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That’s quite the shirt-and-tie combo, Mr. Matthau.
“How the hell can you run a goddam railroad without swearing?!”
“Screw the goddam passengers. What do they expect for their thirty-five cents, to live forever?”
“We’re trying to run a city, not a goddam democracy.”
“Listen, fellow, I hope you take this in the right spirit, but after this is over you should seek out psychiatric help.”
“Frank, how long before the track’s cleared all the way to South Ferry?”
“You mean now this railroad is so totally fucked up it’ll take a computer to put it all back together?”
“. . . Yes, Frank, that’s what I meant.”
“About 5 or 6 minutes, I got a snag at Brooklyn Bridge.”
“You mean now this railroad is so totally fucked up it’ll take a computer to put it all back together?”
“. . . Yes, Frank, that’s what I meant.”
“About 5 or 6 minutes, I got a snag at Brooklyn Bridge.”
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of this ‘70s TV show is the (surprising) material AWESOMENESS of the ‘70s.
Seriously, Columbo, you might be fucking up my thesis about the material shittiness of the ‘70s with all these droolworthy interiors.
The secret theme of every ‘70s TV show is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s TV show is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
Columbo is so often investigating the wealthy that at a glance the ‘70s seem materially fine. But . . . then they go through a door and see that carpet and those walls and you’re reminded that the secret theme of every ‘70s TV show is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s TV show is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s TV show is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
Counter-fucking-point.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
Thought prompted by returning to this thread right after going to Disneyland:
Main Street, U.S.A replicates an American small town of the 1910s—40–45 years before Disneyland opened.
Were a Disneyland-style theme park to open today, the equivalent would be a ‘70s small town.
Main Street, U.S.A replicates an American small town of the 1910s—40–45 years before Disneyland opened.
Were a Disneyland-style theme park to open today, the equivalent would be a ‘70s small town.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
If you've been following this thread about the material shittiness of the '70s, you might check out this @UWatchedItWrong, on which I joined the hosts to talk about that & how The Bad News Bears and 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers embody the era. https://twitter.com/UWatchedItWrong/status/1175763841923387392?s=20
Wanda doesn’t fit my theme, because the material shittiness of the ‘70s is an overt theme, tied to class and poverty, rather than a secret one. But, oh, is it shitty out there nonetheless.
Even when set in Venice, the secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shirtiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
Achievement unlocked? While @tewhalen & @andshewas’s party tonight, discussing’70s movies, someone I had just met said, “There’s a guy on Twitter who has this theory about how ‘70s movies reveal how shitty and worn-out everything was . . . “
The secret theme of every ‘70s TV show is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s film is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every contemporary film that features a scene in Paulie’s old bedroom is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
The secret theme of every ‘70s movie is the material shittiness of the ‘70s.
