The 1970s Conspiracy / Espionage / Paranoia Movie Poll

Weird how in the early 70s, when all these themes were nascent, they seemed to define the age, but now that it's largely come to pass, it's mostly meh, privacy.

Spook Who Sat By the Door was recently re-released on DVD - just saw it for the first time a few weeks ago - it's a classic.

15 conspiracy movies that don’t fall apart at the end (a very good list from the AV Club)

Sorry I missed this--some of my favourite films of the decade. 1. (more or less a tie) The Conversation and All the President's Men; 2. The China Syndrome; 3. Marathon Man; 4. The Boys from Brazil (total junk, I know); 5. The Parallax View. I don't know who deserves the most credit for these films: Nixon, Kennedy, or Johnson. (Or maybe Allen Dulles or somebody like that...of course, two are Nazi-related, so I won't pin those ones on them.)

Just finished mass watching all 12 episodes of Salamander
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/07/salamander-bbc4-belgian-thriller-bridge

Good show. Basically a straight-up Eurocrime police detective story, but worth your time if you're looking for secret societies, bank robbery, unfinished WWII business, and Belgian politics.

sounds interesting, will check it out. Although I guess I'll have to wait for a rerun now.

FWIW, the episodes were easily found in the corners of the Internet you would expect to find such things.

Saw "Blue Sunshine" at the ICA tonight; both plot and acting is erratic, but it is very interesting as a 60's kids growing into disillusioned 70's types film. The election campaign and gun store scene also give it a weird kinship with "Taxi Driver". Anyway, this is a good essay on the movie:

http://www.ica.org.uk/blog/jon-towlson-jeff-liebermans-blue-sunshine

The Nickel Ride seems related, from an unexpected director (Robert Mulligan)

http://www.bam.org/film/2014/the-nickel-ride