the 1970s open the door to the large and most diverse era of film in the history . some film be great ( the godfather and the conversation and mean street and chinatown and the french connection and five easy piece and jaw and mccabe and mrs. miller ) others be not so great ( the getaway and the outfit and badge 373 and joe and the taking of pelham one two three and brewster mccloud and castle keep ) and others be barely worth the price of admission . yet every one be a fresh breath of air compare to today corporate hollywood . where every film be give a big weekend to recoup it cost . or go straight to hbo and rental . what decade do so well be to relate the sudden and rarely experienced sensation of freedom to be give money to make and direct a film . perhaps personal . perhaps not . sometime with a clutch of extra . sometimes and in the middle of a busy street before the cop show up . long before the corporate overseer and suit and committee and lawyer ever become part of the system . the commentary be superb . especially julie christie and dennis hopper . though a you listen and you will slowly discover just how many big director today ( coppola and scorsese and ron howard and dennis hopper and peter bogdonovitch ) get state a roger corman commando . work long hour with short pay . shoot a film in under a month . learn all the step and trick of the trade by do it themselves . turn in product that be on time and under budget . see decade for it message . and for a long and varied list of film to watch make through those wondrously turbulent year . though and i would not complain if ifc decide to devote another documentary solely to that most under rat grand pioneer of film and roger corman .