*** ILE Best Films of the 1970s REVEALED ***

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92a. Days of Heaven
Terrence Malick, 1978

Points: 29
Total Votes: 2
First Place Votes: 0

Amateurist: the rhythms are very strange. the sound design is strange. the pervasive quiet is very strange.

(i have to say i find the lead actress really unappealing. but the little girl is the strangest and most fascinating of all the film's elements.)

it's interesting to think of this film and "badlands" (and i guess "the thin red line") coming out the revisionist cycle of films that kicked off with "the chase" and "bonnie & clyde" etc. and they *are* revisionist readings of american history, albeit very unorthodox compared to the likes of "soldier blue" or even "heaven's gate."

sam shepard talks in this movie just like terrence malick!! it's weird.

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92b. The Tenant
Roman Polanski, 1976

Points: 29
Total Votes: 2
First Place Votes: 0

Jay Vee: I love when Polanski's character comes back from his wacky shopping spree, takes his new shoes out of their bag and does that little, high pitched "What lovely shoes! Wherever did you get them?" conversation with himself.

Polanski does "slowly unhinging" really, really well.

Fields of Salmon: the first time i saw this film i was stone cold sober, yet it unnerved me to such a degree that i actually shut it off (i think at the point where he starts screaming "they're trying to turn me into her!") ... and yet after staring at the darkened t.v. screen for about a minute i found myself unable to not finish the film.

Fabrice: One of my faves ever. The filming angles are also key in giving it that subtly nauseating feel, eg. when going to the bathroom and seeing the mummy there. Classic scene, Polanski in full garb in a darkened room staring at the window, with this head bouncing in the courtyard..

I didn't vote so feel free to disregard above.

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90a. All the President's Men
Alan J. Pakula, 1976

Points: 29
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 9909

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90b. Up in Smoke
Lou Adler, Tommy Chong, 1978

Points: 29
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 0

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88. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Werner Herzog, 1975

Points: 31
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 0

mm: It's so sad at the beginning of 'the enigma of kaspar hauser' when it says 'every man for himself and god against all

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87. Monty Python's Life of Brian
Terry Jones, 1979

Points: 31
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

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86. Gates of Heaven
Errol Morris, 1978

Points: 31
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

Sherm: best scene in Gates of Heaven is when the rock dude has his amp set up outside overlooking the cemetary and surrounding valley and is just jamming away.

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85. Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Weir, 1979

Points: 32
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 0

Alex in NYC: Every single instant in "Picnic at Hanging Rock" wherein the pan-flute theme is heard, ominously unfurling itself like a beautiful poisonous flower.

jewelly: I loved this film too. One of the many ideas I had about it was that it was sort of symbolically illustrating a shift from the Victorian era to the twentieth century (I think the story is set on Valentine's Day of 1901, yes?) ... And then I went out and rented a bunch of Peter Weir's movies and decided "Picnic" was the rare case of a director perfectly suited to the material

Kyria: One of my all-time favorites, this is not a movie for just everybody. Those who are willing to see no more then the "outward" picture- Victorian schoolgirls, repressed sexuality, menacing landscape and outstanding camera work- will probably lable the movie as "slow," or "old fashioned". But those who exert themselves a little, to become immersed in the picture, will discover the reasons why "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is such a masterpiece. From the story behind Venus (the picture of a "Botticelli angel") to the significance of the clocks pictured everywhere, the thousand and one pieces of a mystery that does not add up to an explanation; Put simply, every shot in the film is symbolic. And every shot in the film is fantastic.

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84. California Split
Robert Altman, 1974

Points: 32
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 1

Jams Murphy: california split i loved, even though i can hardly remember a single scene. just hypnotic and typical greatness from segal and gould. you'd love it, adam

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83a. Up!
Russ Meyer, 1976

Points: 32
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 0

SexyDancer: Meyer's film "Up!" remains as good as The Bible.

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83b. Stroszek
Werner Herzog, 1977

Points: 32
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 0

steveo: 'Stroszek' - alienated outsider musician (Bruno S. brilliant) released from prison leaves for US with hopes of new life in new world with prostitute girlfriend, but ends up in desolate Railroad Flats, Wisconsin. Curtis was about to leave on Joy Division's first US tour at the time.

Jeff-PTTL: C'mon, you know any film is classic if it ends with the line "We've got a truck on fire, can't find the switch to turn the ski lift off, and can't stop the dancing chicken. Send an electrician." Plus the first time I watched the film, I had the vaugest recollection that I had been there before, and I had! At least to the Cherokee tourist trap at the end, it's in the mountains of NC.

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81a. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Sam Peckinpah, 1973

Points: 33
Total Votes: 2
First Place Votes: 0

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81b. The Mirror
Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974

Points: 33
Total Votes: 2
First Place Votes: 0

Jeff-PTTL: I actually remember very little of this film, except that it was a complete mindfuck and gave me a raging headache. I loved it.

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79. The Last Picture Show
Peter Bogdanovich, 1971

Points: 33
Total Votes: 4
First Place Votes: 0

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78. Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
Michael Wadleigh, 1970

Points: 33
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

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77. The Warriors
Walter Hill, 1979

Points: 34
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 0

nickalicious: Warriors for the bottle-clanking 'come-out-to-play-ee-ay', for featuring a gang whose get-up was vests-with-no-shirts-and-ascots, and basically just for being DA SHIT and entertaining me on many a drunken not-getting-any-tonight-why-not-turn-on-USA-network?-night.

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76. Papillion
Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973

Points: 35
Total Votes: 2
First Place Votes: 0

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I just saw "Gates of Heaven" for the first time, and it's a solid piece of work, but I don't get any greatness. Morris' more recent films have more depth (except war criminal McNamara's semi-apologia).

*Albeit from the standpoint of "We're not making art, but that's better than making nothing at all."

California Split: My #1. I can't believe Murphy can hardly remember a single scene. Nearly ever sequence is classic in one way or another. OTM about it being hypnotic. Why #1? I just liked it better than the other 19.

Pat Garrett:I've only seen the short version, which is more like a sketch for a great movie than actually being a great movie. Still, Coburn's fucking awesome in it, as is Kris.

I think I agree, too. It's in Ebert's top 10 of all time, which I've never understood.

Have I mentioned that I knew Orsen Welles?

*Albeit from the standpoint of "We're not making art, but that's better than making nothing at all."

Agreed! This was in my top 10. It's as madcap as Soapdish (remember that one?), but also very reflective, and kind of inspiring.

Ah... I remember when I wanted to direct.

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75a. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
Luis Buñuel, 1972

Points: 36
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

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75b. The Sting
George Roy Hill, 1973

Points: 36
Total Votes: 5
First Place Votes: 0

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73a. The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino, 1978

Points: 37
Total Votes: 3
First Place Votes: 0

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I used to disagree with Dr. Morbius under my actual name; now I disagree with him under a fabricated one. The world has changed so much.

has anyone seen Chilly Scenes of Winter ('79) by Joan Micklin Silver, aka Head Over Heels?

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A friend was telling me about this book--not sure if I knew about it or not.

https://academic.macmillan.com/academictrade/9781632868183/openingwednesdayatatheaterordriveinnearyou

Will definitely try to track down a copy at a decent price.

I was Gene Hackman from The Conversation a few years ago for Halloween, so I like it enough for that.
― Pete Scholtes, Monday, September 12,

Still the funniest Halloween costume I've ever heard of.