Busting, 1974

I went through a huge Elliott Gould phase after first watching The Long Goodbye,which also happened to be my introduction to Robert Altman films (see below for more on that one.) Elliott Gould dons an IMPRESSIVE handlebar stache and ambles about like a stand-up comedian behind stage waiting for his queue to go on. While watching, keep in mind to love it for what it is-a directorial debut and a seventies gem that bears the qualities we love about that era of filmmaking: a couple of detectives getting on everybody’s case, whether its call girls, massage parlour employees, and homosexuals, and a soundtrack by Billy Goldenberg, one of the most under appreciated film composers around.