Favourite Non-Horror movies of the SEVENTIES

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

EVERYTHING! The '70's was the greatest decade for films ever.

Whilst I agree with your final point, I can't say everything that the '70s produced was great!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Whilst I agree with your final point, I can't say everything that the '70s produced was great!

I think i'd go with the sixties. - The Devil Rides Out, Psycho, Easy Rider, Planet of the Apes, all Bava's best work.

I'm not saying the 70's were rubbish or anything stupid like that just i think the sixties. 1960 - 75 was an amazing period for film making.

[gag]

In reference to the Bell end who knows nothing about films.

Let's go other side of the coin .

The 25 Best Cult Movies of the 1970s « Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

[Demoncrat]

Solaris
Stalker
Charley Varrick
Scum
Bananas
Blue Rita
Sexy Sisters
The Conversation
The Big Zapper
Enter The Dragon
Don't Torture A Duckling
Young Frankenstein
Hell Up In Harlem
Giallo A Venezia
The Black Hole
Cries & Whispers
Taxi Driver
A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die
Marathon Man
Bear Island
Deadly Strangers
Frenzy


That's a selection anyhow

[iank]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

1981 cough

Bit late responding , but, uh, no. Moonraker was 79;' For Your Eyes Only was 81.

[LaughingWindows]

Anything with Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Burt Lancaster from that decade. From a director's stand point Scorsese, Lumet, and Polanski. Many others but so many favourites of mine fall under those legends(not just the 70's either any decade they worked on film although Nicholson should have retired for good after The Departed that would have been the perfect end to his career. Hackman did it right, retired, and didn't look back.)

[Demoncrat]

Entertaining Mr Sloane
The Final Programme
Permissive
Figures In A Landscape
O Lucky Man!
The In-Laws
Harold & Maude
The George & Mildred Movie
Blue Collar
Magnum Force

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

EVERYTHING! The '70's was the greatest decade for films ever.

agreed, the second golden age of cinema was the seventies, but movie trends don't exactly match decades. my argument would be that this period started in '67 with Bonnie and Clyde, when falling boxoffice meant studios were more willing to experiment, and ended in '82 with the failure of The Thing and Bladerunner, when corporate Hollywood stopped experimenting and became 'safe' again - i blame Lucas and Spielberg for this even though their blockbuster mentalities started as experimentation, that became the norm.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

agreed, the second golden age of cinema was the seventies, but movie trends don't exactly match decades. my argument would be that this period started in '67 with Bonnie and Clyde, when falling boxoffice meant studios were more willing to experiment, and ended in '82 with the failure of The Thing and Bladerunner, when corporate Hollywood stopped experimenting and became 'safe' again - i blame Lucas and Spielberg for this even though their blockbuster mentalities started as experimentation, that became the norm.

That's the funny thing. Many blame Lucas for the decline.

However and i'm sure you know this as well Rob so i'm certainly preaching to the perverted er' converted, that Lucas was also at the forefront of the new experimental Hollywood when it began with films like THX 1138 and American Graffiti (a masterpiece)

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

American Graffiti (a masterpiece)

I gave ...Graffiti another chance recently after disliking it the first time around and I'm inclined to agree with you. As you know, Dazed & Confused is one of my all time favourites and American Graffiti feels like the blueprint for that film! And it may sound/be weird but I did crush on Ron Howard during the film Not so much these days hahah