Last Of The Persimmons
Pat O’Neill’s Last Of The Persimmons (1972) combines original 16mm footage with found footage and sets it to the T.Rex song “Is It Love?”. In just over four minutes O’Neill… Read more »
Tag: 1970s
Harmonica
Harmonica (1971) was Larry Gottheim’s first single reel long-take film with a soundtrack. Gottheim, operating the camera, filmed Shelley Berde in the back seat of a car as they drove… Read more »
4-Eyes
Psychedelic provocateur Keiichi Tanaami turned his attention towards making video art in the seventies. These videos contained images that drew on Pop Art for their color and dynamic compositions. These… Read more »
The Three Musketeers
I was just a kid the first time that I saw Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeers (1973). My mother was a really big fan of Lester’s two Musketeers films. She… Read more »
American Graffiti
Unlike George Lucas’ soulless science fiction features American Graffiti (1973) is a film of warmth and compassion. It’s an episodic narrative that uses nostalgia to frame carefully observed truths regarding… Read more »
Supermarkt
Roland Klick’s Supermarkt (1974) is a frantic portrait of life on the fringes of Hamburg. Klick’s film interrogates the political responsibility of the middle class for those outside the societal… Read more »
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
“Crazier than a mule humping goat.” It’s fitting that Sam Peckinpah’s final western, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973), should be a eulogy for the genre. The entire film… Read more »
Shriek Of The Mutilated
Shriek Of The Mutilated (1974) is a horror-exploitation film by sleaze peddler Michael Findlay. The film follows a college professor and his students on a field trip into the remote… Read more »
La mala ordina
Fernando Di Leo’s La mala ordina (1972) follows two American mafia hitmen (Henry Silva and Woody Strode) out to kill a smalltime pimp (Mario Adorf) in Milan. But the smalltime… Read more »
Score
Score (1973) follows one married couple for twenty-four hours as they seduce another married couple in their home on the French Riviera. The film is based on the off-broadway play… Read more »
