Category Archives: Movie

The Newsreel

Posted on March 25, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Newsreel, most frequently called Newsreel, was an American filmmaking collective founded in New York City in late 1967. In keeping with the radical student/youth, antiwar and Black power movements of the time, the group explicitly described its purpose as … Continue reading →

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Enragés and Situationists in the Occupation Movement: Paris, May, 1968 – René Vienet

Posted on March 14, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Revolutionary Space: The Situationist Excursions of 1968 – “A map of the fifth arrondissement of Paris, dated May 10th 1968, shows Rue Gay-Lussac and numerous streets south of Place du Panthéon blocked by black lines. Appearing in an account of … Continue reading →

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1960 Film Scores: European Films

Posted on March 13, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

La Dolce Vita – Federico Fellini (1960) “The previous article in the series about music in 1960 covered soundtracks for American films released that year. It was indeed a great year for music made for the movies, and not only … Continue reading →

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The Imagination of Disaster by Susan Sontag (1965), When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster By A.O. Scott (2023)

Posted on February 26, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Ours is indeed an age of extremity. For we live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows … Continue reading →

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Tristana – Luis Buñuel (1970)

Posted on February 21, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The journal entry above, dated October 4, 1969, was written during the second week of shooting Tristana (1970), Catherine Deneuve’s second—and final—collaboration with Luis Buñuel after the enormous success of Belle de Jour (1967). Abounding in bizarre detail, the jotting succinctly … Continue reading →

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Vittorio De Sica – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

Posted on January 24, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), winner of the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Film, is a trio of stories directed by Vittorio De Sica in the omnibus fashion so popular at the time (just the year prior, he had contributed … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock/Truffaut by François Truffaut (1966)

Posted on January 13, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Film fans of a certain age, and some of them are certainly represented and name-checked in the film, will immediately recognize the true subject of the new documentary by Kent Jones, Hitchcock/Truffaut . It’s not a dual biography of the … Continue reading →

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How Marlon Brando nearly missed his defining role

Posted on January 11, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando and Tennessee Williams on the set of Fugitive Kind in 1959 “… Marlon Brando, who was 23 years old, had appeared without much critical attention in five Broadway plays. He was a beautiful, brooding specimen: mercurial, … Continue reading →

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Repertory Movie Theaters of New York City: Havens for Revivals, Indies and the Avant-Garde, 1960-1994

Posted on December 22, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Ben Davis’ excellent new book thoroughly explores the history, culture and importance of the repertory movie theaters that influenced the art film scene in New York City from the 1960s into the 1990s. In this well organized and impressively researched … Continue reading →

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Isadora – Karel Reisz (1968)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Isadora (also known as The Loves of Isadora) is a 1968 biographical drama film directed by Karel Reisz from a screenplay written by Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, and Clive Exton adapted from the books My Life by Isadora Duncan and … Continue reading →

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