TUMBLING '70s-ERA CRIME DRAMA
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movies (subject to tumblr's inconsistent search engine. for more complete results, try the archive): badlands, blow out, bring me the head of alfredo garcia, cadavres exquis, charley varrick, chinatown, dog day afternoon, il conformista, klute, le cercle rouge, marathon man, mean streets, night moves, point blank, prime cut, save the tiger, serpico, sisters, straight time, the day of the jackal, the don is dead, the driver, the friends of eddie coyle, the getaway, the harder they come, the hot rock, the killing of a chinese bookie, the last of sheila, the long goodbye, the mackintosh man, the onion field, the organization, the parallax view, the spook who sat by the door, the sting, the taking of pelham one two three, the yakuza, three days of the condor, villain, wanda
movies (subject to tumblr's inconsistent search engine. for more complete results, try the archive): badlands, blow out, bring me the head of alfredo garcia, cadavres exquis, charley varrick, chinatown, dog day afternoon, il conformista, klute, le cercle rouge, marathon man, mean streets, night moves, point blank, prime cut, save the tiger, serpico, sisters, straight time, the day of the jackal, the don is dead, the driver, the friends of eddie coyle, the getaway, the harder they come, the hot rock, the killing of a chinese bookie, the last of sheila, the long goodbye, the mackintosh man, the onion field, the organization, the parallax view, the spook who sat by the door, the sting, the taking of pelham one two three, the yakuza, three days of the condor, villain, wanda
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
“The Boys in the Bank”: LIFE magazine article on the August 22, 1972, attempted robbery of a Chase Manhattan bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile.
“Littlejohn and the mob: Saga of a heist”: Firsthand account of the robbery and surrounding events by Village Voice writer, gay activist, and Wojtowicz’s friend Arthur Bell.
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Sidney Lumet on the set of Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
(The photo is from a New York interview with Lumet from 2007, which, awkwardly, begins with the quote: “It’s strange, because I’m not dead yet.”)
