Underated 70's films

Ace · Post by **Ace** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:40 pm

Following on from my 'Taking of Pelham 123' film, anyone suggest a good underated film from the 70's?
Dog Day Afternoon has been touted here on a regular basis, but my favourite film of all time is the EXCELLENT Warren Beattie (No relation to Sara) film, 'The Parallax View'

steve56 · Post by **steve56** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:43 pm

what was that 1 with the hitchikers,and soon the darkness?

steve56 · Post by **steve56** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:01 pm

another one= the offence .

Ace · Post by **Ace** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:04 pm

okay Stevie, youv'e posted yer choice(s) so let a few others have a turn, eh?

Bronson Lee · Post by **Bronson Lee** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:07 pm

Patton (1970). George C Scott , is always worth the watch .

slightly O/t but has anyone read

"Easy riders Raging bulls" by Peter Biskind ?

Ace · Post by **Ace** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:09 pm

Trouble is though Elton, is there are some excellent Oscar winning films/stars, and Patton is amongst them, I was thinking of films that are deemed excellent that didn't get the fanfares of say 'Godfather' etc.

The Last Word · Post by **The Last Word** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:29 pm

A strong contender for the best decade in cinema, especially for the US. It all went tits up once George Lucas & co got into gear, of course - a demise chronicled in full tawdry glory in Peter Biskind's excellent book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. Thinking about it, overrated '70's cinema would be the more contentious, but anyway...

underrated - All That Jazz.

Peter Woods · Post by **Peter Woods** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:47 pm

Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" does it for me. The sort of film that really gets under your skin and stands (or even, perhaps) requires multiple viewings.

Infamously banned on video for 18 years (due to a particularly difficult and ambiguous rape scene), finally released only a year or so ago.

The pacing might seem slow and brooding by today's standards but that was all intentional and the payoff is worth the wait.

Peter

The Last Word · Post by **The Last Word** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:01 pm

Re: Biskind's book. Didn't see you'd mentioned it earlier. Apologies.

Re: George C. Scott. Great in Patton, yep - but he really threw me stealing the show in Dr. Strangelove.

Buckley · Post by **Buckley** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:10 pm

Little Fause and Big Halsey: Robert Redford and Michael J Pollard...two bike racers, fun and fast moving. Classic Line: 'I never fucking liked you anyway'......Pollard to Redford after a bike crash

The Original Get Carter with Michael Caine...worthy of Pekinpah
The Wicker Man with Edward Woodward.....very very spooky: A Camp Christopher Lee steals the whole show and Britt Ekland's auto-erotic dance is worth the entrance fee
The unexpurgated (Cerificate 18 ) Saturday Night Fever.......more than the soundtrack ever suggested

All worth a night in

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