The MoFo Top 100 of the Seventies
 

And here we are again, MoFos. Hot on the heels of the 1980s list, now we can prepare for movies from the decade when Scorsese, Lucas, and Spielberg made their first films, and old pros like Bob Altman, Sidney Lumet, and Sam Peckinpah swung punch-for-punch with the new kids. A time when Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders led the German New Wave while Truffaut, Godard, and Melville tried to figure out what to do after their wave had crested. When faces that would have been character actors in a previous age became movie stars like DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson, Hackman, and Hoffman. When the old studio system collapse led to independent producers with power and sway (and Ali MacGraw), and where actors who wanted to direct became the thing to be, following the successes of Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, and Warren Beatty. Dense movies with dark endings were the mainstream not just the arthouse, yet it was also the age where the modern blockbuster was truly born, by shark and by Falcon, and where the appeal and artistry of horror went bigtime in The Exorcist and then in the bloody hands of Carpenter, Hooper, Cronenberg, Romero, Argento and others proved more than just drive-in fodder. The Master of Suspense himself still had a couple tricks up his sleeve while Brian DePalma tried to ape every one and add t!ts. Old man John Huston was as relevant as ever behind the camera and creepy as all get out in front of it, for the first time audiences either delighted to or scratched their heads over movies from Terrence Malick and David Lynch, while the likes of Kubrick, Polanski and Cassavetes who shone so brightly in the 1960s continued their brilliance. Some of the paranoia and cynicism of the era leaked into films in a fascinating way that still resonates, the war in Vietnam ended and filmmakers began to explore it as subject matter, but there were also musical nostalgic fantasies of hot rods and sock hops, Blaxploitation, Spaghetti Westerns, Chopsocky, and the glorious birth of low-brow gross-out comedies and spoofs that were both smart and outrageously silly. We believed a man could fly, checked our baby's heads for triple sixes, tried to disco like Travolta, and loved it when Han shot first.

It's the Seventies, y'all.


The films change, but the rules remain the same:

• Submit your ranked list of twenty-five titles, numbered 1-25 with no ties, to me via a private message with the title "[Your Username] - MoFo ‘70s List".
• Films will be awarded points as follows: 25 points for 1st place, 24 points for 2nd place, 23 for 3rd and so on, all the way down to one point for your 25th placed film.
• New members can send in a list as soon as they've been a member here for one month. This measure is taken so that the list isn't jerry-rigged by people who have been here for a week, and then disappear.
• Films that are part of a series (The Godfather, Rocky, etc.) must be submitted as separate films.
• Any film listed as 1970-79 on IMDb is eligible for our list.
• Anyone who reveals their list before the countdown has ended will be disqualified. Don't make me come back there. I will turn this thing around, so help me!
• The deadline for entries is July 15, 2014. That's four full months. Plenty of time to review favorites, discover new ones, and order a list.

Tell me about it, Studs.

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Movies people should watch for this list, not the most popular but ones that should make it and could do with a few more people seeing them:

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Three surreal, crazy works of art:

Eraserhead - David Lynch's first film, and his only from the seventies. A masterpiece in horror.

El Topo - Awesome 'acid Western'.

House - A crazy film like nothing you have seen before, my favourite from the psychedelic satire of the dead teenager horror film genre.

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Fantastic European films.

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Altman.

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Everybody will vote for Chinatown but don't forget this other Jack Nicholson masterpiece.

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Great film that not many talk about.

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Two great Tarkovsky films. Stalker and Mirror.

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If The China Syndrome is not on this list, I will suffer a rectal prolapse.

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Sent mine in.


Am I first again?


Think I've been first in on the 00s, the 90s, the 80s, the Comics... and now the 70s too...


:D Damn I'm fast.

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Probably my favorite decade, I'm ready to start watching

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I say this every list. But why oh why do you people send your lists in now? Is there any benefit to it all? The only benefit is not forgetting it, which is highly unlikely due to the amount of posts in this thread and PMs you're likely to get. Sending it in early ALWAYS results in people moaning about how they didn't get to include a masterpiece they just saw or how they forgot to include something.

Unless your like Mark and you have seen pretty much every film that is going to make the list (although even he had not seen Visitor to a Museum I don't think! :p ).

It's similar to these people who say they know what movies they will like and won't, and aren't willing to explore new films. Part of the beauty of these lists is exploring new parts of cinema you hadn't before and finding new films for your list, if you honestly think you know your list won't change between now and when you send your list, I think that's pretty ignorant of some of the great films that I hope show up without your help.

Sorry if this sounds angry, and each to their own of course, if you're happy with what you're doing, go for it, just don't complain when x film didn't show up because of you!

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A good inspiration to rewatch Godfather Trilogy.

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I finalised my list last week, Daniel.


Just been waiting for the thread to start.

Fair enough if you're happy with it, and I know my message would come across as more personal and angry as I intended but honestly it's more just a general thing with people that always end up moaning a film didn't show up because of them, sometimes it's frustrating when it's a film you like too. Your post just reminded me that I should try and warn these regretful early sending list members early on! :p

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Late June, early July is when I will submit mine. There's a ton I want to see between now and then.

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You know me by now, I'm not a moaner.


I mean, the 80s list for instance didn't have a few films I'd have liked to show up, but I'm happy that even though I sent my list in within minutes of the thread starting, I got 19/25 of my list turn up.

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Here is a list I made of 200 films from the 70s for those looking for somewhere to start ;) Just combined the 70s films that I have seen that I didn't give a negative rating to with the ones on my watchlist :)

http://www.imdb.com/list/5RmTlgITp78/

There is a thread started by Miss Vicky, HERE, where suggestions for ‘70s viewing have been flowing pretty damn well.

And here are a few lists, for reference sake, that I had in there...

The 1970s, from the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die...

http://www.movieforums.com/community...1&d=1394645944

1970
Tristana
Five Easy Pieces
El Topo
Woodstock
Deep End
The Spider's Stratagem
Little Big Man
The Ear
Patton
M*A*S*H
Performance
Gimme Shelter
Zabriskie Point
The Bird with The Crystal Plumage
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1971
Wanda
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
A Clockwork Orange
The Sorrow and the Pity
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Walkabout
Klute
Harold and Maude
Red Psalm
Get Carter
The French Connection
Shaft
Dirty Harry
Murmur of the Heart
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
The Last Picture Show
Straw Dogs
Two-Lane Blacktop

1972
The Heartbreak Kid
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Cabaret
Last Tango in Paris
High Plains Drifter
Sleuth
Deliverance
Solaris
The Godfather
Cries & Whispers
Fat City
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Frenzy
Pink Flamingos
Superfly

1973
The Sting
The Mother and the Whore
Badlands
American Graffiti
Papillon
Enter the Dragon
Mean Streets
The Long Goodbye
The Wicker Man
Day for Night
Don't Look Now
Sleeper
Serpico
The Exorcist
Turkish Delight
The Spirit of the Beehive
Fantastic Planet
Amarcord
The Harder They Come
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

1974
Dersu Uzala
The Conversation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Mirror
A Woman Under the Influence
Young Frankenstein
Chinatown
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Blazing Saddles
The Godfather Part II
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1975
Dog Day Afternoon
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Wall
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Barry Lyndon
Fox and His Friends
India Song
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Manila in the Claws of Brightness
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Nashville
Cria!
The Travelling Players
Jaws

1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Carrie
The Outlaw Josey Wales
All the President's Men
Rocky
Taxi Driver
Network
Ascent
In the Realm of the Senses
1900
The Man Who Fell to Earth

1977
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Last Wave
Annie Hall
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
Stroszek
Man of Marble
Saturday Night Fever
Killer of Sheep
Eraserhead
Ceddo
The American Friend
The Hills Have Eyes
Soldier of Orange
Suspiria

1978
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Five Deadly Venoms
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The Deer Hunter
Grease
Days of Heaven
Dawn of the Dead
Shaolin Master Killer
Up in Smoke
Halloween

1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Real Life
My Brilliant Career
Stalker
Alien
Breaking Away
The Tin Drum
All That Jazz
Being There
Kramer vs. Kramer
Life of Brian
Apocalypse Now
The Jerk
The Muppet Movie
Manhattan
Mad Max
Nosferatu: Phantom of The Night
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The films in the Criterion Collection that were made in the 1970s...

Walkabout
Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom
The Long Good Friday
Flesh for Frankenstein
Blood for Dracula
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Night Porter
Autumn Sonata
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Harder They Come
Sisters
Gimme Shelter
Cries & Whispers
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Grey Gardens
The Ruling Class
The Last Wave
That Obscure Object of Desire
General Idi Amin Dada
Hearts and Minds
Solaris
Straw Dogs
Bed & Board
Love on the Run
Jubilee
Coup de Grâce
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Honeymoon Killers
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Le Cercle Rouge
Maîtresse
Scenes from a Marriage
3 Women
The Tin Drum
A Woman Under the Influence
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening Night
Tout Va Bien
F for Fake
The Phantom of Liberty
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Murmur of the Heart
Lacombe, Lucien
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Equinox
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Claire's Knee
Love in the Afternoon
The Spirit of the Beehive
Overlord
Vengeance is Mine
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Sweet Movie
Cría Cuervos
Days of Heaven
Two-Lane Blacktop
Mon Oncle Antoine
Dodes’ka-den
In the Realm of the Senses
Empire of Passion
Wise Blood
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Five Easy Pieces
Drive, He Said
A Safe Place
The Last Picture Show
The King of Marvin Gardens
Hausu
Kes
Black Moon
World on a Wire
Harold & Maude
Quadrophenia
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Decameron
The Canterbury Tales
Arabian Nights
Badlands
Land of Milk and Honey
La Cage aux Folles
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Nashville
Tess
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Here are the 1970s releases highlighted as Roger Ebert's Great Movies (full reviews can be found on his site)...

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Alien
Amarcord
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Being There
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Chinatown
The Conversation
Cries & Whispers
Day for Night
Days of Heaven
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Dog Day Afternoon
Don't Look Now
El Topo
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Five Easy Pieces
Gates of Heaven
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Heart of Glass
Jaws
Killer of Sheep
The Last Tango in Paris
Late Spring
Manhattan
The Last Picture Show
The Long Goodbye
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Mean Streets
Mon Oncle Antoine
Nashville
Network
Night Moves
Nosferatu the Vampire
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Patton
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Saturday Night Fever
Solaris
Spirit of the Beehive
Star Wars
Stroszek
Superman: The Movie
Taxi Driver
3 Women
Walkabout
A Woman Under the Influence
Woodstock
WR: Mysteries of the Organism

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Sometime at the end of July, I should be able to start the countdown for our next decade of collective film favorites.

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Just compiled and submitted my list.

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Gonna rewtach a few movies over again and see if I can't knock out a few I have not seen before late May.

I've got a speculative list made and ordered, but I have some movies to watch and some to rewatch before I finalize it.

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Michael J Anderson has some good suggestions for the arthouse snobs out there:
1970
1. Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, France)
2. Tristana (Luis Buñuel, Spain/France/Italy)
3. The Little Theater of Jean Renoir (Jean Renoir, France/Italy)
4. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy/France/West Germany)
5. Le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, France/Italy)
6. There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (Otar Iosseliani, Soviet Union)
7. Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, United States)
8. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol, France/Italy)
9. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Billy Wilder, United Kingdom)
10. A Swedish Love Story (Roy Andersson, Sweden)

1971
1. La Région centrale (Michael Snow, Canada)
2. (nostalgia) (Hollis Frampton, United States)
3. The Ceremony (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
4. Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, France)
5. The House in the Woods (Maurice Pialat, France)
6. Love (Károly Makk, Hungary)
7. Get Carter (Mike Hodges, United Kingdom)
8. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, United States)
9. A Touch of Zen (King Hu, Taiwan)
10. Trafic (Jacques Tati, France/Italy)

1972
1. Pakeezah (Kamal Amrohi, India)
2. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, France/
Italy/Spain)
3. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
4. Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, United Kingdom)
5. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union)
6. Aguirre, Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, West Germany/Peru/
Mexico)
7. Ulzana's Raid (Robert Aldrich, United States)
8. The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
9. Avanti! (Billy Wilder, United States/Italy)
10. Love in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, France)

1973
1. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, Spain)
2. Badlands (Terrence Malick, United States)
3. The Age of Cosimo de Medici (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
4. The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, France)
5. Reed: Insurgent Mexico (Paul Leduc, Mexico)
6. A River Called Titas (Ritwik Ghatak, India/Bangladesh)
7. Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal)
8. Moses and Aaron (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Austria/France/West Germany/Italy)
9. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, United States)
10. Breezy (Clint Eastwood, United States)

1974
1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, France)
2. Lancelot of the Lake (Robert Bresson, France)
3. Arabian Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy/France)
4. F for Fake (Orson Welles, France/Iran/West Germany)
5. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
6. Effi Briest (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
7. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, United States)
8. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
9. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
10. Weighed But Found Wanting (Lino Brocka, Philippines)

1975
1. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, United States)
2. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, Belgium/France)
3. The Travelling Players (Theo Angelopoulos, Greece)
4. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union)
5. The Messiah (Roberto Rossellini, Italy/France)
6. Xala (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal)
7. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, France/Italy/United States/Spain)
8. India Song (Marguerite Duras, France)
9. Hard Times (Walter Hill, United States)
10. Benilde, or the Virgin Mother (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal)

1976
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, United States)
2. Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
3. Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock, United States)
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, United States)
5. The Shootist (Don Siegel, United States)
6. The Marquise of O (Eric Rohmer, West Germany/France)
7. In the Realm of the Senses (Nagisa Oshima, Japan/France)
8. Insiang (Lino Brocka, Philippines)
9. Heart of Glass (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
10. Nuts in May (Mike Leigh, United Kingdom)

1977
1. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel, France/Spain)
2. Providence (Alain Resnais, France/Switzerland)
3. Man of Marble (Andrzej Wajda, Poland)
4. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, United States)
5. Ceddo (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal)
6. The Gauntlet (Clint Eastwood, United States)
7. The Chess Players (Satyajit Ray, India)
8. The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, France)
9. Amar Akbar Anthony (Manmohan Desai, India)
10. The Report (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)

1978
1. Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal)
2. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, United States)
3. Perceval (Eric Rohmer, France/Italy/West Germany)
4. Fedora (Billy Wilder, France/West Germany)
5. Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (Chantal Akerman, Belgium/France/West Germany)
6. Violette (Claude Chabrol, France/Canada)
7. The Driver (Walter Hill, United States)
8. Halloween (John Carpenter, United States)
9. Alexandria... Why? (Youssef Chahine, Egypt/Algeria)
10. An Unmarried Woman (Paul Mazursky, United States)

1979
1. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union)
2. Tale of Tales (Yuri Norstein, Soviet Union)
3. "10" (Blake Edwards, United States)
4. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
5. The Hypothesis of a Stolen Painting (Raoul Ruiz, France)
6. Eureka (Ernie Gehr, United States)
7. Vengeance is Mine (Shohei Imamura, Japan)
8. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia)
9. ¡Qué viva México! (Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, Soviet Union)
10. Ekdin Pratidin (Mrinal Sen, India)

Mr Minio's obscure must see films of the 70's.

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Prestuplenie i nakazanie (1970)
Rengoku eroica (1970)
Mujo (1970)
Valerie a týden divů (1970)
Trzecia część nocy (1971)
Proverka na dorogakh (1971)
Quick Billy (1971)
Még kér a nép (1972)
A zori zdes tikhie (1972)
Cheburashka (1972)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Obrazy starého sveta (1972)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Un Homme qui dort (1974)
Glissements progressifs du plaisir (1974)
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974)
O Thiassos (1975)
India Song (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Az Ötödik pecsét (1976)
Keoma (1976)
Amator (1979)

Didn't include El Topo, Hausu and Skazka Skazok as they are rather more known, or... are they?

You have to watch all of them if you haven't before sending a list. Well, you don't, but all are great films and you SHOULD.

Structual film and a badass Eastwood film on one list? Glorious suggestions!

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I started a list, but will be ordering it, and whittling it down, plus I have several I want to watch before i finalize it.

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My list is submitted.

You better have surgery premptively scheduled for about six months from now.

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3 lists within 2 hours of the thread being created. Wow.

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My list is finished. I will submit it later.

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Okay so I updated my IMDB list, it now has the good 70s films I have seen, the films from my watchlist, all the films Holden listed from various sources, the films from Bluedeed's post and Mr Minio's post.

358 films in total. You have no excuses when it comes to knowing what to watch!

http://www.imdb.com/list/5RmTlgITp78/

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On a separate note, animation people this time round should all vote for the emotionally harrowing Watership Down just because it is bleak, miserable and brilliant.

When it comes to live-action, if I told you that I would shove that baseball bat somewhere and turn you into a popsicle, which film would I be endorsing a vote for?

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Alright, I have finalized my own list. Wanted to do it early, so I don't get influenced, either consciously or subconsciously, by the other lists.

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You work fast Holden! Great write-up. :D

Like a lot of people I have a 70s watchlist as long as my arm and I want to see as much as possible, so expect my list to be among the last submitted.

Looking forward to this!

No, don't vote for that. Horrible film.

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CARNAL KNOWLEDGE, people!

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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carnal_knowledge/

Anyway, let the exploration start!

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One I'd like to draw people's attention to:

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Picnic at Hanging Rock

Older people who have watched more movies have a very hard to crack top 25 for each decade, so it's unlikely that viewing a few dozen 1970's movies will crack their top 25 and if it does, it will crack the lower ranking films, not changing the list significantly. Specially given that their tastes are well defined so that viewing films from other niches will probably not make a difference.

Plague Dogs, from 1982, from the same guys, is even better. Though, I included only three animated films in my top 25 list: Galaxy Express 999, Castle of Cagliostro and Tale of Tales.

I like this movie from 1975:

http://www.movieforums.com/community...1&d=1394664176

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECb1EsbEnEE

Miss Vicky should see this if she hasn't already.

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Looks interesting Miss Vicky.

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I don't know if she'd be into it, but I got her into Hedwig, so, maybe.

While we are recommending, don't forget the single best performance by an actress ever:

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And perhaps the best horror movie ever (and we owe Herzog for leaving Fitzcarraldo out of the 80s list):

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It may be good, but there is nothing on earth that could ever ever make me watch that movie again.

Which one?

I watched Plague Dogs in the same day as Only Yesterday. I found Plague Dogs to be significantly powerful but almost insignificant next to my emotional reaction I had to Only Yesterday (I was crushed by it, completely).

On a side note:

There's a certain film (California Split, 1974 - Robert Altman) I REALLY want to see before submitting this list. The problem is that the version that is being sold on DVD is three minutes shorter than the original version, because of certain music copy rights. I truly want to see it in its original state, though, and I know that version is available on Netflix, but I don't have acces to that site here in Belgium yet...

IF anyone knows how to get acces to the original version of California Split without Netflix, please let me know!

I already made a topic about this earlier, but nobody seemed to be able to help me, as no one responded.

Sorry for asking it again in this thread, but I thought it was kind of related to the topic, so HELP ME, PLEASE!!!

the 70's. time to finally get around to watching some blaxploitation flicks, especially the ones with Pam Grier,

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along with a whole bunch of other stuff

Coffy and Foxy Brown are a must.

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Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. That's not '70s! Just practicing my honeykid and Sexy. :)

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I'm going to try to see all of Nicholson's 70s films. I've loved the 3 that I've seen.

And failing miserably.

Absolutely watch Coffy and Foxy Brown.

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All Ken Russel's 70's films should be considered. However, if you only look at one, make it The Devils.

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I don't really complain about whether a film is of the decade or not, just whether it's any good.

Now, everyone go and watch blaxploitation films so they have a better chance of making the list.

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Look at TOMMY... and then maybe The Devils.

Plague Dogs. I think I cried for three days every time I thought of it.

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Submitted! Only 5 out of 25 are foreign films. American Cinema of the 70s is just far too important to be ignored.

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I wonder if Holden is going to ignore certain submitted lists to make sure only good films make it this time. :p

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Sweet. My list could probably be submitted today but I think I'm going to wait like I usually do.

I too hope all of you who haven't submitted a list yet will make time to watch a few classics such as Westworld, Marathon Man, Slaughterhouse-Five and Duel first. :)

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It'd be nice if we could get even more lists than the 80s one for this!

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I'd say that's a very plausible goal. These lists are gaining popularity, the site's busier than ever, and I (probably) won't be working quite as much in the background this time, which means I'll probably be able to help by putting up a special notice or two somewhere.

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I have eight lists already (including mine). I'm not entering them into the spreadsheet yet, nor really studying them, but it seems to me like there are already two-hundred different movies! Cray-zee and wonderful. Keep 'em coming...though no rush.

Watched this yesterday -
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Watching this now -
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Little Murders is pretty good. I might like it even better than Carnal Knowledge, but still didn't vote for it.

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I re-watched Coming Home shortly after Bruce Dern's Oscar nomination for Nebraska was announced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xohOBku3yeU

And while on the subject of Coming Home, I will breifly lobby against a movie. I know it won Best Picture and all, but I have never gotten what's so supposedly wonderful or magnificent about Cimino's The Deer Hunter. It's a movie that is so praised, I keep returning to it over and over again, to see if I can figure out what I missed. I watched it in two chunks, overlapping with each other, in the past month or so. It kept popping up on Universal HD, so as I seem to do every few years, I gave it another look.

The performances are all good, no surprise given that cast (though seeing it again, it is stunning to me how often even these great actors are undercut by the editing). Cinematography is nice, much more so the Pennsylvania stuff than the Vietnam parts, but hardly the best looking film of that year or the decade. I understand in historical context that it was one of the first major films to address the war in a serious way. I get all of that, and appreciate the climate in which it was made and released. But as a movie, it doesn't work for me.

Overlong, it meanders over minutiae like the ceremony and reception of the wedding, but then just jumps to Vietnam, seemingly many months into their tour, just as they are captured. I "get" the symbolism of the Russian Roulette metaphor. Believe it or not, I got it when I was ten, the first time I saw it (it ain't exactly subtle or clever). There's certainly zero attempt at realism in any of the Vietnam stuff, either their capture and especially not in Saigon afterwards when the game moves to be one of choice. But unlike Apocalypse Now, it isn't even stylized in any memorable or effective way. It's not a nightmare or a fever dream or a vision of Hell on Earth, it's just sort of not real. There's artifice, but no artistry.

The editing of this movie has always seemed a mess to me, and that continues to today. Out of the context of 1978, I just don't get what the big deal about this movie is supposed to be? By contrast, Hal Ashby's Coming Home, which was released the same year, is incredibly moving and effective and has a point of view that is delivered with art and three amazing central performances. To me, you don't need to know the history of how close Coming Home was made to the end of the war to understand it is a great film, but it seems to me that historical signifigance is ALL The Deer Hunter has going for it.

Tastes vary, of course, and I'm sure a few of you will chime in with exactly what it means to you and why you think it's a first-class film. But for those of you who have it on your shortlist and maybe haven't seen it in decades and are remembering its reputation maybe more than the film itself, I urge you to take another look. I just saw Apocalypse Now on the big screen this past Monday, and for all of that film's flaws and overreaches, you can't deny it is a powerfully made film, and a power that is timeless. But The Deer Hunter...? I don't see it.

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I didn't get what was so special about it, either, and though I only saw it once I assumed it was revered for the same reason you mentioned: not that it's an objectively great film, but that it's thought to be a capital-I Important one. I don't think a lot of that kind of film, because the reverence it receives isn't really about the film as a film, which is why it doesn't often translate well for people who weren't in the right age range when it was released.

So I'll echo that sentiment, for sure. I don't know how plausible it would be for it to miss the list entirely, so something more deserving can end up on there, but I do think there's a good chance it won't be particularly high. Even among people who admire it, I don't know if it engenders the kind of love for a film that tends to garner a high spot on these lists.

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I was planning on watching Deer Hunter before submitting my list. I have tried to watch it twice and fell asleep within half an hour both times. We will see if I make it through this time.

I didn't mean for my mention of Coming Home to lead to a hatchet job on The Deer Hunter, only wanted to bring it to the attention of those here unaware of it and Little Murders. I'll probably do the same thing with significant, but underseen, films I watch all the way up to July. Everybody is welcome to their opinion though since I can't come after you like Freddy or Jason. I'll leave most of my opinions to Movie Tab. :)

The Deer Hunter kept me watching, even through that endless wedding reception scene.

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Besides the fact that it's got a very good looking rugged Robert De Niro in it, I enjoyed it for what I saw happening. It's a movie that showcases a harsh side to life. It's about men dealing with the darkness of life. I don't know what to really say -- I've only seen it once. I own it and I might watch it again now.

Sometimes movies just speak to people in ways that you can't be spoken to. They speak a language that is foreign to you. That's probably what's going on with you and The Deer Hunter. I think the fact that you WANT to understand it and you keep returning to it probably says something about it. That on some level, maybe you do understand it, or hope to finally come to understand it. That kind of understanding that you're looking for, though, may take time. You may have to go through experiences and changes that help you "get it." I know that for me, that has been the case with certain films. With age, a movie can change for you, can open up to you, can show you new sides to it that you didn't notice before. I can't say what it is that you're missing in regards to The Deer Hunter, but when I watched it, I liked it a lot. Do I keep returning to it? No, because it's not really one of those I need to keep returning to, unless it calls to me. Perhaps this is a call now thanks to your post.

I hope others get the call.

I saw it first when I was ten. In 1980. I have watched it probably more than a dozen times since then, once even for a class in college, and most recently a month ago. If there was some life experience I was going to have that would key me in on the film's wavelength, time is running out for me to have it.

There are many Vietnam films I find powerful and effective, there are plenty of films about small town blue collar life that I find insightful and universal, there are tons of films about the harshness and darkness of life that I connect to in powerful ways. The Deer Hunter ain't one of 'em.

Me, too. I hope those of you who have time and inclination not only watch a bunch of new movies from this decade you've never seen before, but also reexamine a bunch, too. You may find some aren't as large as they are in your memory. Or as large as their reputation and awards pedigree.

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I probably wouldn't have liked The Deer Hunter if I had seen it at 10 years old. That experience of seeing it then at that age is probably still with you, whether you realize it or not. I saw it at 28.

The Deer Hunter is tough for many because it's long, full of contradictions and seems clumsy structurally and thematically because it doesn't ever come out and say what it's really about. It's all about the feelings and emotions of the characters [and the director], but the actual "plot" makes it harder to connect to them and the movie. That, plus some people find it racist. It's bewildering and powerful at the same time. The ending scene, combined with the music over the end credits, probably ties it together best for me. It's not gung ho but rather sad and sober. I don't think this is a Spoiler. Incidentally, I'm not advocating voting for any of these - just suggesting MoFos watch them, like Holds said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwl4xV6wuRI

I think I've only seen The Deerhunter once. Well, once all the way through, anyway, and about the only thing I can remember about the entire film is that I liked the wedding reception stuff a lot more than the Vietnam half.

I had already seen Apocalypse Now, before The Deer Hunter. My thoughts, opinions, and impressions of the former have changed and deepened and enriched with age and the perspectives of time and life experience. The Deer Hunter has not enriched over the same period of time. Has absolutely nothing to do with my first viewing of it.

There's nothing to unravel, SC. There is no "Rosebud" that will explain my dislike of that movie. I just don't think it's very good, or well made. That's the key.

Hopefully you continue to do this, because i highly respect your opinion. Coming Home and Little Murders are now on my 70's watchlist. Already seen The Deer Hunter good movie, but it wont be on my list.

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Deer Hunter is the kind of war film people like when they're just starting to watch war films, so I can't blame it for being successful I suppose, but outside the russian roulette scene I remember nothing and have no yearning to revisit even that bit.

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Since people have been making recommendations, I'm going to recommend Days of Heaven.

Well, then stop watching it/revisiting it in hopes of finding out why everyone likes it.

I was going to watch that anyway, but a rec from me is The Jerk , one of my favourite comedies.

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Days of Heaven should find a good position on the list. :)

I'll watch that then.

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Would just like to remind you of an obscure 70's film a lot of you might look over. It's called Star War, I think you guys should check it out.

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Han Solo (left) and his partner Obi-Wan.

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Well, I managed to find one way or another to get the 9 I want to watch before I submit my list. Only had to buy 2. My wife is happy about that. Weekend planned! As well as catching The Grand Budapest Hotel that is...

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In case anyone's hearing these recommendations for The Jerk and isn't quite convinced, I'll throw in, too: definitely watch it.

Lots of older comedies don't hold up as well as you remember--the jokes-per-minute ratio is far lower, and sometimes the humor is more of a vibe than an actual punchline. But The Jerk is weird enough, clever enough, and overtly goofy enough that it fits modern comedic sensibilities really well. I rewatched it a few months ago and loved it even more.

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I"ll echo the love for The Jerk. Holds up really well. Probably my #1 comedy ever. I watch it about every three years and not many comedies hold up for me.

I watched this a few days before this thread started.

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I have no idea why I love that movie, and I wish someone could tell me.

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Oh yeah the one where Peter O Toole plays the dude who thinks he is Jesus. I need to see that.

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You're as cracked as the 14th Earl of Gurney? :)

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I still haven't gotten around to watching that. I've had it for years.

I'm hoping that people give Being There a watch. I'm also hoping that those of us that love Cabaret place it high enough that it earns a decent spot on the list.

I think mine this time was split 50-50 this time. I had 18 non-English on the 1980's list because I tried to get as much anime as possible (in the end it didn't make a difference since the ones I voted for I am probably also the only one who watched those).

If so, I'm quite well-mannered to the point of fooling everyone. But honestly it's probably my favorite comedy, and I couldn't write one page about why. It actually bothers me

You know it's going near my daughter's and my top. :)

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Need to rewatch it but it just might make my list too

Yeah, I was kind of counting on that. I don't say this about many movies, but I just don't get how people don't love this movie.

Being There is such a good film. I don't even like Peter Seller's very much and I still think it's good.

My mom loved Peter Sellers, so I had a severe dislike of him when I was young because It seemed like The Pink Panther movies were always on our television. As I got older, I started to appreciate him more and loved Being There. I also like The Mouse that Roared a lot, but it's a 60s movie, I think so I'll have to wait for the next list for that one.

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Close. 1959. :)

I've been lurking around on this site for the past several weeks, just enjoying watching all of you crazy people bicker about movies, but after watching the 80's Countdown and seeing so many great films not even make the list (Fitzcarraldo and The Last Temptation of Christ were two omissions that I found particularly heartbreaking), I've finally decided to create an account so that I can participate in future countdowns and movie debates. So, you know, hello and how ya' doing and happy to be a registered mofo and all of that.

I know I can't submit a list for this countdown until I've been a member for a month. That doesn't matter, though, because I plan on using as much time as possible to absorb all the 70's greatness that I can get my hands on. There are several well-regarded films from the 70's that I've been meaning to watch, but, for whatever reason, just haven't gotten around to actually watching. Films like Stalker, The Last Goodbye, 3 Women, Paper Moon, Harold & Maude, etc. Preparing for this countdown will be the kick to the keister I need to finally seek out those films.

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Cool. Welcome to the party, pal.

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Just remember the deadline is in mid-July, no need to rush.

Oh wow, I thought it was the mid-sixties for some reason. I guess I have to wait for a couple more lists for that one.

I went ahead and did a quick preliminary list. I think it's pretty close to what I'll actually be sending in officially, but I'll hold off until the last minute like always.

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I have Being There on Blu Ray just waiting for me to watch it, as for Peter Sellers his best role is obviously in Dr Strangelove, but he has an other fantastic performance in The Party