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The 1970s

Cinematography in the 1970s: format share, aspect-ratio shifts, signature DPs, and the curated dossiers that anchor the decade.

639
Films indexed
171
Curated dossiers
4
With primary format
25
With DP credit
All 639 films in 1970s

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Format share

  • Kodak 35mm 4-perf anamorphic (Panavision)
    2
  • Kodak 35mm 4-perf (Panavision spherical)
    1
  • Kodak 35mm 4-perf (Zeiss f/0.7 NASA lenses)
    1

Aspect ratio

  • 1.66:1
    1
  • 1.78:1
    1
  • 1.85:1
    1
  • 2.39:1
    1

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The Godfather (1972) poster

The Godfather

1972

featureCURATED

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

1.78:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf anamorphic (Panavision)
Apocalypse Now (1979) poster

Apocalypse Now

1979

featureCURATED

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

2.39:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf anamorphic (Panavision)
Barry Lyndon (1975) poster

Barry Lyndon

1975

featureCURATED

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

1.66:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf (Zeiss f/0.7 NASA lenses)
Days of Heaven (1978) poster

Days of Heaven

1978

featureCURATED

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

1.85:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf (Panavision spherical)