Earthquake

Beside the Earthquake that happened in the mid 20th century, and the big earthquake that everyone imagines, therefore it is understandable that this movie can effect on people.

I did talk to my mother about the movie, and she did see it. However her attitude towards the movie didn't seem as an impact. First of all she watched it on television (stereo sound back then was not as realistic), and second of all, the 70's produced a lot of disatorious movies. Second, she never lived near California or any where in the west to where Earthquakes occured. Third, she was used to B movies and disatorious movies of this time. Especially since two of the actors that played in Earthquake, George Kennedy and Charliton Heston, also had roles in many other disatorius movies, namely airplane hijackings.

George Kennedy - Airport Series (Airport, Airport 1975, Airport '77, Concord Airport '79)

Charliton Heston -Skyjacked, Airport 1975, Two Minute Warning

Another common theme in all disastorius movies was a love interest with a pretty girl (example: Alfred Hitchcocks "The Birds"), along with affairs between the characters.

For the movie Earthquake, I believe the use of the sound system to amplify the realism of an earthquake and people panicking was a result for the cultural attitude. It is a brillant move during this stage of movies, for use of sound to provide amplication and realistic effects to simulate an actually event.

A movie that my mother did mention that was a shock to her in theaters was Wait until Dark, a movie starring Audrey Hepburn (her character is portrayed as a blind woman), who is tricked by two bumbling thieves and their shady boss, in search of a doll that has drugs in it. Audrey got it by accident and therefore is in chaos with the thieves, whom will do anything for it. My mother found that the main villian of the film was a cultural reference to sadistic but clever killers .