Sneak Previews-Best of the 1970s

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Christopher Zeidel (2 months ago)

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It is funny when Roger Ebert says, "I’d like to do a film festival." Can we say EBERTFEST!!!

Julian McBam (2 years ago)

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If I’m not mistaken, Gene changed his view on Apocalypse Now later on, right? One of the few times I’ve disagreed with him.

iansean (2 years ago)

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Yes, he said on the 500th anniversary Special that he would have recomended Apocalypse Now ten years later. Oddly enough however, he liked the 1991 documentary Hearts of Darkness (about the production of Apocalypse Now) even more, naming it his choice for best film of that year!

Iker89 (2 years ago)

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The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and A Clockwork Orange are the 3 best movies of the 70s

Jerry Roberts (2 years ago)

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I went this year for the first time. It was the time of my life.

DistingFlyer (2 years ago)

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I’m a little surprised that Ebert didn’t mention the Last Picture Show, but even more surprised at Siskel’s omission of Nashville.

Archer (2 years ago)

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My Top Ten

10. Jaws
9. Superman: The Movie
8. A Clockwork Orange
7. Deliverance
6. Star Wars
5. The Conformist
4. Barry Lyndon
3. The Exorcist
2. The Godfather Part II
1. The Godfather

Yojimmy (2 years ago)

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Roger’s no. 1 pick for the Sight and Sound list was Aguirre,the Wrath of God, which was released in 1972 . Why didn’t this list contain it ?

ebertfan788 (2 years ago)

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1. Taxi Driver
2. The Godfather & The Godfather Part II
3. Jaws
4. Rocky
5. Apocalypse Now
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
7. The Deer Hunter
8. Star Wars
9. Chinatown
10. a tie between Network and Annie Hall

Derek (2 years ago)

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1."Céline et Julie vont en bateau" (1974) Dir: Jacques Rivette
2."The Holy Mountain" (1973) Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky
3."Stroszek" (1977) Dir: Werner Herzog
4."In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden" (1978) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
5."Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (1970) Dir: Russ Meyer
6."Ultimo tango a Parigi" (1972) Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci
7."Trash" (1970) Dir: Paul Morrissey
8."Rengoku eroica" (1970) Dir: Yoshishige Yoshida
9."L’ important c’est d’aimer" (1975) Dir: Andrzej Zulawski
10."The Long Goodbye" (1973) Dir: Robert Altman

Dan (2 years ago)

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Here is my Best of the 1970’s List:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Chinatown (1974)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Nashville (1975)

TheJAMMan (2 years ago)

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I know I was born in 1988, but, my top 10 best movies are:

1. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
2. The Destructors (1974)
3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
4. Rocky (1976)
5. Chinatown (1974)
6. Grease (1978)
7. Nashville (1975)
8. Valentino (1977)
9. Halloween (1978)
10. Deliverance (1972)

Jon (3 months ago)

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Chinatown
The Conversation
Godfather, Parts 1 and 2
Nashville
The French Connection
Annie Hall
Mon Oncle Antoine
Days of Heaven
The Last Picture Show
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Long Goodbye

Runners-up:
Night Moves
Jaws
Le Cercle Rouge
Alien
Three Days of the Condor

stev (2 years ago)

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best decade for movies

techiegirum (2 years ago)

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My List For The Best Films Of The 70’s
1.The Godfather 1 & 2
2.Taxi Driver
3.Chinatown
4.Jaws
5.Rocky
6.Star Wars
7.A Clockwork Orange
8.Superman
9.The Last Picture Show
10.Nashville

B.R. (1 year ago)

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B.R.’s picks

1. Nashville
2. Night Moves
3. Taxi Driver
4. Lenny
5. 3 Women
6. Apocalypse Now
7. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
8. Jaws
9. MASH
10. The Conversation

Siskelfan (1 year ago)

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I love this!!! Thank you gradepoint!!

gradepoint (1 year ago)

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You’re most welcome Siskelfan.

swatch71 (4 months ago)

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I’ll throw in:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Alien
The China Syndrome
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
Superman
Chinatown
Cries and Whispers
American Graffiti
Star Wars

Xenugears (2 months ago)

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My picks...
1. The Duellists and Alien (Ridley Scott--I can’t choose just one)
2. The Man Who Would Be King (Huston)
3. Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)
4. Jaws (tried to keep Spielberg off the list but, come on, it’s Jaws!)
5. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Peckinpah)
6. The Conversation (Coppola)
7. Carnal Knowledge (Nichols)
8. Aguirre Wrath of God (Herzog)
9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones)
10. Phantom of the Paradise (De Palma)
11. Walkabout (Roeg)
12. Star Wars

Keith Allison (6 months ago)

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"I think Allen will become one of the great directors of the ’80s. I think he’s still growing as a filmmaker."

Good call there, Roger.

58panorama (5 months ago)

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Although I can’t yet compile my own Best-of-1970s list, I can say that I agree with Gene & Roger on the following films very worthy of their decade:

The Sorrow and the Pity

58panorama (5 months ago)

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And now to continue my list of films with which I agree with Siskel & Ebert before I inadvertently cut myself off: Annie Hall
An Unmarried Woman
Appocalypse Now
Breaking Away
The Godfather I & II
The Conversation
The Last Detail
Saturday Night Fever(a perfect time-capsule entry)
Nashville
Days of Heaven
Cries & Whispers

The one film I have trouble accepting as a Best-of-’70s entry is "Last Tango in Paris" which I think of as a gay movie in straight drag.

58panorama (5 months ago)

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BTW, Gene wasn’t kidding when he said that "The Emigrants" & "The New Land" were forgotten back then.
Now they aren’t mentioned in any breath today, and they aren’t available on either DVD or Blu-Ray; however, I do fondly remember seeing "The Emigrants" on the A&E channel in the mid-1980s.

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gradepoint

2 years ago

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Gene and Roger reveal their picks for the decades best. At this time they do not assign any numbering to their picks, it is simply their top ten, in no particular order.
Gene picks the...