The Cinematic Fractionation: The 1970's

As I recover from some eye strain I'll be posting some sandbagged blogs on my personal favorite movies by decade, this week it's the:

1970's

Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)



There's very few spaghetti-westerns that I like but this one is the exception: Terrence Hill & Bud Spencer are brothers & wannabe outlaws but nothing ever goes according to their plans.

The Godfather (1972)



Marlon Brando & Al Pacino give powerhouse performances as a mafia father & son… everything about this movie clicks, it's perfect in every way.

High Plains Drifter (1973)



Clint Eastwood comes to a small western town & turns it inside out to exact revenge from an earlier wrong; is he real or is he ghost? The films leaves it wide open...

Westworld (1973)



Androids run amok in a western theme park!

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)



An all-star cast rounds out this now classic/familiar whodunit, though I feel Albert Finney was miscast as Hercule Poirot he does do a decent job.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)



An absolutely haunting atmospheric movie centering on the investigation of four young ladies & their teacher who vanish on a field trip on Valentine's Day in 1900 Australia.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)



Probably one of the best of the Pink Panther films: from a terrible Quasimodo disguise to destroying priceless pianos, this movie is non-stop funny.

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)



An old man, a young man, a young woman, a seasoned smuggler & his bigfoot buddy, a villain in gray, a villain in black, lightsabres & spaceships! 

Honorable Mention:

Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)



A low budget, cheesy Bigfoot “docudrama” w/ terrible acting, reacting & re-enacting. It's great!

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