1971 poll

[sally]

jesus, did rozier feed these shrieking idiots a cocktail of drugs to film du côté d'orouët? they may be the three most irritating young girls (so he's a sad perv too) i've ever seen. i'm halfway through. maybe there'll be a sudden reveal soon that makes this appealing. do they all die?

[rischka]

i actually remember checking to see if you'd seen it and get yr reaction

[sally]

well, at least now i'm really acquainted with the backsides of young girls.

eugh. that was like a sweaty fever dream of a paedophile's 'pre-mature, sexless, unaware girls away' fantasy. i don't know why i bothered to learn to read & write at all. all i need to do is giggle & yowl & throw stuff. wish i'd known that years ago.

it's like lars von trier infantilising the beach house in out 1. i'm sad now and hate movies for a while......

[ralch]

Hi, all.

1. Two English Girls / Les deux Anglaises et le continent — F. Truffaut

The Andromeda Strain — R. Wise
Beware of a Holy Whore / Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte — R. W. Fassbinder
Carnal Knowledge — M. Nichols
Death in Venice / Morte a Venezia — L. Visconti
Harold and Maude — H. Ashby
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman / Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês — N. Pereira Dos Santos
Land of Silence and Darkness / Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit — W. Herzog
The Last Picture Show — P. Bogdanovich
Love / Szerelem — K. Makk
Made for Each Other — R. B. Bean
McCabe and Mrs. Miller — R. Altman
Murmur of the Heart / Le souffle au coeur — L. Malle
Play Misty for Me — C. Eastwood
The Third Part of the Night / Trzecia czesc nocy — A. Zulawski
Viva la muerte — F. Arrabal
Walkabout — N. Roeg
Wild Rovers — B. Edwards
Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit / Vinni-Pukh idyot v gosti — Fyodor Khitruk
WR: Mysteries of the Organism / W.R. - Misterije organizma — D. Makavejev

[Curtis, baby]

Welcome back ralch!

[Silga]

Final list:

Klute (Alan J. Pakula)

Vanishing Point (Richard C. Sarafian)
The Andromeda Strain (Robert Wise)
The French Connection (William Friedkin)
Lawman (Michael Winner)
Duel (Steven Spielberg)
Murder by the Book (Steven Spielberg)
The Anderson Tapes (Sidney Lumet)
Bananas (Woody Allen)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (Woody Allen)
Dirty Harry (Don Siegel)

[karl]

You and Me (Shepitko)

Long Farewell (Muratova) (surprised at how few others here list this great film)
Szindbád (Huszárik)
The White Bird Marked with Black (Ilyenko)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (Bresson)
If I Had a Gun (Uher) (I've voted for this in two polls, but if it's a '71 now, so be it)
Uncle Vanya (Konchalovsky)
Byelorussia Station (Smirnov)
Love (Makk)
Macbeth (Polanski)
A Necklace for My Beloved (Abuladze)
Taking Off (Forman)
The Wolves (Gosha)
The Emigrants (Troell)
The Day Passed (Babayev)
The Men (Carle)
Family Life (Zanussi)
Max and the Junkmen (Sautet)
The Policeman (Kishon)
Examination (Djulgerov)

[dominicano1970]

The Last Valley (Clavell)

The Andromeda Strain (Wise)
The Beguiled (Siegel)
Bubù (Bolognini)
Carnal Knowledge (Nichols)
The Ceremony (Oshima)
Du côté d'Orouët (Rozier)
The Grissom Gang (Aldrich)
In the Name of the Italian People (Risi)
Just Before Nightfall (Chabrol)
Klute (Pakula)
The Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich)
Max and the Junkmen (Sautet)
Murmur of the Heart (Malle)
Play Misty for Me (Eastwood)
The Salamander (Tanner)
Summer of '42 (Mulligan)
10 Rillington Place (Fleischer)
Two English Girls (Truffaut)
Walkabout (Roeg)

[mesnalty]

Final list:

1. Quick Billy (Baillie)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Altman)
The Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich)
Blanche (Borowczyk)
(nostalgia) (Frampton)
Struggle in Italy (Godard and Groupe Dziga Vertov)
A Touch of Zen (Hu)
Sinbad (Huszarik)
Mon Oncle Antoine (Jutra)
Wake in Fright (Kotcheff)
Love (Makk)
A New Leaf (May)
The House in the Woods (Pialat)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (Praunheim)
Out 1 (Rivette and Schiffman)
Du Cote d'Orouet (Rozier)
The Devils (Russell)
La Region Centrale (Snow)
Punishment Park (Watkins)
The Third Part of the Night (Zulawski)

[sally]

right, i'm still disgusted with the rozier, and it's tainted my view of 1971 & also some men, so i'm stopping now even though i have a few still to watch (which is actually a sneaky excuse because i started quick billy 4 times and fell asleep every time, and the copy of the güney i have is so bad i can't face it, and as for voldtekt, i can't even)

out 1 - rivette, schiffman
one day before the rainy season - kaul
appointment in bray - delvaux
two-lane blacktop - hellman
cuadecuc, vampir - portabella
a necklace for my beloved - abuladze
blanche - borowczyk
the apple war - danielsson
nostalgia - frampton
the long farewell - muratova
the third part of the night - żuławski
four nights of a dreamer - bresson
my wife and the dog - marzouk
a girl is a gun - moullet
two english girls - truffaut
adrift on the nile - kamal
healthy people for fun - aćimović-godina
the decameron - pasolini
emitaï - sembène
the policeman - kishon

[rischka]

a touch of zen (hu)
appointment in bray (delvaux)
one day before the rainy season (kaul)
the boyfriend (russell)
du côté d'orouët (rozier)
the wolves (gosha)
blanche (borowczyk)
two lane blacktop (hellman)
emitaï (sembène)
daughters of darkness (kumel)
four nights of a dreamer (bresson)
a necklace for my beloved (abuladze)
shura (matsumoto)
walkabout (roeg)
narita: second fortress (ogawa)
cuadecuc, vampir (portabella)
the velvet vampire (rothman)
the lady hermit (meng)
healthy people for fun (aćimović-godina)
quick billy (bailie)

i didn't have time for too many films this month

[...]

Appointment in Bray
A Touch of Zen
The Boy Friend
Adrift on the Nile
Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song
Company Limited
Inn of Evil
Trafic
The Go Between
La Region Centrale
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Vanishing Point
Two Lane Blacktop
Death in Venice
Malpertius
Little Murders
The Hired Hand
The Hellstrom Chronicles
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Some of My Best Friends Are

[rischka]

don't forget this one

[john ryan]

1. The Devils (Russell)

walkabout (roeg)
mccabe and mrs. miller (altman)
the go-between (losey)
a touch of zen (hu)
four nights of a dreamer (bresson)
straw dogs (peckinpah)
punishment park (watkins)
macbeth (polanski)
out 1 (rivette)
the last picture show (bogdonavich)
hapax legomena III: critical mass (frampton)
a necklace for my beloved (abuladze)
you and me (shepitko)
la region centrale (michael snow)
the ceremony (oshima)
the merchant of four seasons (fassbinder)
cuadecuc, vampir (portabella)
wake in fright (kotcheff)
a new leaf (may)

[thoxans]

duck, you sucker! (sergio leone) comedy? check. drama? check. bromance? double check. rod steiger as a mexican? cheque. what a blast (bad pun fully intended)! i haven't seen much leone, and what i have seen, i saw so long ago that i have pretty much no recollection of anything, other than there was no doubt an overabundance of close-ups. i guess he's just never been my guy really, or maybe i just need to give him another look, but this one was great! its tonal trajectory is so interesting, starting out as an easy going comedy (almost a hangout pic, with coburn and steiger just kinda doing their thing in the desert for like the first forty minutes of the film) only to turn into a more fast-paced action-type flick in the middle (a buddy bandit film) only to yet again turn into a more serious and contemplative drama. shit gets serious, but it never loses a beat. not to mention that coburn had fuxkin style yo. dude looked sharp in pat garrett and billy the kid, and here he looks just as badass. skinny jeans. trenchcoat. boots. motorcycle hat. the laidback way he shoots and kills peeps. the way he smokes a stoge. those eyebrows. a regular style icon imo. now let's all sit back and listen to morricone's sean sean. added to my list!

[kanafani]

Out 1 (Jacques Rivette, 1971)
Du côté d'Orouët (Jacques Rozier, 1971)
Cuadecuc, Vampir (Pere Portabella, 1971)
A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)
La Région Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971)
Appointment in Bray (André Delvaux, 1971)
A Touch of Zen (King Hu, 1971)
The House in the Woods (Maurice Pialat, 1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman, 1971)
Odette Robert (Jean eustache, 1971)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, 1971)
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, 1971)
Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, 1971)

[Lencho of the Apes]

My list:

Out One - Rivette

Addio Zio Tom - Jacopetti, Prosperi
Arde Baby Arde - Bolanos
The Ceremony (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971)
In The Shadow Of Death - Piesis
McCabe And Mrs. Miller - Altman
My Wife and the Dog
The policeman - kishon
Murmur Of The Heart - Malle
La Sangre Enemiga - R. Gonzalez
She Killed in Ecstasy (Jesus Franco)
Straw Dogs - Peckinpah
THX 1138 - Lucas
Touha Zvana Anada
Wake In Fright - Kotcheff
Walkabout - Roeg
Whity (Fassbinder)
The Wolves - Gosha
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Elio Petri)
You And Me - Shepitko

[Lencho of the Apes]

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[Lencho of the Apes]

1
Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman, 1971)

2
Du côté d'Orouët (Jacques Rozier, 1971)
A Touch of Zen (King Hu, 1971)

4
Out One - Rivette

5
Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, 1971)
McCabe And Mrs. Miller - Altman
A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

8
Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, 1971)
The Devils (Russell)
Wake In Fright - Kotcheff

11
the last picture show (bogdonavich)
Walkabout - Roeg

13
Appointment in Bray (André Delvaux, 1971)

14
Cuadecuc, Vampir (Pere Portabella, 1971)
daughters of darkness (kumel)
The French Connection (William Friedkin)
Klute (Pakula)
Murmur Of The Heart - Malle
La Région Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971)

20
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)
punishment park (watkins)
Sinbad (Huszarik)
two english girls - truffaut

24
blanche (borowczyk)
The Ceremony (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971)
Dirty Harry (Don Siegel)
the go-between (losey)
Love (Makk)
one day before the rainy season (kaul)
quick billy (bailie)

31
The Andromeda Strain (Wise)
The Beguiled (Siegel)
Beware of a Holy Whore / Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte — R. W. Fassbinder
The Boy Friend
the decameron - pasolini
Duck, You Sucker
Duel (Steven Spielberg)
The Emigrants (Troell)
emitaï (sembène)
the lady hermit (meng)
Mon Oncle Antoine (Jutra)
a necklace for my beloved (abuladze)
nostalgia - frampton
The Panic in Needle Park (Jerry Schatzberg)
Straw Dogs - Peckinpah
10 Rillington Place (Fleischer)
the third part of the night - żuławski
The Wolves - Gosha
WR: Mysteries of the Organism / W.R. - Misterije organizma — D. Makavejev
You And Me - Shepitko

51 - 69
Carnal Knowledge (Nichols)
Harold and Maude — H. Ashby
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman / Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês — N. Pereira Dos Santos
The Last Valley (Clavell)
macbeth (polanski)
Max and the Junkmen (Sautet)
The Music Lovers (Ken Russell)
My Wife and the Dog
narita: second fortress (ogawa)
Play Misty for Me (Eastwood)
The policeman - kishon
Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger)
Taking Off (Forman)
Touha Zvana Anada
Vanishing Point
Whity (Fassbinder)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Elio Petri)
Xin du bi dao (The New One-Armed Swordsman)

[rischka]

it's the big list of all the things

[...]

That is one weird ass list.

[rischka]

that's what we do here

[liquidnature]

duck, you sucker! (sergio leone) comedy? check. drama? check. bromance? double check. rod steiger as a mexican? cheque. what a blast (bad pun fully intended)! i haven't seen much leone, and what i have seen, i saw so long ago that i have pretty much no recollection of anything, other than there was no doubt an overabundance of close-ups. i guess he's just never been my guy really, or maybe i just need to give him another look, but this one was great! its tonal trajectory is so interesting, starting out as an easy going comedy (almost a hangout pic, with coburn and steiger just kinda doing their thing in the desert for like the first forty minutes of the film) only to turn into a more fast-paced action-type flick in the middle (a buddy bandit film) only to yet again turn into a more serious and contemplative drama. shit gets serious, but it never loses a beat. not to mention that coburn had fuxkin style yo. dude looked sharp in pat garrett and billy the kid, and here he looks just as badass. skinny jeans. trenchcoat. boots. motorcycle hat. the laidback way he shoots and kills peeps. the way he smokes a stoge. those eyebrows. a regular style icon imo. now let's all sit back and listen to morricone's sean sean. added to my list!

good review. I completely agree

[Lencho of the Apes]

weird ass list.

that's what we do

At first, I was going to have a sad if anything but Out One went into first place, but as the voting patterns became clearer, I started warming to the idea that either 2 LBT or A Touch Of Zen might beat it. That's what we do.

[thoxans]

2 LBT

fml cuz i swear i read that as 2 bacon lettuce tomato sandwiches like four or five times before i figured out what you were talking about

[Lencho of the Apes]

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Well, it'd be difficult to pick a movie that says 1971 any more than Two Lane Blacktop, so the list's got that going for it at the very least. Not that I'm complaining about the selections mind you, it just seems weirder than usual even for here.