Season 4: June "Funky Friday at Five" : 1970s Cinema, part 4, "Free Associations & Public Spectacles"

Enjoy our recent "Funky Friday at Five" which is the 4th part in a series that focuses in on the beauty of 70s cinema. Your host, Mitch Hampton, a 70s scholar, explores how Filmmakers in the 70s seemed keen to document the wild, outrageous, garish or simply unusual aesthetics of the decade, particularly in filmed locations and public spaces. More on this special livestream film series, here: 1970s movies were inordinately interested in the sociology of America, in examining how people associated with one another, and in contests, sports, public spectacles, political rallies and so on. Many times this took on an outrageous or satiric tone, as filmmakers at the time were aware of the strangeness or oddity of aesthetics. Even when the scene is ostensibly utilitarian as to introduce setting or "background", 70s pictures had lots of attitudes about daily public - and private - life. Examples will include Mother, Jugs And Speed, Used Cars, LookingForMrGoodbar, Semi-Tough, StayHungry, and more!