A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.Read More »
1970s
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Warren Beatty & Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait (1978)
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Juan Antonio Bardem – Varietés (1971)
Juan Antonio Bardem1971-1980DramaMusicalSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoSpain 1930s. A troupe of performers travel from city to city entertaining audiences and earning a living. The cast includes a magician, a ventriloquist, muscle men, dancers, singers and a full orchestra. The star of the show is Carmen Soler (Trini Alonso) a celebrated singer, now way past her prime, who refuses to retire gracefully and defends her stardom ruthlessly. On her shadow lives and works Ana Marques (Sara Montiel) a younger singer who dreams of the big time and patiently waits for her break.Read More »
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Pupi Avati – La casa dalle finestre che ridono AKA The House with Laughing Windows (1976) (HD)
Pupi Avati1971-1980GialloItalySynopsis: Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.Read More »
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Werner Herzog – Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes AKA Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Arthouse1971-1980AdventureGermanyWerner HerzogQuote:
Gonzalo Pizarro orders a small Spanish expedition of forty men to search for El Dorado, leaving the mountains of Peru and going down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to “the golden city”, or to certain destruction?Read More » -
Werner Herzog – How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck… (1976) (HD)
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Herzog examines the world championships for cattle auctioneers, his fascination with a language created by an economic system, and compares it to the lifestyle of the Amish, who live nearby.Read More » -
Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta – Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum AKA The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Margarethe von Trotta1971-1980ArthouseDramaGermanyVolker SchlöndorffA young woman’s life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.Read More »
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Werner Herzog – Woyzeck (1979)
Werner Herzog1971-1980ArthouseDramaGermanyQuote:
Everything in town appears calm, placid, lovely. But Woyzeck, a rifleman assigned as an orderly, hears voices — the times are out of joint, at least in his cosmos. To his captain, Woyzeck is a comic marvel: ignorant but courageous, full of energy to little purpose. To a local doctor, Woyzeck is a curiosity, the object of cruel study. Woyzeck, 40, has a young wife, Marie, and a small child. He dotes on them, but Marie, even though she has periods of guilt and remorse, carries on affairs and flirtations. When the captain lets drop broad hints of Woyzeck’s being a cuckold, his inner demons and the voices of the spheres take over. Will madness bring action? Of what sort?Read More » -
John D. Hancock – Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
1971-1980HorrorJohn D. HancockMysteryUSAAfter a stint in a psychiatric facility Jessica, her husband and a friend move to remote farm they have recently purchased. There they find a young woman by the name of Emily living in the house and they invite her to stay. When Jessica goes for a swim in the lake, she sees a body just below the water’s surface. When they go into the village to sell some old furniture, they learn that a woman by the name of Abigail Bishop drowned in the lake and her body was never found. Local folklore has that Abigail is now a vampire roaming the countryside. A mute blond girl leads her to the body of a dead man but the body is not there when Jessica goes for help. Jessica and those around begin to wonder if she is losing her mind.Read More »
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Carlo Di Carlo – Per questa notte AKA This Is the Night (1977)
1971-1980Carlo Di CarloDramaItalyBased on a book by Juan Carlo Onetti, the film tells the story of Ossario, a hunted revolutionary leader who sees his comrades die one after another.Read More »