This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Il boom / The Boom (1963) Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Ettore Geri, Comedy
Sweet-sour comedy on Italy’s 1950’s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife’s craving for luxury Read More »
Marcia nuziale / The Wedding March (1965) Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tognazzi, Shirley Anne Field, Alexandra Stewart, Comedy
It consists of four episodes that exemplify paradoxical or grotesque aspects of married life: In “first marriage” marriage intended to marry his dog race. Read More »
Il seme dell’uomo / The Seed of Man (1969) Marco Ferreri, Marzio Margine, Anne Wiazemsky, Annie Girardot, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
During a Post-Apocalyptic period in the near future the majority of the European population has been wiped out by some sort of undefined plague. Read More »
Jigokuhen / Portrait of Hell (1969) Shirô Toyoda, Hideyo Amamoto, Yôko Naitô, Tatsuya Nakadai, Drama
A rebellious Korean artist tests the limits of his sadistic patron, an omnipotent feudal Japanese lord. Read More »
Mabuta no haha / The Mother He Never Knew (1962) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Drama, Action
Il Maestro di Vigevano / The Teacher from Vigevano (1963) Elio Petri, Alberto Sordi, Claire Bloom, Vito De Taranto, Comedy, Drama
Antigoni / Antigone (1961) Yorgos Javellas, Irene Papas, Manos Katrakis, Maro Kodou, Drama
In the Ancient Greek city of Thebes, King Oedipus killed his father and married his mother Jocasta, having two sons – Eteocles and Polynieces – and two daughters – Ismene and Antigone. Read More »
Le quattro giornate di Napoli / The Four Days of Naples (1962) Nanni Loy, Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi, Drama, History, War
The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. Read More »
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Karel Reisz, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Drama, Romance
Arthur, one of Britain’s angry young men of the 1960s, is a hardworking factory worker who slaves all week at his mindless job for his modest wages. Read More »
Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Read More »
Pretty Poison (1968) Noel Black, Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A formerly institutionalized young man (Anthony Perkins) meets up with a cute, sexy high school cheerleader (Tuesday Weld) and pretends to be a CIA agent Read More »
Mysterious Island (1961) Cy Endfield, Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. Read More »
Un homme de trop / Shock Troops (1967) Costa-Gavras, Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Read More »
Tutti a casa / Everybody Go Home! (1960) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Comedy, Drama, War
In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for home. Read More »