FILM LIST
monochrome marking out a visual talent towatch Edinburgh: Filmhouse.
o Caravaggio ( 18) (Derek Jarman.
UK. 1986) Nigel Terry. Sean Bean. Tilda Swinton. 93 mins. The story of late 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio is one of artistic innovation and a torrid bisexual triangular relationship with tragic consequences. Edinburgh; Cameo
0 Cat People ( 18) (Paul Schrader. US. 1982) Nastassja Kinski. Malcolm McDowell. John Heard. 118 mins. Visceral. obsessive and not entirely satisfactory remake of the famed 194(Is‘ horror film. Edinburgh: Cameo
O Chinatown ( 18) (Roman Polanski. US. 1974) Jack Nicholson. Faye Dunaway.John Huston. 131 mins. Private eye Jake Gittes takes on a routine casein 1937 LA and ends up uncovering more than he had bargained for in this dark thriller with a handsome period atmosphere and a superlative cast Edinburgh: Filmhouse
o The Colorot Money ( 15) (Martin Scorsese. US. 1986) Paul Newman. Tom Cruise. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. 119 mins. Generally satisfactory iftardy sequel to The Hustler with Newman‘s immaculately played Fast Eddie Felson finding redemption through his initially cynical involvement with young pool hotshot Cruise. Glasgow: GFI‘
o Comrades ( PG) (Bill Douglas. UK.
1986) Robin Soans. Michael IIordern. Robert Stephens. Vanessa Redgrave. 180 mins. Douglas‘s
“Compulsive and vile”
long-awaited epic account of the Tolpuddle Martyrs attempts to capture the human story behind the persecution ofthese icons of the early labour movement with a minimum resort to dialogue and a relish in carefully composed images. It is ultimately a film about the indomitable nature of the idea of freedom. equality and justice. Edinburgh; Filmhouse o Dona Herlinda and Her Son ( 15) (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Mexico. 1985) Arturo Meza. Marco Antonio Travio. Guadalupe del Toro. 91 mins. Occasionally ponderous but generally likeable gay Mexican satire in which the strong-willed matriarch Dona Herlinda ensures that her son is a happily married husband and father despite his ongoing passionate affair With young music student Ramon. Glasgow; GFI‘ 0 Empire Of Passion ( l8) (Nagisa ()shima. Japan. 1978) Ka/tto Yoshiyuki.'I‘atsua Fttyi. llflmins. In a rural village. two lovers murder the lady‘s husband. who comes back to haunt them. and when their crime is discovered the strength of their relationship is tested by torture and even death. Glasgow; (fl-11‘ O Escalier C ( 15) (Jean-Charles Tacchella. France. 1985) Robin Renucci. Jean-Pierre Bacri. Catherine Leprince. 101 mins. An art critic notorious for his vitriolic reviews moves into Escalier C of a Paris epartment house and soon strikes up an uneasy but touching relationship with his neightbours
Edinburgthilmhouse
o The Evil Dead (18) (Sam Raimi. US.
1982) Bruce Campbell. Ellen Sandweiss. Betsy Baker. 85 mins. Five unsuspecting youngsters head ofro a healthy weekend in a mountain cabin only to fall foul of wicked demons whose purpose is wholesale slaughter. Stylish. cheapo schlocker-shocker made with imagination by an inventive young team. Glasgow; GET
0 Extremities ( 18) (Robert M. Young. US. 1986) Farrah Fawcett. James Russo. Diana Scarwid. 91) mins. IIarried and humiliated by a
~would-be rapist. Fawcett turns the
tables on her attacker An uncomfortable film that is not the penetrating examination of
sexual politics it would like to think
itself. Edinburgh: Filmhouse 0 Falling in Love (PG) (Ula Grosbard. US. 1984) Robert De Niro. Meryl Streep. Harvey Keitel. 106 mins. De Niro and Streep are the suburban couple whose chance brief encounter leads to romance. Edinburgh; Cameo 0 Farewell (PG) (Elem Mlimov. USSR. 1983) Stefania Steniuta. Lev Durov. Alexei Petrenko. 140 mins. A 301) year-old island village is threatened by a planned hydro-electric scheme
'I’houghtf‘ul. moving and elegant film-making contrasting a pastoral nostalgia for a vanished rural past with tacky images of modern technological society. Glasgow: GFI’ 0 From Beyond ( 18) it (Stuart
CITY LIMITS
Humans are such easy prey
Fro
Front the (Ir atom of Re-Animator
Empire Pictures Presents A BRIAN YUZNA Production
H P Lovecraft's “FROM BEYOND"
Starring JEFFREY COMBS - BARBARA CRAMPTON - KEN FOREE
TED SDREL - CAROLYN PUROY- GORDON - Screenplay by DENNIS PAOLI Adaptation by STUART GORDON BRIAN YUZNA and DENNIS PAOLI Director of Photography MAC AHLBERO Musrc by RICHARD BAND
P.LOVECRAFT'S
Gordon. US. 1986. Jeffrey Combs. Barbara Crampton. Ken Forlee. 85 mins. The deeply disturbed team behind the excellent Reunimaror return with another gross-out mad doctor flick. Dr I’retorious discovers that his nifty gizmo 'I‘he Resonator stimulates the pineal gland and so mobilises the darkest forces of the human psyche.
Dismemberment. roomfuls ofpus. S& M fantasies galore: this is top entertainment.
Glasgow; Cannon Sauchiehall Street. Edinburgh; Cannon. Lothian: Cannon. Strathclyde; Cannon Greenock. Cannon Kilmarnock. La Scala. ()deon Hamilton
0 Full Metal Jacket ( 15) (Stanley Kubrick. US. 1987) Matthew Modine. John Emery. Dorian Harewood. 109 mins. See panel. Glasgow; Cannon Sauchiehall Street. Grosvenor. Edinburgh: Cannon. l.othian; Cannon. Strathclyde; Cannon Kilmarnock. Kelbtirne. ()deon Ayr
O The Gate ( l5) ('l’ibor Rakacs. USm 1987) Stephen Dorff. Christa Denton. 8-1 mins. I’lueky kids summon up demons from hell through a hole in their back garden. Ho hum horror fare with rather cute monsters. Glasgow; Cannon Sauchiehall Street
0 Hammett(15)(Wimwcntlcrs. US. 1982) Frederic Forrest. Marilu
Henner. Elisha Cook. Sylvia Sidney.
97 mins. Joe Gores fictional speculation on Dashiel Ilammett's involvement with a real-life mystery
Based on H P Lovecraft's "FROM BEYOND"
Specral Visual Effects by ANTHONY ODUBLIN
Specral Effects Makeup by JOHN NAULIN
"Pretorious" Creatures by MARK SHOSTROM
Additional Makeup Effects by JOHN BUECHLER and
MECHANICAL AND MAKEUP IMAGERIES INC.
Editor LEE PERCY Line Producer ROBERTO BESSI
Executive in Charge of Production ALBERT BAND
Executive Producer CHARLES BAND ,
Produced by BRIAN YUZNA Directed by STUART GORDON J 1986 TARYN PRODUCTIONS. INC. “ ""‘°"
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