1981-1990

  • Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso – Rats – Notte di terrore AKA Rats: Night of Terror (1984)

    1981-1990Bruno MatteiClaudio FragassoHorrorItalySci-Fi

    One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh eating rats, and soon the gore is spilling everywhere.Read More »

  • Mika Kaurismäki – Rosso [+Extra] (1985)

    Drama1981-1990CrimeFinlandMika Kaurismäki

    Plot Synopsis from AllMovie
    This well-paced farce sends up intellectual thrillers as hitman Rosso (the handsomeKari Vaananen, also co-scripter) is assigned the job of eliminating a certain Finnish woman who coincidentally was once his summer love. The reluctant gangster heads north from Sicily and ultimately lands in the remote Finnish countryside looking for his target, Maria (Leena Harjupatana). Rosso and Maria’s brother take off in an old car to find her, and along the way they also manage any number of robberies and quick getaways. Their pursuers are bumped off to the sounds of rousing music and a quote here and there from Dante, who else? While Dante’s comedy was divine, this is good earth-bound fun.Read More »

  • Mike Vardy – Bon Voyage (1985)

    1981-1990BBCDramaMike VardyTVUnited Kingdom

    BBC One London, 8 December 1985 21.15

    Synopsis A series of stories by Noel Coward
    This week: Bon Voyage
    Screenplay by STANLEY PRICE starring
    Judy Parfitt , Nigel Havers with Helen Horton
    Michael Aldridge
    Ursula Howells and Doreen Mantle
    Cruises bring the most unlikely people together. That is one of their chief attractions and this particular cruise, on board the SS Mara bound across the Pacific from San Francisco, proves to be no exception.Read More »

  • Tony Smith – What Mad Pursuit? (1985)

    1981-1990BBCComedyTony SmithTVUnited Kingdom

    BBC One London, 24 November 1985 21.05

    A series of stories by Noël Coward

    Screenplay by STANLEY PRICE starring Carroll Baker and Paul Daneman with Neil Cunningham , Jane Carr and Sandra Dickinson
    If you were a famous English novelist doing a whistle stop tour of the United States to promote your books, wouldn’t you welcome with open arms the chance of a quiet weekend away from it all in a remote corner of Long Island? Of course you would. Well, let what happened to Evan Lorrimer be an awful warning….Read More »

  • Tinto Brass – Miranda (1985)

    1981-1990ComedyEroticaItalyTinto Brass

    Miranda is a beautiful woman who runs a local tavern. After the loss of her husband in WWII, she tries out a variety of men. Over the course of four seasons she meets four men: in Winter the rich old council; in Spring there is the young chauffeur; in Summer the American G.I.; and in Autumn, the servant of the Tavern. Now she has to make a decision, who would be the best lover as well husband.Read More »

  • Helke Sander – Der Subjektive Faktor (1981)

    Arthouse1981-1990GermanyHelke SanderPolitics

    “What were the beginnings of the new women’s movement like?”, “What was life like in a commune?”, “What were discussions like?” The Film reconstructs in 1980 events that took place between 1967 and 1970.
    I was also always interested in what would have happened if certain people had acted differently, or not at all, at given points in time; that is to say, what influence do individuals, “the subjective factor”, actually have on historical events? Do people’s individualities encourage or inhibit each other? How do their activities affect the general public? In 1980 this was a very unpopular question.Read More »

  • Mike Ockrent & Noel Coward – Mrs. Capper’s Birthday (1985)

    1981-1990BBCComedyMike OckrentNoel CowardTV

    BBC One London, 17 November 1985 21.10
    Synopsis
    A series of stories by Noel Coward
    Screenplay by Jack Rosenthal

    starring Patricia Hayes, with Avis Bunnage, Paula Wilcox, Kathryn Pogson,
    Gary Waldhorn and Max Wall

    Mrs Capper’s birthday started early. After all time and the Nash’s washing-up wait for no man, or woman – even on a Sunday. Obviously it was going to be a day just like any other. At any rate that’s how it seemed at first…Read More »

  • Márta Mészáros – Napló szerelmeimnek AKA Diary for my lovers (1987)

    1981-1990DramaHungaryMárta MészárosPolitics

    Wikipedia wrote:
    Diary for My Lovers (Hungarian: Napló szerelmeimnek) is a 1987 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.Read More »

  • David Hare – Paris by Night (1988)

    1981-1990CrimeDavid HareDramaUnited Kingdom

    Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career – but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.
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