I Just Watched...

[Lorna]

i swear I'll shut up about DEATH ON THE NILE but I have three final musings and an extremely esoteric observation to make, but SUE ME, I'm sharing them:

1. anyone else wonder if they threw LOUISE BORGET''S BODY to THE CROCODILES?

2. What if DR LUDWIG BESSNER was onto something and ARMADILLO URINE INJECTIONS were actually a miracle cure-all for all sorts of issues (MARA SELIGMAN was gonna go "barking mad" no matter what.) could've changed history, maybe even avoided the second war...

3. is anyone else sorry that we didn't get ISHTAR: starring BETTE DAVIS and MAGGIE SMITH as MRS VAN SCHUYLER AND BOWERS wandering the GHOBI DESERT and getting into all sorts of wacky mishaps?

the observation:
while people with BLUE EYES only make up about 10% of the population, it is wild how 90% of the main cast of DEATH ON THE NILE has them: DAVIS, SMITH, LANSBURY, DAVID NIVEN, JON FINCH, SIMON MacCORKINDALE, JACK WARDEN and (most notably) MIA FARROW AND PETER USTINOV all have PIERCINGLY BLUE EYES- which JACK CARDIFF shows off wonderfully with his photography.

[Hibi]

[quote=Hibi post_id=200675 time=1716226502 user_id=849
The early 70s was not a good period for movies. As the 70s progressed it got better.

See, i feel the exact opposite- as someone who has come late to viewing films of the 70s, the early 70s and especially 1971 have a lot of interesting and fascinating films for me- many of which are admitedly not mainstream and/or horror, but they count nonetheless: THE WICKER MAN, STRAW DOGS, THE ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES, CHINATOWN, LAST PICTURE SHOW, HAROLD AND MAUDE, WHAT'S UP DOC?, THE BOY FRIEND, THE DEVILS, VANISHING POINT- it's once we hit 1975 that my interest in the decade IMMEDIATELY WANES (JAWS and some outliers notwithstanding)
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Yes, there were some good ones, but a lot of bad ones. I'm not a big fan of the 80s either. Especially the early 80s.

[Hibi]

i swear I'll shut up about DEATH ON THE NILE but I have three final musings and an extremely esoteric observation to make, but SUE ME, I'm sharing them:

1. anyone else wonder if they threw LOUISE BORGET''S BODY to THE CROCODILES?

2. What if DR LUDWIG BESSNER was onto something and ARMADILLO URINE INJECTIONS were actually a miracle cure-all for all sorts of issues (MARA SELIGMAN was gonna go "barking mad" no matter what.) could've changed history, maybe even avoided the second war...

3. is anyone else sorry that we didn't get ISHTAR: starring BETTE DAVIS and MAGGIE SMITH as MRS VAN SCHUYLER AND BOWERS wandering the GHOBI DESERT and getting into all sorts of wacky mishaps?

the observation:
while people with BLUE EYES only make up about 10% of the population, it is wild how 90% of the main cast of DEATH ON THE NILE has them: DAVIS, SMITH, LANSBURY, DAVID NIVEN, JON FINCH, SIMON MacCORKINDALE, JACK WARDEN and (most notably) MIA FARROW AND PETER USTINOV all have PIERCINGLY BLUE EYES- which JACK CARDIFF shows off wonderfully with his photography.

I hadn't noticed that but you are correct! It probably would've been more entertaining than the Ishtar we wound up with!!!

[HoldenIsHere]

[quote=Hibi post_id=200675 time=1716226502 user_id=849
The early 70s was not a good period for movies. As the 70s progressed it got better.


See, i feel the exact opposite- as someone who has come late to viewing films of the 70s, the early 70s and especially 1971 have a lot of interesting and fascinating films for me- many of which are admitedly not mainstream and/or horror, but they count nonetheless: THE WICKER MAN, STRAW DOGS, THE ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES, CHINATOWN, LAST PICTURE SHOW, HAROLD AND MAUDE, WHAT'S UP DOC?, THE BOY FRIEND, THE DEVILS, VANISHING POINT- it's once we hit 1975 that my interest in the decade IMMEDIATELY WANES (JAWS and some outliers notwithstanding)

I agree.
1971 - 1975 is one of my favorite periods of American cinema.
So many movies that I love and that I can watch over and over again were released in those years.

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
THE BEGUILED
KLUTE
McCABE & MRS. MILLER
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
FIIDDLER ON THE ROOF
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN?
CABARET
WHAT's UP, DOC?
SISTERS
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
THE EXORCIST
ENTER THE DRAGON
THE WAY WE WERE (imperfect movie, but still love it)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
PAPER MOON
SLEEPER
THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
CHINATOWN
YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
JAWS
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO's NEST
THE DAY OF THE LOCUSTS
THE STEPFORD WIVES
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
FUNNY LADY
SHAMPOO
LOVE AND DEATH

[Allhallowsday]

...1971 - 1975 is one of my favorite periods of American cinema.
So many movies that I love and that I can watch over and over again were released in those years.

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
THE BEGUILED
KLUTE
McCABE & MRS. MILLER
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
...
CABARET
...
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
THE EXORCIST
ENTER THE DRAGON
...
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
PAPER MOON
...
CHINATOWN
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
JAWS
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO's NEST
THE DAY OF THE LOCUSTS
THE STEPFORD WIVES
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
...
SHAMPOO
LOVE AND DEATH

I clipped a bit, but it is a wonderful list. You forgot: THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (1974) which belongs in the top 10 for the time.
Interestingly, you don't mention THE GODFATHER.

I myself am a big fan of early '70s Schlock like DEATHDREAM or GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE or FLESHPOT ON 42nd STREET...

[CinemaInternational]

Highlights of the 70s list. Pared down a bit from the other thread's lists that I make to include only the ultimate highlights. And yes, I know my taste can be strange.....

1970
Airport
Catch-22
Darling Lili
Donkey Skin
I Never Sang for My Father
Little Big Man
Lovers and Other Strangers
Patton
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Ryan's Daughter
Something for Everyone
Sunflower
The Aristocats
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Conformist
The Landlord
The Out-of-Towners
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Walking Stick
The Wild Child

1971
A New Leaf
Dirty Harry
Fiddler on the Roof
Harold and Maude
Klute
Nicholas and Alexandra
Play Misty for Me
Straw Dogs
Such Good Friends
Summer of '42
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Taking Off
Tales of Beatrix Potter
The Beguiled
The Boy Friend
The Emigrants
The Grissom Gang
The Hired Hand
The Last Valley
The Music Lovers
The Night Digger
The Touch
Two English Girls
What's the Matter with Helen?
Wild Rovers
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

1972
1776
Avanti!
Butterflies Are Free
Cabaret
Jeremiah Johnson
Junior Bonner
Lady Sings the Blues
Pete 'N Tillie
Play It Again, Sam
Savage Messiah
Slaughterhouse Five
Sounder
The Godfather
The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid
The Heartbreak Kid
The King of Marvin Gardens
The New Land
Travels with My Aunt
What's Up, Doc?

1973
Amarcord
Bang the Drum Slowly
Breezy
Cinderella Liberty
Day for Night
Emperor of the North
Jeremy
Oklahoma Crude
Paper Moon
Papillon
Sleeper
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Iceman Cometh
The Last of Sheila
The Nelson Affair
The Way We Were

1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice in the Cities
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
Claudine
Harry and Tonto
Lost in the Stars
Murder on the Orient Express
That's Entertainment!
The Conversation
The Gambler
The Great Gatsby
The Longest Yard
The Parallax View
The Sugarland Express
The Taking of Pellham One Two Three
The Tamarind Seed
The White Dawn
Thieves Like Us
Young Frankenstein

1975
At Long Last Love
Barry Lyndon
Crazy Mama
Dog Day Afternoon
Farewell My Lovely
French Connection II
Hearts of the West
Love and Death
Nashville
Night Moves
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Day of the Locust
The Magic Flute
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man Who Would Be King
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Romantic Englishwoman
The Stepford Wives
The Story of Adele H
The Sunshine Boys

1976
A Matter of Time
A Star is Born
Bugsy Malone
Face to Face
Family Plot
Freaky Friday
Mikey and Nicky
Network
Nickelodeon
Obsession
Robin and Marian
Rocky
Silent Movie
Small Change
Taxi Driver
The Bad News Bears
The Last Tycoon
The Little Girl That Lives Down the Lane
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Shootist
Voyage of the Damned

1977
3 Women
A Little Night Music
A Special Day
Citizen's Band
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Islands in the Stream
Julia
Roseland
Star Wars
The Duellists
The Goodbye Girl
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Rescuers

1978
An Unmarried Woman
Autumn Sonata
Comes a Horseman
Death on the Nile
Fedora
Foul Play
House Calls
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Movie Movie
Remember My Name
Superman
The Cheap Detective
The Great Train Robbery
The Green Room
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1979
10
A Little Romance
Alien
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
Hardcore
Kramer Vs. Kramer
My Brilliant Career
Norma Rae
Promises in the Dark
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Starting Over
The Black Stallion
The Electric Horseman
Time After Time
Wise Blood
Yanks

[TikiSoo]

YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN

oh I love him too!

[Lorna]

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (1974) which belongs in the top 10 for the time.

I myself am a big fan of early '70s Schlock like DEATHDREAM or GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE or FLESHPOT ON 42nd STREET...

Yeah, PELHAM 123 is really good, even if it is from the guy who later directed JAWS: THE REVENGE.

You might like I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1971?) if you have not seen it, it's on all sorts of streaming services, even youtube even though it is GRAPHIC AS HELL.

I also have watched THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA a lot. I'm not saying it's good, just saying I've seen it A LOT. (IT'S PRESENTLY ON TUBI ALONG WITH I DRINK YOUR BLOOD)

[Lorna]

ALSO ALSO

Yes, THE BEGUILED is great...

there is SOMETHING INTRIGUING about PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW even if it is a confounding movie on multiple levels.

i recently rewatched PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and while I don't have a clue what it's really all about, I don't dislike it.

[CinemaInternational]

Yes, Alma is back as a Spanish name, pronounced "Ahlma." The name from the past was "you can call me Al-ma."

What movie character was named Alma? I seem to remember one.

Don't forget Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk! "You're my inspiration.... Alma!"

[Allhallowsday]

YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN

oh I love him too...!

That's some funny sheet...

[Allhallowsday]

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (1974) which belongs in the top 10 for the time.

I myself am a big fan of early '70s Schlock like DEATHDREAM or GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE or FLESHPOT ON 42nd STREET...

Yeah, PELHAM 123 is really good, even if it is from the guy who later directed JAWS: THE REVENGE.

Can't blame 'im, there was LOTS of $ to make...

You might like I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1971?) if you have not seen it, it's on all sorts of streaming services, even youtube even though it is GRAPHIC AS HELL.

I also have watched THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA a lot. I'm not saying it's good, just saying I've seen it A LOT. (IT'S PRESENTLY ON TUBI ALONG WITH I DRINK YOUR BLOOD)

I DRINK YOUR BLOOD was I think on a double bill with I EAT YOUR SKIN... I like a lot of crap; neither of those.
Think CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS or HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES or SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT...

[Allhallowsday]

Oh! I did watch quite a bit of Svenghoulie the other night for PAM GRIER in SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM It is so bad, I dig it.

[HoldenIsHere]

...1971 - 1975 is one of my favorite periods of American cinema.
So many movies that I love and that I can watch over and over again were released in those years.

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
THE BEGUILED
KLUTE
McCABE & MRS. MILLER
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
...
CABARET
...
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
THE EXORCIST
ENTER THE DRAGON
...
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
PAPER MOON
...
CHINATOWN
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
JAWS
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO's NEST
THE DAY OF THE LOCUSTS
THE STEPFORD WIVES
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
...
SHAMPOO
LOVE AND DEATH

I clipped a bit, but it is a wonderful list. You forgot: THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (1974) which belongs in the top 10 for the time.
Interestingly, you don't mention THE GODFATHER.

I myself am a big fan of early '70s Schlock like DEATHDREAM or GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE or FLESHPOT ON 42nd STREET...

I do not care for THE GODFATHER.

I've never seen THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123

[HoldenIsHere]

YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN

oh I love him too!

I missed my typo.

But I am going to leave to preserve the history.