Ah, the 1970s! conspiracy movies, the new Hollywood of Scorsese and Spielberg, Coppola, Altman and De Palma, and maybe the last great decade for European cinema ? A good year for sleazy trash too ...
1970s:
ALL THAT JAZZ / KLUTE / CHINATOWN / SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY /
DON’T LOOK NOW / ZABRISKIE POINT / THE PASSENGER / BARRY LYNDON /
AUTUMN SONATA / PADRE PADRONE / AMARCORD / FOX AND HIS FRIENDS / THE
AMERICAN FRIEND / HAROLD AND MAUDE / MCCABE & MRS MILLER / NASHVILLE / THE
LONG GOODBYE / L’INNOCENTE / LUDWIG / ROBIN AND MARIAN / THE CONFORMIST / SEVEN BEAUTIES / BROTHER SUN SISTER
MOON / CABARET / CLOSE ENCOUNTERS ...
CRIES AND WHISPERS / INNOCENTS WITH DIRTY HANDS / TAXI DRIVER /
OBSESSION / THE GODFATHER / GODFATHER II / ANNIE HALL / NETWORK
/ INTERIORS / NEW YORK NEW YORK / DAY FOR NIGHT / DISCREET CHARM OF
THE BOURGEOISIE / FELLINI CASANOVA / THE MUSIC LOVERS / DELIVERANCE / THREE DAYS OF
THE CONDER /THE PARALLAX VIEW / HISTORY OF ADELE H / THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT /
WHAT’S UP DOC? / YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN / THE STEPFORD WIVES / A BIGGER SPLASH / TIME AFTER TIME / A
DELICATE BALANCE / ROYAL FLASH / SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE / THE THREE & FOUR
MUSKETEERS / YANKS / DAYS OF HEAVEN / LIFE OF BRIAN / ALIEN / ANOTHER MAN ANOTHER CHANCE / THE
MAGIC FLUTE / APOCALYPSE NOW / TOMMY / THE LAST WALTZ / MEAN STREETS.


1970s trash classics:
1980s: The arrival of VHS (I got my first one in December 1979) changed how we viewed films, now we could own them! Little did we know those clunky cassettes would be obsolete a decade later as we all switched to those shiny disks ...

CINEMA PARADISO / FANNY AND ALEXANDER / QUARTET / A ROOM WITH A VIEW / RAGING BULL / THE SHINING / SCARFACE / ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA / BLADE RUNNER / E.T. / THEY ALL LAUGHED / STARDUST MEMORIES / HANNAH & HER SISTERS / RADIO DAYS / CRIMES & MISDEMEANORS / NIJINSKY.
80s Trash: PARTNERS / VENOM!
Don't bitchslap me too hard, but too many titles here I would NEVER consider for a top 200 :(
ReplyDeleteThese are not best films, but favourites I like, though some are best of course. Unlike you I cannot confine myself to just 10 items.
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