MY TOP 60+ MOVIES FOR 1970... (and in list order)
Bertolucci's political art masterpiece; two anti-war films about the madness that is, and a surreal Western that becomes the first midnight cinema screening sensation. In list order...
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- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantStefania SandrelliGastone MoschinA weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.Cinematic brilliance from director and cinematographer...
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsAlan ArkinMartin BalsamRichard BenjaminA military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane during World War II so that he can be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.For me it's still as good as the book...
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsDonald SutherlandElliott GouldTom SkerrittThe staff of a Korean War field hospital uses humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.Altman madness on war and stuff...
- DirectorRichard RushStarsElliott GouldCandice BergenRobert F. LyonsA Vietnam vet and former social radical is conflicted by his desire to become a teacher and his sympathy with anti-establishment student protests.Politics on the campus...
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsBarbara BarrieCharles BraswellSusan Browning"Company" musical's original cast recording session filmed by D.A. Pennebaker in 1970. Captures interactions between Sondheim, performers and live recording process, culminating with Elaine Stritch's iconic "The Ladies Who Lunch" renditionBrilliance behind the scenes...
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyBrontis JodorowskyJosé LegarretaA mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.Far far out west, man...
- DirectorArthur PennStarsDustin HoffmanFaye DunawayChief Dan GeorgeJack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.He's just cheeky...
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA high-ranking police inspector kills his mistress and deliberately plants clues indicating his responsibility for the crime in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion.How to get away with murder when a narcissist is the law, and the law itself will not see them as a suspect in this neat psychological Italian thriller....
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonThe filmed account of The Beatles' attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back-to-basics album, which instead drove them further apart.The 2024 restored version has a whole new meaning after viewing the documentary series, GET BACK...
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsAnn-Sofie KylinRolf SohlmanAnita LindblomTwo teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.Teenage summer love and family silliness captured with humor and humility by Andersson, with the final scene in the fog a cinematic classic...
- DirectorMartin RittStarsJames Earl JonesJane AlexanderLou GilbertA Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.In the ring they are all equal...
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonKaren BlackBilly Green BushA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.Jack at his finest for Rafelson...
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsYoshitaka ZushiKin SugaiToshiyuki TonomuraVarious tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.Kurosawa's most colourful bright film is a treat...
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsClint EastwoodShirley MacLaineManolo FábregasWhen a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.Siegel does a fine job with the pairing of Eastwood and MacLaine...
- DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsRichard HarrisJudith AndersonJean GasconIn 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.As a child, this story fascinated me...
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJason RobardsStella StevensDavid WarnerA penniless vagabond accidentally stumbles onto a water spring in a desert wasteland and creates a profitable way station for stagecoach traffic.Peckinpah's more sedated funny Western...
- DirectorKarel KachynaStarsJirina BohdalováRadoslav BrzobohatýGustav OpocenskýAfter coming home from a Party gathering one night, a Czech official becomes convinced that he is about to be the subject of a political purge and tries to do damage control, while also dealing with his turbulent marriage.Living in a World of constant political paranoia...
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsMichael CaineCliff RobertsonIan BannenA reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.That twisted Aldrich touch...
- DirectorMichel DevilleStarsBrigitte BardotJean-Pierre CasselDaniel CeccaldiCellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, beautiful, wealthy and temperamental woman. And she knows it. She is very angry at him because he seems not to be under her charm. She decides to seduce him, but Gaspard did not feel like letting his life being invaded by such a woman.Deville gets the beauty to really act...
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsBob CorffElaine GiftosBud CortA gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.Maybe Corman's best non b-grade movie, or is it...
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsDonald SutherlandEllen BurstynMeg MazurskyBohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature-length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic, and surefire commercial success, so Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will be. Alex has a few ideas, like a biopic of Lenny Bruce or a movie about a black uprising in Los Angeles. As he makes the rounds of both the Hollywood community and European movie centers for ideas, he fantasizes about movie scenarios of his everyday situations, influenced by his movie idols, some of whom he actually meets, like Italian director Federico Fellini and French actress Jeanne Moreau. He's also wondering what to do about his personal life: does it make sense for him to "move up" with his wife Beth and their two daughters from their middle-class lifestyle? If so, filmmaking must not only achieve his main purpose of saying something meaningful, but also must be commercially successful. But must the need for commercial success ultimately take artistic control out of his hands?Mazursky's homage to the madness of filmmaking...
- DirectorMartin RittStarsSean ConneryRichard HarrisSamantha EggarIn 1876 Pennsylvania, a group of Irish immigrant coal miners begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.Ritt knows the plight of the worker...
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen YoungThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.C Scott is simply brilliant...
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger DaltreyOscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.It's all about the music, and the fun-loving dancing hippies...
- DirectorClaude SautetStarsMichel PiccoliRomy SchneiderGérard LartigauA highway engineer is involved in a car crash, after which, near death, he remembers his life leading up to the accident.Sautet gives you plenty to chew on...