1970s

  • John Lamb – Sex Freaks (1974)

    John Lamb1971-1980DocumentaryEroticaUSA
    Sex Freaks (1974)
    Sex Freaks (1974)

    Sex Freaks is a catalog of all things kinky voyeurism, nymphomania, necrophilia, sadomasochism with a few unusual novelties thrown in along the way (sex in a carwash, at a bullfight, underwater, in the snow) this unusual example of a Sex-Shockumentary posits that the Devil is responsible for our deviant ways!Read More »

  • Werner W. Wallroth – Blutsbrüder AKA Blood Brothers (1975)

    Werner W. Wallroth1971-1980DramaEuro WesternsGermanyWestern

    Blood Brothers (German: Blutsbrüder) is a 1975 East German western film directed by Werner W. Wallroth and starring Dean Reed, Gojko Mitic and Gisela Freudenberg.

    The film’s sets were designed by the art directors Heinz Röske and Marlene Willmann. It was made by the state-controlled DEFA company.

    PLOT:
    Harmonika, an American deserter, is captured by a tribe of Indians, who believe he has murdered the wife and child of their chief Grey Elk. It is the chief himself who sets the American free, and Harmonika stays with the tribe and gradually wins their friendship. He becomes the blood brother of his one-time enemy Hard Rock and marries his new friend’s sister Fawn. Harmonika becomes increasingly more aware of the purposeful lies of the white men.Read More »

  • Shinya Yamamoto – Semi-document: Occult Sex (1974)

    Shinya Yamamoto1971-1980EroticaJapan
    Semi document Occult Sex (1974)
    Semi document Occult Sex (1974)

    In the city of São Paulo, the routine of gravedigger apprentice Deodato changes when a new working girl arrives at the cemetery. Together, they must re-register the abandoned tombs, but strange events make the apprentice wonder about the consequences of messing with the dead.Read More »

  • Amando de Ossorio – La endemoniada AKA The Possessed AKA Demon Witch Child (1975)

    Amando de Ossorio1971-1980CultHorrorSpainSpanish cinema under Franco
    La endemoniada (1975)
    La endemoniada (1975)

    An old witch seeks vengeance through the daughter of the politician who had her thrown in jail. Soon the little girl’s head is spinning around, and an old priest is called in to perform an exorcism.Read More »

  • Robert Aldrich – The Longest Yard (1974)

    Robert Aldrich1971-1980ComedyCrimeUSA
    The Longest Yard (1974)
    The Longest Yard (1974)

    Ex-football star Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) ends up in a prison run by sadistic sports-nut Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert). Strong-armed into forming an inmate football team, Crewe manages to instill an esprit de corps previously lacking in the prisoners’ lives. Besides, they now have the chance to beat the guards’ football team, headed by the hissable Capt. Knauer (Ed Lauter). Hazen orders Crewe to throw the match; otherwise, Crewe will never get the pardon he’s been promised. The football game that follows consumes nearly a third of the picture.Read More »

  • Takayuki Miyagawa – Boso sekkusu-zoku AKA Wild Sex Gang (1973)

    1971-1980AsianJapanTakayuki Miyagawa
    Boso sekkusu zoku (1973)
    Boso sekkusu zoku (1973)

    Motorbike, Tits, Miki Sugimoto… and cops & yakuza as well (scripted by Norifumi Suzuki)Read More »

  • Pál Sándor – Régi idök focija aka Football of The Good Old Days (1973)

    1971-1980ComedyDramaHungary
    Régi idök focija (1973)
    Régi idök focija (1973)

    „By the middle of the 70s, partly due to television, Hungarian films had lost much of their audience. The allure of disguised social criticism – one of the secret reasons why Hungarian films were so successful at foreign festivals – started to wear off. After 1968 social criticism became pointless. The first director to open up towards the audience (along with Zoltán Fábri) was Pál Sándor. Mourning the loss of left-wing ideals of freedom he recreated the illusion of a past community. The audience responded to his grotesque, nostalgic tone and the stories where the emphasis was always placed on the microclimate of human relationships. His “retro-films” were rich in self-irony. He never analysed and never criticised, he just told a story, created a poignant atmosphere and passionate characters. (Szeressétek Odor Emíliát – Love Emilia! 1968, Régi idők focija – Football of The Good Old Days 1973, Herkulesfürdői emlék – A Strange Role 1976, Szabadíts meg a gonosztól – Deliver Us from Evil 1978).Read More »

  • Lindsay Anderson – O Lucky Man! (1973)

    Lindsay Anderson1971-1980ComedyUnited Kingdom

    One man’s dreams of success take him on a Byzantine journey through the various stations of the British class system in this politically charged black comedy from director Lindsay Anderson. Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) is an ambitious young man who is looking to get his foot on the first rung of the ladder of success by landing a job as a salesman. After the death of Imperial Coffee’s leading drummer in the North, Travis’ charm and enthusiasm so impresses manager Mr. Duff (Arthur Lowe) that he’s given the job, and after some coaching from Gloria Rowe (Rachel Roberts), Travis sets out to find his fortune in the coffee trade.Read More »

  • José Luis Borau – Furtivos aka Poachers (1975)

    José Luis Borau1971-1980DramaSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    Quote:
    In 1975 Borau made the film for which he is best remembered Furtivos (Poachers) (1975). The plot, set in the woodlands of Segovia, is a stark story of violence incest and matricide. Co-scripted with Gutierrez Aragon, Borau took the role of the regional governor in the film. He fought the Francoist censorship to have his film released the way he intended. Furtivos was a great commercial and critical success, it won best film, Golden Shell, at the San Sebastián International Film Festival becoming one of the key film of the political transition in Spain.Read More »

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