American movies, 1970-1979

from Michael Winner's Death Wish (1974)
I know this film and its many sequels are reactionary, right-wing, pro-vigilante, asshole revenge fantasies, but I just can't deny the pleasures of seeing Charles Bronson blow away street punks. Plus, Herbie Hancock did the score, and it's a good one.

My moviegoing: 2003

from Fritz Lang's Human Desire (1954)
Austin Film Society's European Directors in Hollywood series

First movie/last movie: Victor Fleming

When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
Joan of Arc (1948)

My moviegoing: 2003

from Karen Moncrieff's Blue Car (2002)
We went to see a different movie, but the print was damaged so the theater gave us free passes to see something else. We picked Blue Car. That was a poor decision. Blue Car sucked.

American movies, 1970-1979

from Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

First movie/last movie: Robert Flaherty

Nanook of the North (1922)
Louisiana Story (1948)

American movies, 1970-1979

from Martin Scorsese's Italianamerican (1974)

My moviegoing: 2003

from Otto Preminger's Laura (1944)
Austin Film Society's European Directors in Hollywood series

First movie/last movie: Federico Fellini

Variety Lights (1950)
The Voice of the Moon (1990)

American movies, 1970-1979

from Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974)

Quote

"I don’t like what I call empty shots, that are there just for screenwriting reasons. ... If there isn’t something in the shot, you have to bring it. I can’t imagine how a lot of moviemakers are doing shots just to explain something in the story. No painter would ever paint an image, no musicians would ever record a sound, for such a reason. I’ll never show someone crossing a street so you’ll understand he’s going from one place to another. I’ll do it if I like the street, or because of the light, or because of something. If not, I won’t do it, I’ll cut it."

-- Jean-Luc Godard, from a 1980 interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum

My moviegoing: 2003

from Neil Labute's The Shape of Things (2003)