July 10, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1970

1. "Valerie a tyden divu" (Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia)

2. "A Love Story" (Roy Andersson, Sweden)

3. "Le Genou de Claire" (Eric Rohmer, France)

4. ''MASH'' (Robert Altman, USA)


6. "The Man Who Put His Will On Film" (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)

7. ''Woodstock'' (Michael Wadleigh, USA)

8. ''Hi Mom !'' (Brian De Palma, USA)

9. "British Sounds" (Jean-Luc Godard, UK)

10. "The Ear" (Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia)


Other great films:

Africa Erotica (Brazil)
Airport
The Beginning (Soviet Union)
Le Boucher (France)
Companeros (Italy)
Fruit Of Paradise (Czechoslovakia)
L'Initiation (Canada)
Maly (Poland)
The Mummy (Egypt)
Pravda (France)
Red (Canada)
Rejs (Poland)
La Rupture (France)
El Topo (Mexico)
Tristana (Spain)

Short Top 3:

1. "The Corridor" (Standish Lawder, USA)

2. "Necrology" (Standish Lawder, USA)


3. "Interviews With My Lai Veterans" (Joseph Strick, USA)


Other great shorts:

The Resurrection Of Broncho Billy

Top Music Video:

"Lookin' Out My Back Door"


Top Commercial:

"The Great American Soup" (Heinz)


TV Top 3:

1. "Monty Python's Flying Circus: How Not To Be Seen" (Ian MacNaughton, BBC)


2. "Zapalniczka" (Krzysztof Szmagier, Poland)


3. "Czterej pancerni i pies 3" (Konrad Nalecki, Poland)


Other great TV shows:

Cudow nie ma (Poland)

Top Musical of 1970

"Darling Lili" (Blake Edwards, Paramount)


A Love Story (1970) *****



Roy Andersson's first film, a genuine masterpiece of Swedish cinema.

Le Genou de Claire (1970) *****

One of Eric Rohmer's greatest films, a superb comedy about a middle-aged man's obsession with a young girl's knee. Superb dialogues.

Valerie a tyden divu (1970) *****






Arguably the greatest Czech film of all times, a surrealistic fantasy about innocence and perversion. Visually stunning.

Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) ****

MASH (1970) ****

The Ear (1970) ****

A deputy minister is afraid when his boss becomes a victim of a purge in 1950's Czekoslovakia.

British Sounds (1970) ****


El Topo (1970) ****

Rejs (1970) ****

Companeros (1970) ****

'Hi Mom ! (1970) ****

Woodstock (1970) ****

The Man Who Put His Will On Film (1970) ****

Love Film (1970) ***


The Beginning (1970) ***

Directed by Gleb Panfilov.

Patton (1970) ***

Ambitious war drama about the famous American general.

Husbands (1970) ***

Interesting drama about a group of married men.

Wanda (1970) ***

Peau d'ane (1970) ***

A musical fairy-tale by Jacques Demy.

Jak rozpetalem II Wojne Swiatowa (1970) ***

Przygody polskiego zolnierza, ktory przypadkowo dostaje sie na prawie wszystkie fronty. Komedia wojenna w trzech czesciach.

Little Big Man (1970) ***

Story of General Custer, seen through the eyes of his Indian scout. Or more precisely, the story of destruction of Native Americans in the late 19th century. Dustion Hoffman plays a white man adopted by a Native tribe.

Love Story (1970) ***

What can you say about the most popular film of 1970 ? Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but liking a film means never having to say a bad word about it.

L'Initiation (1970) ***

The Mummy (1970) ***


The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970) ***

Unusual film about the famous detective.

Pravda (1970) ***