Hal Ashby’s ‘Shampoo’: The Brazen Comedy that Depicted the End of the Sixties’s Innocence
By Sven Mikulec After saying saying farewell to the nation in a televized address, Richard Nixon handed in his…
Robert Towne
‘The Parallax View’: Pakula’s Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America
By Sven Mikulec The seventies were a unique period in the history of the United States, with general dissatisfaction…
‘The Last Detail’: Hal Ashby and Robert Towne’s Slice of the ’70s America
It was Robert Towne, one of the greatest script doctors that Hollywood has ever seen, that wrote the adaptation of…
‘Bonnie and Clyde’: An Exquisite Filmmaking Vision that Captured the Essence of the Sixties
Revolutionary in its depiction of gritty, blood-splattering violence, cleverly and to great effect exploiting the counter-culture atmosphere, led by captivating…
Sydney Pollack’s ‘The Yakuza’: The Merging of Two Worlds in a Timeless Gangster Classic
By Sven Mikulec The significance of Sydney Pollack’s 1974 neo-noir gangster film The Yakuza lies not only its sharp…
Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ is one of the most impressive works of the period, an amazing experience from all angles
Produced by the great Robert Evans, Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-noir Chinatown is without any doubt one of the most finely…