1974: Movies Seen
Submitted by Imposter on Fri, 07/30/2004 - 04:54
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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.