Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, July 10, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member created what I considered to be a “well articulated and fascinating” post extolling the ‘70s for advancing such a new, daring and dedicated approach to cinematic storytelling.
To which I added:
"Filmmakers in the '70s were aiming higher, exploring new territories of human experience, emotional upheaval and not only taking risks in doing so, often hitting, or even surpassing, the high watermarks they strived for. It was a very exciting time for cinema lovers especially for those discovering a wealth of hidden gems released not only in the U.S. but all around the world.”
I’ve posted a few stills of the decade’s lesser known accomplishments interspersed with some of the same time period’s more recognisable achievements:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion a.k.a. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)
Deep End (1970)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Wanda (1970)
The Landlord (1970)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Conformist aka Il Conformista (1970)
Husbands (1970)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis aka Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Wake in Fright aka Outback (1971)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Four Nights of a Dreamer aka Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (1971)
Walkabout (1971)
Get Carter (1971)
Murmur of the Heart aka Le souffle au coeur (1971)
Across 110th Street (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Cries and Whispers aka Viskningar och rop (1972)
Play It As It Lays (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
The Invitation aka L'invitation (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Castle of Purity aka El castillo de la pureza (1973)
The Last Detail (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Holy Mountain aka La montaña sagrada (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Céline and Julie Go Boating aka Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974)
Steppenwolf aka Stäppvargen (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Seedling aka Ankur (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Hotel Pacific aka Zaklete rewiry (1975)
Nashville (1975)
Special Section aka Section spéciale (1975)
Welfare (1975)
Shampoo (1975)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Mado (1976)
Network (1976)
Police Python 357 (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Fifth Seal aka Az ötödik pecsét (1976)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Le Crabe Tambour (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Lacemaker aka La dentellière (1977)
The Ascent aka Voskhoz hdeniye (1977)
Amor Bandido aka Beloved Lover (1978)
Straight Time (1978)
Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978)
Hunter in the Dark aka Yami no Karyudo (1979)
Manhattan (1979)
Série noire (1979)
Vengeance is Mine aka Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.
Hope to see you tomorrow.
A.G.