1970s in film was far less successful. "The Towering Inferno" teamed Steve McQueen and Paul Newman against a fire in a San Francisco skyscraper. The film cost a whopping $14 million to produce (expensive for its time), and won Academy Awards for Cinematography, Film Editing, and Best Original Song. The same year, the epic "Earthquake" featured questionable effects (camera shake and models) to achieve a destructive 9.9 earthquake in Los Angeles. Despite this, the film was one of the most successful of its time, earning $80 million at box office. By the late 1970s, the novelty had worn off and the disasters had
Kaddish (Towering Inferno album) cusp of art and commerce, a cusp we did not know previously to exist". He believes "a piece of work should seduce you immediately, or should beat you over the head, which this one does. It's very immediate, there's no doubt it's affecting you when you're listening to it." Eno described "Kaddish" as "the most frightening record I have ever heard". In a Richard Wolfson obituary, "The Daily Telegraph" said that Towering Inferno was "one of the most original and provocative performance-art bands of the 1990s", and described "Kaddish" as "a shocking and unforgettable piece". In another Wolfson obituary, "The