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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 3, 2021 23:16:24 GMT
From all the ones I've checked out, they've all been really good and would love to find more. I know a few below are on YouTube, too.
-Fat City
-Minnie And Moskowitz
-The Visitors
-The Blue Motel
-Wanda
and "Les Chat" (The Cat) from France, featuring Jean Gabin and Simona Signoret
Some are very low-budget (maybe all), but it features some fine acting, script, and the general story… Some don't have much movement, some take place in one setting. By the mid-70s, it got stylized with "Taxi Driver" and seemed to have died down since in favor of blockbusters, instead of the more personal movie.
Does anyone have any favorites or recommendations?
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Post by Archelaus on Feb 3, 2021 23:48:25 GMT
Five Easy Pieces
Klute
Mean Streets
The Panic in Needle Park
The French Connection
Serpico
Midnight Cowboy, Medium Cool, and Easy Rider falls into the same category although they were released a few years before the 1970s officially started.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 4, 2021 0:42:48 GMT
Not one of my favorites necessarily, but The Seven-Ups with Roy Scheider is in that vein.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2021 1:29:39 GMT
Blue Collar is pretty good.
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Post by phantomparticle on Feb 4, 2021 1:40:19 GMT
Scarecrow Two of the greatest actors in film history in an unforgettable match-up.  |
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Post by Geddy on Feb 4, 2021 2:03:07 GMT
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 4, 2021 2:09:19 GMT
Star Wars is as realistic as it gets. Wookiees never get medals in real life.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 4, 2021 4:29:06 GMT
I mean Any 70s Cassavetes practically breathes new York as well.
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Post by OldAussie on Feb 4, 2021 8:36:41 GMT
From your list I was going to recommend Scarecrow but got beaten to it.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Feb 4, 2021 9:18:04 GMT
McCabe And Mrs. Miller
Barry Lyndon
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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 4, 2021 11:25:04 GMT
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Post by hi224 on Feb 4, 2021 16:00:14 GMT
Mikey and Nicky might be boths finest disparate performances as well. |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 4, 2021 16:53:52 GMT
If you don't like the 70s and want something made fairly recently, check out "Buffalo '66" - i because it's so great, very realistic, gritty, with very natural acting, and a damn good cast.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Feb 4, 2021 20:05:56 GMT
Canada sure made some gritty and realistc movies in that era.
These two come to mind:
Goin' Down The Road
Wedding In White
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Post by Power Ranger on Feb 4, 2021 20:13:21 GMT
Canada sure made some gritty and realistc movies in that era. These two come to mind: Goin' Down The Road Wedding In White Sunday in the Country is another. |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 4, 2021 21:51:30 GMT
Report to the Commissioner 1975
The Onion Field 1979
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 5, 2021 2:28:08 GMT
Sunday in the Country is another.
What an interesting story--about the rural guy trying to teach his granddaughter to be tougher about the world--he's sincere but can't connect with her. It's like the "hard living makes society, society makes soft living, soft living wrecks society.." message.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle The Nickel Ride
are grim and rather depressing.
I haven't seen it myself but Joe starring Peter Boyle is supposed to be that kind of movie.
"Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue."
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Post by dirtypillows on Feb 5, 2021 3:23:33 GMT
Trash
Heat
The Killing Kind
Turkish Delight
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 1969, but close enough and definitely captures all the qualities mentioned in OP
Mean Streets
Death Wish
Deep End - This wonderful movie out of 1970 England doesn't seem to get the recognition it deserves.
Desperate Characters
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Dog Day Afternoon
Great topic.
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Post by dirtypillows on Feb 5, 2021 3:26:00 GMT
Canada sure made some gritty and realistc movies in that era. These two come to mind: Goin' Down The Road Wedding In White Pauline Kael loved GDTR. I'd wanted to see it for the longest time, so I guess it was natural that I might be a little underwhelmed when I finally did see it. I thought it was okay. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Feb 5, 2021 3:26:39 GMT
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. One of my all-time favorites |
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