Blockbusters and Birdwalks

1971, a conversation – “The Andromeda Strain”

• Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

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This is part of a series about movies from 1971. 

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Referenced media:

  • “The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)
  • “Jurassic Park” (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
  • “The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018)
  • “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
  • “Wag the Dog” (Barry Levinson, 1997)
  • “Natural Born Killers” (Oliver Stone, 1994)
  • “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)
  • “Magnificent Ambersons” (Orson Welles, 1942)
  • “It’s All True” (Orson Welles, 1941-1942)
  • “The Sound of Music” (Robert Wise, 1965)
  • “West Side Story” (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)
  • “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (Robert Wise, 1951)
  • “Airport” (George Seaton, 1970)
  • “Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978)
  • “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
  • “Plato’s Stepchildren” (David Alexander, 1968), November 22, 1968, Episode 10 of Season three of “Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969)
  • “The Thing from Another World” (Christian Nyby, 1951)
  • “Wanda” (Barbara Loden, 1971)
  • “Get Carter” (Mike Hodges, 1971)
  • “THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)
  • “Summer of ’42” (Robert Mulligan, 1971)
  • “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)

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