1970s

  • Kunio Shimizu & Sôichirô Tahara – Arakajime ushinawareta koibitotchiyo aka Lost lovers (1971)

    1971-1980AsianJapanKunio ShimizuSôichirô Tahara

    Quote:
    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 »

  • Giovanni Fago – O’Cangaçeiro AKA The Magnificent Bandits (1970)

    1961-1970DramaEuro WesternsGiovanni FagoSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoWestern

    IMDB:
    Espidito, survives the massacre of his entire village. A hermit helps him believing he is a Jesus like figure. As “Redeemer” Espidito goes out to help the poor turning to guns and his own rebel band. The discovery of oil twists everything.
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  • Gordon Hessler – Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)

    1971-1980Gordon HesslerHorrorThrillerUSA

    A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with himRead More »

  • René Vautier – Le Remords (1974)

    1971-1980FrancePoliticsRené Vautier

    Synopsis
    A filmmaker witnesses an act of racist police violence in Paris. He discusses with a lady whether and how he should make a film out of this.

    Gossip: Vautier wrote the script for this short film in 1957 already and wanted to shoot it. Yet he couldn’t find an actor. All those he asked saw their respective main directors represented in the piece and didn’t want to take the risk of offending them. So only 17 years later Vautier shot the film – and played the role himself…Read More »

  • Luigi Di Gianni – Il tempo dell’inizio (1974)

    Drama1971-1980ExperimentalItalyLuigi Di Gianni

    Quote:
    Distributed by L’Italnoleggio Cinematografico, with Sven Lasta, Rada Rassimov, Claudio Volonte, Jean Martin, Milena Vucotic
    Presented at the Venice Biennale 1974.
    Segnalazione ufficiale della Critica Cinematografica (SNCCI)
    Winner of the Nastro d’Argento 1975.
    Presented at the Festival du Jeune Cinéma de Toulon 1975.
    Presented at the Festival of New Delhi 1976.
    Presented at the Italian Film Festival in London (British Film Institute) 1976.
    Invited to the Festival of Valladolid 1975.Read More »

  • Parviz Kimiavi – Baghé sangui AKA Garden of Stones (1976)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaIranParviz Kimiavi

    Synopsis:
    Darvish Khan, a deaf-mute shepherd living in the desert, has a mystical vision in a dream in which he encounters a saint. When he awakens, he finds himself clutching a large stone. Grateful for the vision, he aims to pay homage and begins to construct an unusual monument in its honor. After his wife tells a neighbor that it is miraculous place, news of his ‘garden of stones’ spreads and people from neighboring villages come to see it. The result wreaks havoc upon Darvish Khan’s life. Bagh-e Sangi won the Silver Bear prize for the best film at the 1976 Berlin Film Festival and was shown at the Tehran, London and Paris film festivals. It was recently included at #20 on a list of the 27 best Iranian films, as selected by 14 Iranian directors for the 2014 Fribourg International Film Festival.Read More »

  • José Bénazéraf – Perverse Isabelle (1975)

    1971-1980EroticaExploitationFranceJosé Bénazéraf

    Quote:
    Two crooks flee in a stolen Ford Mustang. they have stolen it from the husband of the girl they rape in the forest. They take her with them to their refuge, a nice modern villa in the countryside. Here, their boss or protector is not so pleased with this girl: this was not planned. But his wife (the one with curly hair) is a lesbian, so she is very pleased with the girl, who has sex with everyone (the two crooks, the boss, his wife, her maid, the girlfriends of the crooks). At the end, the boss hires a killer, who kills the two crooks. And before we reach that scene, there is a long orgy scene with obsessive music, another surprising editing by BénazérafRead More »

  • Raoul Ruiz – Palomita blanca AKA Little White Dove (1973)

    1971-1980ChilePoliticsRaoul RuizRomance

    Quote:
    A relic of the Popular Unity period where we find a teacher talking to himself about the horror of the education system; the hard heartedness of the far right; the frivolity of the left; and a legion of the downtrodden. It is a film about verbal violence; life as a soap opera; and such dreams as mediocre movies are made on. Indecipherable to the world, but a Rosetta Stone for Chilean hieroglyphs.Read More »

  • Tatsumi Kumashiro – Onna jigoku: mori wa nureta aka Woods are wet (1973)

    1971-1980EroticaHorrorJapanTatsumi Kumashiro

    – Sachiko has just committed a crime. She is helped by a couple to whom she grants her confidence. Quickly this couple blackmails her and threatens to deliver her to the police. Sachiko has no other choice but to obey them. –Read More »

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