Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
1971, a conversation – “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is part of a series about movies from 1971.
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Referenced media:
- “The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)
- “Benson” (Susan Harris, 1979-1986)
- “First Cow” (Kelly Reichardt, 2019)
- “Dances with Wolves” (Kevin Costner, 1990)
- “Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
- “Bonanza” (David Dortort, 1959-1973)
- “Gunsmoke” (Charles Marquis Warren, 1955-1975)
- “M*A*S*H” (Robert Altman, 1970)
- “Nashville” (Robert Altman, 1975)
- “Deadwood” (David Milch, 2004-2006, 2019)
- “The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956)
- “American Graffiti” (George Lucas, 1973)
- “Big Jake” (George Sherman, 1971)
- “The Beguiled” (Don Siegel, 1971)
- “Klute” (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)
- “Two-Lane Blacktop” (Monte Hellman, 1971)
- “Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)
- “The Omega Man” (Boris Sagal, 1971)
- “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
- “The Sting” (George Roy Hill, 1973)
- “Chinatown” (Roman Polanski, 1974)
- “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
Audio quotation:
- “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)