{"id":88744,"date":"2013-02-12T11:19:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?page_id=88744"},"modified":"2014-06-21T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T22:26:40","slug":"overstreets-favorite-films-1980","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/on-film\/overstreets-favorite-films-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Overstreet’s Favorite Films: 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 1980.<\/p>\n

In order to understand the purpose and meaning of this list, please read my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/p>\n

1980<\/h2>\n

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    \n
      \n
    1. Star Wars: Episode V \u2013 The Empire Strikes Back<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. The Elephant Man<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Raging Bull<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Gates of Heaven<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. The Shining<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Airplane!<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. The Blues Brothers<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Popeye<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n
        \n
      • Stardust Memories<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Altered States<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Flash Gordon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        As-yet Unseen or Unratable Films of 1980<\/h6>\n
        A Change in Seasons (Richard Lang)<\/span>
        \n A Week\u2019s Vacation (Bertrand Tavernier)<\/span>
        \n Amber Waves (Joseph Sargent)<\/span>
        \n American Gigolo (Paul Schrader)<\/span>
        \n Asphalt Night (Peter Fratzcher)<\/span>
        \n Atlantic City<\/span>
        \n Bad Timing<\/span>
        \n Berlin Alexanderplatz (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)<\/span>
        \n Bona (Lino Brocka)*<\/span>
        \n Breaker Morant<\/span>
        \n Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood)<\/span>
        \n Caddyshack<\/span>
        \n Carny (Robert Kaylor)<\/span>
        \n Coal Miner\u2019s Daughter<\/span>
        \n Confidence (Istvan Szabo)<\/span>
        \n Contract (Krzysztof Zanussi)<\/span>
        \n Cruising (William Friedkin)<\/span>
        \n Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma)<\/span>
        \n Every Man for Himself (Jean-Luc Godard)<\/span>
        \n Fame<\/span>
        \n Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (Nicolas Roeg)<\/span>
        \n Friday the 13th<\/span>
        \n From the Life of Marionettes<\/span>
        \n Gloria (John Cassavetes)<\/span>
        \n Grown-Ups (Mike Leigh)<\/span>
        \n Happy Birthday Gemini (Richard Benner)<\/span>
        \n Hardly Working (Jerry Lewis)<\/span>
        \n Heart Beat (John Byrum)<\/span>
        \n Heaven\u2019s Gate (Michael Cimino)<\/span>
        \n It\u2019s My Turn (Claudia Weill)<\/span>
        \n Kagemusha<\/span>
        \n Kastilyong Buhangin (Mario O\u2019Hara)*<\/span>
        \n Kung-Fu (Janusz Kijowski)<\/span>
        \n La femme enfant (Raphaele Billetdoux)<\/span>
        \n La petite sirene (Roger Andrieux)<\/span>
        \n Le Voyage en Douce (Michel Deville)<\/span>
        \n Les bons debarras (Francis Mankiewicz)<\/span>
        \n Loulou (Maurice Pialat)<\/span>
        \n Maniac (William Lustig)<\/span>
        \n Manila By Night (Ishmael Bernal)<\/span>
        \n Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme)<\/span>
        \n Mon oncle d\u2019Amerique (Alain Resnais)<\/span>
        \n My Bodyguard<\/span>
        \n Ordinary People<\/span>
        \n Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper)<\/span>
        \n Plein sud (Luc Beraud)<\/span>
        \n Resurrection<\/span>
        \n Return of the Secaucus 7<\/span>
        \n Sam Marlow (Robert Day)<\/span>
        \n Snapshot Around the Family Table (Ada Pistiner)<\/span>
        \n Stardust Memories (Woody Allen)<\/span>
        \n Superman II<\/span>
        \n Taxi Zum Klo (Frank Ripploh)<\/span>
        \n That Sinking Feeling (Bill Forsyth)<\/span>
        \n The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller)<\/span>
        \n The Competition (Joel Oliansky)<\/span>
        \n The Contract<\/span>
        \n The Falls (Peter Greenaway)<\/span>
        \n The Fog<\/span>
        \n The Horse of Pride (Claude Chabrol)<\/span>
        \n The Last Metro<\/span>
        \n The Legend of Tianyun Mountain (Xie Jin)<\/span>
        \n The Long Good Friday<\/span>
        \n The Long Riders (Walter Hill)<\/span>
        \n The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty)<\/span>
        \n The Stunt Man<\/span>
        \n UFOria (John Binder)<\/span>
        \n Used Cars (Robert Zemeckis)<\/span>
        \n Where the Buffalo Roam<\/span>
        \n Zigeunerweisen (Seijun Suzuki)<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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