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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Eva (1962)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Sir Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi… - Jeanne Moreau is that obscure object of desire which novelist Stanley Baker falls for, and is taken for a ride. Interesting, if lurid Losey melodrama…
Exterminating Angel, The (1962)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal - A psychic 'disaster movie', in which guests become trapped at a dinner party by a mysterious forcefield. As the days go by, dinner–table…
Grim Reaper, The (La Commare Secca) (1962)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Carlotta Barilli, Lorenza Benedetti, Clorinda Celani - Dir. Bertolucci's first film – with trademark technical virtuosity already in evidence – is a whodunnit about a prostitute murdered in a…
Harakiri (Seppuku) (1962)- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama… - Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) set at the beginning of the Edo period, following a masterless samurai (ronin) who wishes to commit suicide…
Ivan's Childhood (1962)- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Nikolai Burlyayev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov - A teenage spy works behind enemy lines in WW2 Germany. The Russian master's first feature is his least self–conscious and most efficient…
Le Combat Dans L'île (1962)- Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre… - French drama exploring the tension between right and left wing politics in the early 60's, through the romantic conflict faced by a woman (Romy…
Madame (1962)- Dir. Christian-Jaque
Feat. Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein - Rags–to–riches tale set in Napoleonic France mirrors the real life of its Italian bomb–shell star, Sophia Loren.
Mamma Roma (1962)- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Anna Magnani - Pasolini, in this early minor–masterpiece, demonstrates a keen awareness of Italy’s altered social and political landscape in the…
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff, Frederico Zardi - An epic Italian political drama, charting in a non–linear fashion the true story of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano, a criminal and…
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