I have now viewed 35 films that were released in 1973. A list can be found here. I saw a lot of good to great movies and am satisfied to move on to 1974. From the 1001 Movies List, I did not revisit The Exorcist and did not watch Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Turkish Delight, and The Mother and the Whore. I had previously reviewed Enter the Dragon. My Favorites List is in no particular order. I had 13 movies rated at 9/10 so I’m just going to list all of them.
Fantastic Planet – Directed by Rene Laloux
Amarcord – Directed by Federico Fellini
Don’t Look Now – Directed by Nicolas Roeg
The Wicker Man – Directed by Robin Hardy
Love and Anarchy – Directed by Lina Wertmuller
Papillon – Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Day for Night – Directed by Francois Truffaut
The Sting – Directed by George Roy Hill
American Graffiti – Directed by George Lucas
The Friends of Eddie Coyle – Directed by Peter Yates
Paper Moon – Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Badlands – Directed by Terrence Malick
Spirit of the Beehive – Directed by Victor Erice
It has been great fun to recall films I first saw in the theater during the initial release or soon after. On to 1974!
Yes, I thought I’d lose more interest as I got into the seventies but no these movies are my own youth.
You are so fast, Bea.
I will wait commenting on the movies till I have actually watched them myself.
Welcome to 1974.
I am looking forward to it. My two top off-list picks for you for 73 are Paper Moon and The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
Wow. What a great year!
It really was. 1974 has been hyped as a “great year”. We’ll see if it can top 1973