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It's impossible for me to "let go" of 1969. It is impossible to "let go" of 1969 just like it's impossible to "let go" of Stanford.
I recently posted a lead-in to 1969, a flashback, 1967 - 1968.
Query:
What were the major events in 1969 to follow the major events from 1965 to 1968, perhaps the most influential period in the US since WWII.
Reply:
I recently posted a long review of the events from 1965 - 1968; link here.
Now I'm reading The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Holywood, Sam Wasson, c. 2020.
Part 1: Justice.
So far, all about Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate.
But so much name-dropping.
I hate the writing. But, wow, what a story. I think it's a necessary for someone trying to understand Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Sharon Tate murder: August 8, 1969
- Chinatown released: 1974
- me
- graduated from high school, spring, 1969; Sharon Tate murder? I barely recall;
- graduated from college, spring, 1973;
- first year graduate school, completed, 1974; never saw the movie; I don't recall seeing many movies that year; major movies released.
Movies: the era is renowned for groundbreaking storytelling, legendary performances, and major genre-defining classics.
Major movies released, January 1, 1973, through May 1, 1974 (some somewhat later):
- The Exorcist, Dec 1973)
- The Sting, Dec 1973
- The Godfather Part II, Dec 1974
- American Graffiti, Aug 1973
- The Conversation, Apr 1974
- Chinatown, Jun 1974
- Serpico, Dec 1973
- Blazing Saddles, Feb 1974
- Young Frankenstein, Dec 1974
- several others
Events, 1969
Sharon Tate murdered, August 8, 1969. And that was just the beginning. But all we remember: Sharon Tate and Charlie Manson. See Jay Sebring.
