Movies 1973

I've already watched a couple of movies from 1973. We have come a long way when it comes to special effects and quality. When I watch movies from 1973 I'm trying to get a feel for what was going on, how we expressed ourselves.

I initially thought that I would be watching films only from 1973. As I looked to see what was playing at the theater on January 1st, all of the films were from 1972. Clockwork Orange, shot in 1971, was in theaters for the first couple of weeks in January. I'm using the theater page from the Oakland Tribune as a reference. It seems to be the largest Newspaper available online at the Newspaper archive.

Across 110th Street was out in the theater at the start of 1973. I watched it on Hulu Prime. Most of the other films playing are not available to stream. I have a couple films in my queue for Netflix. A movie like this makes it clear why race is still a touchy issue. This movie puts racial tension right in your face.

On the first day of January 1973 we would have learned that star outfielder Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates was killed in a plane crash last night. He was on his way to Puerto Rico to head up relief for a recent earthquake.