Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3366 Films to Buy & Rent
Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within) (1963)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Alexandra Stewart
- Brilliantly measured account of an alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) who makes a final social round to find reason why he should not take his own life. Rich…
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…
RoGoPaG (Let's Wash our Brains) (1963)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Orson Welles, Rosanna Schiaffino, Ugo Tognazzi…
- A curious anthology of four short films each written and directed by three Italian and one French film director; Jean–Luc Godard ("Il Nuovo…
Samurai Pirate (Daitozoku) (1963)
- Dir. Senkichi Taniguchi
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Mie Hama, Kumi Mizuno
- Odd hybrid of feudal Japan and swashbuckler fantasy, with Toshiro Mifune as a ruffian sailor assigned with rescuing a captive King’s daughter from…
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…