A NEW LEAF premiered this month in 1971.

Elaine May co-starred with Walter Matthau in her debut as a feature film writer/director, a precious gem of '70s comedy.

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Anthea Sylbert, ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Costume Designer, Dies at 84
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/anthea-sylbert-dead-rosemarys-baby-chinatown-costume-designer-1235926389/

“May had no technical knowledge of filmmaking and faced galling misogyny (“You don’t have to know about lenses, little girl”) from a mostly male crew that likely had never worked under a female director. (She faced it from Matthau, too.) But, as Courogen makes clear, the crew had likely also never experienced direction from someone like May. When the cinematographer told the actress Renée Taylor to confine her performance to a narrow space, May told Taylor, “Don’t listen to him. You go wherever you want to go, you do whatever you want to do. And the camera will find you.” May rehearsed little, instead using the shoot as a vehicle for experimentation.”

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/could-elaine-may-finally-be-getting-her-due

36 years ago:
Ishtar (US)
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
1987-05-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12704
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