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Post by petrolino on Jun 25, 2021 20:53:52 GMT
Here's a new article looking at cinema 50 years ago that's been published at the British Broadcasting Corporation, for anybody who might be interested.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 25, 2021 21:04:28 GMT
It's not surprising it only talks about Hollywood not global film-and not even UK-made films.
There were a lot of movies that came out of the UK that year.
I guess the author would dismiss them as "satisfaction products."
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Post by petrolino on Jun 25, 2021 21:35:51 GMT
It's not surprising it only talks about Hollywood not global film-and not even UK-made films. There were a lot of movies that came out of the UK that year. I guess the author would dismiss them as "satisfaction products."
The U K specialises in the creation of "satisfaction products".
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Post by politicidal on Jun 25, 2021 22:16:05 GMT
Some favorites from that year:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Dirty Harry
The Last Valley
Duel
Support Your Local Gunfighter
A Fistful of Dynamite
Big Jake
Mary, Queen of Scots
Klute
Fool's Parade
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Post by petrolino on Jun 25, 2021 22:26:03 GMT
Some favorites from that year:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Dirty Harry
The Last Valley
Duel
Support Your Local Gunfighter
A Fistful of Dynamite
Big Jake
Mary, Queen of Scots
Klute
Fool's Parade
I don't think I've heard of 'The Last Valley' - I see it's directed by novelist James Clavell who made 'To Sir With Love' (1967). Not seen 'Mary, Queen Of Scots' or 'Fool's Parade', thanks for the recommendations.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 25, 2021 22:27:55 GMT
Some favorites from that year:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Dirty Harry
The Last Valley
Duel
Support Your Local Gunfighter
A Fistful of Dynamite
Big Jake
Mary, Queen of Scots
Klute
Fool's Parade
I don't think I've heard of 'The Last Valley' - I see it's directed by novelist James Clavell who made 'To Sir With Love' (1967). Not seen 'Mary, Queen Of Scots' or 'Fool's Parade', thanks for the recommendations.
It's good. It's the better movie staring both Omar Sharif and Michael Caine. Watch that instead of Ashanti. 
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 26, 2021 0:23:34 GMT
I am just looking at ones they missed--including internationally from the Philippines and Hong Kong and Spain... They made a lot of movies that seemed to gain some reputation over time. 1970 was a good year and so 1972. They made a lot of movies that seemed to stand out in those days.
1971:
The Abominable Dr Phibes Escape From the Planet of the Apes Willard The Big Doll House Red Sun Let's Scare Jessica To death Fright
Godzilla Vs the Smog Monster
Die Screaming Marianne (never heard of it) The Big Boss Hannie Caulder (havent seen that one yet) Black Beauty (UK film) The Blood on Satan's Claw Countess Dracula The Devils The Last Run Man in the Wilderness Zeppelin Twins of Evil Hands of the Ripper Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde The Great Swindle They've Changed Faces Someone Behind the Door Welcome Home, Soldier Boys! The Fifth Cord Lady Frankenstein Count Yorga Vampire The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh Four Flies on Grey Velvet Assault (UK) Black Belly of the Tarantula Web of the Spider Death Walks on High Heels Lizard in a Woman's Skin The Devil's Nightmare (Belgium) The Case of the Scorpion's Tail Tombs of the Blind Dead I, Monster The Cat O' Nine Tails The House That Dripped Blood Daughters of Darkness Eye of the Spider A Town Called Hell |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 26, 2021 0:48:46 GMT
I am just looking at ones they missed--including internationally from the Philippines and Hong Kong and Spain... They made a lot of movies that seemed to gain some reputation over time. 1970 was a good year and so 1972. They made a lot of movies that seemed to stand out in those days.
1971:
The Abominable Dr Phibes I think you would love this movie.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 26, 2021 0:53:13 GMT
I think you would love this movie. I watched it again for its 50th anniversary.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 26, 2021 0:56:41 GMT
I think you would love this movie. I watched it again for its 50th anniversary.
It's highly stylised. I think director Robert Fuest brought a continental sensibility to Englishness. He embarked upon a European career in the early 1980s that sadly seemed to come to nothing.
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 26, 2021 0:56:44 GMT
Another strong recommendation for The Last Valley
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jun 26, 2021 0:57:23 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 26, 2021 1:03:39 GMT
It's highly stylised. I think director Robert Fuest brought a continental sensibility to Englishness. He embarked upon a European career in the early 1980s that sadly seemed to come to nothing.
I liked And Soon the Darkness
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 26, 2021 1:04:35 GMT
Is the Last Valley on blu ray?
I watched it on very downgraded video.
I am surprised it is so obscure.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 26, 2021 1:13:35 GMT
It's highly stylised. I think director Robert Fuest brought a continental sensibility to Englishness. He embarked upon a European career in the early 1980s that sadly seemed to come to nothing.
I liked And Soon the Darkness
Great movie.
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 26, 2021 1:23:21 GMT
Is the Last Valley on blu ray? I watched it on very downgraded video. I am surprised it is so obscure. I have the Australian DVD - PICTURE GOOD QUALITY, BUT PAN'N'SCAN! I hate that. I believe there is a widescreen DVD region 2. but quality not so good. Last year Kino Lorber released a Blu-ray which I nearly bought but the review was negative - www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Last-Valley-Blu-ray/88294/
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 26, 2021 1:34:21 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 26, 2021 1:51:07 GMT
Wow I cant believe they would put out such a bad transfer considering the story is set in such a picturesque place.
Amazing the movies that get dropped down the well of being forgotten.
The attack on the village is very graphic.
I think the witch subplot might have been a little too much but overall I liked it.
What a great location--those grapes on the vine--I would be sitting there a long time eating them.
Early Brian Blessed film too.
Maybe his first.
And Michael Gothard.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 26, 2021 8:08:10 GMT
1971 was the first really memorable year of the 70s movie-wise.
A Clockwork Orange, Dirty Harry, Duel - all masterpieces. And I stand by my assertion that Duel was Spielberg's best film until Raiders of the Lost Ark came along a decade later.
Great year for horror as well.
Vincent Price starred in his best 70s work in The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
And Hammer provided us with their finest offering of the decade - the (for the time) remarkably daring transgender horror Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde.
Not to mention Amicus's The House That Dripped Blood - their best anthology up to that point in time.
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Post by rudeboy on Jun 26, 2021 8:19:59 GMT
One of the best years in cinematic history - so many favourites.
Murmur of the Heart and The Last Picture Show may be the two greatest films of the 1970s imo, which is high praise indeed.
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