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Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 20, 2016
Samurai Vendetta (Hakuôki) Directed by Kazuo Mori Written by Kosuke Gomi and Daisuke Ito 1959/Japan Daiei Studios First viewing/Amazon Instant This is notable mostly for its swordplay. Nakayama Yasube is one of the 47 Loyal Ronin. It is helpful but not essential to be acquainted with that read more
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 19, 2016
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben) Directed by Frank Wisbar Written by Frank Dimen, Heinz Schröter, and Frank Wisbar from a novel by Fritz Wöss 1959/West Germany Deutsche Film Hansa First viewing/YouTube This is the story of the German 6th ArmyR read more
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 18, 2016
Suddenly, Last Summer
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams from a play by Williams
1959/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation/Horizon Pictures/Academy Pictures Corporation/Camp Films
First viewing/Netflix rental I don’t know how or why I avoided t read more
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 18, 2016
The Angry Red Planet
Directed by Ib Melchior
Written by Ib Melchior and Sidney W. Pink
1959/USA
American International Pictures/Sino
First viewing/Amazon Prime This movie is a lot of boring build-up to some bad matte paintings and a bat/spider puppet. The first mission to Mars has been lost for o read more
Third Man on the Mountain (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 17, 2016
Third Man on the Mountain
Directed by Ken Annakin
Written by Eleanore Griffin from a book by James Ramsey Ullman
1959/USA/UK
Walt Disney Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental Lizbeth Hempel: Yes. Or of a dishwasher, or a hotel proprietor. But never the wife of a hotel proprietor who wanted to read more
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 15, 2016
Last Train from Gun Hill
Directed by John Sturges
Written by James Poe; story by James Poe
1959/USA
Bryna Productions/Hal Wallis Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant This superior Western boasts an outstanding cast. As the film begins, a couple of young hoodlum types harass a Cherokee read more
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 15, 2016
A Bucket of Blood Directed by Roger Corman Written by Charles B. Griffith 1959/USA Alta Vista Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Roger Corman’s send-up of the beat generation has laughs and little blood. Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is the squarest bus boy Leonard de Santis cou read more
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 14, 2016
Hiroshima mon amour
Directed by Alain Resnais
Written by Marguerite Duras
1959/France/Japan
Argos Films/Como Films/Daiei Studios/Pathe Entertainment
First viewing/Netflix rental
#358 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Alain Resnais’ debut feature is an exquisite meditation on loss a read more
The Hideous Sun Demon (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 14, 2016
The Hideous Sun Demon
Directed by Robert Clarke and Tom Boutross
Written by E.S. Seeley Jr. and Doane R. Hoag from an original idea by Robert Clarke and Phil Hiner
1959/USA
Clarke-King Enterprises
Repeat viewing/YouTube Strange Pursuit, The pursuit of love, Has me breathless with a burning read more
1959
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 13, 2016
In 1959: The term “New Wave” (La Nouvelle Vague) was coined. These inexpensive French films of the late 50s were typified by the use of the jump cut, the hand-held camera, natural lighting, non-linear storytelling, on-location shooting, and loose, improvised direction and editing. Fren read more
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 12, 2016
The Old Man and the Sea
Directed by John Sturges
Written by Peter Viertel from the novel by Ernest Hemingway
1958/USA
Leland Hayward Productions/Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental The best part was listening to Spencer Tracy’s voice-over of Hemingway’s glorious prose. The story read more
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 11, 2016
The Defiant Ones
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Written by Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith
1958/USA
Curtleigh Productions/Stanley Kramer Productions
Repeat viewing/My DVD collection
#345 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Sheriff Max Muller: The warden’s got a sense of humor. Chain read more
The Woman Eater (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 10, 2016
The Woman Eater (“Womaneater”) Directed by Charles Saunders Written by Brandon Fleming 1958/UK Fortress Film Productions Ltd. First viewing/YouTube By 1958, George Coulouris was specializing in B movies and TV. He gives this dreary skid-row British production just a bit of class. Mad read more
Le beau Serge (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 9, 2016
Le beau Serge Directed by Claude Chabrol Written by Claude Chabrol 1958/France Ajym Films/Cooperative Generale du Cinema Francais First viewing/Hulu François Baillou: I don’t know. That’s why I’m waiting. A do-gooder gets his comeuppance in Chabrol’s directorial debut. Aft read more
A Night to Remember (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 8, 2016
A Night to Remember Directed by Roy Ward Baker Written Eric Ambler from a book by Walter Lord 1958/UK The Rank Organization Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Forever the best of the Titanic movies in my book. This tells the same story as James Cameron’s more famous 1997 Titanic, minus the frami read more
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 7, 2016
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman “Nathan Hertz” (alias for Nathan Juran) Written by Mark Hanna 1958/USA Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc. First viewing/Amazon Instant This is a shoe-in for the coveted Best Bad Film of 1958 award. Nancy Archer is fabulously wealthy and the owner of the giganti read more
Something exciting for U.S. movie-lovers
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 6, 2016
I subscribe to the Criterion Collection newsletter and have breaking news. The collection is moving to Filmstruck, a new streaming service, from its current home on Hulu. The new service will be co-curated by Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies and will focus on hard-to-find films. For read more
South Pacific (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 5, 2016
South Pacific
Directed by Joshua Logan
Written by Paul Osborn based on the play by Oscar Hammerstein III and the novel by James Michener
1958/USA
Magna Carta Theatre Corporation/South Pacific Enterprises/Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/A read more
King Creole (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 3, 2016
King Creole Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Herbert Baker and Michael V. Gazzo from a novel by Harold Robbins 1958/USA Wallis-Hazen First viewing/Netflix rental Elvis was still making A movies with this one. The director, co-stars, and music are first class. Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley) ca read more
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 2, 2016
It Happened in Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag)
Directed by Ladislao Vajda
Written by Friedrich Durrenmatt, Hans Jacoby and Ladislao Vajda from Durrenmatt’s novel
1958/Switzerland/West Germany/Spain
Praesens Film/Central Film Company Film/Chamartin Producciones y Distribuciones read more