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70s Existential Bullshit

Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) Insane character study of a male prostitute who leaves his life behind and ends up on a farm.

Published September 24, 2024September 12, 2024by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, My Favorite Films

Run Stranger Run (1973) A young drifter wanders around New England looking for his long-lost father and also almost bones his cousin who is a murderer and may also be his sister.

Published September 23, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Movies For Lonely Goth Chicks

Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) Frank Perry-directed satirical take on what it’s like to be a put-upon female, which veers hard into slapstick.

Published July 14, 2018February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit

The Fifth Floor (1978) Psych ward melodrama with just the right amount of late-70s sleaze.

Published February 21, 2018February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Movies for Paranoid Liberals

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) Richard Dreyfuss plays a sculptor who gets paralyzed and then proceeds to fight for his legal right to die.

Published November 15, 2013February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit

Blue Sunshine (1978) A bunch of people who took a bad batch of acid in the 60s start to freak-out and kill people in the late 70s.

Published November 1, 2013February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Drugs

Journey Through Rosebud (1972) Existential hippie bullshit masquerading as some type of parable about Native American ethical and moral issues.

Published April 5, 2013February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit

The Disappearance (1977) Donald Sutherland is a hitman having a soulless emotional crisis, then his wife vanishes.

Published February 8, 2013November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Insinuated Thrills - Allged Action, My Favorite Films

Mike’s Murder (1984) A non-linear murder mystery re-edited by the studio to be linear.

Published March 26, 2012November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Drugs, My Favorite Films

Heroes (1977) Probably the first semi-lighthearted love story to focus on the after-effects of The 'Nam.

Published January 22, 2012November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Lifetime Movie Network

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The Betamax Rundown was started by failed musician and artist Stunt Rock in October of 2006, with the intent being to review and analyze a personal library of over 2100 Betamax tapes.

When not watching movies, he enjoys making artistic horseshit no one cares about.

Steve Bullyhuff is the ever-loyal proofreader and fact-checker. When not fixing drunken typos, he enjoys playing rock music.

The Betamax Rundown is updated sporadically.

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