Man Of Marble
It took fifteen years for Polish authorities to green light Andrzej Wajda’s production of Man Of Marble (1977); a film so scathing in its analysis of Stalinist propaganda and corruption that… Read more »
Tag: 1970s
Shampoo
Shampoo (1975), unlike Hal Ashby’s earlier films The Last Detail (1973) and Harold and Maude (1971), lacks the presence of any literal physical death. Instead, the film focuses on a… Read more »
Dillinger
Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn’s Bonnie & Clyde (1967), Dillinger follows the formula almost exactly. The main difference is in the style of Milius’ telling of John Dillinger’s story. Milius colors… Read more »
Even Dwarfs Started Small
From The Unholy Three to The Terror Of Tiny Town and beyond, “little people” have always had a place in the cinema. Perhaps the most unusual of films to predominantly feature “little… Read more »
Conversation Piece
Born to the Italian nobility in 1906, Visconti would be given the highest form of education as well as a wealth of experiences before directing his first feature Obsession in 1943. … Read more »
A Girl Is A Gun
“In art there is only artifice“-Luc Moullet When one thinks of the American West one may recall the vistas of John Ford, prints by Mort Künstler, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood,… Read more »
Let It Be
Many times I’ve been alone, and many times I’ve cried. Anyway you’ll never know the many ways I’ve tried. And still they lead me back to the long winding road… … Read more »
Husbands
For a long time this film was nearly impossible to see. John Cassavetes is my favorite filmmaker and for a long while this title eluded me. My friend Dan had… Read more »
Payday
Payday (1972) is one of those unique films produced in the early seventies by the big studios when they were looking to cash in on the youth audience and willing… Read more »
The Human Tornado
I love Rudy Ray Moore’s albums Eat Out More Often and The Moans & Groans Of Love, and this film is the best translation of his unique comic styling to… Read more »
