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A Decade Under the Influence

2003 · 1h 50m · R Documentary
Directed by Ted Demme , Richard LaGravenese

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Overview

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

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77%
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Rotten

It's as if we're watching the equivalent of a VH1 special edited for an in-flight movie.

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

Unlike many documentaries about movies, it's neither underfunded nor perfunctory, but thoughtful and bracing.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

Leaves us to wonder whether ever again will so many creative free spirits move into the mainstream in such numbers and with such success.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

What's missing is anything resembling a point of view ... or the slightest sense of critical discrimination.

John Powers, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

It's gratifying and exhilarating enough -- the movie's a foolproof greatest-hits clips package. But Christie is its major coup.

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

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