@@gpapa31 Nah, probably not „loads”, especially the 60s. I predict something like Blow-Up, 2001, yes, Lawrence of Arabia, the Trial, aaaaand… I don’t know ;)
@IlluminatiLand
Жыл бұрын
@@duhduh666 My fav movies are from the 50s
@only257
Жыл бұрын
@@duhduh666 agreed 😊
@shobhitbhatnagar729
Жыл бұрын
Mine are 1. Chinatown 2. Network 3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4. The Godfather 1 &2 5. Don't look now This list may change , if i watch more movies from 70s
@andykang6469
Жыл бұрын
1. KLUTE (Alan J. Pakula 1971) -- This is one of my all time favorite! 2. The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann 1973) 3. Peppermint Soda (French: Diabolo Menthe) ( Diane Kurys 1977) 4. Walkabout ( Nicolas Roeg 1971) 5.The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni 1975)
@danielcaraveo4844
Жыл бұрын
The Day Of the Jackal. What a movie good choice.
@domwalker6526
Жыл бұрын
Klute is 🔥🔥🔥
@bencarlson4300
Жыл бұрын
I’ve only seen Day of the Jackal, but that is a masterpiece that flies under the radar for most people.
@elnick1000
7 ай бұрын
GOOD CHOICES OF DAY OF THE JACKAL and WALKABOUT. The Passenger? I love his film L'aventura.
@painless465
8 ай бұрын
5. All the Presidents Men 4.Jaws 3.Annie Hall 2.The Conversation 1. The Godfather Very hard because the 70's were the pinnacle of American "real" cinema So many worthy contenders
@mikejunior211
Жыл бұрын
Sissy Spacek is such an underrated actress compared to let's say Merryl Streep. i love, love love 3 women and also Carrie... I also loved her in Terrence Malick's "Badlands' (1973) which i was expecting to be in your list.
@Celestialrob
Жыл бұрын
Love these retrospective posts, thank you. I was a projectionist when Carrie came out. The famous jump scene is incredible to repeatedly watch from the projection booth. I saw Apocalypse Now by mistake, knowing nothing about it. We'd gone to the cinema to see something else. The experience was one of the great moments from seeing over 14,000 different movies. I've never seen your final choice, which really surprises me as I love Altman movies. I'm on a major Film Noir journey at the moment, but will definitely add it to my list. For what it's worth, my faves from this decade are (in no order) Cries & Whispers, Jeanne Dielman, Stalker, Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver. Again thanks!
@skullivan7610
Жыл бұрын
I agree that Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of the best films from the decade but Dominic Guard's godawful performance prevents it from being in my top 5. I also agree that Barry Lyndon is one of the most beautifully shot films. 1. The Conversation 2. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 3. Walkabout 4. Days of Heaven 5. The Spirit of the Beehive
@lloydpassafume5357
Жыл бұрын
Barry Lyndon floored me when I watched it. To me this was Kubrick’s unsung masterpiece. I genuinely went in thinking this would be boring but I was engaged for the entirety of the movie. A Criterion I’m very proud to own
@quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes
Жыл бұрын
I think this is literally everyone’s experience with that movie.
@maciek8159
Жыл бұрын
It's on my criterion wish list. That and paths of glory are his true masterpieces forget about the shining.
@lloydpassafume5357
Жыл бұрын
@@maciek8159 you read my mind. Those are tied for my favorite Kubricks as well.
@craigmurdock4740
Жыл бұрын
I agree that it is probably his masterpiece. What a difficult thing to chose hahahaha.
@lloydpassafume5357
Жыл бұрын
@@craigmurdock4740 Agreed
@robertbrowning3684
Жыл бұрын
You missed a few Tax Driver, Nashville, Tommy, Dirty Harry, the Outlaw Jose Wales, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Godfather.The Deer Hunter, -so many great films in the 70's. I saw them live first run in the theater in the days before VHS or DVD's or cable TV or multi plex's
@ACD1994
Жыл бұрын
My Top 5 1). One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest 2). Network 3). Dog Day Afternoon 4). The Deer Hunter 5). Kramer Vs. Kramer Honorable Mentions: Chinatown, Eraserhead, Rocky, Taxi Driver, Suspiria... You make Barry Lyndon sound, so, so good! I'm going to have to check this out..
@slc2466
Жыл бұрын
Shelley Duvall breaks your heart in "Three Women"- she brings to mind Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" with a twist; her character's an outsider but imagines herself as popular, and Duvall does a beautiful job with all the facets of the role, including showing the inherent insecurity that may be driving her actions.
@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
3 ай бұрын
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@hoibsh21
Жыл бұрын
I thought for sure you would pick The Conversation. I'm gonna go with 1. Jaws. 2. The Exorcist 3. The French Connection 4. Close Encounters 5. The Godfather
@miket3910
Жыл бұрын
My top 5: 1.) The Ascent 2.) Aguirre the wrath of god 3.) McCabe and mrs miller 4.) Stalker 5.) godfather part 2
@maciejatkowski5524
Жыл бұрын
2001 is from 68.
@miket3910
Жыл бұрын
@@maciejatkowski5524I know I edited it out and put in stalker in its place
@maciejatkowski5524
Жыл бұрын
@@miket3910 Good choice ;) I've never seen The Ascent, I'm gonna check it out, thanks.
@MoreTEN
Жыл бұрын
Not a big fan of The Godfater(s), but great top two picks.
@GentlemanJim61
Жыл бұрын
My top 5- 1. Taxi Driver 2. The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three 3. Jaws 4. Deliverance 5. Dirty Harry
@pegacorn13
Жыл бұрын
This was great. I love your choices! My Personal Favorites: 1. Harold and Maude 2. Picnic at Hanging Rock 3. Carrie 4. Rocky (Born and raised in Philly!) 5. Alien
@earlybird3668
10 ай бұрын
My favorite films from the 1970's: 1. Jaws 2.Star Wars. 3. The Godfather. 4. Superman 5. The French Connection 6. All that Jazz 7. Annie Hall 8. Animal House 9. Alien 10. Enter the Dragon
@rhythmoriented
Жыл бұрын
I like this list, especially the surprise inclusion of Carrie - which pretty much started the teen-centered horror angle - but would have included my first R-rated film: Dog Day Afternoon.
@carsonwall2400
Жыл бұрын
This is impossible for me, because virtually all of my favorite movies are from the 70's lol. If I had to pick 5 that are representative to me: -Solaris (1972) -Chinatown (1974) -Three Women (1977) -Days of Heaven (1978) -Godfather II (1974)
@thebossman80s
Жыл бұрын
The Warriors 1979 Wake in fright 1971 Walkabout 1971 Enter the dragon 1973 Taxi driver 1976
@wibre8753
Жыл бұрын
5. Being There 4. The Godfather 3. Taxi Driver 2. Apocalypse Now 1. Chinatown
@Snoozoid
Жыл бұрын
1. Taxi Driver 2. Star Wars 3. Jaws 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 5. The Godfather
@ponli7532
10 ай бұрын
1. The Godfather 2. Jaws 3. Star Wars 4. The Godfather Part 2 5. Apocalypse Now
@scmkar
Жыл бұрын
Great list... The 70s were a great era for films. Here are my highest rated films from 70s films from my Top100 of all time: 1. Cries and Whispers (Bergman, 1972) 2. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971) 3. Badlands (Malick, 1973) 4. Alien (Scott, 1979) 5. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
@freedom_rock18
3 ай бұрын
What about dogs day afternoon, or the omen, sorcerer, a bridge to far, days of heaven, the deer hunter, or alien which changed the way the way of science fiction horror
@Wildcock23
Жыл бұрын
5. The French Connection (1971) 4. The Godfather (1972) 3. Mad Max (1979) 2. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 1. Taxi Driver (1976)
@redpepper7181
Жыл бұрын
Recently re-watched Mad Max 1 and 2, both low budget, great characters, they’re really stood the test of time.
@leandroingrassia
Жыл бұрын
My personal favourites of the decade, but i still have a lot to watch: 5) The Conformist (1970) - Bernardo Bertolucci 4) A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick 3) Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese 2) Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick 1) Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Coppola
@sandorx4
Жыл бұрын
Barry Lyndon is an ok choice.
@esbenjakobsen4575
Жыл бұрын
Great list.
@fromtexas2734
Жыл бұрын
There are so many great ones from the 1970s! It's extremely difficult to pick just 5 of them. Just 5 is tough. That's tough. "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." "Superman" from 1978. John Carpenter's "Halloween." Ridley Scott's "Alien." "Phantasm." "Jaws." Romero's "Dawn of the Dead," folks. John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13." "The Godfather" 1 & 2. "The French Connection" 1 & 2. "Star Wars." "Enter the Dragon." And many more!
@garyredman892
Жыл бұрын
Great List. All of them brilliant. My favorites from my favorite decade of films: 1. Jaws (Spielberg - Still his best directed film) 2. The Long Goodbye (Altman - the decades best director) 3. All That Jazz (Fosse - my favorite musical of all time) 4.Watership Down (Rosen - Saw this about 100 times on HBO when I was young. Haunting and beautiful) 5. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Jones & Gilliam - funniest movie ever made).
@reviewbomb85
Жыл бұрын
Your a Robert Altman Fan?
@nashf5925
Жыл бұрын
you cant miss Arnie's brief screen presence as a goon in The Long Goodbye,
@michaelkelmonroe7547
Жыл бұрын
Your film & art intuition and expertise, combined with your ability to critique is so powerful - love hearing your thoughts.
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
Maggie is criminally undersubbed, but she's finally getting the following she deserves. I think her low key production style and cerebral analysis isn't flashy enough for the masses, but true cinephiles eventually find her.
@michaelkelmonroe7547
Жыл бұрын
@@beestingza I agree, it's a shame and I think she deserves more recognition overall. I'm really glad she's persisted in sharing her insights and clear passion for the art of filmmaking. This is really high end thoughts and critiques she offers - I've learned so much and thought about a lot of things in new ways - like even with movies I thought I'd already picked apart quite thoroughly - by listening to her.
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelkelmonroe7547 Yeah buddy. She's great. She obviously does it for the love of film. I begged her for ages to start a Patreon and she refused until just over a year ago.
@schoolofrockcary6625
Жыл бұрын
The duel scene in Barry Lyndon is just a true masterclass all around. Good choice! Sticks with you long after the last frame rolls...
@TTM9691
Жыл бұрын
Great list, and I knew Barry Lyndon and 3 Women would be in there! Hey, there's a 70s movie I'd love to hear your thoughts on: 1971's "Carnal Knowledge" directed by Mike Nichols, with Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen, Ann Margaret, script by Jules Pfeiffer. I think it's a perfect movie, one of my favorites of the 70s. Would love to hear YOUR thoughts on it!
@reviewbomb85
Жыл бұрын
from 5 - 1 The Good The Bad and The Ugly, JAWS, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, The Godfather part 2
@uhdudewhy7980
Жыл бұрын
1. Apocalypse Now 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. The Day of the Locust 4. Blazing Saddles 5. Jaws Hard list to make. So many good movies from the '70s. My top 5 is based on how often I watch them nowadays.
@vicjames3256
Жыл бұрын
Damn, Picnic at Hanging Rock has been on my TBW list for 2 years. Guess it's time to watch it. Apocalypse Now is def been my favorite since I was 14. I have always been drawn to ambitious imperfect art to the clean, taught perfect film. 3 Women also moved me deeply when watching.
@georgekleinfelter7041
Жыл бұрын
"McCabe & Mrs. Miller," "Badlands," "Walkabout," "The Last Picture Show," and the poignant Elaine May comedies "Heaven Can Wait" and "The Heartbreak Kid." But, for my money, "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" is ultimately the best film of the 1970s -- and I'm not even a Robert Altman fan, in general.
@the3rdpillblog934
Жыл бұрын
That was hard, Top 5 ... there are too many good ones. Just the ones that came to mind at first: 1. Stalker (1979) 2. Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974) 3. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) 4. A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973, only the Franco cut!) 5. Deep Red (1975) And: Raining in the Mountain (1979) Spasmo (1974) Caliber 9 (1972) .......... 🙂
@bencarlson4300
Жыл бұрын
It was pretty hard to narrow down a list: 1. Apocalypse Now 2. Eraserhead 3. The Conversation 4. Barry Lyndon 5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Apologies to: Dog Day Afternoon, Picnic at Hanging Rock, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Network, The Day of the Jackal, and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion among many others.
@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744
Жыл бұрын
Stalker Halloween Jaws The Godfather Days of Heaven
@uriadelavaro3956
Жыл бұрын
The Godfather, Star Wars, Jaws, Alien and Apocalypse Now are my 70s picks (no particular order).
@michaelbruns449
Жыл бұрын
Alien Deliverance Taxi Driver French Connection Apocalypse Now Star Wars Jaws Exorcist Little Big Man Susperia Ryans Daughter Waterloo Dersu Uzala Le Mans Deer Hunter Close Encounters Patton Duellists Cries And Whispers
@jeff8835
Жыл бұрын
Great, here's my top 5 minus extraordinary comments about them 5. Fruit of Paradise 4. Cries and Whispers 3. Taxi Driver 2. A Woman Under the Influence 1. In a Year With 13 Moons
@absurdity9858
Жыл бұрын
The Godfather Annie Hall 3 Women All the President’s Men Nashville
@familycorvette
7 ай бұрын
When I hear people praise Kubrick, I feel like the whole world is taking crazy pills. There is not one performance in a Kubrick film that rings true. Kubrick had zero feel for actors or story. Kubrick was all surface, all pictures. He was an Asperger case with a movie camera.
@fredwerza3478
Жыл бұрын
Kinda strange you picked "Carrie" over "The Exorcist" since the latter is still considered the greatest horror film ever made
@stofflwoffl3370
Жыл бұрын
3 Women I still haven't seen. Thx for that Recommendation! 🤩 There are really a lot of my absolute Favorites... alongside the Kubrick's or Coppola's: - Network, Lumet - Stalker, Tarkowski - Autumn Sonata, Bergman - The Last Picture Show, Bogdanovic - The Confession, Costa-Gravas - Cria Cuervos..., Saura - The Fifth Seal, Fabri
@SmileAndWave
Жыл бұрын
My favourite from the 70s has to be another Altman movie; Nashville.
@miket3910
Жыл бұрын
Altman such a beast
@Tolstoy111
Жыл бұрын
The ending of AN had to be the encounter with Kurtz. It was an adaptation of Heart of Darkness and no other ending is possible.
@NaughtyVampireGod
Жыл бұрын
yeah . . She's a bit off here . . i loved Act 3 . .Saw it in the theater as a kid . . they took an intermission right as the boat arrived at Kurtz's camp . . more like the 80/20 mark in time . . but for drama purposes ths is the logical place to take a break
@bennyl.5
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree with your summation of Carrie. As a matter of fact I love that movie, but that opening scene is so traumatic, that I don't re watch that movie as much as say Blow Out because it is so emotionally loaded. Picnic At Hanging Rock is just gorgeous, one of the most visually rewarding movies I can think of
@Bobmacca64
Жыл бұрын
It's wonderful to see that you picked Barry Lyndon. It is definitely my favourite film of Kubrick's, as well as my favourite film of all time. How gorgeous is this movie? :) And scenes like the candlelit game of cards are to die for:)
@silassays
Жыл бұрын
Carrie sucked. I didn't like it at all. Never heard of the other 4.
@lacrimatorium
Жыл бұрын
I always consider Kubrick's The Shining as being a 70's film. For 2 reasons. One, it was made in the same way as other 70's films by a 70's era studio. You'll notice Kubrick took a long time to make another film after this. Two, technically 1980 is the last year of the 70's. Thanks for sharing your list Maggie! Very thoughtful and personal. All worthy films.
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I always think of the Shining as a 70's movie also, from the clothes to the style, even the way Wendy and Jack talk sounds 70's.
@toxoplasmic
Жыл бұрын
Before watching this, I'd go. Mirror (1975) Barry Lyndon (1975) 3 Women (1977) Suspiria (1977) Eraserhead (1977)
@matthewfuller5209
Жыл бұрын
My Top 5 1970's movies in no particular order: Brian De Palma's "Hi, Mom!" with De Niro. The 1970 Suspense-Horror of "And Soon the Darkness". John Huston's "Wise Blood" from 1979. Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu", which features an excellent soundtrack. And finally, "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" circa 1971 or so.
@jgeer5813
Жыл бұрын
Polanski's The Tenant would fit in well with the rest of this list.
@AnthonyGuerrino_aka_TonyMoro
Жыл бұрын
Star Wars, Alien, Rocky, Exorcist, and Black Christmas are my absolute favorites from the 70s!
@angelorossowrites
Жыл бұрын
Great list! I enjoyed all of those films. Days of Heaven and 5 Easy Pieces also come to mind.
@mundicox8951
Жыл бұрын
Your way of describing aspects of film is always so impressive, such as your metaphor for Picnic at Hanging Rock feeling like revisiting an old house, or the way you interpret the aesthetics of Barry Lyndon. As a literature student, i'm always in awe!
@wailer27
Жыл бұрын
why are you being so sycophantic?
@mundicox8951
Жыл бұрын
@@wailer27 Im not. Just really appreciate when language is used well.
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
@@wailer27 He's not, he's paying her a polite compliment. Many of us have been watching Maggie for years and do have an honest appreciation for her style and precise language. Piss off.
@wailer27
Жыл бұрын
@RJ Inkglider your rant got banned, can you repost in a more civilised way maybe?
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
@@wailer27 I"m not going to censor myself for KZitem but I'll put it in code: "He's not, he's paying her a polite compliment. Many of us have been watching Maggie for years and do have an honest appreciation for her style and precise language. P1$$ 0ff." Reply
@domwalker6526
Жыл бұрын
3 women was the movie that made me fall in love with Altman. I just love the study of these 3 women and the way they change throughout and how they are connected. It's a masterpiece Sissy and Shelly are sensational in the way they change throughout
@only257
Жыл бұрын
joke this film went through a highly technical process called tension extraction before it was released to the theaters 😂
@histubeness
Жыл бұрын
It would take time for me to come up with a top 5 (or 10), but Night Moves (Arthur Penn 1975) would be in there. One of the great, bleak, challenging, no mercy endings for the viewer .... and Gene Hackman.
@basehead617
Жыл бұрын
I laughed throughout Barry Lyndon, one of the funnier movies I've ever seen really.. a timeless story of failing upward
@jubjubson2410
Жыл бұрын
Yea! Glad someone else recognizes that movie as comedy gold too!
@paulm749
Жыл бұрын
Here's what I would go with - 1. Godfather part 2 - delivers on the promise of part 1. Pacino won't let you look away. 2. The Conversation - Gene Hackman's best performance? Theme more relevant than ever. 3. Dog Day Afternoon - great ensemble cast, great writing. A study in pathos and tension. 4. Taxi Driver - Rot at the core of 70's Big Apple. DeNiro won't let you look away. 5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - because I love sci-fi. Barely beats out Star Wars. Lovers of 70's cinema will notice the common element between the first 3 movies: I knew it was you.
@NaughtyVampireGod
Жыл бұрын
Yeah . . . Cazale. No one has a record like that.
@reviewbomb85
Жыл бұрын
Close Encounters better than JAWS? come on now. You and I are close. We both have GF 2 on top. I have Taxi driver at #2.
@paulm749
Жыл бұрын
@@reviewbomb85 A good sci-fi story just speaks to me and evokes a sense of wonder and makes me ponder some of the deeper questions about our existence. JAWS is a great adventure/suspense/horror story, so the two movies are in very different categories, with CE falling in the category I generally find to be more appealing. To be fair, I haven't watched JAWS in a long, long time and it might be time to revisit it.
@dumbcat
Жыл бұрын
Carrie scared the $hite out of the audience back in the day. the screams when that hand burst out of the rubble shook the theatre
@helvete_ingres4717
Жыл бұрын
it's incredible that it manages to be scary and sad and moving and all these emotional qualities while simultaneously being so..postmodern and de-Palma-ey (self-conscious and self-reflexive in that mischievious kind of de palma way)..like when piper laurie forbids carrie from going to the prom and thunder and lightning punctuates her lines..but you also take the movie seriously at the same time. De palma is I think the only director who can sustain a full movie with that kind of tension between the audience knowing they're watching a movie (that..knows it's a movie) and the ability to be emotionally involved
@Shah-of-the-Shinebox
Жыл бұрын
Just 5 is hard. Imo the 70s the greatest decade for films. Here's what I got: 5. Chinatown 1974 4. Harold and Maude 1971 3. Nashville 1975 2. Taxi Driver 1976 1. The Godfather, The Godfather Part II 1972, 1974
@legendarygigolo823
Жыл бұрын
That's too easy, you have to pick a Godfather.
@Shah-of-the-Shinebox
Жыл бұрын
@legendarygigolo823 it's hard. They're both good so I made it a tie lol.
@habovay3
Жыл бұрын
Barry Lyndon is my favorite Kubrick film and in my all-time Top 10, along with Apocalypse. Home run, deepfocus!
@anthonyscully2998
Жыл бұрын
The deer hunter The conversation The god father Star wars Taxi driver
@HBICTiff
Жыл бұрын
Woah, what a plot twist. I thought for sure your #1 pick would be Aguirre: The Wrath of God but 3 Women is one of my favorites, too!
@timbodedidleo
Жыл бұрын
Nice film list. Similar to my own! I want to list ten films from the 70s. No special order. 1 - Wake In Fright 1971 -Set in Outback Australia - a hellish stranger out of place story which follows a rapid decent into alcohol driven masculine "aggressive hospitality". Grim to say the least but facinating. Done so well they called it a "horror movie". 2 - Mad Max 1979 -A road cop action vengeance thriller set in a dystopian world where social order is breaking down. This is a low budget stunner. 3 - Barry Lyndon 1975 -For all the same reasons you conveyed here. A wonderfully sumptuous cinematic expirence with four of the best kissing scenes ever put to celluloid. 4 - China Town 1974 -A sex scandal crime unravelling American neo-noir classic. 5 - Picnic At Hanging Rock 1975 -Love this feminine period romantic drama with the ever so intriguing unresolved ending. And for all those themes you so eloquently convey on this channel here. This film moves serenely and imo features time bending/inter dimensional mysterious natural world meets civil world intrigue. (Peter Weir's sense of tone is the greatest) 7 - A Clockwork Orange 1971 -A dystopian future of gang violence and State power mind control. Malcom McDowell shines so brilliantly in the role of Alex. 8. The Parallax View 1974 -Unexpectedly good. A political assignation plotline. A deep state thriller which investigates mind control /agent recruitment and touches on above law corporate allied government subversion. 9. Jaws 1975 -An open sea fishing trip into terror. One of Steven Spielbergs greatest. 10. Stalker 1979 -Every good film list deserves one film maker like Andrei Tarkovsky. Find me a film sculpting in a suspended space that's leading us into a poetic existential zone. Find me a film like Stalker, that's like an enveloping meditation. (I bet you can't) 11. The Gods Must Be Crazy 1980 -Two worlds meet. An african tribal culture meets modernity with profoundly interesting results. An entertaining film with so much charm and hilarity it can warm the hearts of the most cynical and critical. (Woops, I went one year over!)
@redriderbbgun8018
Жыл бұрын
DeepFocus is extremely beautiful 😍
@willhemmings
Жыл бұрын
Love this! Must get a dvd of Three Women. Well here are my top five from the 1970's, Robert Altman is in 5th place, McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971) about an unsuccessful bloke in a very hostile environment. 4th, Cabaret (1972). The first and one of the few adult films (also Crash 1996) I have seen. Still astonishing after all these years. 3. Chinatown (1974). Polanski knew how to make a film; and Chinatown is superb in every department. 2. The Godfather (1972). How did Coppola do this? I don't know, but it is so assured, so committed to the art of making a story come to life on film, that I revel in its greatness. 1. Apocalypse Now (1979). No distance separates me from Coppola's Apocalypse Now. This is an immersive experience. There's nothing like it
@athenassigil5820
Жыл бұрын
I love Barry Lyndon...beautiful look, story and cinematography. There are only a few of us that love this film, but just like 2001, I've watched it at least 30 times. Loved your 70s picks, too.
@jenniferhodgson4165
7 ай бұрын
I recently discovered your channel and I love it. Your always on point to the point. I thought I was a movie buff but a lot of the movies you mentioned I haven't seen. Of course I have heard of them. The 70's seem so long ago.
@marty1499
Жыл бұрын
SPOILERS!!
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
I would love it if you would review Dressed to Kill. I discovered that movie recently and was stunned at how prescient it was about the transsexual movement and some of the dark aspects of it that have now been made taboo. Also the nerd kid in the film is basically a self-insert of DePalma as a child- he was a science and computer prodigy and won science fairs and scholarships, etc. He's truly a genius.
@GordonKegg
Жыл бұрын
I agree about Barry Lyndon, very underrated, however in top 50 of sight and sound ten year poll.
@davidellis5141
Жыл бұрын
Apocalypse Now & Network were my favorite films of the 70's & Sorcerer was the most underrated. Halloween & Assault On Precinct 13 showcased the genius of John Carpenter. I liked 1900 & few did ..
@toddboughn5168
Жыл бұрын
Apocalypse Now and Network are on my top 10 of the 70s. Sorcerer is not only my favourite Friedkin film, but also my absolute favourite of the decade.
@davidellis5141
Жыл бұрын
@@toddboughn5168 Cool ! Sorcerer was so great " I owed you a favor , this is it " The music by Tangerine Dream & cinematography !
@Kthomasritchie
Жыл бұрын
Assault on Precinct 13 is my all time favourite Carpenter movie. All his films after Dark Star and made during the '80s are great.
@davidellis5141
Жыл бұрын
@@Kthomasritchie Assault is on YT for free with no commercials. Some kind soul uploaded it .. Got A Smoke 🚬 ?
@Kthomasritchie
Жыл бұрын
@@davidellis5141 Can't argue with a confident man.
@Bobmacca64
Жыл бұрын
PS: the work that can be found in your website is remarkable. The drawings are fantastic. It is a real pleasure for an art lover to come across your channel and website.
@ringo8410
Жыл бұрын
Interesting list. I actually have not seen any of these movies, but I will have to give them a shot. My favorite movie of the '70s is probably Network. It's scary how accurately it predicted a lot of media and political trends of the late 2010s and the 2020s some 40 years before they would occur. A lot of people might say - and have said about its sister movie, A Face In The Crowd - that Network is "dated", but that is not true at all. Some of the news practices of the time have changed, but the 'business' side of news broadcasting is perhaps worse now than what Chayefsky predicted.
@pbarnette
Жыл бұрын
The only thing I would change is Nashville rather than Three Women. Nashville captured the feel of the 1970's better than any other film of the decade.
@BobBluth
Жыл бұрын
I like that you did 5 favorites instead of best. Favorites are more interesting and revealing. My top 5 (as of today): 5. Young Frankenstein 4. Jaws 3. Star Wars 2. Dawn of the Dead 1. Network
@josephr9930
Жыл бұрын
Yes Network was astounding. Still is.
@swray2112
Жыл бұрын
Your mentioning of Spacek's ability to shift from child like to menacing has me thinking of her in Badlands, one of my favorite movies of the 70s. And other favorites of mine would be Breaking Away, Days of Heaven, The Parallax View and in my opinion Spielberg's best and most personal (including the Fabelman's) Close Encounters.
@MLElf
Жыл бұрын
Your lists are so good, they’ve inspired me to see so many films I may have missed
@dereksix2081
Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏 " 3 Days of the Condor " favorite 70's movie,
@darrylgreen5655
Жыл бұрын
The cinematography of Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" contains imagery which suggests paintings move into action, which exemplifies how art imitates life (or perhaps how life imitates art). One of my favorites of the decade was The Paper Chase (1973). The film carries us through the determined Mr. Hart's journey to attain recognition and validation from Professor Kingsfield (superbly played by John Houseman) who is both his mentor and nemesis.
@cloudtx
Жыл бұрын
Solid picks! I'm not an expert on this decade but there are few that I really enjoy from this time. Specially Alien and Rocky.
@ChrisLind81
Жыл бұрын
5. Dawn of the dead 4. Apocalypse now 3. The exorcist 2. Taxi driver 1. Deliverance Deliverance just gets better the older you get, and you realize that you probably would be more like Lewis (Burt Reynolds) than Ed (Jon Voight) in the same situation.
@angelthman1659
Жыл бұрын
As usual we agree. I love all the movies you listed, except for Apocalypse Now, oddly for the same reasons you said you struggled with it. For me, I couldn't do a list without Taxi Driver and The Godfather, which I feel is the greatest movie ever made. Great list, though!
@yashnigam6
Жыл бұрын
This is why I follow your channel. I was expecting to hear the usual movies people talk about when talking about great movies of the 70s (Taxi Driver, The Godfather, Chinatown, etc.), and instead I learn about 3 movies I never even heard of. Gonna check some of these out.
@toddpinkstonisgod
Жыл бұрын
Inspired choice for your #1 film of the ‘70s! 3 Women makes my list as well. My top 5: Taxi Driver Chinatown 3 Women Fantastic Planet Alien
@ACD1994
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic Planet is such a trippy movie, but it's certainly memorable
@andrewhopkinson8736
Жыл бұрын
I love 70's movies, they are so gritty and real (sometimes TOO real). Apocalypse Now was a great call, it is possibly the greatest cinematic achievement of all time (not necessarily the greatest movie, but sheer will it took to pull it off is incredible). The thing I love the most about it is that for an action movie, it is the last one of it's kind where everything you see on the screen is real, real helicopters, real explosions, no CGI, no green screen, no matte paintings, no models. Seeing as you are such a SW fan I am surprised Star Wars didn't make it. It is a perfect adventure movie, and a perfect movie in general, it often gets overlooked as a work of art because it has reached a mythical and overhyped status in our culture, but the flow of the story between action and character development is impeccable. For 70's movie fans another film worth checking out is Sorcerer (1977) by the director of The Exorcist. It was eclypsed by Star Wars the year it was released, but is a great movie, very tense and very "real". Very much a "guy's" film, but still excellent.
@totallytomanimation
Жыл бұрын
I like that you smartly defined the list as "My" top five films of the 70s and that you made it clear these are personal reactions, with clear and well thought out reasons. Definitely earns a a Subcscribe for quality and clarity of thought and expression, as I personally discerned from this and a few other of your vids. Interesting that Barry Lyndon's on your list. When Lyndon came out, it was not received kindly by public or critics, but with time, it became clear that it was unfairly maligned and it's greatness finally embraced.
@etucker82
Жыл бұрын
1. Nashville 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3. Last Picture Show 4. Godfather 'Epic' - the recut for TV version in 1977 5. American Graffiti/Fiddler on the Roof Runners Up: Mean Streets, F for Fake, Life of Brian, Close Encounters, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Love in the Afternoon, Network, Blazing Saddles, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Five Easy Pieces,
@lathanandrews417
Жыл бұрын
Picnic at Hanging Rock theory: the girls were spirited away to 1700s Scotland where they fell in love with hunky Highland warriors before the Battle of Culloden.
@michaelz9892
Жыл бұрын
Deer Hunter Days of Heaven Last Picture Show Cabaret Annie Hall
@danielharper9596
Жыл бұрын
The Godfather, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, The Exorcist.
@helvete_ingres4717
Жыл бұрын
Don't Look Now The New Land/The Emigrants (ok it's two films) Picnic at Hanging Rock The Ascent The Devil, probably
@miket3910
Жыл бұрын
The ascent is one of the most underrated movies ever, love it
@helvete_ingres4717
Жыл бұрын
@@miket3910 idk if it's really underrated, maybe underseen - I don't see people talk about it much. I see it as patterned after Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc. I actually think Come and See is overrated, despite the brilliance of its film-making (in case you don't know, the connection between them beyond being Soviet movies set in WWII is that the respective directors were a married couple)
@miket3910
Жыл бұрын
@@helvete_ingres4717 completely agree w everything you said
@davidw5532
Жыл бұрын
There’s just too many from this time period that I love. So hard to do any list as a result. If I had to choose one film from this decade that impressed me deeply it would be Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. I’ll name another one that really affected me as well that doesn’t always get a lot of mention. It’s Hal Ashby’s Being There. Love your picks and I haven’t seen 3 Women. I should really check it out as I admire Altman’s work too. I love his film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Anyway, just recently discovered your channel and I’m very impressed. You have a vast knowledge of cinema and you articulate your points very well. Great job! 👍🏻
@atticusxey
Жыл бұрын
Last summer I got very caught up in "Picnic at Hanging Rock", where I watched the original picture and then read the novel, which preserves the ambiguity you cherish. It is a beautiful, intriguing film. Great choices! Apocalypse Now is such a mindblowing inturpretation of Heart of Darkness. I don't know that the picture would've been made had RKO let Orson Welles make it as his first film. Robert Altman was absolutely one of my favorite directors of all time. "Images" is also among my favorites.
@beestingza
Жыл бұрын
I only just saw Picnic at Hanging Rock recently and was very impressed. I think I must have heard about it from Maggie.
@lucastorres6023
8 күн бұрын
One of the reasons why Barry Lyndon stuck with me so deeply is the 2nd Movement of the Franz Schubert's Piano Trio No.2 Op. 100, First time i heard this shymphony was alongside the Film so my brain will always associate the two and make for a very haunting yet astonishing place in my imagination.
@linjicakonikon7666
7 ай бұрын
My top 5: 1) Alien (Scott) 2) The Conversation (Coppola) 3) Young Frankenstein (Brooks) 4) A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick) 5) Dueling Banjos ( Boorman)
@1sostatic
Жыл бұрын
1. Vanishing point. 2. The Godfather, 3. Serpico, 4. The Warriors, 5. Alien
@leroycoyote
2 ай бұрын
Kelly's Heros (1970), Deer Hunter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (remake), Soylent Green, Legend of Boggy Creek
@kengruz669
Жыл бұрын
"McCabe and Mrs. Miller"(1971), "Taxi Driver"(1976), "Day of the Locust"(1975), "The Exorcist"(1973), "Eraserhead"(1972)
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