Table of Contents: Description, Corrections/Clarifications, Housekeeping, General, Main Slate, Ephemera, Recurring Directors, Recurring Countries, One-Time Directors, Debuts/Final Features, Festivals/Oscar Nominees, Events/Shorts/Panels, Discussions By Length, Specifications

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Description

The eighteenth episode of the Catalyst and Witness podcast, devoted to exploring the films and format of the New York Film Festival, hosted by Ryan Swen. This covers the eighteenth edition of the festival in 1980, and features special guest Shawn Glinis, host of the Wiseman Podcast.

0:00-16:20 – Opening

16:21-55:27 – Part One [Melvin and Howard to Special Treatment]

55:28-1:33:05 – Part Two [Confidence to Camera Buff]

1:33 :06-2:27:51 – Part Three [Europa ’51 to Every Man for Himself]

2:27 :52-3:20:37 – Part Four [Loulou to The Last Metro]

3:20 :38-3:26:19 – Closing

Corrections/Clarifications

• N/A

Housekeeping

• Hosted by Ryan Swen


• Special Guest Shawn Glinis


• Conceived and Edited by Ryan Swen


• Recorded in Roswell and Detroit on Sudotack Microphone and Audacity, Edited in Audacity


• Podcast photograph from Yi Yi, Logo designed by Dan Molloy


• Poster by Les Levine


• Recorded July 4, 2021


• Released September 23, 2021


• Music (in order of appearance):
  
  
  
  • Melvin and Howard (opening night)
  
  
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (another favorite)
  
  
  • The Conductor (favorite of the first section)
  
  
  • And Quiet Rolls the Dawn (favorite of the second section)
  
  
  • Kagemusha (favorite of the third section)
  
  
  • Loulou (favorite of the fourth section)
  
  
  • The Last Metro (closing night)
  
  

General

• Selection Committee: Richard Roud (program director), Richard Corliss, Molly Haskell, Susan Sontag, Tom Luddy (West Coast consultant), Mary Meerson (retrospective consultant)


• Location: Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall


• Prices: 4, 6; for opening and closing night 7.50 and 12


• Films seen for the podcast:
  
  
  
  • Ryan
    
    
    
    • Seen before podcast watching period: N/A
    
    
    • Seen for the podcast: All available
    
    
    • Favorite films: Tih-Minh, Kagemusha, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Color of Pomegranates, Every Man for Himself, Loulou
    
    
    • Least favorite films: Nights at O’Rear’s
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Shawn
    
    
    
    • Seen before podcast watching period: Melvin and Howard, Camera Buff, Once Upon a Time in the West
    
    
    • Seen for the podcast: The Conductor, Europa ’51, The Color of Pomegranates, Kagemusha, Every Man for Himself, Loulou, The Last Metro; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood rewatched
    
    
    • Favorite films: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Kagemusha, Loulou
    
    
    • Least favorite films: N/A
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Discoveries of the festival: The Conductor, Bye Bye Brazil, And Quiet Rolls the Dawn


• Unavailable films: The Handyman, Masoch, Quilts in Women’s Lives, Handicapped Love, Rush

Main Slate

Opening Night: Melvin and Howard (1980, Jonathan Demme)

September 26, 7:30 {Avery Fisher Hall}

Released 1980

The Handyman [L’Homme à tout faire] (1980, Micheline Lanctôt)

September 27, 12:30

Never released

Masoch (1980, Franco Brogi Taviani)

September 27, 3:00

Never released

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980, Connie Field)

Also: Quilts in Women’s Lives (1980, Pat Ferrero)

September 27, 6:00

Released 1981/Never released

Bye Bye Brazil [Bye Bye Brasil] (1979, Carlos Diegues)

September 27, 9:00

Released 1980

The Conductor [Dyrygent] (1980, Andrzej Wajda)

September 28, 9:30

Released 1982

Special Treatment [Poseban tretman] (1980, Goran Paskaljević)

September 30, 6:15

Released 1982

Confidence [Bizalom] (1980, Szabó István)

September 30, 9:30

Released 1981

And Quiet Rolls the Dawn [Ek Din Pratidin/One Day Every Day] (1979, Mrinal Sen)

October 1, 9:30

Never released

Handicapped Love [Behinderte Liebe] (1979, Marlies Graf)

And: Here’s looking at you, kid. (1980, William Edgar Cohen)

October 2, 6:15

Never released/Never released

Sunday Daughters [Vasárnapi szülők/Sunday Parents] (1980, Rózsa János)

October 3, 6:15

Never released

Camera Buff [Amator/Amateur] (1979, Krzysztof Kieślowski)

October 3, 9:30

Released 1983

Retrospective: Europa ’51 [Europe ’51] (1952, Roberto Rossellini)

October 4, 9:00

Released 1954

Retrospective: The Martin Scorsese Color Show

Once Upon a Time in the West [C’era una volta il West/Once Upon a Time the West] (1968, Sergio Leone)

October 5, 4:30

Released 1969

The Color of Pomegranates [Nřan guynə] (1969, Sergei Parajanov)

October 6, 6:15

Never released

Kagemusha [Shadow Warrior] (1980, Kurosawa Akira)

October 6, 9:30

Released 1980

Every Man for Himself [Sauve qui peut (la vie)/Save Who Can] (1980, Jean-Luc Godard)

October 8, 6:15

Released 1980

Loulou (1980, Maurice Pialat)

October 8, 9:30

Released 1980

“Americana”

New York Story (1980, Jackie Raynal)

Rush (1980, Evelyn Purcell)

Nights at O’Rear’s (1980, Robert Mandel)

October 9, 6:15

Never released/Never released/Never released

The Constant Factor [Constans/Constant] (1980, Krzysztof Zanussi)

October 9, 9:30

Released 1983

Retrospective: Tih-Minh (1918, Louis Feuillade)

October 11, 10:30

Released 1920

Closing Night: The Last Metro [Le dernier métro] (1980, François Truffaut)

October 12, 8:30 {Avery Fisher Hall}

Released 1981

Ephemera

• British Film Now: nine films representing several modes of production; $3 for each film

Recurring Directors

Key: films in this iteration excluding shorts/omnibus/retrospectives, films in this iteration including, films in the festival up to this point excluding, films up to this point including, number of gala spots (when applicabl