November 11, 1982
October 10, 1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) ****
Brilliant experimental musical film by Alan Parker, adapted from Pink Floyd's legendary 1979 album. Fabulous imagery, marvellous music and powerful, semi-autobiographical story by Roger Waters.
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) ****
September 9, 1982
Fitzcarraldo (1982) ***
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, a dreamer who wants to build an opera house in the middle of the Amazonian forest.
Victor Victoria (1982) ***
Julie Andrews is terrific in this remake of a classic German comedy from 1933.
Starstruck (1982) ***
"Starstruck"
"Gimme Love"
"Temper Temper"
"Surfside Tango"
"Body And Soul"
"I Want To Live In A House"
"My Belief In You"
"Tough"
"It's Not Enough"
"Turnaround"
"Monkey In Me"
"Easy As Can Be"
"Humming This Tune"
The Secret Of NIMH (1982) ***
Excellent, very underrated animated film, probably Don Bluth's greatest work (and also his first feature film).
Moonlighting (1982) ***
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) ***
A pleasant curiosity from Woody Allen, just as good, but very different from his previous, unpleasant curiosity ("Stardust Memories").
Matka Krolow (1982) ***
Wbrew pozorom, nie jest to historyczny dramat o Elzbiecie Rakuszance, ale o niejakiej Lucji Krol.
La Traviata (1982) ***
Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera, starring Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas.
Le Beau mariage (1982) ***
Very ironic, almost bitter comedy about a delusional girl who imagines that she is going to get married and tells that to everybody except to her prospective groom.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) ***
Post-modernist comedy starring Steve Martin as a private eye meeting (among others) Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Cagney in cleverly edited scenes that use footages from their classic movies. A one-joke idea, but competently executed.
The Grey Fox (1982) ***
A stagecoach robber from the 1860's becomes a train robber in the 1900's after spending thirty-three years in prison.
Annie (1982) ***
"Maybe" **
"It's A Hard-Knock Life" **
"I Think I'M Gonna Like It Here" *
"Little Girls"
"You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile" **
"Tomorrow" **
"Easy Street"
"I Don't Need Anything But You" **
Gandhi (1982) ***
Ben Kingsley gives a great performance as the famous Indian mystic and political leader.
Grease 2 (1982) ***
Michelle Pfeiffer made her film debut in this energetic sequel to the 1978 hit. Musical numbers:
"Back To School Again" *
"Score Tonight" **
"Brad"
"Cool Rider" **
"Reproduction" **
"Who's That Guy ?" *
"Do It For Our Country" *
"Prowlin'" *
"Charades"
"Girl For All Seasons" **
"(Love Will) Turn Back The Hands Of Time" *
"Rock-A-Hula Luau (Summer Is Coming)" *
"We'll Be Together" **
"Back To School Again" *
"Score Tonight" **
"Brad"
"Cool Rider" **
"Reproduction" **
"Who's That Guy ?" *
"Do It For Our Country" *
"Prowlin'" *
"Charades"
"Girl For All Seasons" **
"(Love Will) Turn Back The Hands Of Time" *
"Rock-A-Hula Luau (Summer Is Coming)" *
"We'll Be Together" **
The Pirate Movie (1982) ***
A wonderfully campy parody of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates Of Penzance", starring Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins. Atrociously bad, but always great fun. Many ridiculous, self-reflexive, brechtian and post-modernist jokes. It won 3 Golden Raspberry Awards (for worst director, worst song and worst score) - all well deserved. Songs:
"Pirates Are We" **
"I'M A Pirate King" *
"Climbing Over Rocky Mountains" **
"My First Love" **
"Major General" **
"Pumpin' And Blowin'" **
"How Can I Live Without Her ?" **
"Ta-ran-ta-ra" **
"We Are The Pirates"
"Piracy" **
"Happy Ending" ***
"Pirates Are We" **
"I'M A Pirate King" *
"Climbing Over Rocky Mountains" **
"My First Love" **
"Major General" **
"Pumpin' And Blowin'" **
"How Can I Live Without Her ?" **
"Ta-ran-ta-ra" **
"We Are The Pirates"
"Piracy" **
"Happy Ending" ***
Private Life (1982) ***
The Thing (1982) ***
A remake of Howard Hawks's 1951 classic, quite different in many respects. A perfect blend of horror and science-fiction.
August 8, 1982
Tout feu, tout flamme (1982) **
French comedy starring Isabelle Adjani and Yves Montand. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's weakest film.
La Boum 2 (1982) *
Sophie Marceau plays a French teenage girl having the usual problems of a French teenage girl.
July 7, 1982
Yol (1982) **
Man's inhumanity to man is the subject of this powerful, but confusing Turkish/Swiss drama. Its narrative structure is a mess. It severly undercuts the emotional impact of the stories.
The Shaolin Temple (1982) **
Directed by Cheung Kam-Yim. Shot in China, it was Jet Li's first film. A young slave sees his father being beaten to death. In an attempt to save him, he breaks free from his chains and kills a guard. Fleeing, he finds himself at the door of the Shaolin Temple where the monks nurture him back to health. Of course, he has trouble respecting the tough Shaolin code of discipline. There are some nice martial arts sequences in this otherwise routine film.
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