Breakdown: 1975

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Tim B @Qtips500 Jan 19 Being 61, I really looked forward to a film about 1975. I lived through that era. Disco, post-Watergate, post-Vietnam, and a decade still trying to define itself. And who does not like nostalgia? The film hooks you with an immediate barrage of images, clips, etc., to set the nostalgia flowing. Ok, I’m in. Unfortunately, it then becomes obvious that this film is just one more hit piece on society preaching their virtues from their high moral perch. Seth Rogen, Josh Brolin, Patton Oswald, etc., and the director, Jodie Foster, clearly made this a very one-sided ideological perspective of 1975. No countering views, no diversity of opinion. It was like watching MSNBC in 1975. If you are woke, go enjoy the film. If not, spare yourself being subjected to Charlie Brown’s teacher again. Blah, blah, blah. See more Michael D @MichaelX Jan 14 "Breakdown: 1975" is catnip for cinephiles and a nostalgic gut-punch for any proud Gen Xer who remembers how seismic that year was for American movies. I’d genuinely forgotten how many great films emerged in 1975, and the documentary smartly widens its lens to include the broader cultural moment stretching from Nixon’s resignation in August 1974 through the Bicentennial in July 1976. It’s a reminder of how art, politics, and the national mood were tightly braided during that unsettled, formative period. One talking head persuasively argues that many of America’s current troubles can be traced to Gerald Ford’s full pardon of Nixon, a moral fork in the road that taught future generations that accountability was optional. It’s a sobering thought experiment. Add in Jodie Foster’s calm, elegant narration, and this becomes well worth your time, whether you come for the movies, the history, or both. See more Buck F @Bucky_Fievre Jan 9 In 90 quick minutes this film uses iconic movies like "Taxi Driver," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Network," and concise insights from folks like Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn, and Seth Rogen, to explain how the post-Watergate mid-1970s turned America from a hopeful "We" country to a selfish "Me" place, and that laid the foundation for the culture wars that now threaten America's future as a free and democratic nation. You feel better about things, but at least you'll better understand it. See more Tom S @Acewrite13 Dec 25 I loved it, but this topic with this stylistic approach needs at least a full-blown series, not just 90 minutes. Its brevity can't help making it seem too glib. See more Michael W @mawilps Dec 21 This showbiz documentary was great. Jodie Foster and the entire crew did a great job on telling the story of the greatest movies that defined the year 1975. It was very dramatic and tragic to learn everything that occurred during this year and why each of these movies were made to show what was going on. If you haven't seen this movie yet, check it out sometime. It's worth watching. See more J G @Goldengrahams1234 Dec 19 All over the place with barley any real facts. Some movies and stories presented were not even from 1975. If we keep breaking down history this way all will be lost and the future will create a new false God! See more Read all reviews

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