1982 poll

1. The King of Comedy

Blade Runner
Missing
One From the Heart
E.T.
Angel
The Thing
The Verdict
The Draughtman’s Contract
Young Doctors in Love

E.T. is good for a “family reconciliation” or whatever is that called type of genre. There’s a childhood embrace alright Greg, I won’t deny that but Brad, in no way a Spielberg “magic wand” will convince me that E.T. is amidst the great films of that year, let alone of U.S.A.!!! It’s quite enjoyable and amongst Spielberg’s worthwhile efforts but classic would be a strenuous fancy for that film.I see it as a spoof of the sci-fi genre Hollywood which advanced it with studio b-movies on a higher scale of quality, even if it was meant for a drive-in pastime but ironically, it’s E.T. that should be named a typical pastime of a film, not bad for what it is but I certainly cannot respect it any more for what it is, not to mention the “alien” for Spielberg is the “foreigner” who “wants to go home”.

Although I won’t complain much because I know most of these polls so far have produced predictable results, I’ll give my cents later.

P.S.: In almost all years by the way, I’m observing a very American-friendly mass selection of films, coincidence?

1. Fanny and Alexander
Blade Runner
The King of Comedy
The Thing

Those are the only four I’ve seen from 1982 that I’d give a 8/10 or higher to…as usual I’ve watched very little :(

Also, E.T. and Wizard of Oz are both kinda meh to be honest…

SPOILERS

The scene where E.T. is brought back to life because the kid says “I love you E.T.” is one of the most repellent things I’ve ever seen. I can imagine all the kids who watched that film crying out “I love you Fluffy” when their pet hamster dies only to find out that, actually, saying that sort of stuff doesn’t bring loved ones back to life. (add to that the overly sentimental nature of that scene and that it is such a deus ex machina and it singlehandedly ruins an otherwise really rather good, though far from amazing, film).

FANNY OCH
2. Koyaanisqatsi

I’ll short change everything else because they don’t come close. (certainly not the joke of the day, ET)

The first three are way out in front, the rest in no particular order. I may change my #1 before the thread ends.

(1) Veronika Voss
Blade Runner
The King of Comedy

One from the Heart
Fitzcarraldo
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Draughtsman’s Contract
Le Beau Mariage
Chan Is Missing
Labyrinth of Passion
48 Hours
Boat People
Hammett
Liquid Sky
Fanny and Alexander
Q – The Winged Serpent
Aces Go Places
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Moonlighting
Koyaanisqatsi

Batch ’81 (Mike de Leon) If someone could just teach me a foolproof way to provide subs for films, I’d happily do it for Mike de Leon’s films, all not available in English subs at all (!).

Himala (Ishmael Bernal)
Querelle (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry)
Tenebre (Dario Argento)
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Made in Britain (Alan Clarke)
Room 666 (Wim Wenders)
Les Maitres du Temps (Rene Laloux)

Interestingly, Greg’s criticism of E.T. points to what I think is its greatest strength, the uncanny ability to appropriate a child’s point of view. This is no easy feat, as most excuses for “family” movies prove. The children in E.T. are never less than credible and the American suburban local will be familiar to anyone who grew up in one.

The adult world is somewhat alien to many children and Spielberg doesn’t distinguish realistic elements from fantasy elements in the way they’re portrayed. Both E.T. and the scientists first appear to the children as monsters, but reveal their good intentions, hopefully opening young minds to how we judge what is “alien.”

For an adult audience, embracing our inner-child is somewhat of a requirement for appreciating this film. It is overall an emotional experience for those willing to take the ride. We see films to open ourselves to a wide variety of experiences. Considering the importance of childhood to the human experience, I think we could do a lot worse than to regress for two hours.

Blade Runner
The King of Comedy
White Dog
Fanny and Alexander
The State of Things
The Draughtsman’s Contract
Fitzcarraldo
The Verdict
One From the Heart
Diner
The Loveless
Veronika Voss
The Year of Living Dangerously
Cat People
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Identification of a Woman
Lookin’ To Get Out
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
Moonlighting
Godard’s Passion

1. Blade Runner
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Gandhi
White Dog
The Thing
First Blood

E.T.
Fanny & Alexander
The Secret of NIMH
Tootsie

I’ve (obviously) seen other stuff from that year. But this is the stuff I’d like to see on a list. For list-making reasons/posterity/whatever.

Will we get to vote on which most-mentioned movies are included? Or will anything with X number of mentions make it?

Cool idea. :D

The Verdict is my no. 1 favorite,
The thing
Blade Runner
ET
48 Hours
THe Wrath of Khan
Ghandi
My Favorite Year
Richard Pryor, live at the sunset strip
An officer and a Gentleman
Man From Snowy river
First Blood
Deathtrap

1. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)

The Thing (John Carpenter)
Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Vincent (Tim Burton)
The State of Things (Wim Wenders)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Tommy Lee Wallace)
Q: The Winged Serpent (Larry Cohen)
Dimensions of Dialogue (Jan Svankmajer)
The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)
My Favourite Year (Richard Benjamin)
Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
Burden of Dreams (Les Blank)
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)
48 Hours (Walter Hill)
Creepshow (George A. Romero)
First Blood (Ted Kotcheff)
Room 666 (Wim Wenders)
Tenebrae (Dario Argento)
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner)

Himmel und Erde Michael Pilz

Das Gespenst Herbert Achternbusch
Das zweite Gesicht Dominik Graf
Der Stand der Dinge Wim Wenders
Die letzte Rache Rainer Kirberg
Die Ausgesperrten Franz Novotny
Etwas wird sichtbar Harun Farocki
Finye Souleymane Cissé
Forbidden Zone Richard Elfman
Kaidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji Nobuo Nakagawa
La guerre d’un seul homme Edgardo Cozarinsky
L’ange Patrick Bokanowski
Let’s Make a Sandwich Pat O’Neill
Love Stinks – Bilder des täglichen Wahnsinns Birgit & Wilhelm Heim
Scissere Peter Mettler
Souvenirs Lisl Ponger
Tron Steven Lisberger
Verräter des jungen deutschen Films schlafen nicht Vlado Kristl
Vortex Beth B. & Scott B.
Waiting for the Wind James Nares
Who Shall Live And Who Shall Die? Laurence Jarvik

-The Thing (John Carpenter)

-Fanny And Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
-The State of Things (Wim Wenders)
-Veronika Voss (R.W. Fassbinder)
-Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
-Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
-Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)
-First Blood (Ted Kotcheff)
-E.T. (Steven Spielberg)
-Tenebre (Dario Argento)
-Laberinto de Pasiones (Pedro Almodóvar)
-White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
-Identification of a Woman (Michelangelo Antonioni)
-Smithereens (Susan Seidelman)
-Toute Une Nuite (Chantal Akerman)
-Fall Guy (Kinji Fukasaku)
-Creepshow (George A. Romero)
-48 Hours (Walter Hill9
-King Of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)

1. Fanny and Alexander

Fitzcarraldo
The White Rose
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Vincent
Ex Libris
Burden of Dreams
Querelle
Blade Runner
The Draughtman’s Contract
The State of Things
The Wind
The Way
The Secret of NIMH
A Whole Night
Veronika Voss
E.T.
The Dark Crystal
The Return of Martin Guerre
The Thing

Correction

Just saw IMDb changed the date of Ex Libris – so please remove that and include Percy Adlon’s Five Last Days. Thanks!

1.Boat People
not my favorite film of the year but I see so few votes so far…

48 Hrs.
Blade Runner
Cannery Row
Conan the Barbarian
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Fall Guy
Fanny and Alexander
First Blood
Fitzcarraldo
Himala
Missing
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
The Thing
The Verdict
The Year of Living Dangerously
White Dog
Yol

Spanish language:
To Begin Again
Last Days of the Victim
Cecilia

Special mention (best cast: Bogart, Stanwyck, Grant, Davis, Gardner, Lancaster, Bergman, Douglas…):
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

Wanted:
Sequences
Moonlighting
The Grey Fox
Chan Is Missing
Private Life

Schedule (tentative):

1982: 10/09 – 10/24

1944: 10/24 – 11/12

2001: 11/13 – 11/28

1927: 11/28 – 12/17

And then back to the sixties.

1-Fanny and Alexander

Tootsie
Fitzcarraldo
The Year of Living Dangerously
Victor Victoria
One From the Heart
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Hammett
La Traviata
Moonlighting
My Favorite Year

films that i give five star rating

1-blade runner
2-yol
3-missing

1. FITZCARRALDO!!!
2. White dog
3. Blade Runner
4. The thing
5. Vincent

E.T is great when you are between the ages of 5-12. if you are older than that, c’mon, what the hell!?!?!!?!?! If you think E.T is better than Fitz there is something obviously wrong with your brain ;-)

1.Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Vincent (Tim Burton)
The Draughtman’s Contract(Peter Greenaway)
Identification Of A Woman(M.Antonioni)
The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)
Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)
48 Hours (Walter Hill)

Runners up: Q:The Winged Serpent, Creepshow, Basket Case, Flying High 2(extremely underrated, and funniest than most comedies today!!)

I’m surprised Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid is getting so many votes. i enjoy it, but it’s such a gimmick.

Shoot the Moon

Basket Case
Blade Runner
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Deathtrap
Diner
Fanny and Alexander
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Missing
My Favorite Year
Poltergeist
Sophie’s Choice
The Man from Snowy River
The Night of the Shooting Stars
The Return of Martin Guerre
The Road Warrior
The Verdict
The World According to Garp
Tootsie
Year of Living Dangerously

1982, the year that gave us MEGAFORCE, IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR, and YES GIORGIO, ranks as one of the worst years in cinema history, rivaled only by the rest of the ’80s and each of the last ten years.

I could come up with only ten from ’82, with only two from Hollywood:

Hollywood:
FIRST BLOOD
THE THING

Anime:
ARCADIA OF MY YOUTH
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM MOVIE III
QUEEN MILLENNIA

Hong Kong:
ACES GO PLACES
BUDDHA’S PALM
FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS (aka CHINESE SUPER NINJAS)
LEGENDARY WEAPONS OF CHINA
LEGEND OF A FIGHTER (far superior to Jet Li’s FEARLESS, which tells some of the same story)

1. Fanny & Alexander

The Draughtsman’s Contract
Fitzcarraldo
Yol
Year of Living Dangerously
Night of the Shooting Stars
The Return of Martin Guerre
Blade Runner
King of Comedy
Koyaanisqatsi
Secret of NIMH
La Traviata (Zeffirelli) – just because of Teresa Stratas. Zeffirelli is a poor film director.
Starstruck (Armstrong)
My Favorite Year
Tron
Grey Fox

What’s with that late Dec. release of King of Comedy in Iceland? Usually see this listed as a 1983 film, but I will abide by the rules here just to sneak it in for 1982.

don’t believe it people

YES GIORGIO is very enjoyable. I added it to the database in fact (you are welcome)

Blade Runner
Cat People
Conan the Barbarian
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Hammett
Missing
One from the Heart
Poltergeist
The Thing
Tootsie
Victor Victoria
Moonlighting
Le beau mariage
Une chambre en ville
Fanny and Alexander
Ultimos días de la víctima
Himala

Can’t wait to do 1944!

1. VERONIKA VOSS (Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER]

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
THE VERDICT [SIDNEY LUMET]
FITZCARRALDO [WERNER HERZOG]
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Fanny och Alexander) [INGMAR BERGMAN]
BLADE RUNNER [RIDLEY SCOTT]
THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (La Notte di San Lorenzo) [PAOLO TAVIANI & VITTORIO TAVIANI]
POLTERGEIST [TOBE HOOPER]
MISSING [COSTA-GAVRAS]
VICTOR/VICTORIA [BLAKE EDWARDS]
TOOTSIE [SYDNEY POLLACK]
DINER [BARRY LEVINSON]
MY FAVORITE YEAR [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
THE KING OF COMEDY [MARTIN SCORSESE]
THE THING [JOHN CARPENTER]
ONIMASA (Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai) [HIDEO GOSHA]
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP [GEORGE ROY HILL]
EATING RAOUL [PAUL BARTEL]
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH [AMY HECKERLING]
LE BEAU MARRIAGE (The Good Marriage) [ERIC ROHMER]

1. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer)
A Midsummer’s Night Sex Comedy (Woody Allen)
Tron (Steven Lisberger)
Conan the Barbarian (John Milius)
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
Q (Larry Cohen)
Legendary Weapons of China (Liu Chia-Liang)
The Return of Martin Guerre (Daniel Vigne)