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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 30, 2024
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Written by Cameron Crow based on his book
1982/US
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube rental Jeff Spicoli: Well Stu I’ll tell you, surfing’s not a sport, it’s a way of life, it’s no hobby. It’s a way of looking at that read more
Gandhi (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 29, 2024
Gandhi
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Written by John Bailey
1982/UK/India
IMDb page
Repeat viewing/YouTube rental
One of 1001 Movs Gandhi: Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, bu read more
My Favorite Year (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 27, 2024
My Favorite Year
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Written by Norman Steinberg and Richard Palumbo
1982/US
IMDb page
Repeat viewing/YouTube rental Alan Swann: I’m not an actor, I’m a movie star! This is broad physical comedy elevated by Peter O’Toole’s brilliant pixilated performa read more
Sophie’s Choice (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 23, 2024
Sophie’s Choice
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Written by Alan J. Pakula from the novel by William Styron
1982/US
IMDb page
Repeat viewing/YouTube (free) Stingo: You were sent to Auschwitz because you stole a ham?
Sophie: No, I was sent to Auschwitz because they saw that I was afraid. Meryl Streep read more
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 19, 2024
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Directed by Robert Altman
Written by Ed Graczyk from his play
1982/US
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First viewing/YouTube (free) Juanita: Believin’ is so funny, isn’t it? When what you believe in doesn’t even know you exist. A kinder, read more
Chan Is Missing (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 17, 2024
Chan Is Missing
Directed by Wayne Wang
Written by Isaac Cronin and Wayne Wang
1982/US
IMDb page
Repeat viewing/YouTube rental Jo: This mystery is appropriately Chinese: what’s not there seems to have just as much meaning as what is there. The first Asian-American film to receive theatrical dis read more
Diner (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 16, 2024
Diner
Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Barry Levinson
1982/US
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Repeat viewing/YouTube rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Timothy Fenwick, Jr.: Do you ever get the feeling that there’s something going on that we don’t know about? Dees anyone come of age in read more
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 13, 2024
Evil Under the Sun
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Written by Anthony Shaffer from a novel by Agatha Christie
1982/UK
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First viewing/YouTube Poirot: The “Arlena Stewarts” of this world do not count; their domination is of the moment. Really to count, a woman must have either goo read more
The World According to Garp (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 12, 2024
The World According to Garp
Directed by George Roy Hill
Written by Steve Tesich from the novel by John Irving
1982/US
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube rental Roberta: I’m a hopeless romantic in a male chauvinist world. The story is quirky and contrived but the warm heart behind all of it made m read more
Moonlighting (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 11, 2024
Moonlighting
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Written by Jerzy Skolimowski
1982/UK
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube Nowak: I can speak their language, this is why the boss chose for me for the job. But I don’t know what they really mean. A decent film about strangers in a strange land. The setting read more
The Grey Fox (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 10, 2024
The Grey Fox
Directed by Phillip Borsos
Written by John Hunter
1982/Canada
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube Miner: A professional always specializes. Richard Farnsworth is excellent as a man who adapts his skills to a new century. The setting is the first years of the 20th Century in the Pacific Nort read more
The Verdict (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 9, 2024
The Verdict
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by David Mamet from a novel by Barry Reed
1982/US
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First viewing/YouTube rental Judge Hoyle: This case should never have come to trial. But you know better. You’re mister independent. You want to be independent? Be independent now. I have n read more
Tootsie (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 7, 2024
Tootsie
Directed by Sidney Pollack
Written by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal from a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire
1982/US
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Repeat viewing/YouTube rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die George Fields: No one will hire you.
Michael Dorsey: Oh, yeah? I loved it on original read more
Blade Runner (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 6, 2024
Blade Runner
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples from a novel by Philip K. Dick
1982/US/UK
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First viewing/YouTube rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Tyrell: “More human than human” is our motto. Can’t believe it too read more
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 3, 2024
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Directed by Nagisa Ôshima Written by Nagisa Ôshima and Paul Mayersberg from a novel by Lourens van der Post 1982/Japan/UK IMDb page First viewing/Criterion Channel Col. John Lawrence: You are the victim of men who think they are right… Just as one day you and cap read more
Deathtrap (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 2, 2024
Deathtrap
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Jay Preston Allen from a stage play by Ira Levin
1982/US
IMDb
First viewing/YouTube (free) Clifford Anderson: Are you trying to say that you don’t think that you can trust me?
Sidney Bruhl: How clearly you put it! This Sleuth (1972) wannabe is too read more
Veronika Voss (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 1, 2024
Veronika Voss (Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss/The Secret of Veronika Voss)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Frolich, and Peter Marthesheimer
1982/West Germany
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First viewing/Criterion Channel Robert Krohn: Movies are not reality, of course. Rain read more
Frances (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 30, 2024
Frances
Directed by Graeme Clifford
Written by Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, and Nicholas Kazan
1982/US
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube rental Harry York: Frances, you’re crazy.
Frances Farmer: [softly] Don’t tell anybody. The acting is the thing in this biopic of the troubled life read more
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 29, 2024
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Written by Jack B. Sowards based on a TV series created by Gene Roddenberry
1982/US
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube rental Spock: [closing monologue] Space: the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her read more
Genocide (1982)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 27, 2024
Genocide
Directed by Arnold Schwartzman
Written by Martin Gilbert, Martin Hier, and Arnold Schwartzman
1982/US
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube (free) Narrator: Small wonder then, that the 9.5 million Jews who still lived in Europe at the end of the First World War looked forward with great hope to t read more