Tag Archives: 70’s

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

Posted on July 25, 2011 at 6:53 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The difference is that it’s real.  Every high speed spin-out, every flip, every crash.  They really drive those cars over raised bridges, through billboards, backwards into rivers, off steep precipices, through fences and into trees and buildings.  It would be … Continue reading →

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Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)

Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:51 am by Jeff Kuykendall

There is a single brief shot in Allan Arkush’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) which qualifies it as one of the greatest rock movies ever made.  A happy accident, as it turns out.  The camera was running at the … Continue reading →

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The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

Posted on July 18, 2011 at 6:17 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The film opens under the watchful eye of ravens, skulking beneath a gray sky.  It’s the late seventeenth century, and the days of the Glorious Revolution.  A young man named Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave), … Continue reading →

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