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 – “The Devils”
July 02, 2024
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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)
- “Crimes of Passion” (Ken Russell, 1984)
- “Deep Throat” (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
- “Behind the Green Door” (Artie Mitchell and Jim Mitchell, 1972)
- “Whore” (Ken Russell, 1991)
- “E.T.” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
- “Pretty Woman” (Garry Marshall, 1990)
- “The Transformers: The Movie” (Nelson Shin, 1986)
- “Elmer Gantry” (Richard Brooks, 1960)
- “Blue” (Derek Jarman, 1993)
- “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)
- “The Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson, 2004)
- “Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)
- “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
Audio quotation:
- “The Devils” (Ken Russell, 1971)
- “Whore” (Ken Russell, 1991)
- Theme from “Elmer Gantry” (Richard Brooks, 1960), written by André Previn, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6UGHLl3hk
- “Goodbye, My Life, My Love” from “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960), written by Alex North,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pajZbfZvgXE&list=PL91EBC569483515E4&index=21