Godard on Tout Va Bien (France, 1972 - 3)

Apaches

Extraordinary public information film made for primary age children - 1977.

The New Schmoo (Hanna Barbera, 1979)

Economically, 2011 - 2020 could be much worse than the '70s

Larry Elliott in the Guardian: 


"In the annals of British postwar history, the 1970s have always had a special place as the awful decade, a time of economic stagnation, industrial unrest and a squeeze on real incomes. It was the decade the postwar boom ended, and the arrival of a hit squad from the International Monetary Fund symbolised that the party was well and truly over.

The analysis on Wednesday of George Osborne's autumn statement by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggested it will soon be time to rewrite the record books, because what Britain is living through now is worse than the decade that gave us the three-day week and winter of discontent".

Read more here...

British public information films

Gil Scott-Heron (1949 - 2011)

The Shining: Trailer

Just about creeps into the '1970s' category as the film was conceived and shot in the late '70s...

Korg PE 1000 Vintage Analog Polyphonic Synth

Paul Glabicki: Diagram Film, 1978

From the excellent UbuWeb, Diagram Film.


"Live-action and still images of objects, places, classic films and other situations are presented and then followed by animated diagrams that explain, transform or re-interpret what has just been seen. The animated sequences become a vehicle of entry into an alternate viewing space."

La cabina

Worth a watch. Great Spanish film from 1972 - has some interesting, twisted purchase on the imagination - something to do with the fear of technology, alienation, anonymity, the city, faceless corporations, powelessness, paranoia, fear of modernity, loss of connection - the phone - the symbol of connection?, becomes the glass box/coffin/goldfish bowl...echoes of other '70s themes including later films like 'Duel' and 'Coma'. And perhaps also an existential parable


An update (March '10) - the film has disappeared from YouTube, a bit like the bloke in the telephone box, but here's a documentary/commentary from Spanish TV about it...followed by the film in full. Totally worth watching. Mesmerising.

Update again (October 2014). Back on Youtube and in full. New link added above. 

Logan's Run - Pilot - Part 1

Logan's Run (trailer)

Made a quick note on the Wolfram Alpha blog about this - their choice of logo has a strange resemblance to the uber-computer's crystal in this bit of 70s futurism

Future Shock (1972) 1/5

Total retro-futurism.

John Martyn: 1948 - 2009

1970s watches

If you want to buy some iconic watch designs from the 70s, this seems like as good a place to go as any.