1961-1970

  • Michael Reeves – Witchfinder General AKA The Conqueror Worm (1968)

    1961-1970DramaHorrorMichael ReevesUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from “witches” in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors. When Hopkins persecutes a priest, he incurs the wrath of Richard Marshall, who is engaged to the priest’s niece. Risking treason by leaving his military duties, Marshall relentlessly pursues the evil Hopkins and his minion Stearne.Read More »

  • Otakar Vávra – Kladivo na carodejnice AKA Witches’ Hammer (1970)

    1961-1970ArthouseCzech RepublicDramaOtakar Vávra

    Quote:
    The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf at the Communion. She admits to the parish priest Schmidt that she intended to give it to the midwife Groerová to heal her ailing cow. The young priest declares her a witch and convinces the Sumperk countess De Galle to summon the inquisitor Boblig from Edelstadt. This failed student of law sees the offer as a great opportunity. He uses torture and threats to force the women from the to testify to their meetings with the devil and learn by heart the lies he has made up for the inquisition tribunal. Boblig accuses the wealthy burghers of witchcraft as well, and so wants to seize their possessions.Read More »

  • Klaus Lemke – Brandstifter (1969)

    1961-1970DramaGermanyKlaus Lemke

    A drama set in Cologne’s revolutionary circles of the late 1960s.
    Quote:
    Die in der außerparlamentarischen Opposition aktive Studentin Anka hat vonfolgenlosen Diskussionen die Nase voll.

    Da sie nicht mehr daran glaubt, mit Worten allein die Welt verändern zu können, plant sie eine militante Aktion: Aus Protest gegen den Vietnam-Krieg deponiert sie eine Bombe in einem Kölner Kaufhaus, um die Öffentlichkeit zur Auseinandersetzung zu zwingen.Read More »

  • Kent Mackenzie – The Exiles (1961)

    1961-1970DramaKent MackenzieUSA

    THE EXILES chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles – transplants from Southwest reservations – as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.Read More »

  • Paula Delsol – La dérive AKA The Drift (1964)

    1961-1970ArthouseDramaFrancePaula Delsol

    Quote:
    This little-known first film from writer Paula Delsol was not well-received when it was released in France the 1960s. Thanks partly to its over-18 certification, the film was a commercial failure and Delsol only made one other film (although she later did some work for television).Read More »

  • Júlio Bressane – A Família do Barulho (1970)

    1961-1970BrazilComedyJúlio Bressane

    Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil@IMDb wrote:
    A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gays, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro. When the slut threatens the other two to stop supporting them, they decide to find an odalisque as an alternative to keep their easy life.Read More »

  • Roman Polanski – Les plus belles escroqueries du monde AKA The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers [Polanski segment] (1964)

    1961-1970ComedyCrimeFranceRoman Polanski

    Quote:
    Polanski: I wanted our short story to be as much a story of fraud as a portrait of the city. The script was laconic, almost without dialogue: a beautiful, slightly crazy French woman pretends to fall in love with a gullible Dutch businessman, and then, with a clever and simple trick, steals a diamond necklace. Hence the title: “Diamond Necklace”. A special type of women preferred by Polanski in film are women-girls, supposedly mature, but still manifesting some features of a child. Read More »

  • Rubén Gámez – La Fórmula secreta AKA The Secret Formula (1965)

    1961-1970Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtArthouseMexicoRubén GámezShort Film

    IMDB comments say:
    This is one of the best Mexican short movies ever. You could probably imagine the Mexican idiosyncrasy, read some history books, but you will find a big difference and experience the feeling of the post-revolutionary age of Mexico with this film.

    Labor unions, the invasion of large scale and global foreign companies, the mother’s love, the Mexican habits descriptions are part of this master piece.

    Adding the emotion of Jaime Sabine’s narration voice in all the allegoric signs and metaphors.Read More »

  • Richard Donner – Twinky AKA Lola (1970)

    1961-1970DramaRichard DonnerRomanceUnited Kingdom

    In swinging 1960s London, 16-year-old high school student Lola (Susan George) does more than simply read the erotic literature penned by 39-year-old American Scott Wardman (Charles Bronson). She tracks down the author and playfully seduces him, to the great consternation of her parents (Paul Ford, Kay Medford) once they learn of the relationship. The unlikely lovebirds eventually get married and wend their way to New York City, but their relationship grows increasingly tenuous.Read More »

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