The Landlord – Hal Ashby
Who is Harry Kellerman…? – Ulu Grosbard
Brewster McLoud – R Altman
Welcome to LA – Alan Rudolph
I know I’ve mentioned it a million times but I don’t care:
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Killer of Sheep – Charles Burnett
Last Chants for a Slow Dance – Jon Jost
11 X 14 – James Benning
Five Easy Pieces – Bob Rafelson
The Last Detail – Hal Ashby
Barry Lyndon – Stanley Kubrick
Network – Sidney Lumet
Ritt’s Sounder
Resnais’ Providence
Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala
Truffaut’s The Green Room
Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Schatzberg’s Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Zinnemann’s Julia
and both Altman’s Nashville and Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating as boxed sets.
I second Matt on Killer of Sheep.
Otherwise, I’d be really interesting in seeing releases for some blaxploitation cinema. The early films of it, before it was absolutely manipulated. Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song and Shaft are both really influential and important films that shouldn’t really be overlooked in my opinion.
Speaking of Schatzberg, you’d think Panic in Needle Park would be a perfect Criterion film (also Scarecrow). Both have stars in them so they’d attract an audience but are smaller and lesser known that I can’t imagine studios wouldn’t be willing to give up the rights.
Sounder? absolutely brilliant! and maybe The Front while we’re doing Martin Ritt.
and Christopher has broadened the geography a bit I see? but great films anyway.
The Last Picture Show – Peter Bogdanovich
Love & Anarchy – Lina Wertmüller
Swept Away – Lina Wertmüller
The Passenger – Michelangelo Antonioni
1900 – Bernardo Bertolucci
Gates of Heaven – Errol Morris
Joi Baba Felunath – Satyajit Ray
Family Nest – Béla Tarr
Being There – Hal Ashby
Who needs AMERICA in the title of the thread anyway!?
Alexander, you still didn’t come up with a title.
Taxi Driver
Vanishing Point
Badlands
Last Picture Show
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
All the President’s Men
Nashville
Last Tango In Paris
Mean Streets
Annie Hall
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
American Graffiti
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadass Song
Deliverance
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Badlands – Terrence Malick
THX 1138 – George Lucas
Barry Lyndon – Stanley Kubrick
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia – Sam Peckinpah
@Lester The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is on Criterion.
Nashville
Citizen’s Band (aka Handle with Care)
Slap Shot
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
I didn’t come up with the title of this thread. No. I don’t know what you mean. I’m repulsing this thread, right?
If it wasn’t clear… a lot of these films are not AMERICA IN THE 70s or the thread title is misleading to me as they are often!
I’d like to see a lot of these on Criterion, but a lot of them already have decent releases or the best they will probably get.
But, I think BADLANDS is tops of any.
A Five Easy Pieces or The Last Detail would be sweet!
Sorry re the header… I meant it to reflect American film in the ’70’s as I think that’s a particularly rich era…. as reflected by the choices here.
Five Easy Pieces and Last Detail are seconded by me!
No. Your title makes sense… I was curious about all the non-American films mentioned!!
Musycks
having just watched ‘Wise Blood’ and ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’, both wonderful experiences… I’m wondering what other ’70’s American films deserve the Criterion touch? It was such a golden era for their cinema and looks even more remarkable as the years roll on.
I’ll start the ball rolling and ask for..
Bad Company by Robert Benton
Lenny by Bob Fosse
The Parallax View by Pakula
The Conversation by Coppola
Thieves Like Us by Altman
other suggestions?