It’s the hump year of the seventies, the year that Bill Gates and another guy [Paul Allen: let’s give credit where it’s due] founded a company called Micro-Soft and the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon. Meanwhile, the UK and Iceland, obviously thinking there weren’t enough wars in the world, began their third war over cod. Finally, actor Pedro Pascal, best known for his bit part in a season 5 episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, was born. Also, some films came out. Let’s talk about those.
- Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Jaws
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Barry Lyndon
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Death Race 2000
- Deep Red
- Mr Ricco
- Jaws
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
- Shampoo
- Dog Day Afternoon
- The Return Of The Pink Panther
- Three Days Of The Condor
- Funny Lady
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Other Side Of The Mountain
- Tommy
I can’t recall the very first time I visited the cinema. I do remember going to see various Disney rereleases (such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) and I do remember my local Odeon doing a Saturday morning cinema thing. There was at least one occasion where I decided it was more fun to run up and down the aisles than to watch the film, much to the annoyance of some of the other cinemagoers. Hopefully the fact that I remember this moment means I quickly took it to heart and was less disruptive at future screenings.
All of that’s just a roundabout way of saying that 1975 might be the year I first went to the cinema but it also might not! That said, I can definitely confirm that I didn’t see any of the movies we’re about to discuss in the year of their release. Let’s move on.