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Becket (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 13, 2018
Becket
Directed by Peter Glenville
Written by Edward Anhalt from a play by Jean Anouih as translated by Lucienne Hill
1964/USA/UK
Wallis-Hazen/Paramount Film Service/Keep Films
First viewing/Netflix rental Despite the spectacular production values and fine acting, this really wasn’t for me. read more
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 11, 2018
Girl with Green Eyes Directed by Desmond Davis Written by Edna O’Brien from her novel 1964/UK Woodfall Film Productions First viewing/FilmStruck I could watch Rita Tushingham’s expressive face all day. The film is set in Dublin and environs. Kate Brady (Tushingham) and Baba Br read more
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 10, 2018
Guns at Batasi
Directed by John Guillermin
Written by Robert Holles, Leo Marks, and Marshall Pugh from Holles’s novel
1964/UK
Twentieth Century Fox/George H. Brown Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental Richard Attenborough had two great performances in very different roles in 1964 – read more
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 9, 2018
Viva Las Vegas Directed by George Sidney Written by Sally Benson !964/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing?/Netflix rental If you are looking for your first Elvis movie this would be a good place to start. Has Elvis being Elvis but WOW that Ann-Margret! Lucky Jackson (Elvis Presley) makes his read more
Bedtime Story (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 8, 2018
Bedtime Story
Directed by Ralph Levy
Written by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning
1964/USA
Pennebaker Productions/The Lankershim Company/Universal Pictures
First viewing/YouTube Despite the promising cast, this sex comedy fell flat for me. Lawrence Jameson (David Niven) has spent years perf read more
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 7, 2018
A Hard Day’s Night
Directed by Richard Lester
Written by Alun Owen
1964/UK
Walter Shenson Films/Proscenium Films/Maljack Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Still a Beatlemaniac after all these years! This is the filmmakers’ idea of read more
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 6, 2018
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
Written by Herschell Gordon Lewis
1964/USA
Jacqueline Kay/Friedman-Lewis Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental Tom White: It means this centennial is a centennial of blood vengeance! It means… It means we’re here to be killed! T read more
Black Like Me (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 5, 2018
Black Like Me Directed by Carl Lerner Written by Carl and Gerda Lerner from a book by John Howard Griffin 1964/USA The Hilltop Company First viewing/YouTube This the true story of a white reporter who chemically changed the color of his skin so he could experience life for Black people in read more
Lady in a Cage (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 4, 2018
Lady in a Cage
Directed by Walter Grauman
Written by Luther Davis
1964/USA
AEC/Luther Davis Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant Home invasion movies didn’t start with Funny Games. Here poor Olivia De Havilland is at the mercy of the scum of the earth. Mrs. Cornelia Hilyard (De Havillan read more
The Train (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 3, 2018
The Train
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Written by Franklin Coehn and Frank Davis from a novel by Rose Valland1964/France/Italy/USA
Les Films Ariane/Les Productions Artistes Associes/Dear Film Produzione
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental An action-packed winner for when you are in the mood for read more
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 2, 2018
Diary of a Chambermaid Directed by Luís Buñuel Written by Luís Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carriere from a novel by Octave Mirbeau 1964/France/Italy Repeat viewing/Netflix rental I was underwhelmed by Luis Buñuel’s remake of Jean Renoir 1946 film of the same name. Parisienne chambermaid read more
Fail-Safe (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 31, 2018
Fail-Safe Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Walter Bernstein from a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler 1964/USA Columbia Pictures Incorporated First viewing/Netflix rental Something must have been in the water in 1964. The public got not one but two apocalyptic thrillers. Dr. Strangelove read more
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 30, 2018
Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna)
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Written by Kobo Abe ad Eiko Yoshida from Abe’s novel
1964/Japan
Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd./Teshigahara Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This erotic, thought-provoking, be read more
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 28, 2018
The World of Henry Orient Directed by George Roy Hill Written by Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson from Nora Johnson’s novel 1964/USA Pan Arts Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant I first saw this in the theater as a pre-teen. This coming-of-age comedy holds up well into adulthood. Thirteen-year- read more
Murder Ahoy (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 27, 2018
Murder Ahoy
Directed by George Pollock
Written by David Pursall and George Seddon
1964/UK
Lawrence P. Bachmann Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
First viewing/Netflix rental The last of Margaret Rutherford’s four Miss Marple films is as fun as the first. Miss Marple (Ruthe read more
Pale Flower (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 26, 2018
Pale Flower (Kawaita hana)
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Written by Masaru Baba and Masahiro Shinoda from a novel by Shintaro Ishihara
1964/Japan
Bungei Production Ninjin Club
First viewing/FilmStruck The style is is some of the most striking of the Japanese New Wave. Gangster Muraki is rel read more
Dead Ringer (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 25, 2018
Dead Ringer
Directed by Paul Henreid
Written by Albert Beich and Oscar Millard from a story by Rian James
1964/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental Bette Davis never ever lost her acting chops. Margaret De Lorca and Edith Phillips are identical twins (both played by Davis). Margaret is read more
Point of Order! (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 24, 2018
Point of Order! Directed by Emile de Antonio 1964/USA Point Films First viewing/YouTube IMDb Plot Summary: Point of Order is compiled from TV footage of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, in which the Army accused Senator McCarthy of improperly pressuring the Army for special privileges for Pr read more
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 23, 2018
The Pawnbroker
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin from a novel by Edward Lewis Wallant
1964/USA
Landau Company/The Pawnbroker Company
First viewing/Netflix rental Jesus Ortiz: Then, Mr. Teacher, ain’t there nothing you do believe in? Sol Nazerman: Money. R read more
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 22, 2018
Blood and Black Lace (6 donne per l’assassino)
Directed by Mario Bava
Written by Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, and Mario Bava
1964/Italy/France/Monaco/West Germany
Emmepi Cinematographia/Les Productions Georges de Beauregard/Monachia Film
First viewing/Netflix rental Can a slasher fil read more