what movie is this still taken from?

I want to say Au Hasard Balthazar, but that doesn't seem right.

A couple of decades out, also no donkeys in this iirc.

a canterbury tale?

"Well, there are more ways than one of getting close to your ancestors. Follow the old road, and as you walk, think of them and of the old England"

Spot on!

:)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fTO_uwbjnvw/S7Hd5aUkWGI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/uhYjN4JPlh4/s1600/VTS_01_1-00_05_11_899.jpg

O Lucky Man

ja

Probably too large, but anyway:

http://72.32.9.12/~jreifer/words/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/grd_20090207_17w.jpg

American, early '70s.

I want to say American Graffiti...

No--contemperaneous.

By which I mean contemporaneous with its year of release, not American Graffiti. I don't know, maybe it's too obscure without any people in the image.

Mean Streets?

that could be new york i guess

Long Goodbye?

One more clue, then I'll just give it--nothing as famous as Mean Streets or The Long Goodbye. 1971, drug-related.

The Panic in Needle Park?

lol i didn't notice the palm trees before

Good guess, but no. Cisco Pike--the other '71 film about drugs with Gene Hackman. I think it's near the end, just before everything goes bad. If you include a character in the still, this is too easy; if not, too hard.

I got one:

http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/c9/a7/the,dreamers,bath,bathing,eva,green,friends,louis,garrel-c9a702b959d8770fb6938f6d54cef4c4_h.jpg

The Dreamers.

I haven't seen it but kind of want to because I hear Michael Pitt is nakey a lot.

Late '70s, American, cult film, well-known director.

http://www.coolwagoon.comxa.com/gal/Other/08_Film/CB/12.jpg

'the dreamers' is worth seeing. characters are all film buffs and do get nakey a lot.

Michael Pitt = meh.
Louis Garrel = yum!
The Dreamers itself = meh.

"Two lane blacktop" innit?

Two Lane Blacktop is early 70s.

Badlands?

You'd think so, but no--that's early '70s. (I was wrong on the Cisco Pike year--'72, not '71.)

Not Badlands, either--'73.

Sugarland Express?

No--but there's a still from that that's somewhat similar.

http://cinemasights.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/sugarland-mirror.png

And Paris, Texas, too.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bL3JcJRVKeo/TD41wyd3kBI/AAAAAAAAH24/xAoyZUuR6SQ/s1600/Paris+Texas+1.jpg

Close Encounters?

I guess that's not really a cult film is it.

Thinking about Dreyfuss in his pick-up, wouldn't doubt there's a similar shot in that. You've got the right year.

vanishing point?

That's 71

Should I give the answer so someone else can put one up?

American?

Sorcerer?

Vanishing Point was my first thought, but yeah, it's early '70s and the director isn't well known. Not Duel either.

American, yes...Kael loved it, director went on to win an Academy Award.

No idea then.

The Late Show?

in which decade did he win an oscar?

He won Best Director in the '90s.

That narrows it down to four possibilities--three, really.

Melvin and Howard?

Very, very close.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot?

Last Embrace?

(i haven't seen it)

The Anderson Tapes?

shaft?

New York City, 1971--these are all good guesses. It's The Possession of Joel Delaney. I've never seen it, but I came across this great still online of Shirley MacLaine in a cab, went ahead and ordered a copy.

http://blog.ctnews.com/meyers/files/2014/01/joel.jpg

Hah, have seen POJD. Interesting movie - first twenty minutes or so almost play like a Woody Allen movie (w/out the overt comedy) before the supernatural theme is introduced. There is also a slightly transgressive child abuse angle that would be swiftly excised from any modern remake. Directed by the man who also directed the first ever episode of Doctor Who episode!

When I came across that still, I was actually looking for a still from Desperate Characters--also New York City, 1971. I think there might be a poll there.

huh odd that I've never heard of that one given the period and Maclaine and the setting, which are all things I love

that film is on YouTube in full. it looks demented fyi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6nXZxR418

A Guided by Voices video?

Nice round-up, whatever the source.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/there-will-be-scrolling#.jv2g30XrdJ

http://www.the-unknown-movies.com/unknownmovies/pictures/coldturkey4.jpg

stumped? another:

http://150597036.r.cdn77.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cold-turkey161.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/Inuxx/9226a343-3b6f-4632-a92d-9073aa38872e_zpsainxscpq.png

Watching this right now--easy.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jXVVKcin68A/T5wz9JB1aZI/AAAAAAAABsQ/O-0jU9AI3v4/s1600/VTS_03_1-4.jpeg

Aloha, Bobby & Rose?

I was actually going to say "easy, especially for C. Grissom." Knew you'd get it. (That scene where they drive down Sunset with the all the billboards and Junior Walker on the radio is incredible.)

Oh yes, that's one of the best of it's kind.

For The Curious

Only guess if you didn't read my post about this film last night:

http://horrorpediadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/cf1.jpg

The Shooting?

No...same film:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9AC8HpH9V2w/UhZTIofTf3I/AAAAAAAAGLA/yfcnFhYBysI/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-08-22+at+2.03.36+PM.png

(In fairness, I should make clear that it's an early made-for-TV movie.)

hm yeah I don't know it

The only old school TV movie (do they even make these anymore?) I've watched in recent years is Mazes and Monsters (terrible), and it ain't that, so...

you've never seen Let's Scare Jessica to Death?

Jessica was actually a theatrical release, although it does kind of have the feel of a made-for-TV movie.

As for the one above...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lMzoVD_2Osw/hqdefault.jpg

Never seen Jessica. Still don't know what clem's is.

the sign is a big hint

what was the Morbs one from up top, with the kids in masks?

that is Cold Turkey, a satire of smalltown America (and cigarette smoking) directed and co-written by Norman Lear, starring Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart, well worth seeking out.

the still above the Van Dyke one is Ray (Goulding) of Bob & Ray parodying Walter Cronkite

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/unterwasser/stillddont_zps2gwwlx8d.png?t=1491510903

https://filmgrab.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/055.jpg?w=1005

has anybody seen this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hired_Hand

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oh you

guess I should be more circumspect eh

how about this one

http://www.filminquiry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hellman6.jpg