Goodness, here it is, the finale of our look back at 1970, the end of the 1970 Retro Hollmann Awards, and all just in time for Christmas Eve! Please recall our Top Ten, our nominees, and our first day of awards. And enjoy! On to the next nine awards:
Showing posts with label Myra Breckinridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Myra Breckinridge. Show all posts
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
The 1970 Retro Hollmann Award Nominees
After the jump, my nominees for the best of 50 years ago. Refer to my Top Ten for further favorites...
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Top Ten of 1970
As I mentioned Friday while discussing the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture, 1970 presented an abundance of great films - even the not-so-good movies are great entertainments! So how does one make a Top Ten? After narrowing the 74 films screened down to 18 based on feeling, I had to consider not only what I would gladly watch again, but what I would have people prioritize. "Oh, you have to see [x]!"
So, due apologies to Alex in Wonderland, The Aristocats, The Boys in the Band, Cherry, Harry and Raquel!, Girly, The Out-of-Towners, Patton and The Traveling Executioner, but these are my Top Ten Films of 1970, in alphabetical order:
Thursday, December 3, 2020
1970: Summertime Cinema
Yesterday took us from January into the spring; today, we look at the films of the summer (excepting Oscar and other awards nominees). Again, I'm going by the qualifying LA releases, except for The Human Condition (that's IMDb info).
Monday, March 7, 2011
Books Books Books!
A fine day of thrift-store shopping with my sister led to a bounty of books, some film-related (of course!) and some kind of. Behold:
Top to bottom:
Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal, "32 PAGES OF ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FILM!"
The Man Who Knew Kennedy by Vance Bourjaily
The Company by John Ehrlichman, but seen here with the title Washington Behind Closed Doors as a promotion for the TV miniseries with Cliff Robertson, Andy Griffith and John Houseman
Lana by Lana Turner, an autobiography
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a novelization by Henry Edwards of the critically-butchered film (as my friend put it, "the book of the film of the LP")
The Evening News by Arthur Hailey, about network news, from the author of Airport
Wheels by Arthur Hailey, about the automotive industry, from the author of Airport
in addition: The Happy Hooker, Celebrity, some Anne Rivers Siddons, Twins by Roxanne Pulitzer, Jackie Collins, and more!
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