June 19, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1969

1. "The Cremator" (Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakia)

2. "Z" (Constantin Costa-Gavras, Algeria)

3. "Birds Orphans And Fools" (Juraj Jakubisko, Czechoslovakia)

4. "Ma nuit chez Maud" (Eric Rohmer, France)

5. ''The Wild Bunch'' (Sam Peckinpah, USA)

6. "The Joke" (Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia)

7. ''The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie'' (Ronald Neame, UK)

8. ''More'' (Barbet Schroeder, Luxembourg)

9. ''If'' (Lindsay Anderson, UK)

10. ''Midnight Cowboy'' (John Schlesinger, USA)


Other great films:

Le Gai savoir (France)
The Land (Egypt)
Larks On A String (Czechoslovakia)
Molo (Poland)
Sirocco d'hiver (Hungary)
Skok (Poland)
Valérie (Canada)
La Voie lactée (France)

Short Top 3:

1. "Invocation Of My Demon Brother" (Kenneth Anger, USA)

2. "The Musicians" (Mikheil Kobakhidze, Soviet Union)

3. "The Lottery" (Larry Yust, USA)


Other great shorts:

I Am Joaquin (Mexico)
Love You Till Tuesday (UK)

Top Music Video:

"Sugar Sugar" (USA)


Top Commercial:

"Spicy Meatball" (Alka-Seltzer)


Other great commercials:

The Funeral

TV Top 3:

1. "Mission Impossible: The Mind Of Stefan Miklos" (Robert Butler, CBS)

2. "The Saint: Vendetta For The Saint" (Jim O'Connolly, ITV, UK)

3. "The Dean Martin Show: Season 4 Episode 25" (NBC)


Other great TV shows:

Czterej pancerni i pies 2 (Poland)
K. I. Galczynski Zielona Ges (Poland)
Stawka wieksza niz zycie 2 (Poland)

Cartoon Top 10:

1. "Walking" (Ryan Larkin, NFB, Canada)

2. "Ego" (Bruno Bozzetto, Italy)

3. "It's Tough To Be A Bird" (Ward Kimball, Disney)

4. "In The Pink Of The Night" (Art Davis, United Artists)

5. "Spheres" (Norman McLaren, Canada)

6. "Dune Bug" (Art Davis, United Artists)

7. "Bambi Meets Godzilla" (Marv Newland, USA)

8. "Rabbit Stew And Rabbits Too" (Robert MacKimson, Warner)

9. "The Great Carrot Train Robbery" (Robert MacKimson, Warner)

10. "Umka" (Vladimir Pekar, Vladimir Popov, Soviet Union)


Weak films of 1969:

Days And Nights In The Forest (India)
The Spider's Stratagem (Italy)
Take The Money And Run

Weak shorts:

Argila (Germany)
Jenny Is A Good Thing
Leo Beuerman
The Magic Machines
One Second In Montreal (Canada)

Weak cartoons:

Bugged By A Bee
Fistic Mystic
Hook Line And Stinker
Injun Trouble
Oddball (Canada)
Of Men And Demons
A Pair Of Greenbacks
Pink On The Cob
Prehistoric Super Salesman
Shamrock And Roll
The Shout It Out Alphabet