Couch to 4K Wiki

12 films, 263 pages, built from sourced interviews and primary research

A research wiki covering films from the 1970s through the 1990s. Each entry is assembled from sourced quotes, production histories, structural breakdowns, and critical reception. The goal is context you can't get from a Wikipedia article.

"I wanted to do a Western. Everybody said, 'You can't do a Western; Westerns are dead; nobody will do a Western.' I remember thinking it was weird that this genre that had endured for so long was just gone."
Peter Hyams, Empire (2014)

De Palma

Carrie
1976
10 pages
Dressed to Kill
1980
10 pages
Blow Out
1981
24 pages
Scarface
1983
10 pages
Body Double
1984
31 pages
The Untouchables
1987
19 pages
Carlito's Way
1993
10 pages

Other Films

Joseph Sargent, 1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
23 pages
Philip Kaufman, 1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
37 pages
Peter Hyams, 1981
Outland
52 pages
Rob Cohen, 1996
Daylight
12 pages
Roger Donaldson, 1997
Dante's Peak
4 pages
Cross-Film Reference
Sound in Film
21 pages
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