1974, since when did william p. moran of detroit michigan become preeminent in the field?

-thieves like us (d. robert altman)

*california split (d. robert altman) with elliot gould and george segal

-8 1/2 x 11 (d. james benning)

-daisy miller (d. peter bogdanovich)

-the text of light (d. stan brakhage)

-dark star (d. john carpenter)

*a women under the influence (d. john cassavetes)

*thunderbolt and lightfoot (d. michael cimino) with clint eastwood, jeff bridges and gary busey

*the conversation (d. francis ford coppola) with john cazale, gene hackman, allen garfield and robert duvall, cinematography by bill butler

*the godfather part II (d. francis ford coppola) with john cazale, harry dean stanton (as fbi agent) and lee strasberg, cinematography by gordon willis

*eureka (d. ernie gehr)

*cockfighter (d. monte hellman) with warren oates and harry dean stanton, cinematography by néstor almendros

-points of view: clock tower (d. nancy holt)

-busting (d. peter hyams) with elliot gould, allen garfield

-the white dawn (d. philip kaufman) with warren oates

-lovin' molly (d. sidney lumet)

*murder on the orient express (d. sidney lumet) cinematography by geoffrey unsworth

*harry and tonto (d. paul mazursky) with art carney and his cat, cinematography by michael c. butler

*the parallax view (d. alan j. pakula) cinematography by gordon willis

-bring me the head of alfredo garcia (d. sam peckinpah) with warren oates

*chinatown (d. roman polanski) cinematography by john a. alonzo

*the taking of pelham one two three (d. joseph sargent) with walter matthau, robert shaw, martin balsam and hector elizondo, cinematography by enrique bravo and owen roizman

*italianamerican (d. martin scorsese) documentary on his parents

*alice doesn't live here anymore (d. martin scorsese) with harvey keitel

-the black windmill (d. don siegel)

-'rameau's nephew' by diderot (thanx to dennis young) by wilma schoen (d. michael snow)

*the sugarland express (d. steven spielberg) cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

-road movie (d. joseph strick)

*edvard munch (d. peter watkins) canadian

-f is for fake (d. orson welles)

- the front page (d. billy wilder) with jack lemmon, walter matthau and allen garfield

-death wish (d. michael winner)

harry and tonto (d. paul mazursky)

harry dean stanton

the godfather part II (d. francis ford coppola)

(on a side note, so many great films from the year of my birth, making me feel in good company)

1975, well, reckon we got enough cattle in there to fill that damn truck

*love and death (d. woody allen)

*nashville (d. robert altman)

*the passenger (d. michelangelo antonioni) not really american, but starring jack nicholson

*shampoo (d. hal ashby) cinematography by lászló kovács

-at long last love (d. peter bogdanovich)

*white heart (d. daniel barnett)

-capone (d. steve carver) with ben gazzara and john cassavetes

*shivers (d. david cronenberg) a.k.a. they came from within, canadian

-the eiger sanction (d. clint eastwood)

*one flew over the cuckoo's nest (d. milos forman) cinematography by haskell wexler and bill butler

-the french connection II (d. john frankenheimer)

-pine barrens (d. nancy holt)

*barry lyndon (d. stanley kubrick) cinematography by john alcott, not american

*dawn burn (d. mary lucier)

*dog day afternoon (d. sidney lumet)

-92 in the shade (d. thomas mcguane)

-the killer elite (d. sam peckinpah)

-night moves (d. arthur penn) with gene hackman

*rancho deluxe (d. frank perry) with jeff bridges, harry dean stanton, sam waterston and slim pickens, cinematography by william a. fraker

*three days of the condor (d. sydney pollack) cinematography by owen roizman

*rafferty and the gold dust twins (d. dick richards) with alan arkin as a great drunk anti-hero

-the drowning pool (d. stuart rosenberg) cinematography by gordon willis

-the sunshine boys (d. herbert ross) with walter matthau and george burns

-the day of the locust (d. john schlesinger) cinematography by conrad l. hall

-jaws (d. steven spielberg) cinematography by bill butler

barry lyndon (d. stanley kubrick)

rancho deluxe (d. frank perry)
with slim pickens and harry dean stanton

1976, how's your driving record?... it's clean, it's real clean, like my conscience

-buffalo bill and the indians, or sitting bull's history lesson (d. robert altman)

*bound for glory (d. hal ashby) cinematography by haskell wexler

-nickelodeon (d. peter bogdanovich)

*assault on precinct 13 (d. john carpenter)

*the killing of a chinese bookie (d. john cassavetes) with ben gazzara, timothy carey and seymour cassel

*take the 5:10 to dreamland (d. bruce conner)

*the outlaw josey wales (d. clint eastwood)

-the enforcer (d. james fargo) with clint eastwood

*table (d. ernie gehr)

-family plot (d. alfred hitchock)

-the last tycoon (d. elia kazan) with robert de niro and jack nicholson

-network (d. sidney lumet) cinematography by owen roizman

-mikey and nicky (d. elaine may) with john cassavetes, peter falk, m. emmet walsh and ned beatty

*lost lost lost (d. jonas mekas)

*all the president's men (alan j. pakula) cinematography by gordon willis

-obsession (d. brian de palma) screenplay by paul schrader, cinematography by vilmos zsigmond

-carrie (d. brian de palma) cinematography by mario tosi

-the missouri breaks (d. arthur penn) with harry dean stanton and randy quaid

*the tenant (d. roman polanski) cinematography by sven nykvist, not american

*the front (d. martin ritt) with woody allen, zero mostel and michael murphy, cinematography by michael chapman

-welcome to l.a. (d. alan rudolph) with harvey keitel, keith carradine, sally kellerman

-marathon man (d. john schlesinger) cinematography by conrad l. hall

*taxi driver (d. martin scorsese) cinematography by michael chapman

-the shootist (d. don siegel)

peter boyle

taxi driver (d. martin scorsese)

bound for glory (d. hal ashby)

1977, in heaven, everything is fine. in heaven, everything is fine. you've got your good things. and i've got mine.

*news from home (d. chantal akerman) nyc film, cinematography by babette mangolte

*annie hall (d. woddy allen) cinematography by gordon willis

-3 women (d. robert altman)

-11 x 14 (d. james benning)

*the late show (d. robert benton) with art carney and lily tomlin

*killer of sheep (d. charles burnett)

*opening night (d. john cassavetes)

-valse triste (d. bruce conner)

*rabid (d. david cronenberg) not american, but close

-powers of ten (d. charles & ray eames)

-the worlds of franklin and jefferson (d. charles & ray eames)

-the gauntlet (d. clint eastwood)

-black sunday (d. john frankenheimer)

-scorcerer (d. william friedkin) the wages of fear with roy scheider

*untitled (d. ernie gehr)

-the greatest (d. tom gries & monte hellman)

-equus (d. sidney lumet)

*eraserhead (d. david lynch)

-bobby deerfield (d. sydney pollack) with al pacino, cinematography by henri decaë

-martin (d. george a. romero)

-macarthur (d. joseph sargent)

-new york, new york (d. martin scorsese) cinematography by lászló kovács

-the duellists (d. ridley scott)

-telefon (d. don siegel)

the late show (d. robert benton)

eraserhead (d. david lynch)