December 12, 1983

Top 10 Films of 1983

1. "Koyaanisqatsi" (Godfrey Reggio, USA)

2. "Fanny And Alexander" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)


4. "Zelig" (Woody Allen, USA)

5. "Terms Of Endearment" (James L. Brooks, USA)

6. "The Right Stuff" (Phillip Kaufman, USA)

7. "The Ballad Of Narayama" (Shohei Imamura, Japan)

8. "Pauline à la plage" (Eric Rohmer, France)

9. "Risky Business" (Paul Brickman, USA)

10. "Austeria" (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland)


Other great films:

À nos amours (France)
Le Bal (Algeria)
The Boxer's Omen (Hong Kong)
La Chiave (Italy)
Dark Habits (Spain)
The Fourth Man (Holland)
Patsany (Soviet Union)
Prenom Carmen (France)
Seeding Of A Ghost (Hong Kong)
Tchao Pantin (France)
Videodrome (Canada)
Wielki Szu (Poland)
Woman In Flames (Germany)


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1983:













Short Top 3:

1. "Mirage" (Chris Gallagher, Canada)

2. "The Pressures Of The Text" (Peter Rose, USA)

3. "Syntagma" (Valie Export, Austria)


Top 3 Music Videos:

1.  "Thriller" (John Landis, Michael Jackson)

2. "Beat It" (Bob Giraldi, Michael Jackson)

3. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" (Russell Mulcahy, Bonnie Tyler)


Other great music videos:

Billie Jean
Every Breath You Take

Top Commercial:

"Manhattan Landing" (British Airways)


TV Top 3:

1. "The Thorn Birds" (Daryl Duke, ABC)

2. "Unknown Chaplin" (Kevin Brownlow, David Gill, ITV)

3. "Cheers: Diane's Perfect Date" (James Burrows, NBC)


Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (Burny Mattinson, Disney)

2. "Dimension Of Dialogue" (Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia)

3. "Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore" (Rick Reinert, Disney)


Other great cartoons:

Cat And Mouse
Conflict (Soviet Union)
Oh What A Knight (Canada)
Zwisch (Norway)

Weak films of 1983:

Coup de foudre (France)
E la nave va (Italy)

Top Musical of 1983

"The Pirates Of Penzance" (Wilford Leach, Universal)


November 11, 1983

Koyaanisqatsi (1983) *****

Probably the greatest experimental feature film ever made.

October 10, 1983

Austeria (1983) ****

Excellent Polish drama set during World War I in south-eastern Poland. Poetic, sensual, surprising and exotic. One of Jerzy Kawalerowicz's best films, and one of Franciszek Pieczka's most memorable performances.

Terms Of Endearment (1983) ****

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) ****

Fanny And Alexander (1983) ****

The Ballad Of Narayama (1983) ****



Risky Business (1983) ****

Pauline à la plage (1983) ****



Zelig (1983) ****

Brilliant mockumentary by Woody Allen.

The Right Stuff (1983) ****

Compelling drama about the Mercury astronauts.

September 9, 1983

Trading Places (1983) ***

Octopussy (1983) ***