tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post2442900138537336149..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Your Five Favorite U.S. Movies from the 1970spattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43480420024782988542010-11-26T15:57:45.765-05:002010-11-26T15:57:45.765-05:00STAR WARS was the death sentence, I'd say. It&...STAR WARS was the death sentence, I'd say. It's totally incomprehensible today to imagine a movie like FIVE EASY PIECES in its day was successful enough to even warrant a parody in Mad magazine...Anders Engwallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4144221230786681792010-11-26T15:04:48.074-05:002010-11-26T15:04:48.074-05:00The list is endless. And then everything changes a...The list is endless. And then everything changes and studios just went for blockbusters. Too bad.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76365727491094603232010-11-26T14:12:26.475-05:002010-11-26T14:12:26.475-05:00Todd is right - E is for Engwall. Good call on THE...Todd is right - E is for Engwall. Good call on THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE, btw. The decade is filled with overlooked gems like that. FAT CITY, FIVE EASY PIECES, STRAIGHT TIME, DAWN OF THE DEAD, OVER THE EDGE, SLAPSHOT, TWO-LANE BLACKTOP... This list could go on and on.Anders Engwallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72416727476385569012010-11-25T00:46:30.915-05:002010-11-25T00:46:30.915-05:00Some favorites that I don't think were mention...Some favorites that I don't think were mentioned were The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May), Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May), Minnie and Moskowitz (John Cassavetes), Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett), and What's Up Doc? (Peter Bogdanovich).Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83228135052279171782010-11-25T00:45:31.297-05:002010-11-25T00:45:31.297-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56038386862447876282010-11-24T16:57:58.545-05:002010-11-24T16:57:58.545-05:00Or, I'm confusing this Anders with the Engstro...Or, I'm confusing this Anders with the Engstrom the film director...sorry about that, Anders.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-54160391389499407342010-11-24T16:54:42.686-05:002010-11-24T16:54:42.686-05:00"E Anders" is actually Anders Engstrom, ..."E Anders" is actually Anders Engstrom, if I remember the spelling of his surname correctly.<br /><br />THE LATHE OF HEAVEN, based on the Ursula K. Le Guin borderline fantasy first published as a 1971 serial in AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, though it might've been a better fit in sibling FANTASTIC, was from the same folks who made the Vonnegut adaptation OF TIME AND TIMBUKTU and the awful John Varley adaptation (of an excellent short story) "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" for AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE, all PBS offers over the years...thoug more people might've seen the last in its MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 skewering. Le Guin was quite pleased with this LATHE, and so was I...it was finally released on DVD some five-six years ago. About that time, another adaptation, LATHE OF HEAVEN, was made with a much larger budget and about as much hostility to the text and the first adaptation as most remakes.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64645085643487614072010-11-23T22:37:25.882-05:002010-11-23T22:37:25.882-05:00Need to see that one again. I remember all of thos...Need to see that one again. I remember all of those but THE LATHE OF HEAVEN.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61719172756260085892010-11-23T21:23:35.734-05:002010-11-23T21:23:35.734-05:00If PRIME CUT had been allowed to become the film i...If PRIME CUT had been allowed to become the film it could've been, WINTER'S BONE would've reminded me of it even more strongly.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12355970665124921172010-11-23T21:09:53.314-05:002010-11-23T21:09:53.314-05:00(Leaving aside the temptation to "cheat"...(Leaving aside the temptation to "cheat" with Brit films like Kubrick's or the Pythons', or even Canadian films, or such edge of the '70s winners as MEDIUM COOL.<br /><br />Five TV Movies:<br />THE NIGHT STALKER<br />THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN<br />THE LATHE OF HEAVEN (first broadcast 9 January 1980)<br />STEAMBATH<br />FAREWELL TO MANZANARTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24316292867474324602010-11-23T20:58:26.675-05:002010-11-23T20:58:26.675-05:00THE CONVERSATION
THE CANDIDATE
BADLANDS
THE LAST W...THE CONVERSATION<br />THE CANDIDATE<br />BADLANDS<br />THE LAST WALTZ<br />SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE<br /><br />sentimental favorites (in that decade) would include THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED DOWN THE LANE and PAPER MOON and probably THE BAD NEWS BEARS...anything on the list might be challenged by, say, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE and such fine, if perhaps not as profound or well-worked-out, films as CHARLEY VARRICK, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (Matthau made some good choices in those years), THE RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN, and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28902891030096934222010-11-23T20:52:40.959-05:002010-11-23T20:52:40.959-05:00I've got to post about seeing The Last Picture...I've got to post about seeing The Last Picture show on the silver screen last weekend, with Jeff Bridges and Peter B. hanging out before abnd after. Dream come true (though Cybill Shepherd would have been welcomed, too . . .)Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38764241828662167682010-11-23T09:20:08.649-05:002010-11-23T09:20:08.649-05:00I'm still surprised Charles said he's neve...I'm still surprised Charles said he's never seen the Godfather movies or Chinatown or The Last Picture Show.<br /><br />Well, "surprised" understates it, actually.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9791582789020615892010-11-23T08:28:44.568-05:002010-11-23T08:28:44.568-05:00I always associated "Eraserhead" with th...I always associated "Eraserhead" with the 1980s. Perhaps because I was living in L.A. in the early 1980s and "Eraserhead" was the midnight movie at the Nuart in Santa Monica on the weekends.<br /><br />Last week I came home (my husband and our younger kids were at a basketball game) to find my 18-year-old sitting in the dark, watching "Eraserhead."<br /><br />Me: "Oh, that would so creep me out--watching 'Eraserhead' in the dark."<br /><br />18-year-old (unfazed): "Oh, I'm OK."<br /><br />And so the cycle continues...Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91613298829796991762010-11-23T07:47:21.643-05:002010-11-23T07:47:21.643-05:00I am surprised that CHINATOWN beat The Godfather.I am surprised that CHINATOWN beat The Godfather.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4147979663916280282010-11-23T07:32:15.078-05:002010-11-23T07:32:15.078-05:00And here is the final roundup:
Chinatown ...And here is the final roundup:<br /><br />Chinatown 13<br />The Godfather 10<br />Star Wars 6<br />Taxi Driver 5<br />The Last Picture Show 5<br />Annie Hall 5<br />Godfather II 4<br />Jaws 4<br /><br />It looks like I was the only person to get all 5 titles on this list, for what that's worth.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone for playing and drive home safely.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1657213231036956772010-11-23T04:11:39.055-05:002010-11-23T04:11:39.055-05:00In no particular order
THE LONG GOODBYE
THE CONVE...In no particular order<br /><br />THE LONG GOODBYE<br />THE CONVERSATION<br />CHINATOWN<br />ALIEN<br />AMERICAN GRAFFITI<br /><br />What a decade - there was such an incredible abundance of good stuff in every kind of genre.Anders Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42743447895939708662010-11-23T00:01:56.533-05:002010-11-23T00:01:56.533-05:00You're not alone Patti, Klute was excellent, a...You're not alone Patti, Klute was excellent, and Paul, it's so hard not to include Eraserhead on my list. Truly groundbreaking film, especially when you take into account it took about 5 years to make. These lists just make me want to go on a 70's spree.Dan Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418855013568661590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45816005006615566632010-11-22T20:06:40.346-05:002010-11-22T20:06:40.346-05:00Nashville (has no one mentioned this yet?)
Alice&#...Nashville (has no one mentioned this yet?)<br />Alice's Restaurant (way underrated)<br />Dog Day Afternoon<br />Chinatown<br />Paper Moon<br /><br />Soooo much natural lighting<br /><br />Dan LuftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55039749902610543472010-11-22T17:47:49.981-05:002010-11-22T17:47:49.981-05:00Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Young...Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?<br />Young Frankenstein<br />Sleeper<br />The Sting<br />The Wicker Manmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21851000239058216362010-11-22T15:11:59.732-05:002010-11-22T15:11:59.732-05:00Not my favorite decade and yet... only five? Well,...Not my favorite decade and yet... only five? Well, let's try.<br /><br />A FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST<br />DAYS OF HEAVEN<br />JAWS<br />PATTON<br />SCARECROW (or any other film Gene Hackman did during the period - that guy is the finest actor of the last five decades)Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10519038141708313102010-11-22T14:34:39.406-05:002010-11-22T14:34:39.406-05:00THE STING
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
THE...THE STING<br />YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN<br />AMERICAN GRAFFITI<br />THE CHEAP DETECTIVE<br />BREAKING AWAY<br /><br />I guess this list shows that I prefer films that make me smile. I like Chinatown and Taxi Driver and Cuckoo's Nest and all those films but I don't enjoy reruns of them too much.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14582633979021228742010-11-22T13:56:50.362-05:002010-11-22T13:56:50.362-05:00Eraserhead just eluded me. I am surprised I am the...Eraserhead just eluded me. I am surprised I am the only voter for Klute. I think Star Wars would have had more votes before the release of 1-3 which sort of spoiled the originals. Apocalypse Now seems more like Apocalypse then last time I saw it. Brando doesn't hold up so well.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-73727893601657740912010-11-22T13:50:30.181-05:002010-11-22T13:50:30.181-05:00CHINATOWN
ANNIE HALL
STAR WARS
TAXI DRIVER
MONTY P...CHINATOWN<br />ANNIE HALL<br />STAR WARS<br />TAXI DRIVER<br />MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAILGeorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8741975666145530492010-11-22T13:47:20.226-05:002010-11-22T13:47:20.226-05:00Whoops - last two were added after I started, so m...Whoops - last two were added after I started, so make adjustments as needed.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com