March 3, 1971
February 2, 1971
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971) **
Intelligent apes from the future travel back in time to the 1970's. The funniest episode of the "Ape" series.
January 1, 1971
Death In Venice (1971) *
Widely praised film about a homosexual composer (Dick Bogarte). Ponderous and pretentious.
Nicholas And Alexandra (1971) *
The tragic fate of the last tsar of Russia. Overlong epic whitewashes much of Russia's history, and makes the animated "Anastasia" (1997) look gritty by comparison. Essentially, the film presents the mainsteam Western view of the Soviet Revolution during the Cold War era that was largely discredited after the fall of the Soviet Union, when even Russian films (like 1992's "The Chekist") began to show the Bolsheviks in a far more monstrous light.
July 10, 1970
Top 10 Films of 1970
3. "Le Genou de Claire" (Eric Rohmer, France)
5. "Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion" (Elio Petri, Italy)
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
1. "The Corridor" (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:
Airport
Companeros (Italy)
Dziura w ziemi (Poland)
Entre tu et vous (Canada)
Le Gendarme en balade (France)
Goin' Down The Road (Canada)
L'Initiation (Canada)
Jak rozpetalem II Wojne Swiatowa (Poland)
Krajobraz po bitwie (Poland)
Maly (Poland)
The Mummy (Egypt)
Notes Towards An African Orestes (Italy)
Où êtes-vous donc ? (Canada)
Pravda (France)
Red (Canada)
Rejs (Poland)
La Rupture (France)
El Topo (Mexico)
Tristana (Spain)
Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1970:
1. "Fruit Of Paradise" (Vera Chytilová, Czechoslovakia)
2. "Women In Love" (Ken Russell, UK)
3. "Brewster McCloud" (Robert Altman, USA)
4. "The American Soldier" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany)
5. "Zabriskie Point" (Michelangelo Antonioni, USA)
7. "Quiet Days In Clichy" (Jens Jørgen Thorsen, Denmark)
8. "Lokis: Rekopis profesora Wittembacha" (Janusz Majewski, Poland)
9. "Mona The Virgin Nymph" (Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm, USA)
10. "Trash" (Paul Morrissey, USA)
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)
Cudow nie ma (Poland)
Gallux Show: Wieczor 1 (Poland)
Zielona Ges: Wieczor II (Poland)
Cartoon Top 3:
1. "The Further Adventures Of Uncle Sam" (Dale Case, Robert Mitchell, USA)
2. "The Shepherd" (Cameron Guess, USA)
3. "Is It Always Right To Be Right ?" (Lee Mishkin, USA)
Other great cartoons:
Matrioska (Canada)
Weak films of 1970:
Bande de cons ! (Belgium)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
Deux femmes en or (Canada)
King: Montgomery To Memphis
Kiss Me Monster (Spain)
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Sol ziemi czarnej (Poland)
Too Late The Hero
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Le Vent d'est (France)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amock ? (Germany)
Weak shorts:
The Grandmother
Weak cartoons:
Chilly's Cold War
Coo Coo Nuts
Don't Hustle An Ant With A Muscle
Wild Bill Hiccup
King: Montgomery To Memphis
Kiss Me Monster (Spain)
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Sol ziemi czarnej (Poland)
Too Late The Hero
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Le Vent d'est (France)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amock ? (Germany)
Weak shorts:
The Grandmother
Weak cartoons:
Chilly's Cold War
Coo Coo Nuts
Don't Hustle An Ant With A Muscle
Wild Bill Hiccup
Le Genou de Claire (1970) *****
Valerie a tyden divu (1970) *****
Arguably the greatest Czech film of all times, a surrealistic fantasy about innocence and perversion. Visually stunning.
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