Ah, you’re thinking of *The Wrecking Crew* from ’73. It was one of the first films to play with jump‑cuts that early, and that moment where the hero’s silhouette does a little dance before the trigger pulls is one of those oddly memorable shots that makes you wish you’d paused the frame and studied the shadows in detail.

There are a handful that stick out. *The Conversation* (1974) has that tight‑close‑up of the tape recorder that feels like a visual cue, and *A Clockwork Orange* (1971) flips between shots so fast you almost think the camera is glitching. *The Godfather Part II* (1974) uses those dolly‑in cuts to make the family’s power feel like it’s pulling you in, and *The Exorcist* (1973) throws the audience into a jump‑cut horror loop when the possessed girl turns. Those little tricks make the 70s feel like the era was already inventing the hacks we see in films today.