"Movies were made back then that didn't pander to trend." Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for a fascinating cinema
documentary film called
Breakdown 1975 – ready for release in just a few weeks from now. Not a long wait at all! Made by the Academy Award-winning director
Morgan Neville (
20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Piece by Piece) who also has another doc next year called
Man on the Run. Featuring narration by
Jodie Foster. This is a look back at the radical
1970s era cinema and how everything changed with American films in the 70s after the revolutionary 60s. "'75 was the most important moment in the history of the film business." In 1975, as America faced great social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art. This film explores how a turbulent era gave rise to iconic movies like
Taxi Driver,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
Network,
Jaws,
Nashville, etc. Featuring tons of name names: Albert Brooks, Ellen Burstyn, Josh Brolin, Kurt Andersen, Martin Scorsese, Naomi Fry, Oliver Stone, Patton Oswalt, Peter Bart, Peter Biskind, Rick Perlstein, Sam Wasson, Seth Rogen, Dr. Todd Boyd, & others. Enjoy. //
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