Feb 02 2025 27 mins
Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Exorcist director William Friedkin said that "Star Wars came out of nowhere like a juggernaut". But is this true? Today we meander through the 60s and 70s looking at what inspired the biggest movie of all time.
WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more
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NOTES
WHAT IS THE HAYS CODE?
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/
WHAT IS FRENCH NEW WAVE?
https://nofilmschool.com/french-new-wave-cinema
WHAT IS ITALIAN NEO-REALISM?
https://www.movementsinfilm.com/italian-neorealism
WHERE TO BEGIN WITH KITCHEN SINK MOVIES?
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-kitchen-sink-drama
1970S AMERICA
https://www.history.com/topics/1970s
THE UK THREE-DAY WEEK
https://www.theblackoutreport.co.uk/2023/04/17/three-day-week-1974/
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