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Belle de jour (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 19, 2019
Belle de jour Directed by Luis Buñuel Written by Joseph Kessel, Luis Buñuel, and Jean-Claude Carriere 1967/France Robert and Raymond Hakim/Paris Film Productions/Five Film Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Odd that one of Buñuel’s most mainstr read more
Dragon Inn (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 18, 2019
Dragon Inn (Long men kezhan)
Directed by King Hu
Written by King Hu
1967/Taiwan
Union Film Company
First viewing/Criterion Channel This seminal entry in the wuxia genre of cinema delights with non-stop action and extravagant use of color, design, and score. The plot is intricate but following read more
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 3, 2019
Son of Godzilla (Kaijuto no kessen:Gojiro no musuko)
Directed by Jun Fukuda
Written by Shinichi Sekizawa and Kaue Shinba
1967/Japan
Tojo Company
First viewing/Criterion Channe This was perfectly entertaining fluff for a day mostly spent packing. Japanese scientists seem to be attracted to is read more
Japan’s Longest Day (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 29, 2019
Japan’s Longest Day (Nihon no ichiban naga hi) Directed by Kihachi Okamoto Written by Shinobu Hashimoto from a book by Soichi Oya 1967/Japan Toho Company First viewing/Netflix It takes real talent to make a nailbiter when the entire audience knows the eventual outcome. True tension and read more
Scattered Clouds (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 27, 2019
Scattered Clouds (Midaregumo) Directed by Mikio Naruse Written by Nobuo Yamada 1967/Japan Toho Company First viewing/Criterion Channel A beautiful tearjerker that earns every one of its tears. Yumiko and her husband have an idyllic life. They are madly in love and newly pregnant. He works fo read more
Playtime (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 20, 2019
Playtime
Directed by Jacques Tati
Written by Jacques Tati and Jacques Lagrange
1967/France
Specta Films/Jolly Film
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Since the days of Mon Oncle (1958), Paris has become one huge mid-century modernist nightmare that might hav read more
Warrendale (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 17, 2019
Warrendale Directed by Allan King Canada/1967 Allan King Associates for Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Repeat viewing/Criterion Channel Sans voice over narration, this documentary examines seven weeks at Warrendale, a home for emotionally disturbed children outside Toronto, Canada. Along with read more
The X from Outer Space (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 15, 2019
The X from Outer Space (Uchu daikaiju Girara)
Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu
Written by Moriyoshi Ishida, Eibi Motomochi, and Kazui Nihonmatsu
1967/Japan
Shochiku
Repeat viewing/Criterion Channel Some days nothing will do but inane, cheesy, unintentionally hilarious Japanese sci-fi with stupid read more
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 12, 2019
Up the Down Staircase Directed by Robert Mulligan Tad Mosel from the novel by Bel Kaufman 1967/US Park Place Production First viewing?/Amazon Instant Loved the book. Not so keen on the movie. It is Sylvia Barrett’s (Sandy Dennis) first year as a high-school English teacher. She happen read more
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 9, 2019
The One-Armed Swordsman
Directed by Cheh Chang
Written by Cheh Chang and Kuang Ni
Hong Kong/1967
Shaw Brothers
First viewing/Amazon Prime Japan has its blind swordsman Zatoichi, to whom I have formed some sort of addiction. The logical next step is Hong Kong’s one-armed swordsman. And read more
Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 7, 2019
Les demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Written by Jacques Demy
1967/France
Parc Film/Madeleine Films
First viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Solange: No. Delphine: Then how did you know he was an American? Jacques Demy read more
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 29, 2019
Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told Directed by Jack Hill Written by Jack Hill 1967/USA Lasky-Monka First viewing/Amazon Prime One of 1000 Movies on They Shoot Zombies, Don’t They? Watched this in hopes of a so-bad-its-good movie. Surprised at how down-right entertaining it was read more
The Whisperers (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 27, 2019
The Whisperers Directed by Bryan Forbes Written by Bryan Forbes from a novel by Robert Nicolson 1967/UK Seven Pines First viewing/Amazon Prime Great, sensitive performance from Dame Edith Evans in a well-made film. Bit of a misery sandwich though. Margaret Ross lives a lonely life in her two read more
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 25, 2019
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Directed by David Swift
Written by David Swift from the Broadway musical by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert and the novel by Shepherd Mead
1967/USA
The Mirisch Corporation
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant I was looking for a movie that w read more
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 24, 2019
Bonnie and Clyde Directed by Arthur Penn Written by David Newman and Robert Benton 1967/US Warner Brothers/Seven Arts; Tatira-Hiller Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Did this change Hollywood films forever or just for the next ten years? Was read more
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 22, 2019
To Sir, with Love
Directed by James Clavell
Written by James Clavell from a novel by John R. Stone
1967/UK
Columbia British Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental The surroundings have dated but Sidney Poitier is forever. Mark Thakeray (Poitier) is an unemployed engineer who finds work tea read more
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 20, 2019
Wait Until Dark Directed by Terence Young Robert Carrington and Jane Howard-Hammerstein from a play by Frederick Knott 1967/US Warner Bros. Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This movie has lost none of its gripping terror since original release. And what a great cast! A young beauty transports heroin read more
The Producers (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 17, 2019
The Producers
Directed by Mel Brooks
Written by Mel Brooks
1967/US
Crossbow Productions/Springtime Productions/U-M Productions
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Like his later films, Mel Brooks’s film debut is totally over-the-top – and v read more
Rush to Judgement (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 16, 2019
Rush to Judgement Directed by Emile de Antonio Written by Mark Lane 1967/US Judgement Films First viewing/You Tube Interesting documentary that raises more questions about the Kennedy Assassination than it answers. Author Mark Lane interviews many eyewitnesses to the assassination. Some are certain read more
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 15, 2019
The Dirty Dozen
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Written by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller from a novel by E.M. Nathanson
1967/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/MKH/Seven Arts Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Remains a fun action adventure after all these years, largely due to a collection of the read more