1974: Movies Seen

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  • Best of '74

  • The Godfather: Part II - dir: Francis Ford Coppola; st: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire
  • *****

  • Celine And Julie Go Boating - dir: Jacques Rivette; st: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder
  • Chinatown - dir: Roman Polanski; st: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd
  • The Conversation - dir: Francis Ford Coppola; st: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederick Forrest, Cindy Williams, Teri Garr
  • The Phantom Of Liberty - dir: Luis Bunuel; st: Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Piccoli, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Verley, Milena Vukotic, Monica Vitti
  • Young Frankenstein - dir: Mel Brooks; st: Gene Hackman, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars
  • ****½

  • Ali: Fear Eats The Soul - dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; st: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann
  • Blazing Saddles - dir: Mel Brooks; st: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks
  • The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser - dir: Werner Herzog; st: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Michael Kroecher, Brigitte Mira, Hans Musaeus
  • F For Fake - dir: Orson Welles; st: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving
  • A Woman Under The Influence - dir: John Cassavetes; st: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes
  • ****

  • The Front Page - dir: Billy Wilder; st: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett, Vincent Gardenia, Harold Gould
  • Going Places - dir: Bernard Blier; st: Gerard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau, Isabelle Huppert
  • Lancelot Of The Lake - dir: Robert Bresson; st: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, Patrick Bernhard
  • The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue - dir: Jorge Grau; st: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso
  • The Parallax View - dir: Alan J. Pakula; st: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Kenneth Mars
  • Rabid Dogs / Kidnapped - dir: Mario Bava; st: Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Lander, Maurice Poli, George Eastman, Don Backy
  • The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three - dir: Joseph Sargent; st: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - dir: Tobe Hooper; st: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Teri McMinn, Gunnar Hansen, Jim Siedow
  • Thieves Like Us - dir: Robert Altman; st: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher
  • The Three Musketeers - dir: Richard Lester; st: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin
  • ***½

  • Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia - dir: Sam Peckinpah; st: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Emilio Fernandez
  • The Great Gatsby - dir: Jack Clayton; st: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Sam Waterson
  • Journey Through The Past - dir: Neil Young; st: Neil Young, Carrie Snodgress, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills
  • ***

  • Big Bad Mama - dir: Steve Carver; st: Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Susan Sennett, Robbie Lee
  • Blood For Dracula - dir: Antonio Margheriti, Paul Morrissey; st: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Arno Juerging, Maxime McKendry
  • Dirty Mary Crazy Larry - dir: John Hough; st: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow
  • Earthquake - dir: Mark Robson; st: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold
  • Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell - dir: Terence Fisher; st: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, Bernard Lee, David Prowse
  • Hanzo The Razor: Who's Got The Gold? - dir: Yoshio Inoue, st: Shintaro Katsu, Ko Nishimura, Mako Midori, Mikio Narita, Etsushi Takahashi
  • Herbie Rides Again - dir: Robert Stevenson; st: Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, Helen Hayes, Huntz Hall
  • Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell - dir: Yoshiyuki Kuroda; st: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Junko Hitomi, Akihiro Tomikama, Goro Mitsumi, Mayumi Yamaguchi
  • The Man With The Golden Gun - dir: Guy Hamilton; st: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, Britt Ekland, Hervé Villechaize
  • The Night Porter - dir: Liliana Cavani; st:Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
  • Sweet Movie - dir: Dusan Makavejev; st: Carole Laure, Pierre Clementi, Anna Prucnal, Jane Mallett, John Vernon
  • Thriller: A Cruel Picture - dir: Bo Arne Vibenius; st: Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Solveig Andersson, Despina Tomazani
  • The Towering Inferno - dir: Irwin Allen, John Guillermin; st: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire
  • **½

  • Identikit (The Driver's Seat) - dir: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi; st: Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen, Guido Mannari, Mona Washbourne, Luigi Squarzina
  • Nude For Satan - dir: Luigi Batzella; st: Rita Calderoni, James Harris, Renato Lupi, Iolanda Mascitti
  • (though there are at least two reasons in the title alone to check it out)

Do see 3 of my favourite films- Mirror, Alice in the Cities, Celine and Julie go Boating.