Blockbusters and Birdwalks

1971, a conversation – “Bananas”

May 16, 2024 • 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)
  • “The Muppet Show” (Jim Henson, 1976-1981)
  • “The Benny Hill Show” (Benny Hill, 1955-1989)
  • “Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
  • “The Critic” (Al Jean and Mike Reiss, 1994-1995)
  • “The Simpsons” (Matt Groening, 1989-now)
  • “Manhattan” (Woody Allen, 1979)
  • “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, 1969-1974)
  • “The Wild Bunch” (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
  • “Straw Dogs” (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)
  • “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
  • “Wide World of Sports” (Edgar Scherick, 1961-1997)
  • “Battleship Potemkin” (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
  • “THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)
  • “Summer of ’42” (Robert Mulligan, 1971)
  • “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
  • “The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)
  • “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
  • “The Andromeda Strain” (Robert Wise, 1971)
  • “Billy Jack” (T.C. Frank, 1971)
  • “Plaza Suite” (Arthur Hiller, 1971)
  • “Johnny Got His Gun” (Dalton Trumbo, 1971)
  • “Escape from the Planet of the Apes” (Don Taylor, 1971)
  • “Pink Narcissus” (James Bidgood, 1971)
  • “The Beguiled” (Don Siegel, 1971)
  • “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)

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