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I live 70’s movies because it’s when the directors had the green light to do almost anything so they pushed boundaries. The films were all of a sudden more real and gritty. In 10 years from the early 60’s to the early 70’s films changed so much that it’s ridicules. When I saw over the Edge for the first time when I was a teenager it blew me away.
Agree. 70’s flicks hit different, and it doesn’t even matter what genre. Comedy, drama, horror, sci-fi, etc. So many gutsy and experimental films from that decade.
Cooley High 1975 - 0:00 Straight Time 1978 - 0:36 Over the Edge 1979 - 0:52 Bad Boy Bubby 1993 - 2:32 Once Were Warriors 1994 - 2:51 Meet the Feebles 1989 - 3:21 Two Hands 1999 - 3:24 Boy 2010 - 3:25 Images 1972 - 3:26
I used to watch Over the Edge every time it came on HBO back in the early/mid 80s. I later found the soundtrack on vinyl in the 90s. May favorite part is when they steal his moms car and he says "put on some music" the other kid says "All she has is this old stuff" and they put on some Jimi Hendrix.
I also first saw it on cable in the middle of night in the early 90s. I was having the weirdest deja vu. These kids were like 8 years older than me and when Dillon gets killed I finally figured out that they were running around Aurora and Lakewood and Denver where I grew up. It was wild.
Great choice, I just rewatched it a few weeks ago. Everything is so dirty and sweaty you can practically smell the movie. It captures existential terror better than most horror movies. Donald Pleasance is also at the top of his game, and gives a truly mad performance.
The first half hour of Bad Boy Bubby was hard to get through for me, (especially because of the cat!)... but was truly worth it in the end. Cult classic!
Once Were Warriors is a fantastic movie. It's probably the best serious drama film to ever come out of New Zealand. Little known fact: it has a sequel that is practically impossible to find on physical media but is, as of now, on RU-vid.
Can't wait for the next episode which will consist of Bill screaming "WHO THE FUCK RECOMMENDED THAT FUCKING BAD BOY BUBBY MOVIE TO ME!?!!???!??" But Two Hands was cool, quite a few Aus/NZ movies he's getting into
Hope and Glory 1987, great un known movie about a family living through the Blitz in England 1940. One of my favorite ww2 movies that doesn't necessarily focus on the front.
Love that movie. Just came on YT. The director John Boorman did Deliverance & Excalibur too. His son, Charlie, plays the German pilot. He does those motorbike shows with Ewan MacGregor
@samanthab1923 Yep. I saw River's Edge a long time ago. At least I'm assuming that's the one with Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover, and Dennis Hopper. It is definitely a good movie and while I sort of enjoyed it, it also kind of messed me up and really creeped me out--it made me feel really uneasy while watching, and then i felt equally unnerved after watching. Something about those teenage/adolescent apathy movies where kids seem so heartless and able to overlook and ignore such awful situations and horrible crimes. Like in River's Edge (spoiler alert), all the characters ability to simply overlook the murder of one of their peers, and then I was unnerved the most by that shitbag little brother of Keanu Reeves who looked up to the psychopath rapist/murderer. I think what I found so disturbing about it is that is how kids really are, partially because most kids haven't fully developed in several critical areas, one of those being having the capacity for empathy, and also the ability to understand the magnitude of human life and how sacred the life of another is, while also not fully understanding the true magnitude of death and the finality of death and how there is no taking it back. And in the end, I think River's Edge does a wonderful job of portraying all of those flaws and aspects of humanity, and in particular, adolescent humanity--ie, the cruelty of kids/teens; their inability to empathize with others; their inability to fully understand and conceptualize right and wrong; and, of course, their inability to appreciate and/or understand the true sanctity of life, and likewise, their inability to appreciate the finality and destructive power of death.
Over the Edge was the inspiration for Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit music video. And it also inspired Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. Great movie.
It's pretty bad, actually. Like an overly melodramatic afterschool special with a ridiculous ending; esp. all the cars exploding. Dazed & Confused is over hyped, too.
Over the edge is one of those movies we all saw growing up. My classmates and I were about ten years younger than the cast and events that unfolded in the move. Despite this, the movie spoke to all the late boomers and early Gen Xers that grew up in those vast suburbs that surrounded any city USA.
“Over the edge “ was based on a real events…..was originally titled “ light up the sky” …they got Van Halen to write the title song …they changed the title …so VH put the song on their 2nd album….if you check out the lyrics it kind of relates to the movie
Loved “Over the Edge”. Favorite part was when they went to a house party and the main character says “Where are your parents?”…kid says “Reno!!!” then immediately you hear the beginning of “You Really Got Me” from Van Halen which was my introduction into VH. Gave me chills!
Some lesser known titles that I've really enjoyed: Cop (1988) - The title couldnt sound more generic, but it's a great neo-noir with an incredibly intense James Woods. One False Move (1991) Cross of Iron (1977) - Overlooked Sam Peckinpah WW2 movie told from the German perspective.
Over The Edge was co written by Tim Hunter.....whom in 1986 Directed another teen Cult classic drama River's Edge w/ Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper.
Meet the Feebles! Been looking for this one forever! It's from the great Peter Jackson back when he used to make truly great movies, like Bad Taste and Braindead.
Over the Edge is an all time fave. As is Straight Time (based on No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker {Mr Brown -Resevoir Dogs}). If ya haven’t seen these, do- 1)Come & See (Soviet WW2 film from 1985?) many people site this as the best film ever made 2) Mixed Blood (filmed in the LES in mid 80’s- You will love this!!) 3)Wanda 4) They Call Her One Eye 5)Scum (ray Winstone)
Repo Man and Straight to Hell, both from Alex Cox, have some of my favorite anti-redhead stereotypes (IMHO, as sidebars, not main features). I guess Sid and Nancy and Walker do, too, all great. They were also favorite movies of Kurt Cobain, whose favorite movie was Over The Edge. He liked Bobcat Goldthwait, too, maniac.
The kids in Over the Edge were exactly the "grit" clique in school during my teen years in the early 80's. Van Halen blaring, bell bottom blue jeans, bandanas, rock T-shirts, Chevy Novas, beer, smokes, and lots of weed. The only difference was most of the "grits" in my school had cool working-class or biker parents. Not the square parents depicted in the movie. By the way, the other kid actor Bill was trying to remember that was well known in the future in the movie was Vincent Spano. A semi-heartthrob in the 80s who got big parts in small films throughout his career.
My favourite Peter Jackson movie is still Forgotten Silver about his made up NZ film pioneer Colin Mckenzie. It can be hard to find though because of the backlash it received from the NZ public because it was largely publicly funded through the NZ film corp and he basically used that money to troll an entire nation.
billy talking about acting with temura is like batman and spiderman teaming up. just different ends of the spectrum but both what i think a man should be
That kids acid scene in that movie is great lol. If u want old movies to watch check out Terence Hill & Bud Spencer movies those fuckers made like 100s of movies in a short time frame lol
Hey Bill one that pops to mind for me personally... Gregg Araki's "The Living End" not only the best fucking soundtrack of the early nineties industrial / alternative scene but the plot revolves around two gay guys who just discover they are HIV+ and just go on a brilliant Bonnie and Clyde crime spree..... no self pity just brutalistic Nihiilism that perfectly represented how the queer community felt at the time....
Over the edge and once were warriors are pretty BA. The sequel to OWW, eh not so much. A couple yrs ago I finally watched Taxi Driver and Easy Rider. They both deserve the hype they get.
Straight Time was fantastic! Written by a long-time professional crook who has an amazing real-life story of his own. If you ever have a chance to check out The Silent Partner or The Hidden, or Serpico or Charlie Varrick or The Seven-Ups or Across 110th Street (insanely good theme song too), they're top-notch though more or less forgotten(unjustly!) by now. And The Friends of Eddie Coyle is an outright classic with iconic actors. Out of the Past, Kansas City Confidential, so many good films from the 70's, and of course the 80's was absolutely one of the best decades ever for horror.
I do but know if he he has seen it already but Bill should check out "Foxes" with Jodie Foster, Cherrie Curry (lead singer for the Runaways), and a young Randy Quaid. "Times Square" is also a great cult classic too. And he'll split a stitch watching "Used Cars with Kurt Russell.
Images, from Robert Altman, he’s got a lot of great films to check out from the 70s But the movie you have to watch that will blow your mind is THE VISITOR
Check out the movie Rolling Thunder!! Supposedly Quentin Tarantinos favorite movie, and a baby Tommy Lee Jones!! Also, Romper Stomper, baby Russel Crowe!
Even though I know Bill wont see this im still going to say watch Boy! Taika Waititi plays a character called Shogun. Although comical its actually quite an accurate depiction of some of the dads from that time over here in New Zealand. As for bad boy bubby..thats also an accurate depiction of your typical Australian mum 😂
Once were warriors was incredible. Jake the muzz was in shortland street doubt many that first thought he could pull that off and he smashed it. Incredible film. Check out early 90s shortland street if you’re wondering what a cheesier home and away/flying doctors may look like sans planes though sorry
Bill has to watch "MR INBETWEEN" if he wants to watch one of the best shows made in the past 20 years. He could binge every season of the series in a weekend. Best weekend of his life in front of the TV. (excluding sports)
Skip Bad Boy Bubby. Watch Wake in Fright (1971) instead. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) is a warped movie worth seeing. Man Bites Dog (1992), Funny Games (1997) and The Vanishing (1988) are great messed up foreign films. Straight Time is a classic.
I watch your channel now more than Bill’s lol. You give the reference information, and don’t go on some weird white guilt racism rant. It’s been nice, like old Bill Burr, thank you.
'Ooh, this film, I mean, a great film, I just saw [never uses the present perfect, eg 'have just seen'], phenomenal, with, with, that guy in that film, you know, about some people in the city. No, no, not this one, it's another film. This one? No, that's what I mean, can't remember who played in it, but it's phenomenal, know what I mean? The title, oh, yeah, well, something like, no, no don't remember, but you gotta see it, it's phenomenal. What it's called? Don't remember, no, ha ha. The action's so, you know, f*cking awesome. A must see film, for sure.'
Cooley High is an incredible flick! Too bad it gets grouped into all the exploitative movies of the time. I love exploitation films, but Cooley High definitely rises well above the majority of movies it usually gets grouped into. Classic coming of age story that is well written, acted, and directed, and it also has a phenomenal soundtrack!
