FRANK HENENLOTTER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB USA, 1988. Palisades Partners. Screenplay by Frank Henenlotter. Cinematography by Bruce Torbet. Produced by Edgar Ievins. Music by Clutch Reiser, Gus Russo. Production Design by Ivy Rosovsky. Costume Design by Ivy Rosovsky. Film Editing by Frank Henenlotter, James Y. Kwei. Basket Case director Frank Henenlotter is back…
Category: 1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
ERMANNO OLMI Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB Original Title: La leggenda del santo bevitore Italy/France, 1988. Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Aura Film, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana. Screenplay by Ermanno Olmi, Tullio Kezich, based on the novel by Joseph Roth. Cinematography by Dante Spinotti. Produced by Roberto Cicutto, Vincenzo Di Leo. Production Design by Gianni…
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB Original Title: Krótki film o zabijaniu Poland, 1988. Przedsiebiorstwo Realizacji Filmów “Zespoly Filmowe”, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych, Zespol Filmowy “Tor”. Screenplay by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz. Cinematography by Slawomir Idziak. Produced by Ryszard Chutkowski. Music by Zbigniew Preisner. Production Design by Halina Dobrowolska. Costume Design by Hanna Cwiklo,…
High Hopes (1988)
MIKE LEIGH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. United Kingdom, 1988. British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films, Portman Productions. Screenplay by Mike Leigh. Cinematography by Roger Pratt. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn. Music by Andrew Dickson. Production Design by Diana Charnley. Costume Design by Lindy Hemming. Film Editing by Jon Gregory. The success of…
The Blob (1988)
CHUCK RUSSELL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1988 . TriStar Pictures, Palisades California Inc.. Screenplay by Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont, based on the earlier screenplay by Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker, story by Irvine H. Millgate. Cinematography by Mark Irwin. Produced by Jack H. Harris, Elliott Kastner. Music by Michael Hoenig. Production Design…
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
DWIGHT H. LITTLE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1988. Trancas International Films. Story by Dhani Lipsius, Larry Rattner, Benjamin Ruffner, Alan B. McElroy, Screenplay by Alan B. McElroy. Cinematography by Peter Lyons Collister. Produced by Paul Freeman. Music by Alan Howarth. Production Design by Roger Crandall. Costume Design by Rosalie Wallace. Film Editing…
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
TERENCE DAVIES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. United Kingdom/West Germany, 1988. British Film Institute, Channel Four Films, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Screenplay by Terence Davies. Cinematography by William Diver, Patrick Duval. Produced by Jennifer Howarth. Production Design by Jocelyn James, Miki Van Zwanenberg. Costume Design by Monica Howe. Film Editing by William Diver. Terence Davies follows three celebrated shorts that touched on his memories…
Black Eagle (1988)
ERIC KARSON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1988. Rotecon B.V., Magus. Story by Shimon Arama, Screenplay by A.E. Peters, Michael Gonzales. Cinematography by George Koblasa. Produced by Shimon Arama. Music by Terry Plumeri. Production Design by Mike Higgins. Costume Design by Rakefet Levy. Film Editing by Michael Kelly. An American plane carrying a nuclear device crashes into the Mediterranean and two superpowers…
Damnation (1988)
BELA TARR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Original title: Karhozat Hungary, 1988. Hungarian Film Institute, Hungarian Television, Mokép. Screenplay by Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Bela Tarr. Cinematography by Gabor Medvigy. Produced by Jozsef Marx. Music by Mihaly Vig. Production Design by Gyula Pauer. Costume Design by Gyula Pauer. Film Editing by Agnes Hranitzky. Visionary filmmaker Bela Tarr applies his languid, seemingly formless style to a story of…
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
ROBERT BIERMAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1988. Magellan Pictures. Screenplay by Joseph Minion. Cinematography by Stefan Czapsky. Produced by John Daly, Derek Gibson, Barry Shils, Barbara Zitwer. Music by Colin Towns. Production Design by Christopher Nowak. Costume Design by Irene Albright, Terry Mainord. Film Editing by Angus Newton. Nicolas Cage plays a literary agent with a bad attitude towards everyone except…
Let’s Get Lost (1988)
BRUCE WEBER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1988. Little Bear Productions, Nan Bush. Cinematography by Jeff Preiss. Produced by Bruce Weber. Production Design by Sam Shahid. Film Editing by Angelo Corrao. Bruce Weber spent months following Chet Baker, one of the most successful and venerated trumpet players in the history of jazz music, throughout a number of performances…
Hanussen (1988)
ISTVAN SZABO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Hungary/West Germany/Austria, 1988. Central Cinema Company Film, Hungarofilm, Mafilm, Mokép, Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Screenplay by Peter Dobai, Istvan Szabo, dialogue by Gabriella Prekop, additional material by Paul Hengge, based on the autobiography by Erik Jan Hanussen. Cinematography by Lajos Koltai. Produced by Artur Brauner. Music by Zdenko Tamassy, Gyorgy Vukan. Production Design by…
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