My Top Film Festival movies for 1980 (in list order)
Official Competition movies at Cannes, Berlin and Venice...
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- DirectorBob FosseStarsRoy ScheiderJessica LangeAnn ReinkingDirector/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.1. Roy plays Bob in this dazzling slick production... (Cannes)
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.2. Kurosawa still flaunting his story telling craft... (Cannes)
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEdward WoodwardJack ThompsonJohn WatersThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.4. A taunt courtroom drama with brilliant editing and photography... (Cannes)
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.7. Sellers leaves the best till last... (Cannes)
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsVittorio GassmanUgo TognazziJean-Louis TrintignantDuring a dinner in a Roman terrace, the lives and experiences of multiple characters intertwine.20. Scola gets the perfect dream cast and uses them wisely... (Cannes)
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsNathalie BayeGérard LanvinFlore FitzgeraldLaurence, French teacher at a Lyon secondary school, simply can't take any more. Her doctor prescribes a week off. Whilst her partner Pierre has no idea how to help her, she decides to get away and take stock of her life, both personal and professional.23. The gentle touch from Tavernier... (Cannes)
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsTadeusz BradeckiZofia MrozowskaMalgorzata ZajaczkowskaA young man is facing death of his mother. A petty corruption at his job leads to him being framed and robbed of his only desire to climb mountains in Himalayas, as his father did and where he died.26. Life the hard way for a Polish worker who will not succumb to the corruption surrounding him... (Cannes)
- DirectorWalter HillStarsDavid CarradineStacy KeachDennis QuaidThe origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.28. Walter takes the brothers for a Western ride... (Cannes)
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsGérard DepardieuNicole GarciaRoger PierreThe intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.29. A look at the self-centred human condition as Alain Resnais plays with the audience's intellect... (Cannes)
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsRomy SchneiderHarvey KeitelHarry Dean StantonIn a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.35. Before reality TV became the norm... (Berlin)
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsBurt LancasterSusan SarandonKate ReidIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.38. If it wasn't for the cast... (Venice)
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsLee MarvinMark HamillRobert CarradineA hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.46. Fuller goes into the mind of the war... (Cannes)
- DirectorJack HazanDavid MingayStarsRay GangeJoe StrummerMick JonesA young British punk and roadie for The Clash navigates life in socially torn 1970s England.49. A curious piece on England as the conservatives come to power and the life of a social outcast collide under the mighty presence of punk band, The Clash... (Berlin)
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsBuck HenryJulie CarmenWhen a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.51. Cassavetes goes gun crazy... (Venice)
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsLinda ManzDennis HopperSharon FarrellA young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.53. Hopper gets gritty... (Cannes)