IMDB 's Classic Film Board has a thread on the best films of 1975. I submitted my 1975 top twenty - I didn't realise it was such a classic
year! and of course in that pre-video, pre-internet world we had to see all
those films at the cinema (and London still had plentiful arthouse and revival circuit chains) and read the movie magazines to keep up with them
... I have written about several of these here, as per labels.
THE PASSENGER - Antonioni
BARRY LYNDON - Kubrick
LOVE AND DEATH - Woody Allen
NASHVILLE - Altman
HISTORY OF ADELE H. - Truffaut
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS - Fassbinder
SEVEN BEAUTIES - Wertmuller
DOG DAY AFTERNOON - Lumet
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR - Pollack
THE STEPFORD WIVES - Forbes
THE MAGIC FLUTE - Bergman
INDIA SONG - Duras
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW - Sharman
TOMMY - Russell
ROYAL FLASH - Lester
SHAMPOO - Ashby
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK - Weir
MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL - Gilliam.
Dreadful but compulsive (for Lee Remick, Barbra Streisand fans!): HENNESSEY / FUNNY LADY.
In the IMDB poll on 1975, JAWS topped the list, but THE PASSENGER (PROFESSIONE: REPORTER) made a respectable 7th on the top 20, with BARRY LYNDON in second place, and NASHVILLE third followed by ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, and also respectable placings for ADELE H and SEVEN BEAUTIES.
A fascinating year in the mid-70s then, CHINATOWN was the year before, and the following year 1976 had TAXI DRIVER, OBSESSION and Visconti's L'INNOCENTE to fascinate us, while 1977 and beyond took us into CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, ANNIE HALL, NEW YORK NEW YORK and the rest ... not a bad decade at all, the 70s are up there with the 50s and 60s - great to have lived through them as cinema changed and developed so much.
1975 was of course also a great year for music - on those vinyl gatefold albums, like this Joni Mitchell favourite: "The Hissing of Summer Lawns".
Other classic years here, as per labels: 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970
1975 was of course also a great year for music - on those vinyl gatefold albums, like this Joni Mitchell favourite: "The Hissing of Summer Lawns".
Interesting choices of the ones I've seen which is about three quarters. Here's mine though the release dates might have varied between England and America.
ReplyDeleteIn no particular order except for the first two which are my favorites of the year:
Three Days of the Condor
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Night Moves
Give 'Em Hell, Harry!
The Story of Adele H.
The Wild Party
The Day of the Locust
Tommy
Smile
The Man Who Would Be King
Hearts of the West
The Wind and the Lion
Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Stepford Wives
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Magic Flute
Funny Lady-I agree it's nowhere close to the quality of Funny Girl but it has its charms.
Fab list ! what a great year !
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