1970s

  • Gueorgui Stoyanov – Treta sled slantzeto AKA Third after the Sun (1972)

    1971-1980BulgariaGueorgui StoyanovSci-Fi
    Treta sled slantzeto (1972)
    Treta sled slantzeto (1972)

    Imdb:
    In prehistoric times the crew of an alien spaceship land on Earth. The commanders decide to lay the foundation for a new civilization, in which they will imprint of their own civilization, which is dying out. Through surgical intervention on apes, the aliens program the future spiritual evolution of Earth. During the operation, the patient wakes up abruptly. Discovering himself as a person, he calls himself Eden. He shocks by what is happening to him and he refuses to participate in such experiment. Eden is tranquilized and this time the volume of knowledge imprinted in his brain stays in his sub-consciousness. The ape is released. Read More »

  • Jannik Hastrup & Flemming Quist Møller – Bennys badekar AKA Benny’s Bathtub (1971)

    1971-1980AnimationComedyDenmarkFlemming Quist MøllerJannik Hastrup
    Bennys badekar (1971)
    Bennys badekar (1971)

    How can you not love a psychedelic animated kids’ film in which a young boy, bored with the dreary and gray Adult World, follows an enchanted tadpole through the drain in his bathtub – where he discovers a surreal and musical undersea world?? Populated by singing (and barely dressed) Mermaids, a funky hepcat Octopus and whiskey-drinking Skeleton Pirates, the underwater kingdom is the grooviest scene this side of YELLOW SUBMARINE, with helpings of Dr. Seuss, Sid & Marty Krofft and Harry Nilsson’s THE POINT thrown in. (Kids’ entertainment in the early 1970s was truly outtasite!) In addition to the candy-colored, kaleidoscopic visuals, the film is famed for its incredibly addictive soundtrack featuring Jazz heavyweights of Copenhagen circa 1970, with vocals sung by the cream of Danish 60s Pop and Rock including Peter Belli, Otto Brandenburg, Poul Dissing and Trille on tracks like “Octopussong/ Blækspruttesangen” and “seahorsesong/ Søhestesangen”. Read More »

  • Sylvester Stallone – Paradise Alley (1978)

    1971-1980DramaSylvester StalloneUSA
    Paradise Alley (1978)
    Paradise Alley (1978)

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    Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940’s New York City, try to help each other with one’s wrestling career using one brother’s promotional skills and another brother’s con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.Read More »

  • Dan Curtis – Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974)

    1971-1980CrimeDan CurtisTVUSA
    Melvin Purvis G MAN (1974)
    Melvin Purvis G MAN (1974)

    Plot Synopsis:
    When Machine Gun Kelly and his gang abduct and ransom a wealthy playboy, the FBI’s publicity-hungry Melvin Purvis is assigned to head up the case.Read More »

  • Kunio Shimizu & Sôichirô Tahara – Arakajime ushinawareta koibitotchiyo AKA Lost Lovers (1971)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaJapanKunio ShimizuSôichirô Tahara
    Arakajime ushinawareta koibitotchiyo (1971)
    Arakajime ushinawareta koibitotchiyo (1971)

    Takeru (Renji Ishibashi), a young rebel, is travelling alone in the North of Honshu. He once used to practice pole vaulting but he gave up and became a robber. Along his trip he crosses the path of a young couple doing a performance for a super market. Fascinated by both of them but probably a bit attracted by the mysterious silent girl (Kaori Momoi), he decides to follow them. He starts to realize that they have no other means of communication than their hands and gestures. One night, some young laborers from the town kidnap the girl and rape her. The next morning, Takeru and his friend (Tenmei Kanō) head to the mine in order to find the girl and avenge her.Read More »

  • Jean Rollin – La Rose de fer AKA Rose of Iron (1973)

    1971-1980ArthouseFranceHorrorJean Rollin
    La rose de fer (1973)
    La rose de fer (1973)

    A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can’t find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.Read More »

  • Andrzej Wajda – Bez znieczulenia AKA Rough Treatment (1978)

    1971-1980Andrzej WajdaDramaPoland
    Bez znieczulenia (1978)
    Bez znieczulenia (1978)

    Quote:
    A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being “unwanted” parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding is reduced to silence.Read More »

  • Mehmet Aslan – Tarkan: Viking Kani AKA Tarkan Versus the Vikings (1971)

    Mehmet Aslan1971-1980ActionFantasyTurkey
    Tarkan Viking Kani (1971)
    Tarkan Viking Kani (1971)

    Kartal Tibet is… Tarkan! A mighty barbarian warrior guy who runs around with his dog, Kurt, saving pretty women from danger. He’s currently in the employ of the daughter of an important political person who runs afoul of some bloodthirsty Turkish Vikings who worship a bizarre Lovecraftian man-eating octopus. Why do they want the girl? Why, to sacrifice her to their god, of course! The Vikings, lead by a guy with the most amazing moustache ever, land their Viking ship outside of the castle where she lives, and soon have killed off all of her men, with only Tarkan left breathing, laying unconscious and presumed dead on the floor of the courtyard after a bloody battle ensues. Tarkan isn’t going out like that, however and once he gets his strength back, he and Kurt track down the Turkish Vikings and set out to save the pretty damsel and save her from certain doom at the hands of the half inflated eight-legged demigod.Read More »

  • Jean-Louis Bertuccelli – Paulina 1880 (1972)

    Drama1971-1980FranceJean-Louis BertuccelliRomance
    Paulina 1880 (1972)
    Paulina 1880 (1972)

    In 1880’s Italy, young Paulina must join a monastery to escape a doomed relationship with a married count. However, neither she, nor the count can just move.Read More »

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