Airport (1970) introduced many tropes so closely associated with the 70s disaster genre: the reverence for"and subsequent destabilization of"then-new technologies, in this case the Boeing 707; a miasma of soap-operaish subplots; and huge all-star casts slumming for easy paychecks. The post A brand new print of <i>Airport</i> premieres at this year's Music Box 70mm Film Festival appeared first on Chicago R…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:00AM on June 17, 2022