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Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Interesting, and at times, amusing. An original idea for a feature film/documentary. I can see how this film established many modern film techniques and conventions. Interestingly, the movie within the movie was deemed a failure, but the movie in its entirety was a commercial success.
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The Hustler (1961)
The same “hustler gets outhustled and loses his girl in the process” premise as White Men Can’t Jump. What’s the point of the girl having a bad leg? I wanted more or none of George C. Scott flirting with the woman. They kinda skirted around it, but it could have…
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The Innocents (1961)
Your basic story about possessed kiddies in a haunted English castle. A few freaky parts, but kinda boring slow overall. I couldn’t believe the kid kissed the woman, and I really couldn’t believe when the woman kissed the kid. I love that spontaneous brow sweat characters develop when they get…
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West Side Story (1961)
It was a very well-made movie (except for the bad job in sound editing and song dubbing), and I can recognize it is a classic musical, but I just didn’t enjoy the film very much. What can I say? I’m not a musical person. The story was pretty good, but…
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The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Bunuel is an intelligent filmmaker with a good sense of humor, but very weird. Bad subtitles. They weren’t there 1/2 the time and were really hard to read (white on white).
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
A battle of screen legends. How often does that happen? The same appeal as the Cartoon Olympics of the 80’s. Cheesy, but the cheese gives it flavor. Slow.
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
A few cool scenes, but not too exciting to watch. A few very violent scenes for a movie this old. Kinda like Nikita, where the government keeps a person alive to serve them.
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8½ (1963)
There’s some guilt when I don’t appreciate the movies that film school says I should. Not too sure what the this one was about. A writer goes on to direct films with a few biographical flashbacks? Kubrickian at times. Freaky beginning. The hanging was funny. That “asa nisi masa” thing…
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
A lot of interesting points are made. Like a lot of James Cameron’s films, a wonderful and fearful look at the technological future. Peter Sellers looked cool and was great.
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Goldfinger (1964)
OK, seems to have served as inspiration for later Bond movies and other action films. Similar car chase and ending as Goldeneye. The beginning sequence and encased nuclear bomb later appeared in True Lies. Arnie also seems to have adopted some of Connery’s snappy one-liners. Why were all of the…
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