March 3, 1980

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Jubileusz (1980) ***

Znakomity Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej. Piosenki:

"Widzicie ludzie flagi na budzie" **
"Cykoria" **
"Szkola tancow" **
"Madame Sans Gene" **
"Tango importo-eksporto" **
"Idziemy przez zycie w podskokach" **

Yes Minister: Writing On The Wall (1980) ***

This episode includes the most memorable political speech in the entire series, explaining why Britain has joined the European Union:

Sir Humphrey: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last five hundred years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
Hacker: That's all ancient history, surely?
Sir Humphrey: Yes, and current policy. We 'had' to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work. Now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing: set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch. The Foreign Office is terribly pleased; it's just like old times.
Hacker: But surely we're all committed to the European ideal?
Sir Humphrey: [chuckles] Really, Minister.
Hacker: If not, why are we pushing for an increase in the membership?
Sir Humphrey: Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact; the more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes.

Eaten Alive (1980) ***

Catherine de Heilbronn (1980) ***

Sexy Nights Of The Living Dead (1980) ***


Dallas: Who Done It (1980) ***

Legendary episode of "Dallas" (4th episode of the 4th season), revealing Mary Crosby as the woman "who shot J.R.".

Taboo (1980) ***

Hollywood (1980) ***


Yes Minister: The Right To Know (1980) ***

From The Life Of The Marionettes (1980) ****


Mystery Of Oberwald (1980) ***

An odd-film-out in Michelangelo Antonioni's oeuvre, based on a play by Jean Cocteau, shot on video, and made for German and Italian televisions.

Yes Minister: Open Government (1980) **

The first episode of the cult British TV series.

Yes Minister: Big Brother (1980) ***

March 2, 1980

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: List (1980) ***

Piosenki:

"Widzicie ludzie flagi na budzie" **
"Szelki" ("K. I. Galczynski Zielona Ges") **
"Kawawa" **
"Wspomnij mnie" **
"Brak mi tylko szczescia" **
"Pewnej praczce" **
"Hymn artystow" *
"Idziemy przez zycie w podskokach" **

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Niespodzianka (1980) ***

Prawie wszystkie piosenki to nowe, kolorowe wersje starych, czarno-bialych utworow z "Zielonej Gesi" i "Gallux Show". Piosenki:

"Widzicie ludzie flagi na budzie" **
"Cieszmy sie" *
"Motyl" *
"W operze!" **
"Bez serc bez ducha" *
"Straszna ballada wielkanocna o zatopionej szynce" *
"Idziemy przez zycie w podskokach" **

February 2, 1980

Superman II (1980) **

Better than the first film, but still quite disappointing.

January 1, 1980

Popeye (1980) *

Robert Altman's most embarrasing failure. Instead of recapturing the spirit of the old Max Fleischer's cartoons, he unsuccessfully tried to imitate "Pete's Dragon" (1977). The musical score is especially forgettable.

December 31, 1979

Top 10 Films of the 1970's

1. "Ziemia obiecana" (1975, Andrzej Wajda, Poland)

2. "Giliap" (1975, Roy Andersson, Sweden)

3. ''The Godfather'' (1972, Francis Ford Coppola, USA)

4. "Valerie a tyden divu" (1970, Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia)

5. ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975, Stanley Kubrick, USA)

6. ''Chinatown'' (1974, Roman Polanski, USA)

7. "Manhattan" (1979, Woody Allen, USA)

8. ''Salo Or The 120 Days Of Sodom'' (1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy)

9. ''Alien'' (1979, Ridley Scott, USA)

10. "A Love Story" (1970, Roy Andersson, Sweden)


Short Top 10:

1. "La Cabina" (Antonio Mercero, Spain)

2. "L'Ambassade" (1973, Chris Marker, France)

3. "The Corridor" (1970, Standish Lawder, USA)

4. "Romance With A Double Bass" (Robert Young, UK)

5. "Analogies: Studies In The Movement Of Time" (1977, Peter Rose, USA)

6. "Breakfast: Table Top Dolly" (1976, Michael Snow, Canada)

7. "Away From It All" (1979, John Cleese, Clare Taylor, UK)

8. "Dyketactics" (1974, Barbara Hammer, USA)

9. "Sibylle" (1979, Robert Cappadoro, France)

10. "Necrology" (1970, Standish Lawder, USA)


 Music Video Top 5:

1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975, Bruce Gowers, UK)

2. "Video Killed The Radio Star" (1979, Russell Mulcahy, USA)

3. "Mongoloid" (1977, Bruce Conner, USA)

4. "Money Money Money" (1976, Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden)

5. "Life On Mars" (1973, Mick Rock, UK)



Commercial Top 5:

1. "Hilltop" (1971, Coca-Cola)

2. "Try It You'll Like It" (1971, Alka-Seltzer)

3. "Mean Joe Greene" (1979, Coca-Cola)

4. "Answer To A Higher Authority" (1975, Hebrew National)

5. "The Great American Soup" (1970, Heinz)


TV Top 10:

1. "Fawlty Towers 1" (1975, John Howard Davies, BBC)

2. "Roots" (1977, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, ABC)

3. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles Bites The Dust" (1975, Joan Darling, CBS)

4. "Columbo: Murder By The Book" (1971, Steven Spielberg, NBC)

5. "All In The Family: Archie And The Editorial" (1972, Norman Campbell, CBS)

6. "Fawlty Towers 2" (1979, Bob Spiers, BBC)

7. "All In The Family: Cousin Maude's Visit" (1971, John Rich, CBS)

8. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Lars Affair" (1973, Jay Sandrich, CBS)

9. "Monty Python's Flying Circus: How Not To Be Seen" (1970, Ian MacNaughton, BBC)

10. "Columbo: Any Old Port In A Storm" (1973, Leo Penn, NBC)


Cartoon Top 10

1. "Special Delivery" (1978, John Weldon, Eunice Macaulay, NFB, Canada)

2. "Leisure" (1976, Bruce Petty, Australia)

3. "Satiemania" (1978, Zdenko Gasparovic, Yugoslavia)

4. "Tale Of Tales" (1978, Yuri Norstein, Soviet Union)

5. "Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too" (1974, John Lounsbery, Disney, USA)

6. "The Street" (1976, Caroline Leaf, NFB, Canada)

7. "The Diary" (1974, Nedeljko Dragic, Yugoslavia)

8. "Och! Och!" (1972, Bronislaw Zeman, Poland)

9. "Sisyphus" (1975, Marcell Jankovics, Hungary)

10. "Kama Sutra Rides Again" (1972, Bob Godfrey, UK)


Other films from the 1970's:

Top 10 Films of 1970
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