Your favorite 1960s movie

gmku · 04.10.2008, 10:20 PM

Too many for a poll. Just name it. Maybe talk about it.

Has to be made in the 1960s and has to be set in the 1960s. For example, The Blowup or The Graduate.

Mine--a toss up between The Blowup and The Graduate. If pressed, I guess I'd give the nod to The Graduate, just because it's both more American and a bit more timeless.

!@#$%! · 04.10.2008, 10:35 PM

mmmm prrrrrrrrrrrr LA DOLCE VITA

prolly my favorite movie of all times

released in 1960. made in 59?

if that isn't eligible then 8 1/2

there's no intrinsic merit in a movie "being american" or not. but fellini rules.

gmku · 04.10.2008, 10:39 PM

No, there's not. I just mean that I like the way Graduate depicts things that are peculiarly American--in theme, content, and so on. It speaks to me more than a movie that doesn't do that.

!@#$%! · 04.10.2008, 10:40 PM

oh.

but la dolce vita is about a writer :P

gmku · 04.10.2008, 10:42 PM

I haven't seen it. I think I must.

That's why I also like Lolita, though that's the 50s, isn't it? I like the outsider perspective that movie has on the American landscape, so to speak.

!@#$%! · 04.10.2008, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

I haven't seen it. I think I must.

HOLY SHIT MY BROTHER YOU MUST, YOU MUST!!!

it's brilliant, beautiful, genius.

just make sure you rent the criterion dvd, some of the older versions (shitty vhs) have cropped frames, generally suck, but scorsese bought the rights, restored the print (i saw it new!!) and the criterion disc eventually followed.

gmku · 04.10.2008, 10:56 PM

Okay.

gmku · 04.10.2008, 11:10 PM

Other favorites fitting these criteria:

Rosemary's Baby
Barefoot in the Park
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

!@#$%! · 04.10.2008, 11:28 PM

oh you like mike nichols eh? he's good... and polanski is a film god.

let me add dr. strangelove-- oh yes, funny as fuck, brilliant really, and what can be more 60's than nuclear war & the coca-cola company?

!@#$%! · 04.10.2008, 11:30 PM

oh holy shit: LE SAMOURAI!!!!!!!!!

god damn what perfection

gmku · 04.10.2008, 11:31 PM

Oh, yeah, Strangelove! Forgot about that one. Great!

Yeah, Nichols, Polanski, and Kubrick jive with my own impressions about the 60s in their movies from that time.

uhler · 04.10.2008, 11:41 PM

my life to live is probably my favorite 60's movie.

!@#$%! · 04.10.2008, 11:43 PM

since you brought up antonioni with blowup actually i love zabriskie point, which to my post-boomer sensibilities looks very 60s, but is actually from 1970.

on the opposite end, pycho is a 1960 movie but it feels to me like the 50s

others:

a hard day's night

Z <-- costa gavras is practically ignored in the US

au hasard balthazar <-- bresson = genius

le mépris <-- fucking fuck!!!!!!!!!!1 the beauty of that film!!!!!!!!!11

&

faster pussycat! kill! kill!

(you gotta have awesome b movies)

&

branded to kill - b movie or art movie? whatever-- AWESOME

Dead-Air · 04.11.2008, 12:51 AM

I'll second La Dolce Vita, but on the other extreme, I'll take Barbarella.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.11.2008, 12:56 AM

Set in 60s: Psycho
Not: between Cool Hand Luke and The Great Escape

40s: Rope
50s: Anatomy Of a Murder

LifeDistortion · 04.11.2008, 01:08 AM

"Breathless"

"Band of Outsiders"

fugazifan · 04.11.2008, 01:11 AM

a bande aparte
marry popppins(though not set in 60s)
night of the living dead
cool hand luke
easy rider

✌➬ · 04.11.2008, 01:49 AM

Easy Rider.

Tokolosh · 04.11.2008, 02:50 AM

2001: A Space Odyssey is by far my favorite film of the sixties.
Monumental.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.11.2008, 03:07 AM

carnival of souls
dr strangelove
whatver akira kurosawa films were made in the 60s

04.10.2008, 10:20 PM	#1
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Too many for a poll. Just name it. Maybe talk about it. Has to be made in the 1960s and has to be set in the 1960s. For example, The Blowup or The Graduate. Mine--a toss up between The Blowup and The Graduate. If pressed, I guess I'd give the nod to The Graduate, just because it's both more American and a bit more timeless. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	mmmm prrrrrrrrrrrr LA DOLCE VITA prolly my favorite movie of all times released in 1960. made in 59? if that isn't eligible then 8 1/2 there's no intrinsic merit in a movie "being american" or not. but fellini rules.
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04.10.2008, 10:39 PM	#3
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	No, there's not. I just mean that I like the way Graduate depicts things that are peculiarly American--in theme, content, and so on. It speaks to me more than a movie that doesn't do that. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	oh. but la dolce vita is about a writer :P
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04.10.2008, 10:42 PM	#5
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I haven't seen it. I think I must. That's why I also like Lolita, though that's the 50s, isn't it? I like the outsider perspective that movie has on the American landscape, so to speak. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.10.2008, 10:56 PM	#7
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Okay. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.10.2008, 11:10 PM	#8
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Other favorites fitting these criteria: Rosemary's Baby Barefoot in the Park Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.10.2008, 11:28 PM	#9
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	oh you like mike nichols eh? he's good... and polanski is a film god. let me add dr. strangelove-- oh yes, funny as fuck, brilliant really, and what can be more 60's than nuclear war & the coca-cola company?
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	oh holy shit: LE SAMOURAI!!!!!!!!! god damn what perfection
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04.10.2008, 11:31 PM	#11
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Oh, yeah, Strangelove! Forgot about that one. Great! Yeah, Nichols, Polanski, and Kubrick jive with my own impressions about the 60s in their movies from that time. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.10.2008, 11:43 PM	#13
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	since you brought up antonioni with blowup actually i love zabriskie point, which to my post-boomer sensibilities looks very 60s, but is actually from 1970. on the opposite end, pycho is a 1960 movie but it feels to me like the 50s others: a hard day's night Z <-- costa gavras is practically ignored in the US au hasard balthazar <-- bresson = genius le mépris <-- fucking fuck!!!!!!!!!!1 the beauty of that film!!!!!!!!!11 & faster pussycat! kill! kill! (you gotta have awesome b movies) & branded to kill - b movie or art movie? whatever-- AWESOME
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