If you get the Independent Film Channel they are running all three parts of their documentary "A Decade Under the Influence" starting at 7:00pm Central Saturday night. There is a reshowing at 11:45..
It is really good and features a lot of interviews with actors and directors of the time (a lot who are still around) like Scorcese, Coppola, Altman, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and many others. It 's interesting to see back then that the studios had a lot less control over what these guys did.
I know a lot of people here will agree there is definitely a different atmosphere to movies made in the 70's.
i agree Trekker, i thought it was a great documentary. i think the 70's was truly the golden era of American filmmaking (including horror and cult films). it was an era when people made films about serious social issues, and real people, like the poor, the working class, the disenfranchised, & the lonely and their problems.
i swear if i see one more trailer about a film about teenage pop stars, super-heroes, or a white-collar scandal i'm gonna puke.
I screwed up on this and included Wes Craven and John Carpenter. They are not in this doc, I remembered seeing them but it was on a different doc that IFC about horror movies.
This is a good documentary , especially for understanding why the studios control everything now .
very true, it's even getting to where the studios have their hands in independant films. time for me to implement the first ever "communist film school." that's right everyone, the tuition's free as long as you make your own wooden shoes and plow the land.