Seattle International Film Festival 1983 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1983

Relive the eighth Seattle International Film Festival. Read key details, flip through the full Festival catalog, see photos and other media, and find a full list of feature-length films presented at the 1983 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 12–June 12, 1983
Number of Days: 32
Venues: Aurora Drive-In, Cinerama Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, Town Theatre

Opening Night: The Fourth Man at Egyptian Theatre
Closing Night: La Traviata at Egyptian Theatre
Tribute: R.W. Fassbinder, Louis Malle, Sydney Pollack


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Festival Founders, Darryl Macdonald and Dan Ireland, pose with the world's favorite movie snack

Festival Founders, Darryl Macdonald and Dan Ireland, pose with the world's favorite movie snack

Festival Founders, Darryl Macdonald and Dan Ireland, pose with the world's favorite movie snack

Festival Founders, Darryl Macdonald and Dan Ireland, pose with the world's favorite movie snack

Festival Committee members, Pamela Sprowl and Michel Meacham, in a popcorn frenzy

Festival Committee members, Pamela Sprowl and Michel Meacham, in a popcorn frenzy

Festival Committee members, Pamela Sprowl and Michel Meacham, in a popcorn frenzy

Festival Committee members, Pamela Sprowl and Michel Meacham, in a popcorn frenzy

Ruth Hayler (Festival Consultant) and Jeff Dowd (Co-Director), lost in a sea of popcorn

Ruth Hayler (Festival Consultant) and Jeff Dowd (Co-Director), lost in a sea of popcorn

Ruth Hayler (Festival Consultant) and Jeff Dowd (Co-Director), lost in a sea of popcorn

Ruth Hayler (Festival Consultant) and Jeff Dowd (Co-Director), lost in a sea of popcorn

La Traviata
La Traviata
The Fourth Man
The Fourth Man
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi
Smithereens
Smithereens

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

List of Feature-Length Films

Android - dir. Aaron Lipstadt, 1982, USA

Angel - dir. Neil Jordan, 1982, Ireland

Angelo, My Love - dir. Robert Duvall, 1983, USA

The Animals Film - dir. Victor Schonfeld, Myriam Alaux, 1981, Great Britain

Arrowsmith - dir. John Ford, 1931, USA

Atomic Artist - dir. Glenn Silber, 1982, USA

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez - dir. Robert M. Young, 1982, USA

Ball of Fire - dir. Howard Hawks, 1941, USA

Basket Case - dir. Frank Henenlotter, 1982, USA

Battle Of Ego - dir. Gary Bush, 1982, USA

Broken Sky - dir. Ingrid Thulin, 1982, Sweden

Bumble and Company - dir. Rob Houwer, 1983, Netherlands

Camouflage - dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, 1981, Poland

Celeste - dir. Percy Adlon, 1981, W. Germany

Chained For Life - dir. Henry L. Fraser, 1951, USA

Choice of Arms - dir. Alain Corneau, 1981, France

City Lovers/Country Lovers - dir. Baney Simon, 1982, South Africa

City Lovers - 1982, South Africa

City News - dir. David Fishelson, Zoe Zinman, 1982, USA

Coup de Torchon - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1981, France

Daughters of Darkness - dir. Harry Kumel, 1981, USA/France

Dodsworth - dir. William Wyler, 1936, USA

The Draughtsman’s Contract - dir. Peter Greenaway, 1982, Great Britain

Dreamland - dir. Mady Saks, 1983, Netherlands

Dudley Carter - dir. Abby Sher, 1982, USA

Emma la Banquière - dir. Francis Girod, 1980, France

The Escape Artist - dir. Caleb Deschanel, 1982, USA

The Evil Dead - dir. Sam Raimi, 1982, USA

Experience Preferred… But Not Essential - dir. Peter Duffell, 1982, Great Britain

The Farewell - dir. Tuija-Maija Niskanen, 1982, Finland/Sweden

A Farewell To The Land - dir. Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1982, Japan

The Fourth Man - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1983, Netherlands

Gala - dir. John N. Smith, Michael McKennirey, 1982, Canada

The Girl From Lorraine - dir. Claude Goretta, 1980, Switzerland

Growing Up - dir. Laila Mikkelsen, 1981, Norway/Sweden

Guys and Dolls - dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955, USA

Heart Like A Wheel - dir. Jonathan Kaplan, 1983, USA

Heatwave - dir. Phillip Noyce, 1982, Australia

Independence Day - dir. Robert Mandel, 1983, USA

In-Laws - dir. Zhao Huanzhang, 1981, China

Inter Nos - dir. Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, 1982, Iceland

In the King of Prussia - dir. Emile de Antonio, 1983, USA

Invitation Au Voyage - dir. Peter del Monte, 1982, France/Germany/Italy

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - dir. Chantal Akerman, 1975, Belgium

Kamikaze ‘89 - dir. Wolf Gremm, 1982, W. Germany

The Killing of Angel Street - dir. Donald Crombie, 1981, Australia

Koyaanisqatsi - dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1982, USA

La Petite Sirène - dir. Roger Andrieux, 1981, France

La Traviata - dir. Franco Zeffirelli, 1982, Italy

La Truite (The Trout) - dir. Joseph Losey, 1982, France

The Leopard - dir. Luchino Visconti, 1963, Italy

L’Etoile du Nord - dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1982, France

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1943, Great Britain

Liquid Sky - dir. Slava Tsukerman, 1983, USA

Lucio Flavio - dir. Hector Babenco, 1977, Brazil

The Man with Two Brains - dir. Carl Reiner, 1983, USA

Monkey Grip - dir. Ken Cameron, 1982, Australia

Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton - dir. Robert Elfstrom, 1982, USA

Oklahoma! - dir. Fred Zinnemann, 1955, USA

Onimasa - dir. Hideo Gosha, 1983, Japan

Parsifal - dir. Hans-Jurgen Syberberg, 1982, W. Germany

The Plague Dogs - dir. Martin Rosen, 1982, Great Britain/USA

Privileged - dir. Michael Hoffman, 1982, Great Britain

Psycho II - dir. Richard Franklin, 1983, USA

Purple Haze - dir. David Burton Morris, 1982, USA

Querelle - dir. R.W. Fassbinder, 1982, W. Germany

Return Engagement - dir. Alan Rudolph, 1983, USA

Return of the Jedi - dir. Richard Marquand, 1983, USA

Sally and Freedom - dir. Gunnel Lindblom, 1981, Sweden

A Salute to the Golden Age of Drive-Ins

The Savage Land - dir. Ling Zi, 1981, China

Say Amen, Somebody - dir. George T. Nierenberg, 1982, USA

Scrubbers - dir. Mai Zetterling, 1982, Great Britain

Slow Attack - dir. Reinhard Hauff, W. Germany

Smithereens - dir. Susan Seidelman, 1982, USA

Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone - dir. Lamont Johnson, 1983, USA

Starstruck - dir. Gillian Armstrong, 1982, Australia

The Stationmaster’s Wife - dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977, W. Germany

Stella Dallas - dir. King Vidor, 1937, USA

Stepping Out - dir. Esben Hoilund Carlsen, 1981, Denmark

Success - dir. William Richert, 1979, USA

Sweet Hours - dir. Carlos Saura, 1982, Spain

The Taste of Water - dir. Orlow Seunke, 1982, Netherlands

The Terror of Tiny Town - dir. Sam Newfield, 1938, USA

The Three Ages - dir. Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline, 1923, USA

Threshold - dir. Richard Pearce, 1982, Canada

Time For Revenge - dir. Adolfo Aristarain, 1981, Argentina

To Begin Again - dir. J. L. Garci, 1982, Spain

The Tree of Knowledge - dir. Nils Malmros, 1981, Denmark

Une Étrange Affaire - dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1982, France

An Unsuitable Job For A Woman - dir. Chris Petit, 1982, Great Britain

Veronika Voss - dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982, W. Germany

Village in the Jungle - dir. Lester James Peries, 1980, Sri Lanka

War Games - dir. John Badham, 1983, USA

Ways in the Night - dir. Krysztof Zanussi, 1976, W. Germany

Whatever Happened to Susan Jane? - dir. Marc Huestis, 1981, USA

The Wind - dir. Victor Seastrom, 1927, USA

Witch Hunt - dir. Anja Breien, 1981, Norway

The Witness - dir. Peter Basco, 1969, Hungary

The Wizard Of Babylon - dir. Dieter Schidor, 1982, W. Germany

The Worm Eaters - dir. Herb Robins, 1977, USA

Special Programs & Events

An Evening with Louis Malle

An Evening with Sydney Pollack

Exploits in Exploitation - included Basket Case, Chained for Life, Daughters of Darkness, The Evil Dead, The Terror of Tiny Town, The Worm Eaters, It’s Colossal, It’s Terrific, It’s 70 mm Epics at the Cinerama 

Film Poster Exhibition and Auction

It’s Colossal, It’s Terrific, It’s 70 mm Epics at the Cinerama - included West Side Story, Ben-Hur, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wind and the Lion

Parsifal

Return of the Jedi, four showings: Midnight, the 3 a.m. “afterhours” show, the 6 a.m. “wake up/pre-work” show and the 9 a.m. “let’s play hookey” show

A Salute to the Golden Age of Drive-Ins - included Death Race 200, The Little Shop Of Horrors, The Trip, The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Samuel Goodwyn - included The Goldwyn Follies of 1983, Oklahoma!, Arrowsmith, Ball of Fire, Dodsworth, Stella Dallas, Guys and Dolls

Scandinavia Today - included Broken Sky, The Farewell, Growing Up, Sally and Freedom, Inter Nos, The Tree of Knowledge, Stepping Out, Witch Hunt

The Secret Festival

Short Subjects - included 47 short films

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, to be presented in 70 mm and 3-D at the Town Theatre

A Tribute to R.W. Fassbinder