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Post by hi224 on Jun 22, 2020 17:49:20 GMT
What do you got?.
Godfather II
California Splits
A woman under the Influence
The Conversation
Chinatown.
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Post by movielover on Jun 22, 2020 17:55:49 GMT
The Godfather: Part II
Chinatown
Lenny
The Conversation
Murder on the Orient Express
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 22, 2020 20:06:07 GMT
The Godfather, Part II / Francis Ford Coppola  Chinatown / Roman Polanski  Harry And Tonto / Paul Mazursky  Lacombe Lucien / Louis Malle  Murder On The Orient Express / Sidney Lumet  ![]() |
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 22, 2020 22:50:14 GMT
The Godfather: Part II
Chinatown
Young Frankenstein
California Split
The Conversation
and
Lenny
The Yakuza
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Longest Yard
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Petersen
The Parallax View
Murder on the Orient Express
Blazing Saddles
Harry and Tonto
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Post by london777 on Jun 23, 2020 2:00:59 GMT
Very weak year.
Some good films not yet mentioned include:
Road Movie Joseph Strick
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Werner Herzog
Edvard Munch Peter Watkins
Les Valseuses Bertrand Blier
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 23, 2020 3:44:29 GMT
My top 5 1974 releases, not sure how they'd go with "the Academy"
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Lancelot du Lac
Himiko
It Was A Faint Dream
Effi Briest
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Post by hi224 on Jun 23, 2020 7:33:29 GMT
My top 5 1974 releases, not sure how they'd go with "the Academy" Celine and Julie Go Boating
Lancelot du Lac
Himiko
It Was A Faint Dream
Effi BriestSome were nominated. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 23, 2020 9:22:08 GMT
My top 5 1974 releases, not sure how they'd go with "the Academy" Celine and Julie Go Boating
Lancelot du Lac
Himiko
It Was A Faint Dream
Effi BriestSome were nominated. Which one(s)? I'm not seeing any of them nominated, even in the Best Foreign Language category. |
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Post by hi224 on Jun 23, 2020 13:41:08 GMT
Which one(s)? I'm not seeing any of them nominated, even in the Best Foreign Language category. Whoops I assumed a few got nommes for best foreign film. |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 23, 2020 20:12:31 GMT
(in order)
-Harry and Tonto
-A Woman Under the Influence
-The Godfather: Part II
-The Conversation
-Chinatown
-Zandy's Bride
-Alice in the Cities
-Scenes From a Marriage
-Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
If 1974 was a weak year, what about the last 40 years?
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Post by london777 on Jun 24, 2020 15:36:55 GMT
(in order) -Harry and Tonto -A Woman Under the Influence -The Godfather: Part II -The Conversation -Chinatown -Zandy's Bride -Alice in the Cities -Scenes From a Marriage -Ali: Fear Eats the Soul If 1974 was a weak year, what about the last 40 years? Hi mortsahlfan Just me being grumpy as usual. But the '70s are my least favorite movie decade. Too big a task to sift through all the succeeding 45 years (not counting 2020 which ain't done yet) but my gut-feeling is that most of them would have yielded better movies than 1974. If you care to nominate any three years since at random, I will see if I can list a better Top Ten for each of them than 1974 can boast. No-one else challenged my assertion. I guess they think it is too self-evident to be worth commenting.  |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jun 25, 2020 12:40:03 GMT
(in order) -Harry and Tonto -A Woman Under the Influence -The Godfather: Part II -The Conversation -Chinatown -Zandy's Bride -Alice in the Cities -Scenes From a Marriage -Ali: Fear Eats the Soul If 1974 was a weak year, what about the last 40 years? Hi mortsahlfan Just me being grumpy as usual. But the '70s are my least favorite movie decade. Too big a task to sift through all the succeeding 45 years (not counting 2020 which ain't done yet) but my gut-feeling is that most of them would have yielded better movies than 1974. If you care to nominate any three years since at random, I will see if I can list a better Top Ten for each of them than 1974 can boast. No-one else challenged my assertion. I guess they think it is too self-evident to be worth commenting. Then we're even - I'm grumpy today from lack of sleep 
So what are your favorite decades? Personally, I'd rank mine 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, in that order. I don't think 1974 is the greatest year, but I could have named more good movies.
Because I'm so tired, I'll look back on this site to see any years of favorite movies so I can simply copy/paste.
1970 Sunflower
Five Easy Pieces
La Horse
Joe
Hope
A Walk In The Summer Rain
Lovers And Other Strangers
I Never Sang For My Father
(too many more to list)
Favorite Documentary
"Hospital"
"Seven-Up" (ongoing)
1952 (in order)
Umberto D
Ikiru
Come Back, Little Sheba
Viva Zapata!
Deadline - U.S.A.
The Quiet Man
Singin' In The Rain
The Bad and the Beautiful
Beware, My Lovely
High Noon
My Cousin Rachel
Forbidden Games
Europe '51
1964 My favorite thing ever from this year is the documentary, "Seven-Up" which is still going!
Woman in the Dunes
Onibaba
The Visit
The Pumpkin Eater
Seance in the Wet Afternoon
Seven Days in May
The Best Man
Marriage Italian Style
Gertrud
Zorba the Greek
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Post by cynthiagreen on Jun 25, 2020 12:48:01 GMT
CHINATOWN FEMALE TROUBLE THE GREAT GATSBY THE CONVERSATION THE TOWERING INFERNO
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Post by cynthiagreen on Jun 25, 2020 13:23:20 GMT
1974 poll going til 28 June if anyone interested
Looks to be a Godfather/Chinatown standoff. I'm sure CHINATOWN won on the old imdb... but my memory has proved faulty before ...  |
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 25, 2020 17:15:26 GMT
"Airport 1975"
"Alice Doesnt Live Here anymore"
"Going Places"
"And There Were None"
"Badlands"
"Black Christmas"
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three"
"Amarcord"
"Chinatown" -- (it has grown on me over the years.
"California Split"
"Texas Chinsaw Massacre"
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Post by Archelaus on Jun 25, 2020 18:11:19 GMT
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
Murder on the Orient Express
The Conversation
A Woman Under the Influence
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Post by taranofprydain on Jun 25, 2020 21:34:28 GMT
Chinatown
Harry and Tonto
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Great Gatsby
That's Entertainment
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Post by marshamae on Jun 25, 2020 23:07:23 GMT
The 70’s was about the last decade when I saw most of the Oscar nominees in a theater first run. There were more disappointments than thrills but here are some that I liked then and still like
Godfather II
Three Muskateers
Chinatown
Young Frankenstein
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 26, 2020 1:28:18 GMT
1973, otherwise would have been my #2 |
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Post by marianne48 on Jun 26, 2020 1:36:43 GMT
Harry and Tonto
Murder on the Orient Express
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
Benji (hey, this was one of Hitchcock's personal favorites)
That's Entertainment (sure, it was just a clip collection, and its somber tribute to Judy Garland seems a bit much considering MGM is the studio which helped damage her in the first place. But it introduced me to some great musicals, and helped me avoid having to watch some dreary ones, too, by just showing the good parts)
Special mention: Animal Crackers (made in 1930, but not shown on TV or in theaters until 1974 due to copyright issues, so I got to to see it that year in its theatrical re-release)
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