Sunday, August 5, 2007

1985

1. Come and See- Elem Klimov
2. Back to the Future- Robert Zemeckis
3. Brazil- Terry Gilliam
4. Ran- Akira Kurosawa
5. After Hours- Martin Scorsese
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo- Woody Allen
7. Pee Wee's Big Adventure- Tim Burton
8. Vagabond- Agnès Varda
9. Insignificance- Nicolas Roeg
10. To Live and Die in L.A.- William Friedkin
11. Mishima- Paul Schrader
12. Prizzi’s Honor- John Huston
13. My Life As a Dog- Lasse Hallstrom

Ripe for re-appraisal: The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg), Lost in America (Albert Brooks), Trouble in Mind (Alan Rudolph)

Need to see: A.K. (Chris.Marker), Contact (Alan Clarke), Crime Wave (John Paisz), Dreamchild (Gavin Millar), Flesh + Blood (Paul Verhoeven), Fool for Love (Robert Altman), Hail Mary (Jean-Luc Godard), Into the Night (John Landis), Louie Bluie (Terry Zwigoff), Mix-Up (Francoise Romand), O.C. and Stiggs (Robert Altman), The Official Story (Luis Puenzo), Police Story (Jackie Chan), The Quiet Earth (Geoff Murphy), Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon), Return of the Living Dead (Dan O’Bannon), Static (Mark Romanek), The Stuff (Larry Cohen), Taipei Story (Edward Yang), A Time to Live and a Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-hsien), Treasure Island (Raul Ruiz), La Vie de Famille (Jacques Doillon), Wetherby (David Hare), Wuthering Heights (Jacques Rivette), Year of the Dragon (Michael Cimino), A Zed and Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack)
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Purple Rose of Cairo
César Awards, Best Film: Three Men and a Cradle (Coline Serreau)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: When Father Was Away on Business (Emir Kusturica)
Venice, Golden Lion: Vagabond
Berlin, Golden Bear: (tie) Die Frau und der Fremde (Rainer Simon) and Wetherby
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): Blood Simple (Joel Coen)
Toronto, Audience Award: The Official Story (Luis Puenzo)

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