1971-1980

  • Mario Pinzauti – Emmanuelle bianca e nera aka Passion Plantation (1976)

    Drama1971-1980EroticaItalyMario Pinzauti

    imdb comment : Racial and sexual tensions haunt a Southern plantation. Hilariously overwrought Eurotrash sex-n-violence fest is apparently part of the notorious, ubiquitous Emmanuelle series in name only, sharing none of the stars or characters of the main series, which is fine, because this then comes across as a wild-n-wooly little nothing that stands brilliantly on its own. The premise itself is classic: a Mandingo-like Southern plantation romp filmed in Italy, replete with bitch-nymphos, black slaves with huge afros, white landowners with bad hats and mustaches, slave rape, bathtub masturbation, slave torture, black-n- white love, etc. The two “Emanuelles” (Maria Luisa Longo, Rita Manna) are both pretty homely. Read More »

  • Kôji Wakamatsu – Sei kazoku AKA Sex Family (1971)

    1971-1980AsianEroticaJapanKoji Wakamatsu

    Quote:
    It’s supposed to be a political critique of the japanese patriarchal family structure. The father wearing his military uniform is dominating his family sexually and violently. And while his daughter keeps saying that everything is normal, nothing is normal in this family.Read More »

  • Kirk Browning & Stephen Porter – A Touch of the Poet (1974)

    1971-1980ClassicsDramaKirk BrowningStephen PorterUSA

    Quote:
    “I first saw “A Touch of the Poet” at a small theatre in New York City, a wonderful production that had the audience completely in its power for the play’s entire duration. It’s widely seen as one of his four late classics, the others being The Iceman Cometh, A Moon for The Misbegotten, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.Read More »

  • Floyd Mutrux – The Hollywood Knights (1980)

    1971-1980ComedyCultFloyd MutruxUSA

    Synopsis:
    It’s Halloween 1965 in Hollywood and is also the last day that a drive in which the hang out of some youths who call themselves the Hollywood Knights will be open. It is being closed because most of the local snobs don’t like them so they decided to close the drive in to get rid of them. Now the Knights decide to lash back at those who were responsible. And they try to make the best of the drive in’s last night. They also have some new pledges and they have to perform a very daring task which includes making a song request and an announcement about the closing of Tubby’s Drive In which is the Home of the Hollywood Knights Car Club before Midnight with the Local DJ played by none other than Wolfman Jack. Also one of the Knights is going to Vietnam, so he is making the best of his last day. And another member is having problems with his girlfriend.Read More »

  • Pál Gábor – Angi Vera (1979)

    Drama1971-1980HungaryPál GáborRomance

    Vera Angi works as a nurse in a hospital after WWII in communist Hungary. Because she speaks up about the terrible conditions in which the nurses and doctors have to work, she’s placed in a six-month education course.Read More »

  • John C. Joseph – Gravity Is My Enemy (1977)

    1971-1980DocumentaryJohn C. JosephShort FilmUSA

    IMDB:
    A look at artist Mark Hicks of Manhattan Beach, California, a quadriplegic since falling out of a tree at age 14. His work is examined, along with a discussion of his being a student at UCLA, culminating with his first gallery show in San Francisco.Read More »

  • Sachiko Hidari – The Far Road AKA Toi ippon no michi (1977)

    1971-1980AsianDramaJapanJapanese Female DirectorsSachiko Hidari

    A landmark in Japanese cinema, The Far Road is the first feature film planned, produced, and directed as well as starred in by a woman, Sachiko Hidari. Inspired by her many years of work as an actress in the films of such illustrious directors as Heinosuke Gosho and Yasuzo Masumura (also represented in the current series), she uses a spare cinematic style to tell the story of a fight for human dignity: a living wage and job security in the face of mechanization of the railroads. The film was financed by the National Railways Workers Union, whose members, because they work for a “public corporation,” do not have the right to strike.
    – BAMPFA (1979)Read More »

  • Jean-François Stévenin – Le passe-montagne (1978)

    1971-1980ArthouseFranceJean-François Stévenin

    When the car of Georges, a Parisian architect, breaks down on the motorway, he is helped by Serge, a mechanic and garage owner, who lives in a remote Jura hamlet. The two men, although they do not seem to have anything in common, develop an unexpected friendship…Read More »

  • Sumiko Haneda – Usuzumi no sakura AKA The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms (1977)

    1971-1980DocumentaryJapanJapanese Female DirectorsSumiko Haneda

    The poignant focal point for this film is a cherry tree that is over 1400 years old. Beginning with the tree, the director then explores the families and environment around the tree. The editing and music contribute to the sense of a haunting past contained within the solid structure of an ancient natural wonder.Read More »

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