Subgenre Sampler
Le Mepris (Contempt) (1963)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang - An insecure screen–writer struggles with vulgar producers as well as his movie–star wife on the set of Homer's Odyssey. Brigitte Bardot,…
Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale… - An Italian classic, concerning the decline of the 19th century Sicilian aristocracy – represented by Burt Lancaster– that fulfils its…
Little Soldier, The (Petit soldat, Le) (1963)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina, Michel Subor - Unheralded Godard sidebar has Michel Subor attempting to assassinate an Algerian sympathizer – if he can resist the charms of left–winger…
Mahanagar (The Big City) (1963)- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Anil Chaterjee - Subtle and provoking satire of gender equality finds the wife of a once high–flying, but now redundant banker seeking employment, absorbing the…
Organizer, The (I Compagni) (1963)
- Dir. Mario Monicelli
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot… - Engrossing, beautifully filmed Italian drama about working class solidarity, set amidst the rapid expansion of industrial society in 19th Century…
Silence, The (1963)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom - Final part of Bergman's Faith Trilogy (begun with THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY and WINTER LIGHT) is set in an anonymous war–torn country where…
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni - A compendium of three stories starring Sophia Loren in her luscious prime in three very different roles. Together with Marcello Mastroianni, it…
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Chishu Ryu, Shiwa Iwashita, Keiji Sada - Dir. Ozu's final work is one of his best – an appropriately autumnal evocation of age and dependency, set around a widower who sorrowfully…
Boccaccio '70 (1962)- Dir. Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini
Feat. Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas… - Naughty for the time, this all–star portmanteau film is loosely based on updated versions of the bawdy stories of 14th century writer Giovanni…
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Corrine Marchand - One of the treasures of the French New Wave, dir. Varda’s debut is, Pauline Kael contends “one of the few films directed by a woman where the…
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