Year: 1978
  • Jamie Creese
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Ringing Bell. Dir. Masami Hata. Crunchyroll. 1978.
Ringing Bell. Dir. Masami Hata. Crunchyroll. 1978. 1434 1080 Jamie Creese

FIGURE 1: A piece of promotional material for Ringing Bell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQt8CqVPNC4&t=262s FIGURE 2: The film’s opening song, and the address that follows. “Wolf! Alright, I’ve decided to be your apprentice…

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  • Nicholas Martin
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Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978.
Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978. 150 150 Nicholas Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQihnrjlhk James Fargo’s 1978 film Every Which Way but Loose follows Clint Eastwood’s character Philo Beddo and his orangutan companion Clyde in their search for love. The audience’s expectations of human-animal relationships…

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  • Ben Cole
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The Deer Hunter. Dir. Michael Cimino. EMI. 1978.
The Deer Hunter. Dir. Michael Cimino. EMI. 1978. 150 150 Ben Cole

Figure 1: Death of the deer from the first hunt. The Deer Hunter (1978). Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter explores the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans, depicting protagonist…

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  • Hannah Maul
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The Magic of Lassie. Dir. Don Chaffey. The International Picture Show Company. 1978.
The Magic of Lassie. Dir. Don Chaffey. The International Picture Show Company. 1978. 150 150 Hannah Maul

Content: After the death of his son and his daughter-in-law, Clovis Mitchell, a Californian wine grower, takes his grandchildren Kelly and Chris home and cares for them. When the children…

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  • Bradley Savage
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The Cat From Outer Space. Dir. Norman Tokar. Buena Vista Distribution. 1978.
The Cat From Outer Space. Dir. Norman Tokar. Buena Vista Distribution. 1978. 150 150 Bradley Savage

As we see a feline descend from the tongue-like walkway of a cat-shaped spaceship, Disney’s 1978 film The Cat From Outer Space opens, invoking a science-fiction both familiar and alien. It is…

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  • Christian Tuckell
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Gates of Heaven. Dir. Errol Morris. New Yorker Films. 1978.
Gates of Heaven. Dir. Errol Morris. New Yorker Films. 1978. 150 150 Christian Tuckell

Figure 1: The original cinematic release poster for Gates of Heaven. Eighty-Five minutes of predominantly medium close-up shots without narration with a focus, superficially at least, on the pet cemetery business. You…

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  • Emily Flint
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Watership Down. Dir. Martin Rosen. Cinema International Corporation. 1978.
Watership Down. Dir. Martin Rosen. Cinema International Corporation. 1978. 150 150 Emily Flint

Above left: Film Poster             Richard Adams reading Watership Down in 2008 Far from the fluffy, cotton-tailed animals we think rabbits to be, Watership Down (dir. Martin Rosen, 1978) depicts…

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