1976, a conversation – Part 5: “Obsession” (1976)

This is the fifth part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976. 

Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. Part 2 focused on James Fargo’s “The Enforcer”. Part 3 focused on Michael Ritchie’s “The Bad News Bears”. Part 4 focused on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”.

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Referenced media:

• “Old Boy” (Park Chan-wood, 2003)
• “Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
• “Casualties of War” (Brian De Palma, 1989)
• “Sneak Previews” (Thea Flaum, 1975-1996)
• “Greetings” (Brian De Palma, 1968)
• “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
• “Carrie” (Brian De Palma, 1976)
• “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
• “The Simpsons” (Matt Groening, 1989-now)
• “The Tenant” (Roman Polanski, 1976)
• “Silent Movie” (Mel Brooks, 1976)
• “Logan’s Run” (Michael Anderson, 1976)
• “Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson” (Robert Altman, 1976)
• “The Omen” (Richard Donner, 1976)
• “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
• “The Opening of Misty Beethoven” (Radley “Henry Paris” Metzer, 1976)
• “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (John Badham, 1976)
• “Saturday Night Fever” (John Badham, 1977)
• “The Return of a Man Called Horse” (Irvin Kershner, 1976)
• “The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
• “The Shootist” (Don Siegel, 1976), 
• “Bugsy Malone” (Alan Parker, 1976)
• “Scarface” (Howard Hawks, 1932)