A decade under the influence
Movie Review #62 - Traffic 1971 - The Front Page 1974 - A Very Natural Thing 1974 - Between the Lines 1977 - A Bridge Too Far 1977 - The Hobbit 1977 - The Special Olympics 1978 - Sooner or Later 1979
Where were you, when we did our Movie Reviews #62?! Right here apparently. Sorry that’s the tag line for American Graffiti in case everyone didn’t get it. Movin on, 8 movies today 1.(Traffic 1971) Here we have a film by the Famous French director Jacques Tati. I guess Jaques did some amazing and ground breaking films in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s, annnnd then there’s this one about people goin on a road trip to promote a vehicle that can do it all, I think, memory is foggy. 2.(The Front Page 1974) Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Carol Burnett, and the guy who works for Doc Hopper in the muppet movie star in yet another movie based off of a play. 3.(A Very Natural Thing 1974) This is not a documentary about the early gay liberation front movement in the early 70’s, but it is close. Movie has real protest and Pride footage, and you can basically see the meetings and discussions that took place to create the narrative that we see on the screen. Amazing film unburied after all these years. 4. (Between the Lines 1977) Here Jeff Gollum is young and on speed or something. Film takes us through some time with a radical newspaper as it is about to be bought by a major label, can these rads keep their street credit, and will Jeff take a well needed nap. 5. (A Bridge too Far 1977) Oh Mylanta they chucked a lot of dough on the screen, it’s like 300 extras parachuting at the same time oh my. We all liked this war movie very much but this is NOT based off of a play, but based off of a war! Almost every male actor working at the time appears in this for at least 30 seconds. 6. (The Hobbit 1977) Don’t think you need 7 hours of a blurry cgi mess to tell us what this tells us all. Hobbits are the shit! Love your home, protect your home. Love your friends, protect your friends, AND that war is flipping Stupid and gross! 7. (The Special Olympics 1978) You tube copy of this is astoundingly unwatchable, listen and we’ll tell you all about it. It is a shame and should be fixed, because this film is quite worthy of being seen, and not just for Charles Durning fans like us. 8. (Sooner or later 1979) Terrible ending to what I thought was a very charming and campy coming of age film. Gross pervy studio executive strikes again I think. Michael Skye band though! as always thanks film fans!
