Hal Ashby’s ‘Shampoo’: The Brazen Comedy that Depicted the End of the Sixties’s Innocence
After saying saying farewell to the nation in a televized address, Richard Nixon handed in his resignation in August, 1974, leaving the Oval Office smeared…
Robert Towne
‘The Parallax View’: Pakula’s Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America
The seventies were a unique period in the history of the United States, with general dissatisfaction with the government and distrust of the system generously…
‘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 Darryl Ponicsan’s 1970 novel called…
‘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 performances from Warren Beatty and…
Sydney Pollack’s ‘The Yakuza’: The Merging of Two Worlds in a Timeless Gangster Classic
The significance of Sydney Pollack’s 1974 neo-noir gangster film The Yakuza lies not only its sharp script, great acting from Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and…
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 written films of all time….