1970s

  • John Llewellyn Moxey – Where Have All the People Gone? (1974)

    John Llewellyn Moxey1971-1980Sci-FiThrillerUSA
    Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
    Where Have All the People Gone (1974)

    From IMDB:
    A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate
    few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder,
    leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful of survivors attempt to rebuild their lives on the
    de-populated Earth.Read More »

  • Xhanfize Keko – Tomka dhe shokët e tij AKA Tomka and His Friends (1977)

    1971-1980AlbaniaDramaWarXhanfize Keko
    Tomka dhe shokët e tij (1977)
    Tomka dhe shokët e tij (1977)

    The Wehrmacht arrives in a small Albanian town after Italy capitulates to the Allies. Tomka and his gang decide to exact revenge when the German soldiers set up camp on their football pitch.Read More »

  • William Allen Castleman – The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972)

    William Allen Castleman1971-1980ComedyEroticaFrance
    The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972)

    IMDB wrote:
    David F. Friedman’s Zorro-version is the coolest (and sleaziest)!
    Forget that new blockbuster version and get the “true” story of our horny hero. People familiar with Exploitation Monarch David F. Friedman’s work (Blood Feast, Starlet, Wizard Of Gore etc.) will be amazed over the high production values and acting in this entertaining tale. Of course it’s sleazy as hell, some scenes are close to porn, but the spoofy jokes are a riot. Trashmovie icon Bob (“House On Bare Mountain”, “Love Camp 7″etc.) Creese is hilarious as Sgt. Felipio Latio (get it?) and John (“Starlet” etc.) Alderman ain’t bad as Estaban. Producer Friedman even makes a cameo as a sadistic soldier. The twist of this version of the classic tale is that Don Diego is gay by day and hero/superlover by night!!Read More »

  • Norifumi Suzuki – Seijû gakuen AKA School of the Holy Beast (1974)

    Norifumi Suzuki1971-1980DramaJapanThriller
    Seijû gakuen (1974)
    Seijû gakuen (1974)

    Synopsis
    In order to investigate her mother’s strange death, a woman enters a sacred convent run by hypocritical, perverse nuns. – IMDbRead More »

  • William Allen Castleman – Bummer! (1973)

    1971-1980ComedyHorrorUSAWilliam Allen Castleman
    Bummer! (1973)

    Bummer tells the tale of groupies who adore the rock and roll band called: The Group without realizing the band’s bassist (Dennis Burkley) is a disturbed psychotic sicko capable of rape and murder. Lots of nudity, and some so baaad it’s good moments.Read More »

  • Euthana Mukdasanit – Thepthida Bar 21 (1978)

    Euthana Mukdasanit1971-1980DramaMusicalThailand
    Thepthida Bar 21 (1978)
    Thepthida Bar 21 (1978)

    After witnessing a murder committed by her boyfriend’s brother, a young woman must choose between the love and the law.Read More »

  • Bernardo Bertolucci – Ultimo tango a Parigi AKA Last Tango in Paris (1972)

    Bernardo Bertolucci1971-1980Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtDramaFrance
    Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)
    Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)

    Quote:
    In Bernardo Bertolucci’s art-house classic, Marlon Brando delivers one of his characteristically idiosyncratic performances as Paul, a middle-aged American in “emotional exile” who comes to Paris when his estranged wife commits suicide. Chancing to meet young Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider), Paul enters into a sadomasochistic, carnal relationship with her, indirectly attacking the hypocrisy all around him through his raw, outrageous sexual behavior. Paul also hopes to purge himself of his own feelings of guilt, brilliantly (and profanely) articulated in a largely ad-libbed monologue at his wife’s coffin. If the sexual content in Last Tango is uncomfortably explicit (once seen, the infamous “butter scene” is never forgotten), the combination of Brando’s acting, Bertolucci’s direction, Vittorio Storaro’s cinematography, and Gato Barbieri’s music is unbeatable, creating one of the classic European art movies of the 1970s, albeit one that is not for all viewers.Read More »

  • Lindsay Anderson – The Old Crowd (1979)

    Lindsay Anderson1971-1980DramaTVUnited Kingdom
    The Old Crowd (1979)
    The Old Crowd (1979)

    Quote:
    George and Betty, a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don’t work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determination to have a good time.Read More »

  • Keith Lock – Everything Everywhere Again Alive (1975)

    1971-1980CanadaDocumentaryExperimentalKeith Lock
    Everything Everywhere Again Alive (1975)
    Everything Everywhere Again Alive (1975)

    Synopsis:
    Everything Everywhere Again Alive is a landmark work of Canadian underground cinema, a film diary with mystic and symbolic overtones. In the early 1970s, Toronto filmmaker Keith Lock moved to Buck Lake, where members of the Toronto art scene were undertaking an experiment in communal living. Lock filmed the achievements and daily rituals of his fellow communards, his camera bearing witness as a community assembled and dispersed. The resulting film uses poetic strategies, including logograms and other graphic disruptions, to extend its themes of renewal and rebirth, and to mark the encounter between reason and imagination, the concrete and the abstract.Read More »

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