As a late outcome of the lax censorship forced by the countercultural manifestations of the 1960s, the increasing recurrence of violent films in the late 60s anticipated the 1970s experimentation with extremism in cinema.
Sometimes consciously, others as a mere result of circumstances, the 70s were rich in productions that further crossed the already transgressed boundaries of good taste, through widely polemical depictions of sexuality, religion, morality, violence and exploitation.
These 13 Photos Of Nevada In The 1970s Are Mesmerizing. Recently, we took a look at a collection of photos taken in Nevada during the 1950s and 1960s. Pages in category '1970s action films' The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.
Though some of those productions are now held as mere reflections of its time, the controversy raised by others of them has not yet been overcome.
The next is a list of 20 of the most controversial films of the 70s. Without avoiding critical attacks, some of the titles influenced other 70s controversial titles, or were pleasing critical and financial surprises that exceeded the expectations set on them. Others even raised major debates towards their themes.
20. Snuff (Michael Findlay and Roberta Findlay, 1976)
Promoter of the snuff film urban legend and a definitive title among exploitation supporters, 'Snuff' owes the success it would have otherwise lacked to a marketing campaign based entirely on rumors.
This film's story begins with 'Slaughter', a low budget exploitation title with which Michael and Roberta Findlay continued their B-side filmmaking career in 1971. Covering a series of murders carried by a Manson-like family, 'Slaughter' circulated through oblivion until Allan Shackleton purchased it.
'Snuff' is the result of Shackleton's incorporation of self-reference sequences and additional infamous scenes to 'Slaughter'. Mostly amateur and eventful, it raised several affirmations about the first confirmed snuff movie and rumors that lasted many years after its release.
19. Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols, 1971)
Mainly dialogic, 'Carnal Knowledge' follows the evolution of two best friends' sexual lives. A local incident upon its release led 'Carnal Knowledge' to be part of a major case before the US Supreme Court, which concluded that the film's depictions were not offensive in any way.
Though it was another attraction of many audiences seeking to fulfill their morbid expectations solely based on its title, Carnal Knowledge resulted, instead, in a groundbreaking revision of misogyny and dysfunctional relations that ultimately reflected a period of transition.
18. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
'Dirty Harry' was just the beginning of a series of films following the adventures of the now pop icon Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood in one of his most paradigmatic performances), an unorthodox and ruthless San Francisco police inspector, as he ignores the rules of the book and chases criminals by any means possible.
The precursor of a considerable amount of vigilante films of varying quality that permeated the 70s, 'Dirty Harry' raised a series of debates surrounding, among other things, the nature of its main character's acts and whether its director was delivering a political message.
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It is, ultimately, an unorthodox action flick that exploited the issues concerning security and criminality of its time. 'Dirty Harry' gained empathy from many audiences through its main character's answer to the increasing amount of criminality that had everyone frustrated by then.
17. Bloodsucking Freaks (Joel M. Reed, 1976)
An unpleasant forerunner of the torture porn film genre, 'Bloodsucking Freaks' is an exploitation-splatter production focused on torture against women.
Misogynistic, pretentiously comic and widely polemical, the film faced open accusations due to its cruel depiction of women. The film's creators tried to overcome these accusations by appealing to the only issue some critics regarded as redeemable about the otherwise widely ripped film: the 'humorous spirit' beneath it.
Though its small cult status has decreased year by year, 'Bloodsucking Freaks' is still regarded as one of the most controversial films ever made.
16. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
Disorientating, arguably cartoonish and graphic, 'The Deer Hunter' depicts the impact of Vietnam War on three working class friends.
One of the most controversial Oscar winners for Best Picture and a member of American Film Institute's '100 Years…100 Movies' list, 'The Deer Hunter' has faced open accusations of historical inaccuracy, unnecessary emotional wear, and even racism.
Michael Cimino's answer to those accusations has been the same: 'The Deer Hunter', a non-polemical and inaccurate film, never postured for one side in particular.
15. The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, 1972)
'The Last House on the Left' is mostly inspired by Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece 'The Virgin Spring', a moving allegory about vengeance and redemption set in the Middle Ages.
Departing from its inspiration, 'The Last House on the Left' lets go everything about Bergman's obsessive search for redemption, and instead focuses on the exploitation side of its revenge story. As a result, the film faced censorship in many countries due to the extremity of its sequences.
An essential title for the development of the widely controversial rape and revenge exploitation subgenre, 'The Last House on the Left', unlike other 70s subgenre titles, met generally positive reviews.
Films made in the 1990s featuring the character of James Bond included GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World Is Not Enough.
GoldenEye (1995)[edit]
Principal photography for the film GoldenEye began on 16 January 1995 and continued until 6 June.[1] The producers were unable to film at Pinewood Studios, the usual location for Bond films, because it had been reserved for First Knight.[2] Instead, an old Rolls-Royce factory at the Leavesden Aerodrome in Hertfordshire was converted into a new studio.[3] The producers later said Pinewood would have been too small.
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The bungee jump was filmed at the Contra Dam (also known as the Verzasca or Locarno Dam)[4] in Ticino, Switzerland. The film's casino scenes and the Tiger helicopter's demonstration were shot in Monte Carlo. Reference footage for the tank chase was shot on location in St. Petersburg and matched to the studio at Leavesden. The climactic scenes on the satellite dish were shot at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.[5] The actual MI6 headquarters were used for external views of M's office.[6] Some of the scenes in St. Petersburg were actually shot in London – the Epsom Downs Racecourse doubled the airport – to reduce expenses and security concerns, as the second unit sent to Russia required bodyguards.[7]
As a late outcome of the lax censorship forced by the countercultural manifestations of the 1960s, the increasing recurrence of violent films in the late 60s anticipated the 1970s experimentation with extremism in cinema.
Sometimes consciously, others as a mere result of circumstances, the 70s were rich in productions that further crossed the already transgressed boundaries of good taste, through widely polemical depictions of sexuality, religion, morality, violence and exploitation.
These 13 Photos Of Nevada In The 1970s Are Mesmerizing. Recently, we took a look at a collection of photos taken in Nevada during the 1950s and 1960s. Pages in category '1970s action films' The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.
Though some of those productions are now held as mere reflections of its time, the controversy raised by others of them has not yet been overcome.
The next is a list of 20 of the most controversial films of the 70s. Without avoiding critical attacks, some of the titles influenced other 70s controversial titles, or were pleasing critical and financial surprises that exceeded the expectations set on them. Others even raised major debates towards their themes.
20. Snuff (Michael Findlay and Roberta Findlay, 1976)
Promoter of the snuff film urban legend and a definitive title among exploitation supporters, 'Snuff' owes the success it would have otherwise lacked to a marketing campaign based entirely on rumors.
This film's story begins with 'Slaughter', a low budget exploitation title with which Michael and Roberta Findlay continued their B-side filmmaking career in 1971. Covering a series of murders carried by a Manson-like family, 'Slaughter' circulated through oblivion until Allan Shackleton purchased it.
'Snuff' is the result of Shackleton's incorporation of self-reference sequences and additional infamous scenes to 'Slaughter'. Mostly amateur and eventful, it raised several affirmations about the first confirmed snuff movie and rumors that lasted many years after its release.
19. Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols, 1971)
Mainly dialogic, 'Carnal Knowledge' follows the evolution of two best friends' sexual lives. A local incident upon its release led 'Carnal Knowledge' to be part of a major case before the US Supreme Court, which concluded that the film's depictions were not offensive in any way.
Though it was another attraction of many audiences seeking to fulfill their morbid expectations solely based on its title, Carnal Knowledge resulted, instead, in a groundbreaking revision of misogyny and dysfunctional relations that ultimately reflected a period of transition.
18. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
'Dirty Harry' was just the beginning of a series of films following the adventures of the now pop icon Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood in one of his most paradigmatic performances), an unorthodox and ruthless San Francisco police inspector, as he ignores the rules of the book and chases criminals by any means possible.
The precursor of a considerable amount of vigilante films of varying quality that permeated the 70s, 'Dirty Harry' raised a series of debates surrounding, among other things, the nature of its main character's acts and whether its director was delivering a political message.
Casino Themed Movies
It is, ultimately, an unorthodox action flick that exploited the issues concerning security and criminality of its time. 'Dirty Harry' gained empathy from many audiences through its main character's answer to the increasing amount of criminality that had everyone frustrated by then.
17. Bloodsucking Freaks (Joel M. Reed, 1976)
An unpleasant forerunner of the torture porn film genre, 'Bloodsucking Freaks' is an exploitation-splatter production focused on torture against women.
Misogynistic, pretentiously comic and widely polemical, the film faced open accusations due to its cruel depiction of women. The film's creators tried to overcome these accusations by appealing to the only issue some critics regarded as redeemable about the otherwise widely ripped film: the 'humorous spirit' beneath it.
Though its small cult status has decreased year by year, 'Bloodsucking Freaks' is still regarded as one of the most controversial films ever made.
16. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
Disorientating, arguably cartoonish and graphic, 'The Deer Hunter' depicts the impact of Vietnam War on three working class friends.
One of the most controversial Oscar winners for Best Picture and a member of American Film Institute's '100 Years…100 Movies' list, 'The Deer Hunter' has faced open accusations of historical inaccuracy, unnecessary emotional wear, and even racism.
Michael Cimino's answer to those accusations has been the same: 'The Deer Hunter', a non-polemical and inaccurate film, never postured for one side in particular.
15. The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, 1972)
'The Last House on the Left' is mostly inspired by Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece 'The Virgin Spring', a moving allegory about vengeance and redemption set in the Middle Ages.
Departing from its inspiration, 'The Last House on the Left' lets go everything about Bergman's obsessive search for redemption, and instead focuses on the exploitation side of its revenge story. As a result, the film faced censorship in many countries due to the extremity of its sequences.
An essential title for the development of the widely controversial rape and revenge exploitation subgenre, 'The Last House on the Left', unlike other 70s subgenre titles, met generally positive reviews.
Films made in the 1990s featuring the character of James Bond included GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World Is Not Enough.
GoldenEye (1995)[edit]
Principal photography for the film GoldenEye began on 16 January 1995 and continued until 6 June.[1] The producers were unable to film at Pinewood Studios, the usual location for Bond films, because it had been reserved for First Knight.[2] Instead, an old Rolls-Royce factory at the Leavesden Aerodrome in Hertfordshire was converted into a new studio.[3] The producers later said Pinewood would have been too small.
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The bungee jump was filmed at the Contra Dam (also known as the Verzasca or Locarno Dam)[4] in Ticino, Switzerland. The film's casino scenes and the Tiger helicopter's demonstration were shot in Monte Carlo. Reference footage for the tank chase was shot on location in St. Petersburg and matched to the studio at Leavesden. The climactic scenes on the satellite dish were shot at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.[5] The actual MI6 headquarters were used for external views of M's office.[6] Some of the scenes in St. Petersburg were actually shot in London – the Epsom Downs Racecourse doubled the airport – to reduce expenses and security concerns, as the second unit sent to Russia required bodyguards.[7]
The French Navy provided full use of the frigate FS La Fayette and their newest helicopter, the Eurocopter Tiger to the film's production team. The French government also allowed the use of Navy logos as part of the promotional campaign for the film. However, the producers had a dispute with the French Ministry of Defence over Brosnan's opposition to French nuclear weapons testing and his involvement with Greenpeace; as a result, the French premiere of the film was cancelled.[8]
The sequences involving the armoured train were filmed on the Nene Valley Railway, near Peterborough in the UK. The train was composed of a British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotive and a pair of BR Mk 2 coaches, all three heavily disguised to resemble a Soviet armoured train.[9][10]
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)[edit]
For the film Tomorrow Never Dies, the second unit filming began on 18 January 1997 with Vic Armstrong directing; they filmed the pre-credits sequence at the Peyresourde Airport in the French Pyrenees, and moved on to Portsmouth to film the scenes where the Royal Navy prepares to engage the Chinese.
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The main unit began filming on 1 April 1997. They were unable to use the Leavesden Film Studios, which they had constructed from an abandoned Rolls-Royce factory for GoldenEye, because George Lucas was using it for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, so instead they constructed sound stages in another derelict industrial site nearby. They also used the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios.
The scene at the 'U.S. Air Base in the South China Sea' where Bond hands over the GPS encoder was actually filmed in the area known as Blue Section at RAF Lakenheath, a U.S. Air Force F-15E, F-15C/D & HH-60G fighter base in the U.K. The MH-53J in the film was from the USAF's 352nd Special Ops Group (SOG) at RAF Mildenhall U.K.[11] Some scenes were planned to be filmed on location in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the production had been granted a visa. This was later rescinded, two months after planning had begun, and forced the filming to move to Bangkok, Thailand. Bond spokesman Gordon Arnell claimed the Vietnamese were unhappy with crew and equipment needed for pyrotechnics, with a Vietnamese official saying it was due to 'many complicated reasons'.[12]
Two locations from previous Bond films were used: Brosnan and Hatcher's love scene was filmed at Stoke Park Club, which had been featured in Goldfinger, and the bay where they search for Carver's stealth boat is Khow-Ping-Khan island near Phuket, Thailand, previously used for The Man with the Golden Gun.[13]
Spottiswoode tried to innovate in the action scenes. Since the director felt that after the tank chase in GoldenEye he could not use a bigger vehicle, a scene with Bond and Wai Lin in a BMW motorcycle was created. Another innovation was the remote-controlled car, which had no visible driver – an effect achieved by adapting a BMW 750i to put the steering wheel on the back seat.[14] The car chase sequence with the 750i took three weeks to film, with Brent Cross car park being used to simulate Hamburg – although the final leap was filmed on location.[13] A stunt involving setting fire to three vehicles produced more smoke than anticipated, causing a member of the public to call the fire brigade.[15] The upwards camera angle filming the HALO jump created the illusion of having the stuntman opening its parachute close to the water.[16]
During filming, there were reports of disputes on set. This was denied by Brosnan who claimed 'It was nothing more than good old creative argy-bargy',[3] with Spottiswoode saying 'It has all been made up...Nothing important really went wrong.'[17] Spottiswoode did not return to direct the next film; he said the producers asked him, but he was too tired.[17] Apparently, Brosnan and Hatcher feuded briefly during filming due to her arriving late onto the set one day. The matter was quickly resolved though and Brosnan apologised to Hatcher after realising she was pregnant and was late for that reason.
Tomorrow Never Dies marked the first appearance of the Walther P99 as Bond's pistol. It replaced the Walther PPK that the character had carried in every Eon Bond film since of Dr. No in 1962, with the exception of Moonraker in which Bond was not seen with a pistol. Walther wanted to debut its new firearm in a Bond film, which had been one of its most visible endorsers. Previously the P5 was introduced in Octopussy. Bond would use the P99 until Daniel Craig reverted to the PPK as 007 in Quantum of Solace in 2008.
The World Is Not Enough (1999)[edit]
The pre-title sequence begins in Bilbao, Spain, featuring the Guggenheim Museum. After the opening scene, the film moves to London, showcasing the SIS Building and the Millennium Dome on the Thames. Following the title sequence, Eilean Donan castle in Scotland is used by MI6 as a location headquarters. Other locations include Baku, Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Oil Rocks and Istanbul, Turkey, where Maiden's Tower is shown.[18]
The studio work for the film was shot as usual in Pinewood Studios, including Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage. Bilbao, Spain was used briefly for the exterior of Swiss bank and flyover-bridge adjacent to the Guggenheim Museum. In London outdoor footage was shot of the SIS Building and Vauxhall Cross with several weeks filming the boat chase on the River Thames eastwards towards the Millennium Dome, Greenwich.[19] The canal footage of the chase where Bond soaks the parking wardens was filmed at Wapping and the boat stunts in Millwall Dock and under Glengall Bridge were filmed at the Isle of Dogs. Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, was used as the site of the King family estate on banks of Loch Lomond. Filming was then shot in Scotland at the Eilean Donan Castle to depict the exterior of MI6 temporary operations centre at 'Castle Thane'. The skiing chase sequence in the Caucasus was shot on the slopes of Chamonix, France.[18] Filming of the scene was delayed by an avalanche, but the crew wasted no time by helping the rescue operation.[20]
The interior (and single exterior shot) of L'Or Noir casino in Baku, Azerbaijan, was shot at Halton House, the Officer's Mess of RAF Halton, and RAF Northolt was used to depict the airfield runway in Azerbaijan.[18]Zukovsky's quay-side caviar factory was shot entirely at the outdoor water tank at Pinewood.
The exterior of Kazakhstan nuclear facility was shot at the Bardenas Reales, in Navarre, Spain, and the exterior of oil refinery control centre at the Motorola building in Groundwell, Swindon.[21] The exterior of oil pipeline was filmed in Cwm Dyli, Snowdonia, Wales, while the production teams shot the oil pipeline explosion in Hankley Common, Elstead, Surrey. Istanbul, Turkey, was indeed used in the film and Elektra King's Baku villa was actually in the city, also using the famous Maiden's Tower which was used as Renard's hideout in Turkey. The underwater submarine scenes were filmed in The Bahamas.[22]
The BMW Z8 driven by Bond in the film was the final part of a three-movie product placement deal with BMW (which began with the Z3 in GoldenEye and continued with the 750iL in Tomorrow Never Dies) but, due to filming preceding release of the Z8 by a few months, several working mock-ups and models were manufactured for filming purposes.
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