1970s

  • Oldrich Lipský – ‘Ctyri vrazdy stací, drahousku’ AKA Four Murders Are Enough, Honey (1971)

    Oldrich Lipsky1971-1980ComedyCzech Republic
    'Ctyri vrazdy stací, drahousku' (1971)
    ‘Ctyri vrazdy stací, drahousku’ (1971)

    Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don’t hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation.Read More »

  • Stuart Rosenberg – Voyage of the Damned (1976)

    Stuart Rosenberg1971-1980DramaHolocaust HistoryUSAWar
    Voyage of the Damned (1976)
    Voyage of the Damned (1976)

    Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 war drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, and Malcolm McDowell.

    The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner St. Louis carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the US.Read More »

  • José Luis Borau – La Sabina (1979)

    José Luis Borau1971-1980DramaSpain
    La Sabina (1979)
    La Sabina (1979)

    English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar long ago. He learns of the legend of Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who becomes his obsession.Read More »

  • Joseph Losey – Monsieur Klein (1976)

    Joseph Losey1971-1980CrimeDramaFrance

    In Nazi-occupied Paris, the immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. Will Mr Klein clear his name?Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Le plein de super AKA Fill’er Up with Super [Custom color] (1976)

    Alain Cavalier1971-1980ComedyDramaFrance
    Le plein de super (1976)
    Le plein de super (1976)

    Quote:
    When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive a big American car to its new owner who lives on the Riviera, he makes the best of things. First, he gets and old friend to ride along with him. Then, the two of them are joined by another pair of men who want to ride south.Read More »

  • Chandra Barot – Don (1978)

    1971-1980ActionChandra BarotCultIndia
    Don (1978)
    Don (1978)

    IMDB wrote:
    When ruthless Don (Amitabh Bachchan) is killed by the police, the DSP (Iftekhar) is afraid that another “Don” will take over when the rest of the gang come of know of his death, so he, unbeknown to the rest of the police force, recruits Don’s look-alike Vijay (also Amitabh Bachchan) to become the real Don. Vijay is, at first reluctant, but when promised that two children he is caring for, will be looked after and educated, he agrees. He is successfully re-located back with his gang by feigning injuries, and loss of memory. He soon recuperates. Then fate takes an unexpected turn when the DSP is killed and Vijay becomes the suspect; his role as the Don ends, as his gang comes to know he is a fraud; Vijay must run for his life – both from the police and Don’s gang – for his life, and the life of the two children.Read More »

  • William Rotsler – Street of a Thousand Pleasures (1972)

    William Rotsler1971-1980EroticaExploitationUSA
    Street of a Thousand Pleasures (1972)
    Street of a Thousand Pleasures (1972)

    From the DVD Packaging:
    As a reward for saving Sheik Abdul Ben Hassein from an assassin, American oil geologist John Dalton is taken to the spectacular STREET OF A THOUSAND PLEASURES, an amazing Mid-East slave market where potential buyers can feast their eyes on a veritable smorgasbord of feminine flesh! Everywhere you turn, everywhere you look, big beautiful bare buxotics are brazenly on display! Played by 71 of Hollywood’s Most Abundant Models — including the legendary Uschi Digart! — they’re all brought up-close and personal thanks to the Motion Picture Miracle of “Girl-A-Vision” which puts you in the picture! You become the eyes of the camera as it provides an amazing “hands-on” effect in which you are lovingly and literally submerged in skin! But watch out, that sinister assassin is still on the loose… Directed by William Rotsler (Mantis in Lace) under the moniker “Clay McCord” and released by Harry Novak (Please Don’t Eat My Mother!), STREET OF A THOUSAND PLEASURES is pure pulchritude paradise and about as far from Main Street USA as you can get without leaving the planetRead More »

  • Mike De Leon – Kung mangarap ka’t magising AKA Moments in a Stolen Dream (1977)

    Mike De Leon1971-1980DramaPhilippinesRomance
    Kung mangarap ka't magising (1977)
    Kung mangarap ka’t magising (1977)

    PLOT: Joey, a musically-inclined college student who falls for Ana, a married young woman vacationing from Manila. As their friendship starts blossoming into romance, the two slowly uncover startling truths about each other’s pasts.Read More »

  • Katsu Kanai – Ôkoku aka The Kingdom (1973)

    Katsu Kanai1971-1980ArthouseAsianJapan
    Ôkoku (1973)
    Ôkoku (1973)

    KatsuKanai wrote:
    My first film, The Deserted Archipelago, emerged out of the intersections between my own experiences and fantasies and Japan’s postwar history, and, as such, I might call it the “Human Chapter” of my trilogy. In contrast, Good-bye pursues the mystery of my distant DNA. Since it moves from blood to land, I might call it the “Earth Chapter.” Following these two narratives came The Kingdom. Even if we were to deny all gods, there is one god controlling us, one god whom we cannot refuse: the god of time. The Kingdom was my challenge to that god of time as well as the finale, “The Heavenly Chapter,” to my Smiling Milky Way Trilogy.Read More »

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