GREGG ARAKI Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1993. Blurco, Desperate Pictures, Muscle + Hate Studios. Screenplay by Gregg Araki. Cinematography by Gregg Araki. Produced by Gregg Araki, Andrea Sperling. Film Editing by Gregg Araki. Toronto International Film Festival 1993. Director Gregg Araki’s follow up to The Living End is a sexy, funny…
Category: 1993
Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
TAYLOR HACKFORD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Alternate title: Bound By Honor USA, 1993. Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1, Vato De Atole Productions. Story by Ross Thomas, Screenplay by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Jeremy Iacone, Floyd Mutrux. Cinematography by Gabriel Beristain. Produced by Jerry Gershwin, Taylor Hackford. Music by Bill Conti. Production Design by Bruno…
Beethoven’s 2nd (1993)
ROD DANIEL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1993. Northern Lights Entertainment, Universal Pictures. Screenplay by Len Blum, based on characters created by John Hughes, Amy Holden Jones. Cinematography by Bill Butler. Produced by Michael C. Gross, Joe Medjuck. Music by Randy Edelman. Production Design by Lawrence Miller. Costume Design by April Ferry. Film…
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
WALTER HILL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1993. Columbia Pictures. Story by John Milius, Screenplay by John Milius, Larry Gross. Cinematography by Lloyd Ahern II. Produced by Neil Canton, Walter Hill. Music by Ry Cooder. Production Design by Joe Alves. Costume Design by Dan Moore. Film Editing by Donn Aron, Carmel Davies, Freeman…
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
BLAKE EDWARDS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. Italy/USA, 1993. Filmauro, International Traders, United Artists. Story by Blake Edwards, Screenplay by Blake Edwards, Madeline Sunshine, Steven Sunshine, based on characters created by Maurice Richlin, Blake Edwards. Cinematography by Dick Bush. Produced by Tony Adams, Friend Michael Wells. Music by Henry Mancini. Production Design by Peter Mullins. Costume Design by Annie Crawford. Film…
Alive (1993)
FRANK MARSHALL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA/Canada, 1993. Film Andes S.A., The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Paramount Pictures, Touchstone Pictures. Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, based on the book by Piers Paul Read. Cinematography by Peter James. Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Robert Watts. Music by James Newton Howard. Production Design by Norman Reynolds. Costume Design by Jennifer L. Parsons. Film Editing by William Goldenberg,…
RoboCop 3 (1993)
FRED DEKKER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1993. Orion Pictures. Story by Frank Miller, Screenplay by Frank Miller, Fred Dekker, based on characters created by Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner. Cinematography by Gary B. Kibbe. Produced by Patrick Crowley. Music by Basil Poledouris. Production Design by Hilda Stark. Costume Design by Ha Nguyen. Film Editing by Bert Lovitt. Our cyberhero keeps blowing stuff…
Calendar (1993)
ATOM EGOYAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. Armenia/Canada/Germany, 1993. Armenian National Cinematheque, Ego Film Arts, ZDF Television. Screenplay by Atom Egoyan. Cinematography by Norayr Kasper. Produced by Atom Egoyan. Film Editing by Atom Egoyan. A photographer (Atom Egoyan, who also writes and directs) tours the beautiful Armenian countryside photographing churches for a calendar, enjoying the details of the buildings’ histories…
The Young Girls Turns 25 (1993)
AGNES VARDA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. Original title: Les Demoiselles Ont Eu 25 ans France, 1993. Ciné Tamaris. Screenplay by Agnes Varda. Cinematography by Alexandre Auffort, Stephane Krausz, Patrick Mounoud, Georges Strouve, Agnes Varda. Music by Michel Legrand, Jacques Loussier. It’s astounding how much love and affection Agnes Varda packs into 64 very short minutes. On the occasion…
Blue (1993)
DEREK JARMAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. United Kingdom, 1993. Channel 4, Arts Council of Great Britain, Opal Records, BBC Radio 3, Basilisk Communications, Uplink. Directed by Derek Jarman. Screenplay by Derek Jarman. Produced by Takashi Asai, James Mackay. Music by Simon Fisher-Turner. Nearing the end of his life and losing his eyesight, filmmaker Derek Jarman made his last work…
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
MICHAEL STEINBERG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1993. Fine Line Features, August Entertainment, Mindel-Shaw Productions. Screenplay by Roger Hedden, based on his play. Cinematography by Bernd Heinl. Produced by Allan Mindel, Denise Shaw, Eric Stoltz. Music by Michael Convertino. Production Design by Stephen McCabe. Costume Design by Isis Mussenden. Film Editing by Jay Cassidy. Living in the barren landscape of Arizona, Bridget Fonda and…
Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993)
STEVEN ZAILLIAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1993. Mirage Enterprises. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the book by Fred Waitzkin. Cinematography by Conrad L. Hall. Produced by William Horberg, Scott Rudin. Music by James Horner. Production Design by David Gropman. Costume Design by Julie Weiss. Film Editing by Wayne Wahrman. Academy Awards 1993. Young Josh Waitzin (Max Pomeranc) feels only passably amused by the…
