Film Dictionary

Eddie Murphy was brought in to save this boring Dudley Moore comedy, but he failed miserably. Murphy's character was added to the film after an original version was complete and tested very poorly with audiences.

Supergirl (1984) *

Helen Slater stars in this very boring action movie.

1. "Koyaanisqatsi" (Godfrey Reggio, USA)

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

3. "Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life" (Terry Jones, UK)

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:

Le Bal (Algeria)

Dark Habits (Spain)

Forbidden Relations (Hungary)

The King Of Comedy

Liquid Sky

Local Hero (UK)

Never Say Never Again

Octopussy

Patsany (Soviet Union)

The Pirates Of Penzance

Rue Cases-Negres (France)
Rumble Fish

Scarface

Seeding Of A Ghost (Hong Kong)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi

Suburbia

Sudden Impact

Tchao Pantin (France)

Tender Mercies

Trading Places

Up To A Point (Cuba)

Videodrome (Canada)

Wielki Szu (Poland)

The Year Of Living Dangerously (Australia)

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1983:

1. "The Fourth Man" (Paul Verhoeven, Holland)

2. "L'Été meurtrier" (Jean Becker, France)

3. "À nos amours" (Maurice Pialat, France)

4. "Prenom Carmen" (Jean-Luc Godard, France)

5. "Woman In Flames" (Robert van Ackeren, Germany)

6. "La Chiave" (Tinto Brass, Italy)

7. "Chained Heat" (Paul Nicholas, USA)

8. "The Boxer's Omen" (Kuei Chih-Hung, Hong Kong)

9. "Sexcapades" (Henri Pachard, USA)

10. "Emmanuelle IV" (Francis Leroi, Iris Letans, France)

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)

The Legend Of Suram Fortress (Soviet Union)

Mortelle randonnée (France)
Nostalghia (Italy)
Superman III

La vie est un roman (France)
Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain (Hong Kong)

Weak shorts:

Passionless Moments (Australia)

Weak cartoons:

Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful (Hungary)
Buttom's Dream
Come Back To Sorrento (Bulgaria)
Cuckoo (Bulgaria)
Early Bird (UK)
Happy Hour
Mr Gloom
Narcissus (Canada)

Sound Of Sunshine Sound Of Rain
Sundae In New York
Vice Versa (Poland)

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.