The 70s rule! This is a documentary about the filmmakers of the 70s, the directors that influenced them, the crazy and revolutionary work they did themselves, and the ultimate return to the movie industry background their bread and butter voice and films would take after the blockbuster movement at the tail end of the decade. I loved hearing from all the big guys (Coppola, Scorcese, Pollack, Altman, etc.), but also liked hearing about Hal Ashby, Bob Rafelson, the Roger Corman gang, and Bruce Dern. It was a fascinating decade for American film making. Young upstarts made the movies they wanted to make for chump change and turned the industry on its ear. It's exhilarating to hear, but also saddening to have to hear these giants of film history waxing nostalgic for their glory days. Sadder still to think of how many of them never reached the same heights after the decade closed. And the mutual appreciation club was never as rampant as when these guys start walking down memory lane.
It was a great time to make movies and I'm sad I missed out. But I heard there's this cool new thing they're trying out call "Digital Video Discs".
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