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Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece. In it, novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism. Winner of the Palme d’or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.Read More »
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Luis Buñuel – Viridiana (1961) (HD)
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Steno – Arrriva Dorellik AKA How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967)
1961-1970ComedyCrimeItalyStenoDorellik, an Italian contract killer that lives on the French Riviera, accepts a job to kill everyone with the surname Dupont that lives in France for a rich customer which supposedly would allow him to obtain a large inheritance.Read More »
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John Boorman – Point Blank (1967)
John Boorman1961-1970Film NoirThrillerUSAPoint Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin and featuring Angie Dickinson, adapted from the crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. Boorman directed the film at Marvin’s request and Marvin played a central role in the film’s development and staging. The film was not a box office success in 1967 but has since gone on to become a cult classic, eliciting praise from such critics as film historian David Thomson.Read More »
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Leonardo Favio – El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1967)
1961-1970ArgentinaDramaLeonardo FavioAniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her true love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.Read More »
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Jack Hill & John Lamb – Mondo Keyhole (1966)
1961-1970EroticaExploitationJack HillJohn LambUSAHoward Thorne is a rapist in Los Angeles: he meets women at work and at parties or he sees them walking down the street, and he follows them, terrifies them, and assaults them. He also dreams about these assaults, and he’s unclear how much of what he’s done is real and how much is fantasy. He ignores his heroin-using wife, Vicki, who tries everything she can think of to get his sexual attention. Howard and Vicki go separately to a costume party where she learns the full truth about his nature and where he is stalked by one of his recent victims. Individualized versions of Hell await Howard and Vicki.Read More »
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Tom Toelle – Das Millionenspiel AKA The Millions Game (1970)
Drama1961-1970GermanySci-FiTom ToelleA German action/sci-fi television film of 1970, directed by Tom Toelle and starring Jörg Pleva, Suzanne Roquette and Dieter Thomas Heck.
Wolfgang Menge wrote the screenplay, adapting the short story “The Prize of Peril” by the American writer Robert Sheckley. Wolfgang Menge and Tom Toelle received the 1971 Prix Italia for best television movie.Read More »
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Wan Laiming & Cheng Tang – Da nao tian gong AKA The Monkey King AKA Uproar in Heaven (1963)
Wan Laiming1961-1970AdventureAnimationCheng TangChinaChinese cinema under MaoSun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.Read More »
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Claude Berri – Le pistonné AKA The Man with Connections (1970)
1961-1970Claude BerriFranceWarthe AMG clerk wrote :
“Claude (Guy Bedos) is content with his life. He has a girlfriend Tania (Zorica Lozic) and he aspires to become an actor. When he receives his draft notice, a friend convinces Claude he can get out of military service with his connections in Paris. When the connections fall through, Claude is sent for basic training outside Paris before being shipped off to Algeria. His stops in Morocco and Algeria are uneventful as far as military action goes […]
Claude Pieplu is the Commandant who tries but can’t get Claude out of his military obligations. Georges Geret plays the gruff Sergeant who takes a liking to the pacifistic soldier in this comedy drama.”Read More » -
Jean Rollin – La vampire nue AKA The Nude Vampire (1970)
1961-1970EroticaFranceHorrorJean RollinA young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she’s being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she’s a vampire.Read More »