1970s &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:1970s @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:41:54 +0200 The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-02kk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="occasion" 11:42 A.M./div div class="img" The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)/div div class="caption" Scratched-up film stock showing an arid landscape with ISLE OF LUCY APRIL 9, 11:42 A.M. in bold red letters superimposed over it. DP: Stephen M. Katz./div div class="txt" "Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven." ### – newscaster /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #JohnLandis #DavidZucker #JimAbrahams #JerryZucker #MarilynJoi #EvanCKim #GeorgeLazenby #DonaldSutherland #RickBaker #ForrestJAckerman #StephenMKatz #TinaLouise #comedy #MartialArts #Bruceploitation #Blaxploitation #AnthologyMovie #satire #USA #1970s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)

Apr

9

11:42 A.M.

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Scratched-up film stock showing an arid landscape with ISLE OF LUCY APRIL 9, 11:42 A.M. in bold red letters superimposed over it. DP: Stephen M. Katz.

“Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven.”

– newscaster

#FilmDuJour #April #JohnLandis #DavidZucker #JimAbrahams #JerryZucker #MarilynJoi #EvanCKim #GeorgeLazenby #DonaldSutherland #RickBaker #ForrestJAckerman #StephenMKatz #TinaLouise #comedy #MartialArts #Bruceploitation #Blaxploitation #AnthologyMovie #satire #USA #1970s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-02kk Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w8ys <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Supermarkt (1974)/div div class="caption" Willi Hansen (Charly Wierzejewski) in a phone booth. Filmed from the outside in, his face is partially obscured by neon lights. DP: Jost Vacano./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #RolandKlick #CharlyWierzejewski #EvaMattes #WalterKohut #PeterHesslein #JostVacano #crime #heist #drama #StPauli #Hamburg #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974)

Mar

30

Supermarkt (1974)

Willi Hansen (Charly Wierzejewski) in a phone booth. Filmed from the outside in, his face is partially obscured by neon lights. DP: Jost Vacano.

#FilmDuJour #March #RolandKlick #CharlyWierzejewski #EvaMattes #WalterKohut #PeterHesslein #JostVacano #crime #heist #drama #StPauli #Hamburg #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w8ys Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Sisters [Blood Sisters] (Brian De Palma, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-0vyy <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Sisters [Blood Sisters] (Brian De Palma, 1972)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Sisters (1972)/div div class="caption" Danielle and Dominique Blanchion (Margot Kidder) – one beaming one gloomy – wearing bathing suits. In the background, Emil Breton (William Finley) in a therapy pool – fully clothed – with a woman and small child. DP: Gregory Sandor./div div class="txt" "Did you know that the germs can come through the wires? I never call and I never answer. It's a good way to get sick. Very, very sick… That's how I got so sick! SOMEONE CALLED ME ON THE TELEPHONE!" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #BrianDePalma #MargotKidder #JenniferSalt #WilliamFinley #BernardHerrmann #GregorySandor #horror #mystery #crime #USA #1970s ★★½/div /section ]]>

Sisters [Blood Sisters] (Brian De Palma, 1972)

Mar

27

Sisters (1972)

Danielle and Dominique Blanchion (Margot Kidder) – one beaming one gloomy – wearing bathing suits. In the background, Emil Breton (William Finley) in a therapy pool – fully clothed – with a woman and small child. DP: Gregory Sandor.

“Did you know that the germs can come through the wires? I never call and I never answer. It's a good way to get sick. Very, very sick… That's how I got so sick! SOMEONE CALLED ME ON THE TELEPHONE!”

#FilmDuJour #March #BrianDePalma #MargotKidder #JenniferSalt #WilliamFinley #BernardHerrmann #GregorySandor #horror #mystery #crime #USA #1970s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-0vyy Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 200 Motels (Tony Palmer + Frank Zappa, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/200-motels-1971 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 200 Motels (Tony Palmer + Frank Zappa, 1971)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 200 Motels (1971)/div div class="caption" Ringo Starr dressed up like Frank Zappa, with Frank Zappa dressed up like Frank Zappa in the background. Both wear identical blue jeans and turtleneck sweaters and sport the same shoulder-length hairstyle and moustache/goatee combination. DP: Tony Palmer./div div class="txt" I'm sure the people at home would be interested to know why such a large force as you is all dressed up like Frank Zappa. Tell us Larry, whats the deal? ### – Rance Muhammitz speaking to Larry The Dwarf /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #TonyPalmer #FrankZappa #MothersOfInvention #TheodoreBikel #RingoStarr #KeithMoon #music #musical #opera #absurdism #1970s #USA ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

200 Motels (Tony Palmer + Frank Zappa, 1971)

Mar

23

200 Motels (1971)

Ringo Starr dressed up like Frank Zappa, with Frank Zappa dressed up like Frank Zappa in the background. Both wear identical blue jeans and turtleneck sweaters and sport the same shoulder-length hairstyle and moustache/goatee combination. DP: Tony Palmer.

I'm sure the people at home would be interested to know why such a large force as you is all dressed up like Frank Zappa. Tell us Larry, whats the deal?

– Rance Muhammitz speaking to Larry The Dwarf

#FilmDuJour #March #TonyPalmer #FrankZappa #MothersOfInvention #TheodoreBikel #RingoStarr #KeithMoon #music #musical #opera #absurdism #1970s #USA ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/200-motels-1971 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mm94 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" 1976/div div class="img" Grauzone (1979)/div div class="caption" The anonymous, urgent newspaper announcement referencing the oath of secrecy considering a mysterious epidemic, starting March 21, 1976. It lists all the symptoms. DP: Hans Liechti./div div class="txt" Eine mysteriöse EPIDEMIE ist ausgebrochen. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #FrediMMurer #GiovanniFrüh #OlgaPiazza #MarioBeretta #BeoOertli #HansLiechti #SciFi #Ballardian #drama #mystery #outbreak #Switzerland #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979)

Mar

21

1976

Grauzone (1979)

The anonymous, urgent newspaper announcement referencing the oath of secrecy considering a mysterious epidemic, starting March 21, 1976. It lists all the symptoms. DP: Hans Liechti.

Eine mysteriöse EPIDEMIE ist ausgebrochen.

#FilmDuJour #March #FrediMMurer #GiovanniFrüh #OlgaPiazza #MarioBeretta #BeoOertli #HansLiechti #SciFi #Ballardian #drama #mystery #outbreak #Switzerland #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mm94 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-07bp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut, 1978)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" La Chambre verte (1978)-2.webp)/div div class="caption" A woman cries. Captions read "on March 17th,". DP: Néstor Almendros./div div class="txt" "Our past doesn't belong to us." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #FrançoisTruffaut #HenryJames #NathalieBaye #MauriceJaubert #NéstorAlmendros #RogerCorman #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★☆☆☆/div /section ]]>

La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut, 1978)

Mar

17

La Chambre verte (1978)

A woman cries. Captions read “on March 17th,”. DP: Néstor Almendros.

“Our past doesn't belong to us.”

#FilmDuJour #March #FrançoisTruffaut #HenryJames #NathalieBaye #MauriceJaubert #NéstorAlmendros #RogerCorman #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★☆☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-07bp Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Cockfighter (Monte Hellman, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gxpg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Cockfighter (Monte Hellman, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Cockfighter (1974)/div div class="caption" Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) holding up a reluctant, wildly flapping white rooster. DP: Néstor Almendros./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #MonteHellman #CharlesWilleford #WarrenOates #HarryDeanStanton #MichaelFranks #NéstorAlmendros #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #animals #USA #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Cockfighter (Monte Hellman, 1974)

Mar

15

Cockfighter (1974)

Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) holding up a reluctant, wildly flapping white rooster. DP: Néstor Almendros.

#FilmDuJour #March #MonteHellman #CharlesWilleford #WarrenOates #HarryDeanStanton #MichaelFranks #NéstorAlmendros #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #animals #USA #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gxpg Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8zj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974)/div div class="caption" Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein./div div class="txt" "Ich sollte eigentlich ganz allein auf der Welt sein, ich, Steiner, und sonst kein anderes lebendes Wesen. Keine Sonne, keine Kultur, ich nackt auf einem hohen Fels, kein Sturm, kein Schnee, keine Straßen, keine Banken, kein Geld, keine Zeit und kein Atem. Ich würde dann jedenfalls keine Angst mehr haben." ### – Walter Steiner /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #WernerHerzog #WalterSteiner #WestGermany #PopolVuh #JörgSchmidtReitwein #Olympics #sports #documentary #biography #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)

Mar

13

Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974)

Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein.

“Ich sollte eigentlich ganz allein auf der Welt sein, ich, Steiner, und sonst kein anderes lebendes Wesen. Keine Sonne, keine Kultur, ich nackt auf einem hohen Fels, kein Sturm, kein Schnee, keine Straßen, keine Banken, kein Geld, keine Zeit und kein Atem. Ich würde dann jedenfalls keine Angst mehr haben.”

– Walter Steiner

#FilmDuJour #March #WernerHerzog #WalterSteiner #WestGermany #PopolVuh #JörgSchmidtReitwein #Olympics #sports #documentary #biography #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8zj Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Waiting for Fidel (Michael Rubbo, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xrrj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Waiting for Fidel (Michael Rubbo, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" International Women's Day/div div class="img" Waiting for Fidel (1974)/div div class="caption" A group of six girls and two boys sing in celebration of International Women's Day. DP: Douglas Kiefer./div div class="txt" Time flies while waiting for Fidel, and before you know it, it's March 8. &nbsp; &nbsp; Film du Jour posts does not list holidays on their respective date, unless a film or scene happens to take place on one./div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #MichaelRubbo #FidelCastro #ErichHonecker #BernabeOrdez #JoeySmallwood #GeoffStirling #DouglasKiefer #InternationalWomensDay #politics #documentary #Canada #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Waiting for Fidel (Michael Rubbo, 1974)

Mar

8

International Women's Day

Waiting for Fidel (1974)

A group of six girls and two boys sing in celebration of International Women's Day. DP: Douglas Kiefer.

Time flies while waiting for Fidel, and before you know it, it's March 8.

 

 

Film du Jour posts does not list holidays on their respective date, unless a film or scene happens to take place on one.

#FilmDuJour #March #MichaelRubbo #FidelCastro #ErichHonecker #BernabeOrdez #JoeySmallwood #GeoffStirling #DouglasKiefer #InternationalWomensDay #politics #documentary #Canada #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xrrj Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/picnic-at-hanging-rock-1975 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="occasion" Valentine's Day/div div class="img" Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)/div div class="caption" A delicate, pink frosted Valentine's cake topped with a yellow marzipan rose. The cake, which bears the words St. Valentine in crude writing, has a deep straight cut right through the middle and a scorched dark spot on its side. On the right a rusty knife. DP: Russell Boyd./div div class="txt" "On Saturday 14th February 1900, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon, several members of the party disappeared without trace." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #PeterWeir #JoanLindsay #RussellBoyd #BookAdaptation #cake #StValentinesDay #drama #Australia #1970s ★½/div /section ]]>

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)

Feb

14

Valentine's Day

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

A delicate, pink frosted Valentine's cake topped with a yellow marzipan rose. The cake, which bears the words St. Valentine in crude writing, has a deep straight cut right through the middle and a scorched dark spot on its side. On the right a rusty knife. DP: Russell Boyd.

“On Saturday 14th February 1900, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon, several members of the party disappeared without trace.”

#FilmDuJour #February #PeterWeir #JoanLindsay #RussellBoyd #BookAdaptation #cake #StValentinesDay #drama #Australia #1970s ★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/picnic-at-hanging-rock-1975 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0100