My favorite film from the 70's is "Spirit of the Beehive". It is a complex film about life and imagination. No film I've seen has ever moved me as much as this. Tarkovsky's films are also brilliant (my favourite is "Stalker"), although Erice's film seems more relevant and human to me. Herzog's films fascinate me very much. Nr. 1 for me is "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser". The story behind the film is also interesting. The best American film is in my opinion the underrated Bob Rafaelson film "The King of Marvin Gardens". It's an intelligent and sometimes funny critique of the American dream. I don't understand why films like "The Godfather" and "Annie Hall" are more respected. Buñuel did also make some of his most interesting work in the 70's. I haven't seen "Tristana" yet, but "That Obscure Object of Desire" is a very thoughtprovoking movie. John Cassavetes is another great filmmaker working in the 70's. Cassavetes was probably born for film! At his best he was fifty years before his time. Other great filmmakers working in the 70's includes Altman, Fellini and Bertolucci. Unfortunately I haven't seen enough films by people like Wenders, Fassbinder and Olmi. I'm looking for Lino Brocka's "Manila- in the Claws of Darkness", one of the films included in Derek Malcolm's 100 personal best, but it seems impossible to find (if anyone could help I would be grateful).