Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Lilies of the Field (1963)- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier - Helping to repair a chapel for a convent of German nuns and rewarded with an Oscar for Best Actor, this sees Sidney Poitier giving one of his quieter…
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…
Live it Up! (Sing and Swing) (1963)- Dir. Lance Comfort
Feat. David Hemmings - Low–budget, but historically fascinating musical wraps some great mid–60s pop music around its slender plot. Hemmings plays a…
Lord of the Flies (1963)- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin… - The chilling original screen adaptation of William Golding's novel about a gang of schoolboys stranded on a desert island, whose instinctive…
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…
Martin Scorsese's Short Films (What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?; It’s Not Just You, Murray; The Big Shave; Italianamerican; American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince) (1963-78)- Dir. Martin Scorsese
- Four early short films and one documentary from the man widely regarded as the best living filmmaker. Includes: – What’s a Nice Girl Like…
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…
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