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"The Graduate, "Midnight Cowboy", and "Little Big Man" were all very good, too.
I think, however that "Little Big Man" was an early-1970's film, however.
I never saw "Battle of Algiers", or most of the other movies on your list, but I did see "Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner", which I liked a great deal.
Thanks for the list, kspkap. Those are neat movies, also. I forgot about "Spartacus", however.
One thing about Blu-Ray DVD players: A decent one can be rather expensive--even more expensive than the regular DVD players.
I haven't seen "A Man for All Seasons" since it first came out.
Maybe I did see "Cool Hand Luke" on TV but I just don't remember it. It's possible that there may have been some shift in film stock after the 1960s, but I just don't know. Many, if not most of the films that were pre-1970, were filmed in 70mm. There are very few 70mm prints left, unfortunately. That's too bad, because that's the most beautiful way to experience a great classic film.
During the Reagan years, the SCOTUS voted, by one vote, to allow films to be made for VCR's. Then came the DVD's, and now there's also Blu-Ray DVD's. One thing about Blu-Ray, however, is that it's absolutely necessary to have a decent Blu-Ray DVD player in order to play the DVD Blu-Ray films, or it won't work, if one gets the drift.
People who talk, whether it be among themselves, or on their cell phones, or text on their cellphone(s) during the movie.
The small, bright light that cell phones emit are extremely annoying and distracting. Why should I or anybody else, who pays good money to see a special movie have to put up with that? We shouldn't, imho. If more movie theatres had the zero tolerance of talkers, cellphone users and textures in their movie theatres that Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas does, I'm sure there'd be many more people who'd be more than willing to come back to the movie theatre.
One thing about pre-1970's movies is that the photography was more consistent, with a smoother grain, and not all dotted pixtels like today's photos/movies are.
Many of the pre-1970's films, especially those in the 1960's, had more style, and more substance in the form of a comprehensive story to them.
I'm not sure if I ever saw "Cool Hand Luke" on TV, or not. I might have. That one starred Paul Newman, didn't it?
I forgot to add "Exodus" to my list. I enjoyed "Exodus" when I saw it on TV and once on video, although I found it a bit on the schmaltzy side. The book on which it was based was better.
I've also seen "Man for All Seasons", when it first came out, when I was a teenager. I couldn't understand what it was about, but I enjoyed it. I've forgotten this particular film.
"La Dolce Vita", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Once Upon a Time in the West" were also quite good.
The older movies that are presently on DVD should be re-released back into the movie theatres.
You've got some interesting list here, BillHicksFan(34).
The 1970's movies that I like best are as follows, in no particular order:
Norma Rae
Serpico
Apocalypse Now
Sounder
Rocky (the first one)
Godfather I and II
Paper Moon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws (the first one)
Dirty Harry (the first one)
Taxi Driver
This:
"I'm sure it was some one who was in a hurry and wasn't thinking."
is probably what was going on.
Joe, a kid from somewhere down in Texas, who'd been working full-time at a greasy-spoon restaurant, was as innocent and naive as they come, wanted to come east to New York to have some fun, and become a hustler. He also met Ratso, a rather sickly, unfortunate con-man, which he partnered up with. They were in New York for awhile, and Joe tried to get Ratso to see a doctor, but to no avail. Ratso said that the Florida sunshine would be more helpful. Ratso, who was suffering from TB, died on the way down to Florida, on the bus.
Excellent post, riddick-11114. You hit it...right on the head. Thanks.
A lot of the homeless people don't wish to go into the shelters, or even into subsidized housing projects, because they don't feel safe, as the shelters have all too often attracted criminal elements, which intimidate, prey on, and terrorize other people.
Good to see you again, highpriestess32. Glad moviechat.org came along.
I liked the movie better than the book, frankly.
Howdy! It's me! I just got back from seeing a screening of "Jaws" at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in Brookline, MA. It played to pretty much a packed house, too.
I was under the impression that Betty broke up with Stan simply because Stan wasn't a nice guy.
Russ Tamblyn was also in "Tom Thumb", which came out in 1958, three years before West Side Story was released on the great big, wide movie theatre screens, as well. Russ was wonderful as the main character, Tom Thumb himself, in that musical, as well.