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Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 31, 2018

Adventures of Zatoichi (Zatoichi sekisho yaburi) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Written by Shozaburo Asai; story by Kan Shimozawa 1964/Japan Daiei Studios First viewing/FilmStruck   The presence of actor Shintaro Katsu as the blind swordman ensures that each film in the series will be at least en read more

World Without Sun

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 30, 2018

World Without Sun (Le monde sans soleil) Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau 1964/France/Italy C.E.I.A.P./Filmad/etc. First viewing/YouTube   The undersea documentary started with Cousteau. Legendary oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau  created Continental Shelf Station Two, an early-1960s attemp read more

The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 29, 2018

The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (Il vangelo secondo Matteo) Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini Written by Pier Paolo Pasolini 1964/Italy/France Arco Film/Lux Compagnie Cinematographique de France First viewing/FilmStruck Pasolini presents a beautiful and bleak vision of the life of a very human C read more

Seven Up! (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 28, 2018

Seven Up! Directed by Michael Apted 1964/UK Granada Television Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   Director Michael Apted has made documentaries of the lives of the same English people every seven years for the last six decades.  The beginning was this half-hour TV program. The premise of the docum read more

Band of Outsiders (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 27, 2018

Band of Outsiders (Bande a part) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Written by Jean-Luc Godard from a novel by Dorothy Hitchens 1964/France Columbia Films/Anouchka Films/Orsay Films Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   I have abandoned hope regarding Jean-Luc Godard.  At least this movie has several amusin read more

Send Me No Flowers (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 26, 2018

Send Me No Flowers Directed by Norman Jewison Written by Julius J. Epstein from a play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore 1964/USA Universal Pictures/Martin Melcher Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Not the best of the Hudson-Day films but enjoyable, especially for Tony Randall. George (Rock read more

The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 25, 2018

The Night of the Iguana Directed by John Huston Written by Anthony Veiller and John Huston from a play by Tennessee Williams 1964/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental I expected something heavy and depressing but was pleased to get a poetic black comedy.  John Huston is still batting read more

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 24, 2018

The Masque of the Red Death Directed by Roger Corman Written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell from a story by Edgar Allen Poe 1964/USA Alta Vista Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This has long been my favorite of Corman’s Edgar read more

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 23, 2018

Red-Headed Woman Directed by Jack Conway Written by Anita Loos from the novel by Katherine Bush 1932/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/FilmStruck   Jean Harlow has sex appeal to spare. But her character is pretty unappealing in this one. Lil Andrews (Harlow) has a great body to go with her read more

The Dance of Life (1929)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 22, 2018

The Dance of Life Directed by James Cromwell and A. Edward Sutherland Written by Benjamin Glazer from a play by Arthur Hopkins and George Manker Watters 1929/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/YouTube Contrary to my original belief, not all 1929 musicals are clunky! “Skid” Johnson (Hal read more

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 20, 2018

Cheyenne Autumn Directed by John Ford Written by James R. Webb, suggested by “Cheyenne Autumn” by Mari Sandoz 1964/USA Warner Bros./Ford-Smith Productions First viewing/Netflix rental This beautiful movie represents the peak of John Ford’s later career. It is 1878.  The Cheyenne In read more

First Men in the Moon (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 19, 2018

First Men in the Moon Directed by Nathan Juran Written by Nigel Kneale and Jan Read from a story by H.G. Wells 1964/UK Ameran Films First viewing/Amazon Instant Joseph Cavor: No. No, they detest it! The Grand Lunar: Then if they make war, they are defective. Ray Harryhausen goes Georges Melies one b read more

Yearning (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 18, 2018

Yearning (Midareru) Directed by Mikio Naruse Written by Zenso Matsuyama; story by Mikio Naruse 1964/Japan Toho Company Repeat viewing/FilmStruck   Such a tender and sad film. Reiko (Hideko Hakamine) has run her in-laws’ small grocery store for 18 years – ever since her husband di read more

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 16, 2018

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (Zatoichi senryo-kubi) Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro Written by Shozaburo Asai and Akikazu Ota; story by Kan Shimozawa 1964/Japan Daiei Motion Picture Company First viewing/Film Struck My husband’s eyes always light up when I saw I have a “blind swordsman read more

Gertrud (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 15, 2018

Gertrud Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer Written by Carl. Th. Dreyer from a play by Hjalmar Sodenberg 1964/Denmark Palladium Film Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die   Unbelievable how a story of love, passion, and heartbreak could be so emotionless. In Ge read more

Devil Doll (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2018

Devil Doll Directed by Lindsay Shonteff Written by Ronald Kinnoch, Charles F. Vetter; story by Frederick E. Smith 1964/UK Galaworld Film Productions/Gordon Films First viewing/YouTube One of 1000 on They Shoot Zombies Don’t They? There’s something sort of creepy about ventriloquist read more

Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 13, 2018

Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte Directed by Robert Aldrich Written by Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller 1964/USA The Associates & Aldrich Company First viewing/Netflix rental   More grande dame grand guignol from director Robert Aldrich.  Bette Davis steals the show out from under a dist read more

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 11, 2018

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) Directed by Jacques Demy Written by Jacques Demy 1964/France/West Germany Park Film/Madeleine Films/Beta Film First viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Demy gave us a spectacular Easter basket full of color read more

The Visit (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 10, 2018

The Visit Directed by Bernhard Wicki Written by Ben Barzman and Maurice Valency from a play by Fredrich Durrenmatt 1964/Italy/France/West Germany/USA Cinecitta/Dear Film Produzione/Deutsche Fox/Les Films de Siecle/Productions et Editions Cinematographique Francais/Twentieth Century Fox First view read more

The Naked Kiss (1964)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 9, 2018

The Naked Kiss Directed by Samuel Fuller Written by Samuel Fuller 1956/USA Allied Artists Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Perhaps Fuller’s most gonzo film, the story moves from violence to singing handicapped children and back again in 90 minutes. It proves to be an intoxicating mixt read more
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