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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2023 16:06:27 GMT -5
Dracula A.D. 1972 is most definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.
The Hammer Dracula series was definitely “subject to the law of diminishing returns”. And when I first heard that there was a film featuring Dracula active in 1972 London, it sounded absurd. But I quite enjoyed it. I mean, it’d got a bit silly with the likes of Scars of Dracula and Taste the Blood of Dracula. It was wearing thin a tad. And I say that as someone who loves Hammer as it was my “gateway drug” to cinematic horror. But it had begun to wear thin. At least 1972 London offered a change of scenery, and the idea of Dracula active in the modern world at least hooked me.
So maybe it’s not even a guilty pleasure. Maybe I just like it for what it is.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 16:23:41 GMT -5
Dracula A.D. 1972 is most definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. The Hammer Dracula series was definitely “subject to the law of diminishing returns”. And when I first heard that there was a film featuring Dracula active in 1972 London, it sounded absurd. But I quite enjoyed it. I mean, it’d got a bit silly with the likes of Scars of Dracula and Taste the Blood of Dracula. It was wearing thin a tad. And I say that as someone who loves Hammer as it was my “gateway drug” to cinematic horror. But it had begun to wear thin. At least 1972 London offered a change of scenery, and the idea of Dracula active in the modern world at least hooked me. So maybe it’s not even a guilty pleasure. Maybe I just like it for what it is. The one I really like is The Satanic Rites of Dracula. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2023 16:29:34 GMT -5
Hmmm, mixed feelings about that one. It’s certainly…different.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 19, 2023 18:15:24 GMT -5
My two favorite movies from 1972 are Cabaret and Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41. It would be difficult to choose between them. I've never heard of Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41. I hate musicals, so I've never seen Cabaret. |
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Post by commond on Jan 19, 2023 18:31:52 GMT -5
My two favorite movies from 1972 are Cabaret and Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41. It would be difficult to choose between them. I've never heard of Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41. I hate musicals, so I've never seen Cabaret. It's a classic women-in-prison film starring the incomparable Kaji Meiko. Tarantino used the theme song in Kill Bill. |
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Post by commond on Jan 19, 2023 18:57:38 GMT -5
The Bollywood epic, Pakeezah, was my highest ranked film of 1972. I went through a phase where I watched all of the classic Bollywood films I could access to, which was a fascinating experience given how little attention film critics pay to the second biggest film market in the world.
Bergman's Cries and Whispers is in my top 5 Bergman films, and Aguirre: The Wrath of God is a prerequisite, "must watch" foreign film that continues to hold up. A few underrated American films from '72 -- John Huston's Fat City, Robert Aldrich's Ulzana's Raid, and the brilliant documentary Marjoe, about the Southern evangelist Marjoe Gortner. I also have a Costa-Gavras film on my list, State of Seige, which was one of the better films he made after Z.
I like Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, though not as much as my favorite Bunuel films. Aside from the Kaji Meiko film that was mentioned, Japan had some other great genre pics in the first Battles Without Honor and Humanity film and the first Lone Wolf and Cub film. Japanese film took a serious downturn after the collapse of the studio system, and to be honest, I'm not a fan of Japanese New Wave cinema outside of a few directors, but I do like the genre picks from the 70s.
Solaris isn't my favorite Tarkovsky film, but along with the Godfather, it's probably the heavy hitter of this year. One film that's lost its impact over the years is Last Tango in Paris. When I was young, Last Tango was a perennial pop culture reference, but you don't hear about it that much these days unlike Deliverance or the Godfather.
Props to the great blaxploitation films of '72 -- Hammer, Super Fly, Across 110th Street, Trouble Man, Blacula, The Legend of Nigger Charley.
I'll go with Aquirre as my favorite because of Herzog and Kinski.
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Post by commond on Jan 19, 2023 19:00:54 GMT -5
I really need to see Caberet and Pink Flamingos from this year.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 19:34:50 GMT -5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity is something else. Great movie series. It’s also known as The Yakuza Papers.
And yes, I also love Lone Wolf and Cub so much. The whole series.
1972 was a great year for Japanese cinema
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 19:37:51 GMT -5
The trailer to Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 ...
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 19, 2023 20:01:53 GMT -5
Re: Cabaret
Here’s as chilling a scene as you’ll ever see in any movie, let alone in a musical:
When I looked for it, I discovered to my surprise that it has been appropriated by all the wrong people over the years.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 22:20:39 GMT -5
Re: Cabaret Here’s as chilling a scene as you’ll ever see in any movie, let alone in a musical: When I looked for it, I discovered to my surprise that it has been appropriated by all the wrong people over the years. My parents had the Cabaret soundtrack (8-track!) and played it a lot, so I knew all the songs but none of the context. I specifically remember singing this one because I liked the way it sounded. I had no idea what it was about. I finally saw the film about 15 years later and you could have knocked me over with a feather. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 19, 2023 23:15:06 GMT -5
Re: Cabaret Here’s as chilling a scene as you’ll ever see in any movie, let alone in a musical: When I looked for it, I discovered to my surprise that it has been appropriated by all the wrong people over the years. My parents had the Cabaret soundtrack (8-track!) and played it a lot, so I knew all the songs but none of the context. I specifically remember singing this one because I liked the way it sounded. I had no idea what it was about. I finally saw the film about 15 years later and you could have knocked me over with a feather. That melodiousness is the key to its venomous charm. Starts as a sweet-sounding folk song and ends, well, we see how it ends. The two girls, one older, the other very young, as each starts to sing along... scary. In the show it's a waiter at the club who begins the singing; in the movie it's the "innocent" young boy. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 20, 2023 3:32:35 GMT -5
My parents had the Cabaret soundtrack (8-track!) and played it a lot, so I knew all the songs but none of the context. I specifically remember singing this one because I liked the way it sounded. I had no idea what it was about. I finally saw the film about 15 years later and you could have knocked me over with a feather. That melodiousness is the key to its venomous charm. Starts as a sweet-sounding folk song and ends, well, we see how it ends. The two girls, one older, the other very young, as each starts to sing along... scary. In the show it's a waiter at the club who begins the singing; in the movie it's the "innocent" young boy. You're not kidding about the melodiousness. There's more than one time I've found myself humming that tune. And yeah, that scene is chilling. For me personally, it's probably the most affecting and memorable in the whole movie.
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Post by berkley on Jan 20, 2023 4:04:11 GMT -5
I see now that I shouldn't have singled out 1971 as the year with the greatest number of famous movies I've yet to see, because here's 1972 presenting itself as a contender for the same award. But I realise now that there was a window from the late 1960s to the early to mid-70s when I was too young to see a lot of things at the movie theatre (though there were a few exceptions, and they all made a big impression), but old enough to remember the talk about them. So there are many famous films from that period, e.g. The Godfather, Butch Cassidy, etc, that I've known mostly by reputation: maybe a few clips here and there, especially after the internet got going, but not enough to say I'd seen the movie.
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Post by berkley on Jan 20, 2023 20:48:14 GMT -5
I'm torn between two classics from 1972, both of which I've seen at the theatre recently: the Godfather and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Since it's favourites, I'll go with The Godfather, since I know it better, having seen it more than once and also being a big fan of the novel.
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