1961-1970

  • Bert Williams – The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds (1965)

    1961-1970Bert WilliamsExploitationUSA

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    An undercover agent is sent to infiltrate bootleggers in the Florida Everglades, but winds up lost in the swamps and stuck in a decrepit hotel with a few of peculiar inhabitants. What starts off like a police actioner quickly morphs into an unholy fairy tale of Southern Gothic melodrama and horror.

    “After a very limited release, the film vanished without a trace, leaving only its ad campaign to back up that it ever existed. In the early 2000s, through a twist of fate, a print was discovered. Now, fully digitally restored, it is presented to audiences for the first time in over 50 years.” —NWRRead More »

  • Jacques Demy – Model Shop (1969)

    1961-1970DramaJacques DemyRomanceUSA

    While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a “model shop” (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph her, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.Read More »

  • Robert Bresson – Au hasard Balthazar (1966)

    1961-1970ClassicsDramaFranceRobert Bresson

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    Jim Ridley wrote:
    With exquisite, heartrending calm, Bresson’s 1966 masterpiece Au Hasard Balthazar lays out the life of a donkey, from first brays to final rest. Baptized Balthazar, the donkey goes through passages of life parallel to his early owner, a farmer’s daughter named Marie (played as an adult by Anne Wiazemsky).
    Together and separately, they experience the full spectrum of man’s failings: Balthazar is kicked by passing thugs, beaten by an owner, and eventually used for theft, while Marie is seduced, abandoned and ultimately assaulted. Yet while Bresson’s vision is harsh, it’s also redemptive, even merciful. It ends on a note of quiet transcendence, as if to say all suffering, no matter how grave, cannot last.Read More »

  • Claude de Givray – Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry (1965)

    1961-1970ClassicsClaude de GivreyDocumentaryFrance

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    This episode of the French program ‘Cinéastes de notre temps” takes a closer look at the image and legacy of Sacha Guitry. Included in it are archival interviews with producer and director André Labarthe (Hitchcock & Ford), actors Michel Simon and Jeanne Fusier-Gir, director Christian Jaque (Fanfan La Tulipe), and producer Gilbert Bokanowski (If Paris Were Told to Us), among others.Read More »

  • Paul Verhoeven – Niets bijzonders AKA Nothing Special (1961)

    1961-1970DramaPaul VerhoevenShort Film

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    Quote:
    A man is thinking about his relationship with his girlfriend, while checking out a gorgeous woman in a bar.Read More »

  • Ron Kelly – King of the Grizzlies (1970)

    1961-1970Ron KellyUSAWestern

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    Quote:
    Moki (John Yesno) is the Indian foreman at a ranch owned by The Colonel (Chris Higgins). He watches as a baby grizzly bear becomes his playful friend before going off on his own. Years later, the bear returns as a menacing adult and threatens the cattle protected by Moki. When the Colonel wants to kill the bear, Moki interferes. The bear remembers his old friend Moki and seeks another way to satisfy his ravenous hunger in this tepid Walt Disney feature narrated by Winston Hibler.Read More »

  • Kihachi Okamoto – Nikudan aka The Human Bullet (1968)

    1961-1970AsianComedyJapanKihachi Okamoto

    Quote:
    The summer of 1945. As a “human bullet” of the Kamikaze Unit, 21-year-old “he” is inside a drum with a torpedo. While he waits, he looks back on a short adolescence, reminiscing on the harsh training, a friendly bookstore, and a girl he loved. A complement to The Emperor and a General, and based on personal experience, Okamoto comically portrays the stupidity of war as well as the sentiments of youth. Though filmed on a low budget as an independent production, the tone of the 16mm image, the dry and humorous monologues and the surreal beach scene etc. create a unique effect.Read More »

  • Zbynek Brynych – Die Weibchen AKA Femmine carnivore AKA The Females (1970)

    1961-1970CultGermanyHorrorZbynek Brynych

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    Outrageous sleaze joins an exclusive health clinic only to discover it’s run by feminist cannibals.Read More »

  • Roberto Faenza – Escalation (1968)

    1961-1970CultItalyRoberto Faenza

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    Synopsis:

    ‘1968, London. Luca, the son of an Italian rich owner, is living his ‘swinging’ years away from duties and responsibilities while his father wants him to be introduced to the family business at any cost. Luca is first forced to return to Italy, then he is kidnapped by his father’s collaborators, jailed into a sanitarium, put through the electroshock and other torments. Then, when ‘normalized’ Luca marries a woman who in reality is a psychologist paid by his father to brainwash him and turn him into a perfect businessman.’
    – davideRead More »

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