July 1987 Helsinki

Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren: Begone Dull Care (CA 1950). Photo: Harvard Film Archive.

1 July 1987  Tumba francesa (CU 1978). SEA viewing table, with Risto Vuorimies / Kuuban Rytmi
1 July 1987  Con la misma pasion (CU 1980). SEA viewing table, with Risto Vuorimies / Kuuban Rytmi
1 July 1987  Anna Karenina (US 1935). D: Clarence Brown. Greta Garbo. SEA Orion, CIC or UIP 35 mmSe
2 July 1987  Tulio says no.
2 July 1987  Peau de banane / Banaaninkuori (FR/IT/DE 1963). D: Marcel Ophuls. Jeanne Moreau. SEA Orion 35 mm
2 July 1987  L'Année dernière à Marienbad / Viime vuonna Marienbadissa (FR/IT 1961). D: Alain Resnais. SEA Orion 35 mm

Separate entry: Moscow Film Festival 1987.

14 July 1987  Les Valseuses / Going Places (FR 1974). D: Bertrand Blier. Jeanne Moreau. SEA viewing table 35 mm.
14 July 1987  Le Corps de Diane / Diane (FR/CZ 1969). D: Jean-Louis Richard. Jeanne Moreau. SEA viewing table 35 mm.
15 July 1987  Big Deal at Dodge City / A Big Hand for the Little Lady / Kova panos Dodge Cityssä (US 1966). D: Fielder Cook. SEA viewing table 35 mm. The gambling theme.
15 July 1987  Norman McLaren II. SEA Orion, mostly 16 mm, prints mostly from the Canadian Embassy
- The Eye Hears and the Ear Sees (CA 1970)
- Loops (CA 1940)
- C'est l'aviron (CA 1944)
- Begone Dull Care (CA 1940)
- Blinkity Blank (CA 1955)
- Neighbours (CA 1955) 35 mm
15 July 1987  El angel exterminador / Tuhon enkeli (MX 1962). D: Luis Buñuel. [2]. SEA Orion 35 mm
16 July 1987  The Hand / Kuristava kauhu (US 1981). D: Oliver Stone. SEA viewing table 35 mm
16 July 1987  Finlandia-katsaus 422 (FI 1959). D: Kari Uusitalo. SEA Orion 35 mm
16 July 1987  Suuri sävelparaati (FI 1959). D: Jack Witikka. SEA Orion 35 mm
16 July 1987  Ocean's Eleven / Kovat kaverit (US 1960). D: Lewis Milestone. SEA Orion 35 mm. The director at his worst, this original film is inferior to the remake.
18 July 1987  A Room With a View / Hotelli Firenzessä (GB 1985). D: James Ivory. Forum
19 July 1987  Atlantic City (US/CA 1980). D: Louis Malle. SEA Orion 35 mm. The gambling theme.
20 July 1987  Nad Niemnem / At the Niemen / On the Banks of the Niemen (PL 1986). D: Zbigniew Kuzminski. SEA Orion, special screening, I view the first part, fall asleep, after the intermission I go home. The Poles leave us a bottle of Wodka Wyborowa, shared and consumed the night after.
22 July 1987  Sampo (SU/FI 1959). D: Aleksandr Ptushko. SEA viewing table 35 mm
23 July 1987  Censorship cuts - including outtakes from Extase. SEA viewing table 35 mm
23 July 1987  Iskelmäkaruselli pyörii (FI 1960). D: Harry Orvomaa. SEA Orion 35 mm
23 July 1987  EP-X-503 (FI 1962). D: Erkko Kivikoski. SEA Orion 35 mm
24 July 1987  Censorship cuts: 70 reels catalogued, 7 analyzed. SEA viewing table 35 mm
28 July 1987  Kuuban rytmi I. SEA Orion
- introduction: Olavo Alen
- Con la misma pasion (CU 1980). D: Constante Diego.
- Y tenemos sabor lito cuni (CU 1980). D: Sara Gomez.
- Un documental dedicado a Felix Chapotin y Miguelito Cuni (CU 1980). D: Constante Diego.
- Ignacio Pineiro (CU 1977). D: Luis F. Barnaza.
- Una fiesta de changui (CU 1980). D: Santiago Villafuerte.

Moscow Film Festival 1987

Aleksandr Askoldov: Komissar / The Commissar (SU 1967), with Vasili Shukshin (the Commandant) and Nonna Mordjukova (the Commissar). The first screening of the most famous of the Thaw era films shelved during Brezhnev and released during Glasnost. Black and white in Sovscope. Please click on the image to enlarge it.

5 July 1987  Night train from Helsinki to Moscow ("Leo Tolstoi").
6 July 1987  Hotel Rossija.
6 July 1987  Moscow Film Festival Opening Ceremony, Tsentralnyi Festivalnyi Zal
6 July 1987  Zabytaja melodija dlja fleity / Unohtunut sävelmä huilulle / Forgotten Tune for the Flute (SU 1987). D: Eldar Rjazanov. Opening gala film, Tsentralnyi Festivalnyi Zal
7 July 1987  The morning screening of Gleb Panfilov's V ogne broda njet has been postponed.
7 July 1987  Monanieba / Pokajanie / Repentance (SU-GE 1984). D: Tengiz Abuladze. Russian language version of the Georgian film. Kino Rybok. This key Glasnost film had its international festival premiere in Cannes 1987. In the USSR it had been in limited release in Georgia and since 1986 in Moscow.
7 July 1987  V ogne broda njet / No Ford in the Fire (SU 1967). D: Gleb Panfilov. Black and white in Sovscope. (In Finland we have a 35 mm tv print in Academy). A revelation of the Glasnost.
8 July 1987  Сүйүүнүн Көркү / Махабат дастаны / Mirazhi ljubvi / [Mirages of Love] (SU-KG/SY 1987). D: Tolomush Okejev. Kino Rynok
8 July 1987  Katok i skripka / Höyryjyrä ja viulu (SU 1961). D: Andrei Tarkovski. Oktjabr
8 July 1987  Tempo di viaggio / Voyage in Time (tvm, IT 1983). D: Tonino Guerra, Andrei Tarkovski. Oktjabr
9 July 1987  A visit to Gosfilmofond: Director General Mark Strotshkov.
9 July 1987  Moi ljubimyi kloun / My Favourite Clown (SU 1987). D: Juri Kushnerjov. Kino Rynok
9 July 1987  Zavtra byla voina / Ja huomenna syttyi sota / Tomorrow There Was War (SU 1987). D: Juri Kara. Kino Rynok
9 July 1987  Самотня жінка бажає познайомитися... / Odinokaja zhenshtshina zhelajet poznakomitsja / Yksinäinen nainen etsii elämäntoveria / Lonely Woman Seeks Lifetime Companion (SU-UA 1987). D: Vjatsheslav Krishtofovitsh. Kino Rynok
10 July 1987  Kin-Dza-Dza! (SU 1986). D: Georgi Danelia. Kino Rynok
10 July 1987  Cronaca di una morte annunciata / Kuulutetun kuoleman kronikka / Chronicle of a Death Foretold (IT/FR/CO 1987). D: Francesco Rosi. Tsentranlnyi Festivalnyi Zal
10 July 1987 14.00 At Kino Illusion, Mark Strotshkov introduces us to Volodja Solovjev
10 July 1987  Varjoja paratiisissa (FI 1987). D: Aki Kaurismäki. Tsentralnyi Festivalnyi Zal
11 July 1987  Sovexportfilm - Juri Kolosov - 3 films - Mark Strotshkov
11 July 1987  11.30 Oci ciornie / Mustat silmät / Dark Eyes (IT/SU 1987). D: Nikita Mihalkov. Tsentralnyi Festivalnyi Zal
11 July 1987  Pljumbum, ili opasnaja igra / Plumbum, Or Dangerous Game / Plumbum - vaarallista peliä / Vaarallinen leikki (SU 1987). D: Vadim Abdrashitov. Kino Rynok
11 July 1987 18.00  Komissar / Komissaari / The Commissar (SU 1967). D: Aleksandr Askoldov. Dom Kino. The first public (or semi-public) screening of the most startling discovery of the shelved films revealed during Glasnost. Standing room only. I was among those standing all the way, as if in ovation.
11 July 1987  11.00 Tour of the city, including the Novodevitshy Cemetery, we see the graves of Shukshin, Molotov, Hrushtshov and Nadezhda Allilujeva among others.
11-12 July 1987  Night train to Helsinki ("Leo Tolstoi").

June 1987, Helsinki

John Ford: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (US 1949). Captain Nathan Brittles (John Wayne) smokes the ceremonial pipe with the Cheyenne and Arapaho represented by Chief Pony That Walks (Chief John Big Tree), Red Shirt (Noble Johnson) and Chief Sky Eagle (George Sky Eagle).

3 June 1987  Moderato cantabile (FR/IT 1960). D: Peter Brook. Marguerite Duras. SEA Orion, 16 mm, not scope, shrunken [Kenya]
4 June 1987  Nathalie Granger (FR 1972). D: Marguerite Duras. SEA Orion, 35 mm
5 June 1987  La Reine Margot / Kuningattaren ritari (FR/IT 1954). D: Jean Dréville. SEA Orion 35 mm, our print, turning slightly red
6 June 1987  La Voie lactée / Linnunrata (FR/IT/DE 1969). D: Luis Buñuel. SEA Orion 35 mm [X]
7 June 1987  A Day at the Races / Päivä kilpa-ajoissa (US 1937). Marx Bros. [2]. SEA Orion 35 mm
7 June 1987  California Split / Täyskäsi (US 1974). D: Robert Altman. SEA Orion 35 mm
10 June 1987  at 9 am at Silja-Terminalen: I welcome Yngve Bengtsson and a delegation of 25 activists of SFF (Sveriges Förenade Filmstudios), the Swedish organization of film societies, who have come to spend three days at Cinema Orion to view our treasures, mainly nitrate prints
10 June 1987 at 10 am  The Big Carnival / Tuhansien silmien edessä (US 1951). D: Billy Wilder. SEA Orion 35 mm safety print, SFF special screening
10 June 1987 afternoon  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / Keltainen nauha (US 1949). D: John Ford. SEA Orion 35 mm safety print, brilliant Technicolor, SFF special screening - I escort the SFF team to Hotel Helka
11 June 1987  La Charrette fantôme / Ajomies (FR 1939). D: Julien Duvivier. The French remake of the Selma Lagerlöf - Victor Sjöström classic. SEA Orion 35 mm nitrate print, SFF special screening
12 June 1987  I say goodbye to the SFF guests and board the night train to Rovaniemi.

See separate entry: Midnight Sun Film Festival 1987.

23 June 1987  La Mort en ce jardin / Kuoleman puutarha (FR(MX 1956). D: Luis Buñuel. SEA Orion 35 mm
25 June 1987  The Steel Helmet / Teräskypärä (US 1951). D: Sam Fuller. [2] SEA Orion 35 mm
25 June 1987  Hell and High Water / Merten paholaiset (US 1953). D: Sam Fuller. [2] SEA Orion 35 mm, vintage 2,55:1 CinemaScope with magnetic sound, Eastmancolour turning red
26 June 1987  Madigan / Säälimättömät (US 1968). D: Don Siegel. Video: I view the rest of the movie that was interrupted in Sodankylä as I had to board the night train to Helsinki.
26 June 1987  9½ Weeks / 9½ viikkoa (US 1986). D: Adrian Lyne. Video fast forward
27 June 1987  The Wicker Man / Uhrijuhla (GB 1973). D: Robin Hardy. Video fast forward
28 June 1987  Norman McLaren programme, 16 mm mostly, from the Canadian Embassy
- Opening Speech (CA 1960) 35 mm
- Boogie Doodle (CA 1940)
- Hen Hop (CA 1942)
- Alouette (CA 1944)
- Hoppity Pop (CA 1946)
- La Poulette grise (CA 1947. 
- Rythmetic (CA 1956)
- A Chairy Tale (CA 1957) 35 mm
- Pas de deux (CA 1967)
- Narcissus (CA 1983)
28 June 1987  Les Amants / Yö kuuluu rakkaudelle (FR 1958). D: Louis Malle. SEA Orion 35 mm
30 June 1987  The Son of the Sheik / Sheikin poika (US 1926). D: George Fitzmaurice. Valentino. SEA Orion 35 mm nitrate print of the sonorized version. The audience cheers.
30 June 1987  Igrok / Pelurit / The Gambler (SU 1972). D: Aleksei Batalov. Dostoevsky, with Nikolai Burljajev. Sovcolour turning red. SEA Orion 35 mm

Midnight Sun Film Festival 1987

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger: I Know Where I'm Going! (GB 1945) with Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey.

I arrive on Saturday. The festival has started on Wednesday.
13 June 1987 12.00  Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / Cherbourgin sateenvarjot (FR/DE 1964). D: Jacques Demy. SEA 35 mm print. In the presence of Jacques Demy
13 June 1987 15.00  A Canterbury Tale (GB 1944). D: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. NFA 35 mm print. In the presence of Michael Powell
13 June 1987 17.30  I Know Where I'm Going! / Myrskyöitä (GB 1945). D: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. NFA 35 mm print. In the presence of Michael Powell
13 June 1987 19.00  Film concert Greed (US 1924). D: Erich von Stroheim. SEA 35 mm print. Anssi Tikanmäki Film Orchestra
13 June 1987 [a glimpse of Monterey Pop in 35 mm] in the presence of D. A. Pennebaker.
13 June 1987  Down By Law (US 1986). D: Jim Jarmusch. Preview of the Senso Films release. 35 mm
14 June 1987 10.00 Morning discussion with D. A. Pennebaker, hosted by Peter von Bagh
14 June 1987 12.30  Small Back Room (GB 1949). D: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. NFA 35 mm print. In the presence of Michael Powell
14 June 1987 20.00 The Big Steal / Kuolema vaanii varjossa (US 1949). D: Don Siegel
14 June 1987 22.30 Hell Is For Heroes / Kuusi urhoa (US 1962). D: Don Siegel
15 June 1987  Morning discussion with Raymond Durgnat, Thelma Schoonmaker, Michael Powell
15 June 1987 12.45  The King of Comedy / Koomikkojen kuningas (US 1982). D: Martin Scorsese. 35 mm. In the presence of Thelma Schoonmaker
15 June 1987 17.00  Madigan / Säälimättömät (US 1968). D: Don Siegel - the beginning

15-16 June  Night train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki. I sleep well.

May 1987, Helsinki, FIAF Congress Berlin

André Antoine: L'Hirondelle et la Mesange (FR 1920). Shot in 1920, edited at La Cinémathèque francaise in 1984.

1 May 1987  On the Town / Ilo irti (US 1949). D: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen. SEA Orion, 35 mm
2 May 1987  Meidän poikamme (FI 1929). D: Erkki Karu. SEA Orion, 35 mm
2 May 1987  Un chien andalou (FR 1929). D: Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí. SEA Orion, 35 mm, print sonorized by Buñuel [X]
2 May 1987  L'Age d'Or (FR 1930). D: Luis Buñuel. SEA Orion, 35 mm, the complete print for the first time, acquired by Aito Mäkinen [X]
2 May 1987  The Revenge of Frankenstein (GB 1958). D: Terence Fisher. [2] SEA Orion, 35 mm, SFI-FA print
3 May 1987  The 3 Worlds of Gulliver / Gulliverin matkat (US 1959). D: Jack Sher. SEA Orion, 35 mm, print incomplete
5 May 1987  Anchors Aweigh / Laulaen maihin (US 1945). D: George Sidney. SEA Orion 35 mm
5 May 1987  L'Atalante (FR 1934). D: Jean Vigo. SEA Orion, 35 mm, the new print from Aito Mäkinen [X]
6 May 1987  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (GB 1943). D: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. SEA Orion 35 mm, 163 min print [X]
7 May 1987  Royal Wedding / Kuninkaalliset häät (US 1941). D: Stanley Donen. SEA Orion 35 mm
7 May 1987  Gone to Earth / Lumottu veri (GB 1948). D: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. SEA Orion 35 mm [X]
8 May 1987  We install for the first time a video projector of our own at the Orion - Barco.
8 May 1987  Meidän poikamme merellä (FI 1933). D: Erkki Karu. SEA Orion video (premiere of our Barco projector).
9 May 1987  Animal Crackers / Koirankeksit / Iloiset soittoniekat (US 1930). Marx Bros. tv Pirkkala [X]
10 May 1987  The 39 Steps / 39 askelta (GB 1935). D: Alfred Hitchcock. Tampere, Pirkka, 35 mm, new re-release [2]
12 May 1987  Frankenstein Created Woman (GB 1967). D: Terence Fisher. SEA viewing table, 35 mm
12 May 1987  Stazione termini / Kohtalokas laituri (IT/US 1953). D: Vittorio De Sica. SEA Orion 35 mm, English language version
13 May 1987  The Reptile (GB 1966). D: John Gilling. SEA viewing table 35 mm
13 May 1987  Rasputin the Mad Monk (GB 1966). D: Don Sharp. SEA viewing table 35 mm
14 May 1987  Meidän poikamme ilmassa - me maassa (FI 1934). D: Erkki Karu. SEA Orion 35 mm, 100 min version (original duration according to sources 120 min)

16-23 May 1987 FIAF Congress Berlin. The evening film screening program was a showcase of two FIAF Touring Shows
17 May 1987  FIAF General Assembly
17 May 1987  FIAF Opening Reception: Ägyptisches Museum
18 May 1987  FIAF General Assembly
18 May 1987 at 20  Scherben bringen Glück (DE 1932). D: Curt Bois. Arsenal, 35 mm
18 May 1987 at 22  Elstree Calling (GB 1930). D: Adrian Brunel, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Hulbert, André Charlot, Paul Murray. Arsenal, 35 mm
19 May 1987  FIAF General Assembly
19 May 1987  Cent films Lumière (FR 1895-1900). Frères Lumiere. Arsenal, 35 mm, the Boyer prints commissioned by Langlois, part of the FIAF Touring Show
19 May 1987  L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise /Guisen herttuan murha (FR 1908). D: André Calmettes, Charles Le Bargy. Arsenal, 35 mm, restored, sonorized with the Camille Saint-Saëns score
19 May 1987  Autour d'une cabine (FR 1895). D: Émile Reynaud. Arsenal, 35 mm, new reconstruction of the pioneering animation
19 May 1987  L'Hirondelle et la Mesange (FR 1920/1984). D: André Antoine. Arsenal, 35 mm, new reconstruction of the masterpiece shot in 1920 and edited only now at la Cinémathèque francaise
20 May 1987  FIAF Joint Technical Symposium
20 May 1987  Ihr Unteroffizier (DE 1914). D: Alfred Halm. Arsenal, 35 mm
20 May 1987  Harakiri (DE 1919). D: Fritz Lang. Arsenal, 35 mm. A new reconstruction of a Fritz Lang believed lost
20 May 1987  Nummisuutarit (FI 1922). D: Erkki Karu. Arsenal, 35 mm. Our toned and sonorized print with English subtitles for the FIAF Touring Show [X]
21 May 1987  Way Down East I-II (US 1920). D: D. W. Griffith. Arsenal, 35 mm, MoMA restoration. I view 2 hrs of the 3 hrs screening
22 May 1987  FIAF Joint Technical Symposium
22 May 1987  Drake of England (GB 1935). D: Arthur B. Woods. FIAF Joint Technical Symposium, 35 mm
22 May 1987  FIAF Joint Technical Symposium: Ethics of Restoration: Böhrenz, Borde, Deggeler, Kubelka, Labenski, Pinel, Storm, Ponsin, Gregor
22 May 1987  FIAF Closing Reception: Metropole

27 May 1987  The Devil Rides Out (GB 1967). D: Terence Fisher. SEA Orion
28 May 1987  E la nave va / Fellinin Laiva (IT/FR 1983). D: Federico Fellini. SEA Orion 35 mm
29 May 1987  Roinilan talossa (FI 1935). D: Erkki Karu. SEA Orion 35 mm
31 May 1987  Behind the Screen (US 1916). D: Charles Chaplin. SEA Orion 35 mm
31 May 1987  The Rink (US 1916). D: Charles Chaplin. SEA Orion 35 mm
31 May 1987  Easy Street (US 1916). D: Charles Chaplin. SEA Orion 35 mm
31 May 1987  The Adventurer (US 1917). D: Charles Chaplin. SEA Orion 35 mm

April 1987, Helsinki

Jacques Becker: Le Trou (FR 1960).

1 April 1987  Zakroishtshik iz Torzhka / Räätäli Torzhokista (SU 1925) D: Jakov Protazanov. Sonorized print. SEA Orion 35 mm
2 April 1987  The Song of Songs / Korkea veisu (US 1933). D: Rouben Mamoulian. Video
3 April 1987  Prazdnik svjatogo Jorgena / Pyhän Yrjön juhlat (SU 1930). D: Jakov Protazanov. SEA Orion 35 mm
3 April 1987  Smultronstället / Mansikkapaikka (SE 1957). D: Ingmar Bergman. SEA Orion 35 mm - the end
3 April 1987  Permanent Vacation / Loputon loma (US 1980). D: Jim Jarmusch. SEA Orion, [2] video projection, I am the projectionist
4 April 1987  Koskenlaskijan morsian (FI 1923). D: Erkki Karu. SEA Orion 35 mm - the end
4 April 1987  Gösta Berlings saga / Gösta Berlingin taru (SE 1924). D: Mauritz Stiller. SEA Orion 35 mm. Piano: Esa Helasvuo
4 April 1987  Cleopatra Jones (US 1973). D: Jack Starrett. SEA Orion, 35 mm - the beginning
5 April 1987  Tex Avery V. SEA Orion 35 mm - the end
5 April 1987  Die Fälschung / Petosten kehässä (DE/FR 1981). D: Volker Schlöndorff. Co-SC: Margarethe von Trotta. SEA Orion 35 mm
5 April 1987  Rosa Luxemburg (DE/CZ 1986). D: Margarethe von Trotta. SEA Orion 35 mm. Sold out screening.
7 April 1987  Potselui Mary Pickford / A Kiss from Mary Pickford (SU 1927). D: Sergei Komarov. SEA Orion 35 mm. GFF print
9 April 1987  The Bellboy / Jerry piccolona (US 1960). D: Jerry Lewis. SEA Orion 35 mm
9 April 1987  Le Trou / Tunneli (FR/IT 1960). D: Jacques Becker. SEA Orion 35 mm
10 April 1987  Nummisuutarit (FI 1923). D: Erkki Karu. SEA Orion 35 mm, the sonorized and toned print
11 April 1987  Kutya eji dala / Koiran yölaulu (HU 1983). D: Gabor Body. SEA Orion 35 mm
12 April 1987  Repo Man (US 1984). D: Alex Cox. SEA Orion 35 mm
13 April 1987  Blood Simple. (US 1983). D: Joel Coen. SEA Orion 35 mm [Finnish theatrical premiere 27 Nov 1987]
17 April 1987  The Robe / Näin hänen kuolevan (US 1953). D: Henry Koster. SEA Orion 35 mm. The first CinemaScope movie screened in vintage 1:2,55 CinemaScope and magnetic sound. 
17 April 1987  Nazarin (MX 1958). D: Luis Buñuel. SEA Orion 35 mm. [2]
19 April 1987  The Adventures of Robin Hood / Robin Hoodin seikkailut (US 1938). D: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley. SEA Orion, brilliant 16 mm tv print - the end
19 April 1987  Heller Wahn / Rena illusionen / Sheer Madness (DE/FR 1983). SEA Orion 35 mm, SFI print
21 April 1987  That's Dancing! (US 1985). D: Jack Haley, Jr. SEA Orion 35 mm
21 April 1987  Dracula (GB 1958). D: Terence Fisher. SEA Orion 35 mm, Swedish print slightly cut
24 April 1987  Liebelei / Lemmenleikkiä (DE 1932). D: Max Ophuls. SEA Orion 35 mm nitrate - introduced by Claude Beylie
24 April 1987  Le Plaisir / Lemmenunelma (FR 1951). D: Max Ophuls. SEA Orion 35 mm, SFI-FA - introduced by Claude Beylie
25 April 1987  La tendre ennemie (FR 1936). D: Max Ophuls. SEA Orion 16 mm print from Claude Beylie, introduced by Claude Beylie - possibly the only screening of this film in Finland
25 April 1987  Madame De... / Salaperäiset korvarenkaat (FR 1953). D: Max Ophuls. SEA Orion 25 mm, SFI-FA, introduced by Claude Beylie
26 April 1987  Sans lendemain / Ilman huomispäivää (FR 1939). D: Max Ophuls. SEA Orion, 16 mm print from Claude Beylie, introduced by Claude Beylie
26 April 1987  Lola Montès (FR/DE 1955). D: Max Ophuls. SEA Orion 35 mm, Finnish release print 107 min, introduced by Claude Beylie
26 April 1987  Amerikai anzix / Amerikkalainen postikortti / American Postcard (HU 1977). D: Gabor Body. SEA Orion 35 mm - the beginning
27 April 1987  Accattone / Pummi (IT 1961). D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. SEA Orion 35 mm
27 April 1987  Edipo re / Oedipus Rex (IT/MA 1967). D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. SEA Orion 35 mm
28 April 1987  L'Age d'Or / Kulta-aika (FR 1930). D: Luis Buñuel. SEA Orion 35 mm - the end
29 April 1987  Arsenal (SU-UA 1929). D: Aleksandr Dovzhenko. SEA Orion 35 mm - SEA print not too hot
29 April 1987  Kuu on vaarallinen (FI 1961). D: Toivo Särkkä. SEA viewing table 35 mm, with Kari Lempinen - a print without moonlight swimming ("the swimming job")
30 April 1987  Fear in the Night (GB 1972). D: Jimmy Sangster. SEA Orion 35 mm - the beginning

March 1987 Helsinki-Tampere

Tex Avery: I Love to Singa (US 1936), a spoof of The Jazz Singer, starring Owl Jolson.

3 March 1987  Welcome to L.A. D: Alan Rudolph. Orion, 35 mm
4 March 1987  Die bleierne Zeit / Sisarukset. D: Margarethe von Trotta. Orion, 35 mm
5 March 1987  Tex Avery I. Orion, 16 mm
- Gold Diggers of '49
- I Love To Singa, US 1936
- Don't Look Now
- Egghead Rides Again
- Porky's Garden, US 1937
- Penguin Parade
- A Feud There Was
- Daffy Duck In Hollywood
- Cinderella Meets Fella, US 1938
- Hamateur Night
- A Day At the Zoo, US 1939

TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL
6 March 1987  Arne Sucksdorff. Kino-Palatsi, 35 mm, nitrate and safety
- En sommarsaga (SE 1941)
- Vinden från väster (SE 1942)
- Sarvtid (SE 1943)
- Trut! (SE 1944)
- Gryning (SE 1944)
- Skuggor över snön (SE 1945)
6 March 1987 When the Wind Blows / Minne tuuli kuljettaa (1986). D: Jimmy T. Murakami. Kino-Palatsi, 35 mm
7 March 1987  Battling Butler. Buster Keaton [2] tv
7 March 1987  Jan Svankmajer. Kino-Palatsi, 35 mm
- Rakvickárna / Coffin Factory (CZ 1966)
- Byt / The Flat (CZ 1968)
- Zánik domu Usheru / The Fall of the House of Usher (CZ 1980)
- Do pivnice / Down to the Cellar (CZ 1983)
- Kyvadlu, jama a nadeje / The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (CZ 1983)
- Moznosti dialogu / Vuoropuhelun mahdollisuudet (CZ 1982)
7 March 1987  Vampiros en la Habana (CU 1985). D: Jean Padron. Kino-Palatsi, 35 mm
7 March 1987  Tampere Film Festival 1987 Prize Winners.
- För gästerne kommer. D: Jon Bang Carlsen.
- Street of Crocodiles. D: The Quay Brothers
- Szczurolap / The Rat Catcher. D: Andrzej Czarnecki
- Curriculum vitae. D: Pavel Koutsky
- Duschata / Soul. D: Oleg Kovatshev
- Hurjan pojan koti. D: K. J. Koski
- The Last Kanava. D: Heikki Paakkanen

10 March 1987  Tex Avery II, Orion, 16 mm
- Believe It Or Else
- Land of the Midnight Fun
- Fresh Fish
- Screwball Football, 1939
- Cross Country Detours
- A Garder at Mother Goose
- Circus Today, 1940
- Holiday Highlights
- A Crackpot Quail
- The Haunted Mouse
- Hollywood Steps Out, 1941
10 March 1987  A Star Is Born / Tapahtuipa Hollywoodissa (US 1937). D: William A. Wellman. Orion, 35 mm
11 March 1987  Tex Avery III, SEA viewing room, 16 mm
- Porky's Preview
- Heckling Hare
- All This and Rabbit Stew
- The Bug Parade, 1941
- Red Hot Riding Hood
- One Ham's Family, 1943
- Jerky Turkey
- Swing Shift Cinderella
- Wild and Woolfy, 1945
- Northwest Hounded Police, 1946
- Uncle Tom's Cabaña, 1947
12 March 1987  Flicka och hyacinter / Niin päättyi yö (SE 1950). D: Hasse Ekman. Orion, 35 mm
12 March 1987  70  vuotta Suomen itsenäisyyttä I, Orion, 35 mm
- Deutsche Hilfe für Finnland (1918)
- Kuvia Suomesta (1918)
- Ruotsalainen prikaati Helsingissä (1918)
- Suuri paraati (1918 / 1958)
- katkelmia elokuvasta Finlandia (1922)
- Hirvittävä laivaonnettomuus Näsijärvellä
- Mykästä ääneen -kooste : neljä pätkää:
    - Helsingin rautatieaseman aukio (1923)
    - Das Hotel Kämp (1925)
    - Graf Zeppelin (1930)
    - Ture Ara elokuvassa Sano se suomeksi (1931)
- Elanto I (1934)
- Yleisradion syysparaati (1935)
- Poliisi arkena ja kekrinä (1937)
- Vuoriöljy nykyaikaa palvelemassa (1938)
- Herää Helsinki! (1939)
- Hämeenkyrön heinänteko (1936 / 1939)
13 March 1987  The Strange One / Kiusaaja (US 1957). D: Jack Garfein. Orion, 35 mm
13 March 1987  Intermezzo (US 1939). D: Gregory Ratoff. Orion, 35 mm
15 March 1987  Strohfeuer / A Free Woman / Vapaa nainen (DE 1972). D: Volker Schlöndorff, co-SC+C: Margarethe von Trotta - I see the end. Orion, 16 mm
15 March 1987  Götter der Pest / Gods of the Plague (DE 1970). D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Margarethe von Trotta. I see the beginning. Orion, 16 mm
17 March 1987  Screwball Squirrel (US 1944). D: Tex Avery. Private video screening, for Erkki Huhtamo & Erkki Astala
17 March 1987  Blue Velvet (US 1986). D: David Lynch. Private video screening, for Erkki Huhtamo & Erkki Astala [Finnish premiere 3 July 1987]
17 March 1987  Return of the Secaucus 7 (US 1971). D: John Sayles. Orion, 35 mm
17 March 1987  The Wind (US 1928). D: Victor Sjöström. Orion, 35 mm
19 March 1987  Thomas Graals bästa film (SE 1917). D: Mauritz Stiller. Orion, 35 mm
19 March 1987  70 vuotta Suomen itsenäisyyttä II. Orion, 35 mm
- Vanha Viipurimme (1940)
- Finlandia-katsaus n:o 46 (1944)
- Eduskuntavaalit Suomessa 1945 (1945)
- Varala - naisten paratiisi (1947)
- Etelän rytmejä (1950)
- Finlandia-katsaus n:o 200 (1953)
- Filmi saapuu (1954)
- J. K. Paasikivi 27.11.1870 - 14.12.1956 (1956)
- Teollista muotoilua (1958)
- Vappu (1964)
- Nainen astuu ulos kuvasta (1967)
- Graniittipoika (1979)
21 March 1987  Lianna (US 1982). D: John Sayles. Orion, 35 mm. (the second half)
22 March 1987  Tex Avery: the end. Orion, 16 mm
22 March 1987  Foreign Correspondent / Ulkomaan kirjeenvaihtaja (US 1940). D: Alfred Hitchcock. Orion, 35 mm
22 March 1987  Der Fangschuss / Armonlaukaus (DE 1976). D: Volker Schlöndorff. Margarethe von Trotta. Orion, 35 mm
26 March 1987  Point Blank / Tappajan jäljet (US 1967). D: John Boorman. Video
26 March 1987  Duel in the Sun / Kaksintaistelu auringossa (US 1946). D: King Vidor. Orion, 35 mm
27 March 1987  Cleopatra Jones (US 1973). D: Jack Starrett. SEA viewing table, 35 mm
27 March 1987  Spellbound / Noiduttu (US 1945). D: Alfred Hitchcock. Orion, 35 mm
28 March 1987  Ollin oppivuodet (FI 1920). D: Teuvo Puro. Orion, 35 mm
28 March 1987  Sången om den eldröda blomman / Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (SE 1919). D: Mauritz Stiller. Orion, the beginning
29 March 1987  Tex Avery V, Orion, 16 mm
- Little Johnny Jet, 1953
- TV of Tomorrow, 1953
- Three Little Pups, 1953
- Drag-a-long Droopy, 1954
- Homesteader Droopy, 1954
- Farm of Tomorrow, 1954
- Dixialand Droopy, 1954
- Field and Scream, 1955
- The First Bad Man, 1955
- Deputy Droopy, 1955
- Cellbound, 1955
- Millionaire Droopy, 1956
- Sh-h-h-h-h!!, 1955
29 March 1987  Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum / Katharina Blumin menetetty maine (DE 1975). D: Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta. Orion, 35 mm
29 March 1987  Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages / Katkera herääminen (DE 1978). D: Margarethe von Trotta. Orion, the beginning
31 March 1987  Installation of video projection in Cinema Orion.
31 March 1987  Permanent Vacation / Loputon loma (US 1980). D: Jim Jarmusch. Orion, video projection premiere

Berlin Film Festival 17 Feb - 2 March 1987

Med Hondo: Sarraounia (BF/MT/FR 1986) starring Aï Keïta as Queen Sarraounia in the beautiful and grandiose anti-colonialist epic of African freedom fight. In Technovision and Fujicolor. Med Hondo's masterpiece was the highlight of the Berlin Film Festival in 1987. Please click on the image to enlarge it.

Separate blog entry: Rouben Mamoulian retrospective.

20 Feb 1987  The Color of Money / Suuret setelit (US 1986). D: Martin Scorsese. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
20 Feb 1987  A Cor do seu Destino / The Colour of Destiny (BR 1986). D: Jorge Duran. Atelier am Zoo, 35 mm
21 Feb 1987  Vlčí bouda / Wolf's Hole (CZ 1986). D: Věra Chytilová. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
21 Feb 1987  Vermischte Nachrichten / Miscellaneous News (DE 1986). D: Alexander Kluge. Arsenal
22 Feb 1987  Masques / Masks / Naamiot (FR 1987). D: Claude Chabrol. Gloria, 35 mm
22 Feb 1987  Скорбное бесчувствие / Skorbnoje bestshustvije / Murheellinen tunteettomuus / Mournful Unconcern (SU 1987). D: Aleksandr Sokurov. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm (the beginning)
22 Feb 1987  Shake! Otis at Monterey (US 1987). D: David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker. Otis Redding. Delphi, 35 mm
22 Feb 1987  Jimi Plays Monterey / Jimi Hendrix Montereyssä (US 1986). D: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker. Delphi, 35 mm
23 Feb 1987  'night, Mother / Hyvää yötä, äiti (US 1986). D: Tom Moore. Gloria, 35 mm
23 Feb 1987  Série noire S1.E21: Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (CH/FR 1986). D: Jean-Luc Godard. Arsenal, video
23 Feb 1987  Sarraounia (BF/MT/FR 1986). D: Med Hondo. Akademie der Künste, 35 mm
24 Feb 1987  The Journey / Resan I (SE 1987). D: Peter Watkins. Delphi, 16 mm. 319 min = 5 h 19 min
25 Feb 1987  Children of a Lesser God / Sanaton rakkaus / Bortom alla ord (US 1986). D: Randa Haines. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
26 Feb 1987  Vera (BR 1986). D: Sérgio Toledo. Gloria, 35 mm (the beginning)
26 Feb 1987  Der Tod des Empedokles / The Death of Empedocles (DE 1986). D: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
26 Feb 1987  Lambert, Hendricks & Co. (US 1964). D: Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker. Arsenal
26 Feb 1987  Dance Black America (US 1983). D: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker. Arsenal
26 Feb 1987  Daybreak Express (US 1953). D: D. A. Pennebaker. Arsenal, 35 mm
26 Feb 1987  Light of Day / Matkalla maineeseen (US 1987). D: Paul Schrader. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
27 Feb 1987  Тема / Tema / Teema / The Theme (SU 1979, full version released in 1986): D: Gleb Panfilov. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
27 Feb 1987  Town Bloody Hall (US 1979). D: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker. Akademie der Künste, [16 mm?]
27 Feb 1987  Timothy Leary's Wedding (US 1964). D: D. A. Pennebaker. Akademie der Künste
27 Feb 1987  The Journey / Resan II (SE 1987). D: Peter Watkins. Delphi, 16 mm. Part II of total 14 h 33 min (873 min)
28 Feb 1987  Platoon / Platoon - nuoret sotilaat (US 1986). D: Oliver Stone. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm
28 Feb 1987  Acta General de Chile (1986). D: Miguel Littin. Akademie der Künste, 35 mm (the beginning)
28 Feb 1987  The Journey / Resan III (SE 1987). D: Peter Watkins. Delphi, 16 mm. Part III of total 14 h 33 min (873 min)
28 Feb 1987  Um Filme 100% Brasileiro (BR 1985). D: José Sette de Barros. Delphi
1 March 1987  Mélo / Musta hehku (FR 1986. D: Alain Resnaiss. Arsenal, 35 mm
1 March 1987  Napló szerelmeimnek / Diary for My Lovers (HU 1987). D: Márta Mészáros. Zoo-Palast, 35 mm (the beginning)

Rouben Mamoulian retrospective (Berlin Film Festival 1987)

Rouben Mamoulian: City Streets (US 1931) with Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney.

19 Feb 1987  Silk Stockings / Silkkisukat (US 1957). Helmut Arlt, video
20 Feb 1987  High, Wide and Handsome / Kultainen unelma (US 1937). Filmkunst 66. 35 mm
20 Feb 1987  City Streets / Suurkaupungin kadut (US 1931). Cinema Paris. 35 mm
21 Feb 1987  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Tri Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (US 1932). Cinema Paris. 35 mm
21 Feb 1987  Love Me Tonight / Rakasta minua tänä yönä (US 1932). Cinema Paris. 35 mm
21 Feb 1987  The Gay Desperado / Meidän roistojen kesken (US 1936). Zoo-Palast. 35 mm
22 Feb 1987  Rings On Her Fingers / Rakkautta ja huijausta (US 1942). Filmkunst 66. 35 mm
22 Feb 1987  Summer Holiday / Oi nuoruus (US 1948). Filmkunst 66. 35 mm
22 Feb 1987  Golden Boy / Kultapoika (US 1939). Filmkunst 66. 35 mm
23 Feb 1987  Becky Sharp / Elämän uhkapeli (US 1935). Cinema Paris. 35 mm
25 Feb 1987  Blood and Sand / Verta ja hiekkaa (US 1941). Cinema Paris, 35 mm
26 Feb 1987  The Mark of Zorro / Zorron merkki (US 1940). Filmkunst 66, 35 mm
26 Feb 1987  We Live Again / Katjuša (US 1934). Filimkunst 66, 35 mm
1 March 1987  Applause (US 1930). Cinema Paris. 35 mm
1 March 1987  Rouben Mamoulian Interview (GB 1984?). D: Philip Jenkinson
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POST FESTUM
2 April 1987  The Song of Songs / Korkea veisu (US 1933). Video

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4 Oct 1964  The Mark of Zorro / Zorron merkki (US 1940) tv: Yle TV1
15 Nov 1975  Queen Christina / Kuningatar Kristiina (US 1933) tv: Yle TV2
June 1981  Silk Stockings / Silkkisukat (US 1957) Stockholm: Filmklubben, Filmhuset, 35 mm
Jan 1982  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Tri Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (US 1932). Stockholm: Filmklubben, Filmhuset, 16 mm
10 May 2006  The Song of Songs / Korkea veisu (US 1933) dvd: Marlene Dietrich Collection (Paramount)

Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987) was still alive during the Berlin tribute but did not attend it. Instead, we saw the recent Philip Jenkinson interview with him. I included in my MMM Film Guide of 1000 (later 1100) best films: Applause, Love Me Tonight, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, City Streets, Blood and Sand and The Mark of Zorro.

It was amazing that Mamoulian was so brilliant and assured since the very start of his own film career and the early years of sound film in general when everything was clumsy and awkward. He was formative in so many genres and idioms: the musical (Applause), the gangster film (City Streets), the horror film (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), out-Lubitsching Lubitsch in Love Me Tonight, out-Sternberging Sternberg  in The Song of Songs (with Dietrich) and out-Stillering Stiller in Queen Christina (with Garbo), pioneering in Technicolor (Becky Sharp), launching new stars (William Holden in Golden Boy) and superbly remaking the silent classics The Mark of Zorro and Blood and Sand in Technicolor. In Silk Stockings, Mamoulian did not out-Lubitsch the Lubitsch of Ninotchka, but Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire were at their greatest, and it was a brilliant ending to the master of the Broadway and Hollywood musical.

February 1987 Helsinki

Tengiz Abuladze: ვედრება / Vedreba / Molba (SU-GE 1967). Black and white in Sovscope. We had a mission of screening Soviet films shelved during the Brezhnev era, newly released during Glasnost by the Conflict Commission. This Georgian masterpiece was first screened in Orion in February 1987. 

1 Feb 1987  The Most Dangerous Game / Zaroffin koirat (US 1932). D: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Irving Pichel. Orion [3]
3 Feb 1987  Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa / Legenda o Suramskoi kreposti / The Legend of the Suram Fortress (SU-GE 1985). D: Sergei Parajanov. Orion, 35 mm
4 Feb 1987  Nran guyne / Sayat Nova / Tsvet granata / The Colour of Pomegranates. (SU-AM 1969). D: Sergei Parajanov. Orion, 35 mm [4]
4 Feb 1987  1985 - elokuva elokuvasta (FI 1974). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
4 Feb 1987  Poro (FI 1969). D: Virke Lehtinen, Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
5 Feb 1987  Hakuchu no torima / Violence at High Noon (JP 1966). D: Nagisa Oshima. Orion, 35 mm
8 Feb 1987  ვედრება / Vedreba / Molba (SU-GE 1967). D: Tengiz Abuladze. SEA viewing table, 35 mm
14 Feb 1987  Sherlock, Jr. (US 1924). Buster Keaton. tv Pirkkala
15 Feb 1987  Bye Bye Birdie / Kaikkien tyttöjen sankari (US 1963). D: George Sidney. Orion, 35 mm (I catch the end)
15 Feb 1987  Seishun zangoku monogatari / Cruel Story of Youth (JP 1960). D: Nagisa Oshima. Orion, 35 mm

January 1987 Helsinki

Francesco Maselli: Gli sbandati / [The Abandoned / The Lost Ones] (IT 1955) in our tribute to Lucia Bosè. Her greatest performance is as the Jewish partisan Lucia in this tragic masterpiece from wartime Italy in the year 1943. It takes place in the countryside around Milan.

2 Jan 1987  Cela s'appelle l'aurore / Veri kuohuu (FR/IT 1956). D: Luis Buñuel. Orion, 35 mm
2 Jan 1987  Toni (FR 1934). D: Jean Renoir. Orion, 35 mm
2 Jan 1987  The Band Wagon / Iskelmäkaruselli (US 1953). D: Vincente Minnelli. Orion, 35 mm
3 Jan 1987  Gigi (US 1958). D: Vincente Minnelli. Orion, 35 mm
3 Jan 1987  Some Came Running / Yli kaiken ymmärryksen (US 1958). D: Vincente Minnelli. Orion, 35 mm
4 Jan 1987  Home From the Hill / Aina kolmanteen polveen (US 1958). D: Vincente Minnelli. Orion, 35 mm [120 min print from SFI-FA, orig. 150 min]
4 Jan 1987  Two Weeks In Another Town / Kaksi viikkoa vieraassa kaupungissa (US 1962). Orion, 35 mm
7 Jan 1987  So Young, So Bad / Niin nuori ja niin paatunut (US 1950). D: Bernard Vorhaus. SEA print on the viewing table, 35 mm, with Matti Salo
7 Jan 1987  The Last Hurrah / Viimeinen koetus (US 1958). Orion, 35 mm
7 Jan 1987  La Chienne / Yöperhonen (FR 1932). Orion, 35 mm [2]
7 Jan 1987  Swamp Water / Suursuon salaisuus (US 1941). D: Jean Renoir. Orion, 35 mm [checking the beginning]
8 Jan 1987  A Matter of Time / Kohtalon tuulet (IT/US 1976). D: Vincente Minnelli. Orion, 35 mm
8 Jan 1987  Cops (US 1922). Buster Keaton. Orion, 35 mm
8 Jan 1987  Romance of a Horsethief / Hevosvarkaat (YU/IT/FR/US 1971). D: Abraham Polonsky. Orion, 35 mm
11 Jan 1987  Zéro de conduite / Nolla käytöksessä (FR 1933). D: Jean Vigo. Orion, 35 mm [2]
11 Jan 1987  Gli sbandati / Hehkuva tuli (IT 1955). D: Francesco Maselli. Orion, 35 mm
11 Jan 1987  Xia nü / Hsia nü / Kultainen hämähäkki / A Touch of Zen (TW/HK 1971). D: King Hu. Orion, 35 mm [2] [checking the beginning]
13 Jan 1987  Non c'e pace tra gli ulivi / Taistelu oliivipuiden varjossa (IT 1950). D: Giuseppe Di Santis. Orion, 35 mm
13 Jan 1987  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Tri Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (US 1932). D: Rouben Mamoulian. Orion, 35 mm [2]
13 Jan 1987  Listen To Britain (GB 1942). D: Humphrey Jennings & Stewart McAllister. Orion, 35 mm
13 Jan 1987  Ohm Krüger / Ohm Krüger (DE 1941). D: Hans Steinhoff. Orion, 35 mm. 115 min version
14 Jan 1987  La petite marchande d'allumettes (FR 1928). D: Jean Renoir. SEA viewing table, 35 mm
15 Jan 1987  La p'tite Lilie (FR 1927). D: Cavalcanti. Orion, 35 mm
15 Jan 1987  Sur un air de Charleston (FR 1927). D: Jean Renoir. Orion, 35 mm
17 Jan 1987  Nana (FR 1926). D: Jean Renoir. Orion, 35 mm. /21 fps/ 118 min
17 Jan 1987  Caged Heat / Naarashäkki (US 1973). D: Jonathan Demme. Orion, 35 mm
18 Jan 1987  Suomalainen savusauna (FI 1978). D: Mikko Kemppinen. Orion
18 Jan 1987  Pleure pas la bouche pleine / Älä itke suu täynnä (FR 1973). D: Pascal Thomas. Orion, 35 mm [I watch 40 min from the beginning]
21 Jan 1987  Konsertti - Bachia Ateneumissa (FI 1963). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
21 Jan 1987  Eläviä kuvia (FI 1964). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
21 Jan 1987  ABC-lahja (FI 1970). Filmiryhmä. Orion, 35 mm
21 Jan 1987  Silta (FI 1973). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
21 Jan 1987  Juulia (FI 1964), episode from Onnelliset leikit, D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
21 Jan 1987  Marimekko (FI 1967). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
22 Jan 1987  Linna Suomessa (FI 1983) . D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
22 Jan 1987  Vaaksa vaaraa (FI 1965). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm [extracts selected by AM]
22 Jan 1987  Työ (FI 1978). Filmiryhmä. Orion, 35 mm
22 Jan 1987  Muotoilijan maailma - Timo Sarpaneva (FI 1976). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion, 35 mm
22 Jan 1987  Mazurka / Masurkka (DE 1935). D: Willi Forst. Orion, 35 mm
23 Jan 1987  Mark of the Vampire (US 1935). D: Tod Browning. Orion
23 Jan 1987  Frankenstein (US 1931). D: James Whale. Orion
24 Jan 1987  The Man From the Diners' Club / Luottomies liisterissä (US 1963). D: Frank Tashlin. Orion, 35 mm
24 Jan 1987  Muzykanci / Musikantit (PL 1960). D: Kazimierz Karabasz. Orion, 35 mm
24 Jan 1987  Dwaj ludzie z szafa / Kaksi miestä ja kaappi (PL 1958). D: Roman Polanski. Orion, 35 mm
24 Jan 1987  On the Bowery / Kadun orjat (US 1956). D: Lionel Rogosin. Orion, 35 mm [2]
24 Jan 1987  Zoo (NL 1961). D: Bert Haanstra. Orion, 35 mm
24 Jan 1987  Britannia Hospital / Britannia Hospital - juhlapäivä (GB 1982). D: Lindsay Anderson. Orion, 35 mm
27 Jan 1987  Les Mistons / Vintiöt (FR 1957). D: Francois Truffaut. Orion, 35 mm
27 Jan 1987  Bakaruhában / Pieni seikkailu (HU 1957). D: Imre Fehér. Orion, 35 mm
28 Jan 1987  Sandudd (FI 1976). D: Virke Lehtinen, Aito Mäkinen. Orion - the best of today's bunch
28 Jan 1987  Kolme naista (FI 1976). D: Aito Mäkinen, Virke Lehtinen. Orion
28 Jan 1987  Elämän laatu (FI 1976). D: Aito Mäkinen. Orion
28 Jan 1987  Maitotila (FI 1980). Filmiryhmä. Orion
28 Jan 1987  Tasavallan juuret (FI 1984). D: Virke Lehtinen, Aito Mäkinen. Orion
31 Jan 1987  Tini zabutyh predkiv / Teni zabytyh predkov / Menneitten sukupolvien varjot / Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (SU-UA 1965). D: Sergei Parajanov. SEA viewing table, 35 mm [2]
31 Jan 1987  Nran guyne / Sayat Nova / Tsvet granata / The Colour of Pomegranates. (SU-AM 1969). D: Sergei Parajanov. SEA viewing table, 35 mm [3]
31 Jan 1987  Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa / Legenda o Suramskoi kreposti / The Legend of the Suram Fortress (SU-GE 1985). D: Sergei Parajanov. SEA viewing table, 35 mm
31 Jan 1987  McCabe and Mrs. Miller / McCabe & Mrs. Miller (US 1971). D: Robert Altman. Orion, 35 mm

Andrei Tarkovsky in memoriam

"Andrei Tarkovsky Sculpted in Time". Born 4 April 1932 Zavrazhye, Ivanovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Died 29 Dec 1986 Paris, France. I wrote a review of Tarkovsky's literary credo, Sculpting in Time (1986), for Helsingin Sanomat. We knew Tarkovsky was in treatment for terminal cancer and postponed publication, thus making the review his obituary. Please click on the image to expand it. For easier reading please visit the Helsingin Sanomat website / Näköislehti [Facsimile] / Aikakone [Time Machine] to access the 30.12.1986 edition of the newspaper. Or try this link: https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/9acfbe0f-f926-4ce7-8231-b2425e3f5b17/13

Film concert Napoléon vu par Abel Gance 1986 Helsinki Festival, Finlandia Hall, Kevin Brownlow restoration, conductor Carl Davis, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (FR 1927). Cover of the souvenir programme in Helsinki, 6-7 September 1986. A4, bilingual in Finnish and Swedish, 24 p.

The dress rehearsal was on 6 Sep 1986.

The film concert was on 7 Sep 1986.

The start of the film concert on 7 Sep was postponed from 14 pm till 16 pm at short notice due to force majeure. Urho Kekkonen (1900-1986), President of Finland in 1956-1982, died on 31 August 1986. His funeral cortege passed the Finlandia Hall on Mannerheimintie at the time when the film concert was originally scheduled.

The actual program of the film concert:

Part I  16.00-17.50

Intermission 20 min

Part II  18.10-19.15

Intermission one hour

Part III 20.15-21.25

Intermission 20 min

Part IV  21.45-23.00

320 min (5 h 20 min)

The screen was 14,5 m wide and 7,5 m high.

The screening was in 35 mm and for the triptych sequences in 35 mm and 70 mm.

The projection speed was 20 fps except 18 fps for Brienne.

The technical director of the projection was Charles Beddow (British Film Institute), assisted by Andrew Youdell (BFI).

Carl Davis was assisted by Paul Wing.

The event took place in the presence of Kevin Brownlow, to whom we paid a tribute at Cinema Orion.

The event was organized by Helsinki Festival in collaboration with the Finnish Film Archive. In charge on behalf of the Helsinki Festival was Veijo Varpio. The primus motor was Peter von Bagh. After he left the Finnish Film Archive in 1985, I followed as the contactperson.

The score arranged and composed by Carl Davis.

Beethoven - J. S. Bach - Cherubini - Dittersdorf - Gluck - Gossec - Gretry - Haydn - Mehul - Monsigni - Mozart.

"La Marseillaise", "Carmagnole", "Ça ira" and other traditional and period songs and tunes.

Part I

Brienne - French Revolution 1789 - La Marseillaise - Return to Corsica and Escape from Corsica - from now on there is but one home: France.

Part II

The Siege of Toulon

Part III

The Terror - Corday assassinates Marat - Napoléon imprisoned in Antibes - Danton to the guillotine - death sentences to Napoléon and Joséphine - Thermidor: Barras, Robespierre overthrown, end of the Terror - Napoléon refuses to fight the Royalists in La Vendée and is demoted to the topographic bureau of the army, drafting an attack plan to Italy - France in ruins - Royalists threaten the government, Barras engages Napoléon during Vendémiaire - Napoléon crushes the counter-revolution - Bal des Victimes - Napoléon in thrall of Joséphine

Part IV

Napoléon promoted to commander of the Army of the Interior - during the disarmament a young boy visits Napoléon and asks for the sword of his father who was executed during the terror: Vicomte de Beauharnais who sacrificed himself to save his wife Joséphine, a mistress of Barras - Barras and Joséphine make an agreement: Napoléon is promoted to the commander of the army of Italy, and Joséphine agrees to marry Napoléon - the Forgotten Wedding: Napoléon forgets his own wedding and arrives hours late to the ceremony - the Double Wedding Night: the tender love of Napoléon and Joséphine and the imaginary union of Violine Fleuri with her Napoléon memorabilia - at the National Convention, Napoléon meets the ghosts of the Revolution - the beginning of the Italian Campaign: the army is demoralized, the officers treat the upstart from Paris with condescension - but Napoléon instils to his army, Les Mendiants de la Gloire, an invincible fighting spirit.

Berlin Film Festival 1986

Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina were guests of honour at the Berlin Film Festival in 1986. Ginger and Fred was their last film together. At the press conference the moderators and the journalists were so clueless that the couple took the situation in their own hands and gave us a perfect show. I was struck by the high pitch of Fellini's voice, and the deep grumble of Masina's.

14 Feb 1986  Kid Glove Killer. US 1942. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
15 Feb 1986  Ginger e Fred. D: Federico Fellini. Gloria. In the presence of Federico Fellini & Giulietta Masina.
15 Feb 1986  Redes. 1935. D: Zinnemann & Hernandez. Cinema Paris.
15 Feb 1986  Benjy. 1951. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
15 Feb 1986  That Mothers Might Live. 1938. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
15 Feb 1986  From Here to Eternity. US 1953. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris. In the presence of Fred Zinnemann hosted by Wim Wenders.
15 Feb 1986  Eyes in the Night. US 1942. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
16 Feb 1986  Act of Violence. US 1949. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
16 Feb 1986  While America Sleeps. US 1939. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
17 Feb 1986  La historia oficial. 1985. D: Luis Puenzo. Delphi.
17 Feb 1986  The Member of the Wedding. US 1952. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
18 Feb 1986  Flucht in den Norden. DE/FI 1986. D: Ingemo Engström. Gloria. Long version.
18 Feb 1986  Caravaggio. GB 1985. D: Derek Jarman. Gloria.
18 Feb 1986  Teresa. US 1951. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
18 Feb 1986  Shoah. D: Claude Lanzmann. Screenings sold out, I watched a review screener. Even so, the overwhelming experience of the festival.
19 Feb 1986  Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba / Nuoren säveltäjän matka. SU 1985. D: Giorgi Shengelaia. Zoo-Palast.
19 Feb 1986  Luise, Königin von Preussen. DE 1931. D: Carl Froelich. Cinema Paris.
20 Feb 1986  Los dias de junio. 1985. D: A. Fischerman. Arsenal.
20 Feb 1986  Ganz unten. DE 1986. D: J. Gfrörer & Günter Wallraff. Atelier am Zoo.
20 Feb 1986  A Hatful of Rain. US 1957. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
20 Feb 1986  The Story of Dr. Carver. US 1936. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
20 Feb 1986  The Sundowners. US 1960. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
20 Feb 1986  Le Brasier ardent. FR 1923. D. Ivan Mosjoukine. Cinema Paris.
21 Feb 1986  A Zed & Two Noughts. GB 1985. D: Peter Greenaway.
21 Feb 1986  A Man for All Seasons. GB 1966. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
21 Feb 1986  The Day of the Jackal. 1973. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
21 Feb 1986  High Noon. US 1952. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
22 Feb 1986  Das Haus am Fluss. DE 1986. D: Roland Gräf. Gloria.
22 Feb 1986  Karins ansikte. SE 1985. D: Ingmar Bergman. Gloria.
22 Feb 1986  L'Aube. 1985. D: Miklós Jancsó. Gloria.
22 Feb 1986  Behold a Pale Horse. 1964. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
22 Feb 1986  Julia. 1977. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
22 Feb 1986  Das alte Gesetz. DE 1923. D: E. A. Dupont. Cinema Paris / Henny Porten. 128 min
23 Feb 1986  Out of Africa. D: Sydney Pollack. Gloria. 161 min
23 Feb 1986  Zuflucht. DE 1928. D: Carl Froelich. Cinema Paris / Henny Porten.
23 Feb 1986  The Search. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
24 Feb 1986  Five Days One Summer. 1982. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
24 Feb 1986  The Men. D: Fred Zinnemann. Cinema Paris.
24 Feb 1986  Nem tudo e verdade / It's Not All True. BR 1985. D: Rogerio Sganzerla. Arsenal.
24 Feb 1986  Dokument Fanny och Alexander. SE 1985. D: Ingmar Bergman. 128 min. Arsenal.
25 Feb 1986  A Nun's Story. 1959. D: Fred Zinnemann. 149 min. Cinema Paris.
25 Feb 1986  Familie Buchholz. DE 1944. D: Carl Froelich. Cinema Paris / Henny Porten.
25 Feb 1986  Carola Lamberti – eine vom Zirkus. DE 1954. D: Hans Müller. Cinema Paris / Henny Porten.
25 Feb 1986  The Seventh Cross. US 1944. D: Fred Zinnemann.
25 Feb 1986  Xiao cheng zhi chun / Spring In a Small Town. CN 1948. D: Fei Mu. Arsenal.
26 Feb 1986  Trouble In Mind. D: Alan Rudolph. Gloria.
26 Feb 1986  Skandal um Eva. DE 1930. D: G. W. Pabst. Cinema Paris / Henny Porten.

January 1986 West Berlin

Marlen Khutsiev: Mne dvadtsat let / I Am Twenty (SU 1965).

4 Jan 1986  Paisà. IT 1946. D: Roberto Rossellini.
5 Jan 1986  L'amore. IT 1948. D: Roberto Rossellini.
7 Jan 1986  Monte Carlo. US 1930. D: Ernst Lubitsch.
10 Jan 1986  The Naked Jungle. US 1954. D: Byron Haskin.
12 Jan 1986  Spartacus. D: Stanley Kubrick. The beginning.
15 Jan 1986  Viaggio in Italia. D: Roberto Rossellini.
19 Jan 1986  Svengali. US 1931. D: Archie Mayo.
Tex Avery x 18.
21 Jan 1986  Victory. US 1940. D: John Cromwell. Video.
22 Jan 1986  Lo straniero. D: Luchino Visconti. Deutsche Fassung. Klick.
23 Jan 1986  The Return of Dr. X. D: Vincent Sherman. Video.
23 Jan 1986  Dante's Inferno. D: Harry Lachman. The beginning. Video.
23 Jan 1986  Gas-s-s-s. D: Roger Corman. Sputnik.
23 Jan 1986  Wild Angels. US 1966. D: Roger Corman. Sputnik. Academy format.
25 Jan 1986  Journey Into Fear. D: Norman Foster. Deutsche Fassung. Video.
25 Jan 1986  Mne dvadtsat let. D: Marlen Khutsiev. Deutsche Fassung. Arsenal.

December 1985 West Berlin

Billy Wilder: A Foreign Affair (US 1948) with Friedrich Hollaender and Marlene Dietrich.

1 Dec 1985  Arsenal: Avantgarde VI
5 Dec 1985  Beneath the Valley of the Supervixen / Im tiefen Tal der Superhexen. D: Russ Meyer. videotaped
6 Dec 1985  Arsenal: Avantgarde VII
7 Dec 1985  Arsenal: Avantgarde VIII - Straub & Huillet
8 Dec 1985  Helmut Arlt:
– Der Rosenkavalier
– White Christmas
– Berlin Stunde Null
– On the Beach. D: Stanley Kramer. 35 mm
- Norman McLaren: improvisations to Oscar Petersen
13 Dec 1985  Arsenal: Avantgarde IX
14 Dec 1985  Arsenal: Avantgarde X
15 Dec 1985  Was tun Pina Bausch und ihre Tänzer in Wuppertal? (DE 1983). D: Klaus Wildenhahn. videotaped
18 Dec 1985  Der Blaue Engel. D: Josef von Sternberg. Arsenal
18 Dec 1985  Septemberweizen. D: Peter Krieg. tv
19 Dec 1985  Romy Haag - City in the Night. tv
21 Dec 1985. Stachka. D: Sergei Eisenstein. Arsenal
21 Dec 1985. A Knight Without Armour. D: Jacques Feyder. Arsenal
22 Dec 1985 Helmut Arlt:
– The Great Ziegfeld
– Premiere
– Liebespremiere
– Hallo Janine
– Die Frau meiner Träume
– Hello Dolly
23 Dec 1985  Seven Sinners. D: Tay Garnett. DF. Arsenal
26 Dec 1985  Bronenosets Potyomkin / Battleship Potemkin. D: Sergei Eisenstein. reconstruction. Arsenal
27 Dec 1985  Staroe i novoye. D: Sergei Eisenstein. Arsenal
27 Dec 1985  A Foreign Affair. D: Billy Wilder. 16 mm. Arsenal
28 Dec 1985  Follow the Boys. D: Sutherland. Arsenal
29 Dec 1985  Here Comes the Groom. D: Frank Capra. Helmut Arlt 35 mm vintage print
30 Dec 1985  Mad Love. D: Karl Freund. video
30 Dec 1985  The Undying Monster. D: John Brahm. video
31 Dec 1985  Prizzi's Honour. D: John Huston. video

November 1985 West Berlin

Max Ophuls: Le Roman de Werther (FR 1938).

1 Nov 1985  Walt Disney II: Der wilde Zeichentrickjagd
2 Nov 1985  Walt Disney III: Walt Disney Story I
3 Nov 1985  Walt Disney IV: Superstar Donald Duck
3 Nov 1985  Tarzan. John Derek. tv
4 Nov 1985  Walt Disney V: Das Zeichentrickkonzert
5 Nov 1985  Walt Disney VI: Superstar Goofy
6 Nov 1985  Walt Disney VII: Donald gegen alle
8 Nov 1985  Walt Disney X: Donald und seine ducklige Sippschaft
9 Nov 1985  Walt Disney XI: Walt Disney Story II
10 Nov 1985  Walt Disney XII: All Star Parade
11 Nov 1985  Walt Disney XIII: Disneys Sportschau
11 Nov 1985  Praesidenten. D: Carl Th. Dreyer
12 Nov 1985  Walt Disney XIV: Superstar Pluto
12 Nov 1985  Blade af Satans Bog. D: Carl Th. Dreyer
13 Nov 1985  Prästänkan. D: Carl Th. Dreyer
14 Nov 1985  I zhizn, i slesu, i lyubov. D: Nikolai Gubenko
14 Nov 1985. Die Gezeichneten. D: Carl Th. Dreyer
15 Nov 1985  Vokzal dlya dvoyh / Bahnhof für zwei. D: Eldar Ryazanov
16 Nov 1985  Vremya zhelani / Zeit der Wünsche. D: Yuli Raizman
16 Nov 1985  Arsenal : Avantgarde II - Stan Brakhage: Dog Star Man - Hollis Frampton: Nostalgia - Ken Jacobs: Little Stabs at Happiness
17 Nov 1985  Zisperi mtebi / Blaue Berge. D: Eldar Shengelaya.
17 Nov 1985  Idi i smotri / Geh und sieh. D: Elem Klimov.
22 Nov 1985  Arsenal : Avantgarde III - Kenneth Anger - The Flicker - Marilyn Times Five etc.
22 Nov 1985  Death Line. D: Gary Sherman. Sputnik "Die Nacht der bösen Babies"
22 Nov 1985  The Omen. D: Richard Donner. Sputnik "Die Nacht der bösen Babies"
22 Nov 1985  Hot Love. D: Jörg Buttgereit. Sputnik "Die Nacht der bösen Babies"
22 Nov 1985  It's Alive. D: Larry Cohen. Sputnik "Die Nacht der bösen Babies"
22 Nov 1985  It Lives Again. D: Larry Cohen. Sputnik "Die Nacht der bösen Babies"
23 Nov 1985  Arsenal : Avantgarde IV - Bruce Baillie: Mass for the Dakota Sioux - Paul Sharits: T.O.U.C.H.I.N.G. jne.
23 Nov 1985  Werther. D: Max Ophuls.
23 Nov 1985  Halloween. D: John Carpenter. DF. Sputnik
23 Nov 1985. Texas Chainsaw Massacre. D: Tobe Hooper. [2]. Sputnik
23 Nov 1985  Halloween II. D: Rick Rosenthal. DF. Sputnik
24 Nov 1985  Helmut Arlt: Clips:
– 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea
– Der Schuss in der Tonfilmatelier
– S.O.B.
– Aida
– Der Rosenkavalier
– Alien
– The Lonely Guy / Ein Single kommt selten allein
27 Nov 1985  A Foreign Affair. videotaped
27 Nov 1985  Moonrise. videotaped
29 Nov 1985  Arsenal : Avantgarde V - Harry Smith: Early Abstractions - O Dem Watermelons etc.
29 Nov 1985  Inferno. D: Dario Argento. Sputnik
29 Nov 1985  ...e tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldila. D: Lucio Fulci. Sputnik
29 Nov 1985  La rebelion de las muertas. D: Leon Klimovsky. Sputnik
30 Nov 1985  Blood Feast. D: Herschell Gordon Lewis. Sputnik, video
30 Nov 1985  Two Thousand Maniacs! D: Herschell Gordon Lewis. Sputnik, video
30 Nov 1985  Color Me Blood Red. D: Herschell Gordon Lewis. Sputnik, video
30 Nov 1985  The Hills Have Eyes. D: Wes Craven. DF. Sputnik
30 Nov 1985  Nightmare on Elm Street. D: Wes Craven. DF. Sputnik

October 1985 West Berlin

Robert J. Flaherty: Moana (US 1926). On 13 October 1985 Monica Flaherty visited Arsenal and showed her personal sonorized 16 mm print of Moana for which she had created an authentic Samoan music and sound track, partly based on her memories of Samoan songs she had learned as a child. She gave her introductions in German.

Favourite rock videos of the month:
Paul Hardcastle: Just For Money. GB 1985. D: Matt Forrest.
Talking Heads: Road To Nowhere. US 1985. D: David Byrne & Stephen R. Johnson.

STOCKHOLM
1 Oct 1985  Cinemateket / Svenska Filminstitutet. Eivor Zimmermann, Rickard Gramfors & gänget.
Train from Stockholm to Malmö.

WEST BERLIN
2 Oct 1985  7.23 Malmö - 8.15-12.05 Trelleborg - Sassnitz - 19.09 West Berlin Bahnhof Zoo.
3 Oct 1985  Matti Lukkarila. - Helmut Arlt: - Purple Rose of Cairo - Idiot's Delight - Seven Sinners - Forever and a Day - An American Werewolf in London. - Ausstellungseröffnung Christoph Dünbier, Fische 6 in 36 - Rote Harfe - Slumberland - Swing - Risiko.
2-9 Oct 1985  Paljon alkusäätöä, mikään ei toimi ennen kuin monen yrityksen jälkeen.

9 Oct 1985  Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 / Sataman vanki. DE 1944. D: Helmut Käutner.
11 Oct 1985  Dial M For Murder / Täydellinen rikos. US 1954. D: Alfred Hitchcock. 3D
12 Oct 1985  Night of the Living Dead / Elävien kuolleiden yö. US 1968. D: George A. Romero.
12 Oct 1985  À nous les petites Anglaises! / Her mit den kleinen Engländerinnen (FR 1976). D: Michel Lang. videotaped
13 Oct 1985  Helmut Arlt:
– Zelig / Zelig. US 1983. D: Woody Allen
– Forever and a Day. US 1943. D: Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox, René Clair.
– Star! / Star! US 1968. D: Robert Wise.
13 Oct 1985  Moana. US 1926. D: Robert J. Flaherty. Arsenal, music version presented by Monica Flaherty.
14 Oct 1985  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Texasin moottorisahamurhat. US 1974. D: Tobe Hooper.
14 Oct 1985  Liebelei (DE 1932). D: Max Ophuls. video >
15 Oct 1985  Arsenal: Avantgarde I including:
– Wavelength. CA 1967. D: Michael Snow.
– Back and Forth. CA 1969. D: Michael Snow.
17 Oct 1985  Formel Eins
18 Oct 1985  Follow the Fleet / Laivasto tanssii. US 1936. D: Mark Sandrich. Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers.
18 Oct 1985  Street of Chance / Mykkä todistaja. US 1942. D: Jack Hively.
18 Oct 1985  Liebelei / Lemmenleikkiä. DE 1933. D: Max Ophuls. >video
19 Oct 1985  The Land. US 1942. D: Robert J. Flaherty.
19 Oct 1985  The Man of Aran / Aransaarten mies. GB 1934. D: Robert J. Flaherty.
20 Oct 1985  Madame de... (FR/IT 1953). D: Max Ophuls. videotaped
20 Oct 1985  Changer d'image – lettre à la bien-aimée. FR 1982. D: Jean-Luc Godard. Whipped. Passion. Hypnotic. Essay. Vignette.
20 Oct 1985  La leçon de cinéma: François Truffaut I-II. FR 1983. D: José-Maria Berzosa. A fantastic portrait documentary of Truffaut at the end of his life viewing his films full of passion.
21 Oct 1985  The Night Has a Thousand Eyes / Yöllä on 1000 silmää. US 1948. D: John Farrow.
22 Oct 1985  France / tour / détour / deux / enfants. FR 1979. Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville.
    1. Obscur/Chimie
    2. Lumière/Physique
    3. Connu/Géométrie/Géographie
    4. Inconnu/Technique
    5. Impression/Dictée
    6. Expression/Français
    7. Violence/Grammaire
    8. Désordre/Calcul
    9. Pouvoir/Musique
    10. Roman/Économie
    11. Réalité/Logique
    12. Rêve/Morale
23 Oct 1985  Cinéastes de notre temps : Le dinosaure et le bébé : Dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard. FR 1967. D: André S. Labarthe.
25 Oct 1985  The Man Who Knew Too Much. GB 1934. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Sputnik
25 Oct 1985. Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Breakdown. US 1955. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Sputnik
25 Oct 1985  Psycho Maxi Trailer (Deutsche Fassung). US 1960. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Spoken by Alfred Hitchcock in German. Sputnik
26 Oct 1985  Louisiana Story. US 1948. D: Robert J. Flaherty. Arsenal
26 Oct 1985  Murder! / Epäiltynä murhasta. GB 1930. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Sputnik
26 Oct 1985  Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Bang! You're Dead. US 1961. D: Alfred Hitchcock. Sputnik
27 Oct 1985  Suomi-pop II (1939–1944). FI 1985. D: Peter von Bagh. video
28 Oct 1985. Madame de... / Salaperäiset korvarenkaat. FR 1953. D: Max Ophuls. >video
29 Oct 1985. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. videotaped
31 Oct 1985  Walt Disney: Die Mickey Mouse Story

September 1985 Helsinki

Man Ray: L'Étoile de mer (FR 1928). Poème de Robert Desnos vu par Man Ray. Avec Kiki de Montparnasse.

1 Sep 1985  My New Babylon article in Helsingin Sanomat.
2 Sep 1985  Seppo Heikinheimo's riposte to my New Babylon article in Helsingin Sanomat.
2 Sep 1985  Towers Open Fire (GB 1966). D: Antony Balch. SC: William S. Burroughs. SEA Katajanokka viewing table. Kari Lempinen, Päivi Tiura, Hanna Hassi
2 Sep 1985  The Queen (US 1968). D: Frank Simon. doc on drag queen contest: Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant. SEA Katajanokka viewing table
2 Sep 1985  La Folie du Docteur Tube (FR 1915). D: Abel Gance. SEA Katajanokka viewing table
2 Sep 1985  Emak-Bakia (FR 1927). D: Man Ray. Kiki de Montparnasse. SEA Katajanokka viewing table
2 Sep 1985  L'Étoile de mer (FR 1928). D: Man Ray. Kiki de Montparnasse. SEA Katajanokka viewing table
2 Sep 1985  Les Mystères du Château de Dé (FR 1929). D: Man Ray & Jacques-André Boiffard. SEA Katajanokka viewing table
7 Sep 1985  Quatermass 2 / Vihollinen avaruudesta (GB 1957). D: Val Guest. tv
8 Sep 1985  Invasion of the Body Snatchers (US 1956). D: Don Siegel. tv
14 Sep 1985  Le beau Serge / Ystävykset (FR 1961). D: Claude Chabrol. SEA Orion
22 Sep 1985  Mata Hari (US 1931). D: George Fitzmaurice. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro. video [2]
23 Sep 1985  The Crowd (US 1928). D: King Vidor. video
30 Sep 1985  We take the Stockholmsfärjan from Turku to Stockholm. & Erkki Astala, Satu Laaksonen.

Women at the Helm (Women Film Directors) retrospective

Nathalie Granger (Marguerite Duras, FR 1972) with Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bosè.

Naiset ohjaimessa / Women at the Helm
The first retrospective of women directors in Finland, in the autumn program of 1985 at the Cinema Orion of the Finnish Film Archive. This was the last film archive season programmed and signed by Peter von Bagh. I wrote the series introduction to the program booklet, the first one to which I contributed full time. 

22.9.1985    [Vera Chytilová: Hra o jablko / The Apple Game (CZ 1976) first screening cancelled] + 8.10.1985 shown instead of Sedmikrasky which in turn was cancelled
29.9.1985    Marguerite Duras: Nathalie Granger (FR 1972) [shown instead]
1.10.1985    Agnès Varda: Cléo de 5 à 7 (FR 1961) + 9.10.1985
1.10.1985    Lina Wertmüller: Pasqualino settebellezze / Seven Beauties (IT 1975) + 18.10.1985 shown instead
2.10.1985    Mai Zetterling: Nattlek / Night Games (SE 1966)
3.10.1985    Agnès Varda: Le Bonheur (FR 1965) + 8.10.1985
3.10.1985    Helma Sanders: Deutschland bleiche Mutter / Germany Pale Mother (DE 1979) + 8.10.1985
4.10.1985    Marguerite Duras: Moderato cantabile / Seven Days... Seven Nights (FR 1960) [shown instead]
6.10.1985    Larisa Shepitko: Voshozhdenie / The Ascent (SU 1976)
6.10.1985    Ritva Arvelo: Kultainen vasikka / The Golden Calf (FI 1961)
10.10.1985  Claudia Weill: Girlfriends (US 1978) + 17.10.1985
11.10.1985  Mai Zetterling: Älskande par / Loving Couples (SE 1964)
12.10.1985  Dorothy Arzner: Dance Girl Dance (US 1940) + 15.10.1985
13.10.1985  Tuija-Maija Niskanen: Avskedet / The Farewell (SE/FI 1981)
16.10.1985  Liliana Cavani: Il portiere di notte / The Night Porter (IT 1974) + 29.10.1985
17.10.1985  Nelly Kaplan: La Fiancée du pirate / A Very Curious Girl (FR 1969) + 22.10.1985
18.10.1985  Anja Breien: Hustruer / Wives (NO 1975)
20.10.1985  Yulia Solntseva: Povest plamennykh let / The Story of the Flaming Years (SU 1961)
22.10.1985  Marguerite Duras: India Song (FR 1974) + 19.11.1985 shown instead + 22.11.1985 shown instead
24.10.1985  Anja Breien: Arven / The Inheritance (NO 1979)
25.10.1985 Vera Chytilová: O necem jinem / Something Different (CZ 1963)
26.10.1985  Eija-Elina Bergholm: Marja pieni! / Poor Maria! (FI 1972)
26.10.1985  Margarethe von Trotta: Die bleierne Zeit / The German Sisters / aka Marianne & Juliane (DE 1981) + 31.10.1985
23 films

OFF RETROSPECTIVE
27.10.1985  Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub: Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (DE 1967) + 30.10.1985
5.11.1985    Marja Pensala: Hyvä elämä (FI 1983)
5.11.1985    Pirjo Honkasalo & Pekka Lehto: Ikäluokka (FI 1976)
13.11.1985  [Maria Luisa Bemberg: Camila (AR 1984) – cancelled]