April 4, 1971

Hilltop (1971) *****

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"I'D Like To Buy The World A Coke". Probably the most iconic TV commercial of all times, immortalized at the end of "Ma...

Norien Ten (1971) ***

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Imagine (1971) ***

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A music video by John Lennon.

Sentinels Of Silence (1971) ***

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Double Oscar-winning documentary about the ancient Mexican civilizations.

Adventures In Perception (1971) ***

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Oscar-nominated documentary short about M.C. Escher.

Try It You'll Like It (1971) ***

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Schick After Shave (1971) ***

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Quite a rarity - a genuine Maoist commercial. An actual advertisement for Schick After Shave, directed by the Dziga Vertov Group (Jean-Luc G...

The Walls Of Sana'a (1971) ***

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Apel (1971) ****

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Superbly directed film set in a Nazi concentration camp. An allegory about repression, rebellion and surrender. Directed by Ryszard Czekal...

Evolution (1971) ***

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Signor Rossi At Photo Safari (1971) ***

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Signor Rossi goes to Africa and wants to photograph wild beasts. Unfortunately, other tourists have more violent hobbies. Directed by Bru...

The Selfish Giant (1971) ***

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A British cartoon, adapted from a fairy tale by Oscar Wilde, about a mean giant who forbids children from entering his garden.

Battle Of Kerjents (1971) ***

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Directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuri Norstein. Based on the 1907 opera of Rimsky-Korsakov and visually inspired by the Russian icon paint...

Synchromy (1971) ***

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A visual representation of the soundtrack. This cartoon by Norman McLaren might have been inspired by the intermission from "Fantasia...

Kitty From The City (1971) **

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Woody is fighting with a city puss in a national park.

The Crunch Bird (1971) **

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The shortest film ever to win an Oscar (barely over 2 min). A one-joke idea.

Shanghai Woody (1971) **

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Woody is shanghaied.

Jabberwocky (1971) **

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Bizarrely narrated puppet animation film about dolls, toy soldiers and other objects. Directed by Jan Svankmejer.
March 3, 1971

All In The Family: Cousin Maude's Visit (1971) ***

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Columbo: Death Lends A Hand (1971) ***

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Columbo: Murder By The Book (1971) ***

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Justine de Sade (1971) ***

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Harlot (1971) ***

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February 2, 1971

Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971) **

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Intelligent apes from the future travel back in time to the 1970's. The funniest episode of the "Ape" series.

Klute (1971) **

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January 1, 1971

The Red Tent (1971) *

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An Italian expedition to the North Pole ends tragically.

Death In Venice (1971) *

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Widely praised film about a homosexual composer (Dick Bogarte). Ponderous and pretentious.

1 PM (1971) *

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Basically an assembly of rushes filmed by Jean-Luc Godard in United States in 1968.

Nicholas And Alexandra (1971) *

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The tragic fate of the last tsar of Russia. Overlong epic whitewashes much of Russia's history, and makes the animated "Anastasia...
July 10, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1970

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1.  "Valerie a tyden divu"  (Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia) 2. "A Love Story" (Roy Andersson, Sweden) 3.  "Le Geno...

Top Musical of 1970

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"Darling Lili" (Blake Edwards, Paramount)