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Subgenre Sampler

 
War and PeaceWar and Peace (1966) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
Feat. Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Irina Gubanova
The definitive version of Leo Tolstoy's gargantuan novel, set during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia in the early 19th century. Nothing else quite…
A Blonde in LoveA Blonde in Love (1965) Recommended
Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Hana Brejchova, Vladimir Pucholt, Vladimir Mensik
This early film from the director of AMADEUS tells the simple story of a young girl's search for a pianist with whom she spent the night. Forman…
AlphavilleAlphaville (1965)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
A private eye is sent to a futuristic city run by a computer to rescue a trapped scientist. Amalgam of film noir and science fiction illustrates the…
Battle of Algiers, TheBattle of Algiers, The (1965) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo
Feat. Brahim Haggiag
Gripping account of the Muslim uprising which led to the withdrawal of France from Algeria was shot merely four years after the revolution, and as…
Fists in the PocketFists in the Pocket (1965)
Dir. Marco Bellochio
Feat. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Mase
A ferocious intensity pervades this bitter yet utterly startling tale of a family afflicted with epilepsy, blindness and frustration, unafforded the…
Juliet of the SpiritsJuliet of the Spirits (1965) Recommended
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Giulietta Masina
Perhaps the female flipside of Fellini's 8 1/2, he again infuses stylised flashbacks and fantasies into the real world of a gregarious housewife who…
Pierrot Le FouPierrot Le Fou (Crazy Pete) (1965)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina
A striking example of the French New Wave. It's kiss, kiss, bang, bang all the way with Jean Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina as maverick intellectual…
Shop on High Street, TheShop on High Street, The (The Shop on Main Street) (1965) Recommended
Dir. Jan Kadar
A key film of the Czech film renaissance of the 1960s, that explores 'everyday fascism' through the story of a Jewish shopkeeper who mistakes her…
Simon of the DesertSimon of the Desert (1965) Recommended
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook
A short surrealist fantasy concerning the life of Simon Stylites (Claudio Brook), an early Christian ascetic, who stood for years atop a column in…
Two or Three Things I Know About HerTwo or Three Things I Know About Her (1965)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Joseph Gehrard, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey
The life of a Parisian prostitute, analysing the likes of women, language, western society as well as cinema itself. Godard's cinematic essay broke…

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