This was an interesting year for films. There were no major fantasy films released, but it is clear that there were enough otherwise good films around to keep the average film club going for a whole season.
In an advance tribute to Moving Pictures here are my favourite films released in 1986:
The Mission: it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and I love the soundtrack.
Hannah and her Sisters: if not the best film that Woody Allen has ever made then certainly it has to be in the top three.
A Room with a View: I've never got on with Forster. After seeing and enjoying the film very much I staggered through the book and finished it with difficulty. The film is one of the rare adaptations where the film is better than the book. The brilliant casting helped, and HB-C's outfit for the trip to the country inspired my wife's wedding dress, so I am clearly biased.
Ran: I saw Kurosawa's samurai adaptation of King Lear in North Oxford and thought it was brilliant. When Peter Jackson released The Fellowship of the Ring one critic compared his handling of battle scenes to Kurosawa. Now everyone just tings of them as Peter Jackson's battle scenes.
Aliens: I missed this at the cinema but caught up with it several years later on TV and enjoyed the shooty shooty bang bang verve of Cameron's direction.
The Name of the Rose: This has to be on the list of books that would be impossible to film, but nonetheless I thought it was a brave stab that captured the spirit of Eco's original novel.
In an advance tribute to Moving Pictures here are my favourite films released in 1986:
The Mission: it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and I love the soundtrack.
Hannah and her Sisters: if not the best film that Woody Allen has ever made then certainly it has to be in the top three.
A Room with a View: I've never got on with Forster. After seeing and enjoying the film very much I staggered through the book and finished it with difficulty. The film is one of the rare adaptations where the film is better than the book. The brilliant casting helped, and HB-C's outfit for the trip to the country inspired my wife's wedding dress, so I am clearly biased.
Ran: I saw Kurosawa's samurai adaptation of King Lear in North Oxford and thought it was brilliant. When Peter Jackson released The Fellowship of the Ring one critic compared his handling of battle scenes to Kurosawa. Now everyone just tings of them as Peter Jackson's battle scenes.
Aliens: I missed this at the cinema but caught up with it several years later on TV and enjoyed the shooty shooty bang bang verve of Cameron's direction.
The Name of the Rose: This has to be on the list of books that would be impossible to film, but nonetheless I thought it was a brave stab that captured the spirit of Eco's original novel.
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