Continuing our look back at 1977′s amazing year of movies I was able to find Looking for Mr. Goodbar online last night. This flick features Diane Keaton — the quintessential 1970′s actress? — and a slew of budding stars including Richard Gere, Tom Berenger, Brian Dennehy, and Levar Burton. It also has a stacked disco soundtrack to accompany it’s Manhattan-after-midnight mise en scène. But, most importantly, this film, like many of the movies that came out of the New Hollywood of the era, seems exactly like a movie that could never be made now: it features a flawed heroine with body image issues from a childhood illness who seeks out no-strings sex as a substitute for intimacy; the movie consistently blurs lines between sex and violence; this flick is full of disturbing moods exacerbated by lots of drug-taking, and it features one of the most brutal, unforgiving endings of all time. It’s also based on a novel based on a true tragic story. In short, Goodbar is a massive bummer of a movie. It’s also unforgettable.
Here’s the film…
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