Most controversial films of the '70s
The '70s were a time of experimentation in cinema. At the end of the 60's, movies became progressively more violent and controversial, starting with "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) and "The Wild Bunch"...
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'SOLDIER BLUE' also makes it as a 70s shocker, by the skin of it's teeth [1970]; incredibly the full uncut version was on youtube! The shots of brutality included a child getting decapitated by a...
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drmedula wrote: And, in a weird way, the most controversial film of the 1970s is actually STAR WARS- because of it's massive and lasting effect on the entire film industry. I don't recall there ever...
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Not controversial at the TIME, no... but I've since heard it villified as the movie that "destroyed" Hollywood. (Certainly it's legacy is controversial among genre fans; it spurred a MASSIVE increase...
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I agree that Star Wars greenlighted the flood of big-budget screen fantasy, but today's mega-busters are much less interesting than some of those more modest 70s movies mentioned above,----they were...
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I'm glad that A Serbian Film seems to have stolent Salo's thunder as the most controversial film now.
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One measure of the controversy attached to films of the decade were the audience experiences. The Warriors got a lot of press as a film that was actually dangerous to see, due to the prevailing urban...
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drmedula wrote:Not controversial at the TIME, no... but I've since heard it villified as the movie that "destroyed" Hollywood. (Certainly it's legacy is controversial among genre fans; it spurred a...
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In the middle of "The Devils" 1971 now. Hard to find, supposedly, but it's up on YouTube® in very small bits you string together. Messes up the viewing experience, but well ...I can see why Russell...
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Uncle Bingo wrote: and another hated president who got exposed as a lying, egocentric fraud.And after him came Nixon.I'd submit DELIVERANCE as the most widely disturbing film of the '70s, if primarily...
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Saturday8pm wrote:In the middle of "The Devils" 1971 now. Hard to find, supposedly, but it's up on YouTube® in very small bits you string together. Messes up the viewing experience, but well ...I can...
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I'd have to cast a vote for Alan Ormsby's Canadian-lensed "Deranged". Not a widely seen film when it was released (I think mostly relegated to drive-ins) but it tackled some pretty taboo topics (for...
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I'd have to cast a vote for Alan Ormsby's Canadian-lensed "Deranged". If we ever did one of those 'Alternate Oscar' deals around here I'd heavily campaign for Roberts Blossom's Erza Cobb for 1974...
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DEEP THROAT, THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES, BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR and those other 'respectible' porn films. Also John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS and Richard Benner's OUTRAGEOUS! (1977).By the way OUTRAGEOUS!,...
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I am surprised that there doesn't seem to be a mention of DEATH WISH. That one struck a social-political nerve and I remember it being discussed a great deal among the more intellectual crowd. DIRTY...
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atenolol wrote:I am surprised that there doesn't seem to be a mention of DEATH WISH. That one struck a social-political nerve and I remember it being discussed a great deal among the more intellectual...
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Godziwolf wrote:I think Death Wish has become less controversial because of how silly the sequels became.I agree. They took a compelling, thought-provoking concept and greedily commercialized the crap...
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Um, didn't DeNiro do AIP stuff in his early days, too?
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I think there's a direct connection between the decline in the quality of Bronson's work and the death of his wife. I suspect he just wanted to keep busy and didn't care about the projects anymore.
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