2] +
Come Clean [2] +
County Hospital [2]
The Other / Kalman sormi. US 1972. D: Robert Mulligan. Uta Hagen. Royal, midnight horror show
Love and Death / Sota ja rakkaus. US 1975. D: Woody Allen. Diane Keaton. Royal
Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti / Herra Puntila ja hänen renkinsä Matti / Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti. FI 1979. D: Ralf Långbacka. Bertolt Brecht based on Hella Wuolijoki. Lasse Pöysti phenomenal
Escape from Alcatraz / Pako Alcatrazista. US 1979. D: Don Siegel. Clint Eastwood. Häme. Magisterial
Kanal. Pirkkala 16mm [2]
During this season, I was in charge of the SEA Tampere programme.
Los olvidados. SEA Tampere [3]
Великая Отечественная 5: На Восток / Tuntematon sota 5: Kohti itää / The Unknown War 5: To the East. SU/US 1978. D: Roman Karmen. tv

DECEMBER 1979, TAMPERE

David Mallet : David Bowie : D.J. (GB 1979). Viewed on 16 mm at the office of the film society Monroe r.y.

Senso / Senso. IT 1954. D: Luchino Visconti. Solaris
Quadrophenia / Quadrophenia - 60-luvun kapinalliset. GB 1979. D: Franc Roddam. The Who. mods. Press screening at Savoy, Helsinki. I wrote about the mods for Uusi Laulu.
Fantômas 1 + 2 + the start of 3. FR 1913. D: Louis Feuillade. Presented by Jacques Champreux. SEA Joukola, Helsinki
The Searchers. tv [4] gets better every time
The Deer Hunter / Kauriinmetsästäjä. GB/US 1978. D: Michael Cimino. Pirkka
ნატვრის ხე / Navtris khe / Древо желания / Toiveiden puu / The Wishing Tree. GE-SU 1976. D: Tengiz Abuladze. tv. dull, null
David Bowie music videos directed by David Mallet: D.J.; Be My Wife; Look Back In Anger; Hang On To Yourself; Black Out; Ziggy Stardust. Monroe office, 16 mm
The Barber Shop / Parturissa. US 1933. W. C. Fields. Monroe office, 16 mm
Ai no borei / 愛の亡霊 / Intohimon valtakunta / L'Empire de la passion / The Empire of Passion. JP/FR 1978. D: Nagisa Oshima. Kino Palatsi, Tampere - I preferred this to Empire of the Senses.
Ani imoto / あにいもうと / Veli ja sisar / Brother and Sister. JP 1976. D: Tadashi Imai. Monroe office, 16 mm. Dull
Higanbana / 彼岸花 / Päiväntasaajan kukka / Sovinnon kukka / The Equinox Flower. JP 1958. D: Yasujiro Ozu. Monroe, 16 mm
Zangiku monogatari / 残菊物語 / Taru viimeisestä krysanteemista / The Tale of the Late Chrysanthemum. JP 1939. D: Kenji Mizoguchi. Monroe 16 mm. Amazing kabuki
I magliari / Rättikauppiaat. IT 1959. D: Francesco Rosi. tv. Juicy realism and comedy with Alberto Sordi
Судьба человека / Sudba cheloveka / Ihmisen kohtalo / Destiny of a Man. SU 1959. D: Sergei Bondarchuk. Sholohov. Pirkkala 16 mm. Superior to his later work
Dirty Harry / Likainen Harry. US 1971. D: Don Siegel. Clint Eastwood. Ilves. The best Clint Eastwood film so far, offensive and illuminating
Apocalypse Now / Ilmestyskirja. Nyt. US 1979. D: Francis Ford Coppola. Adams
Rakkaani, Tammerkoski / [Tammerkoski My Love]. TV doc. FI 1979. D: Arvo Ahlroos. YLE TV2 28 Dec 1979 - I was research assistant to Arvo Ahlroos at YLE TV2.
La terra trema / Maa järisee. IT 1948. D: Luchino Visconti. tv
Il gattopardo / Tiikerikissa. IT/FR 1963. D: Luchino Visconti. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. tv
Ihmemies / Mirakelmannen / The Miracle Man. FI 1979. D: Antti Peippo