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Subgenre Sampler
World of Suzie Wong, The (1960)- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. William Holden, Nancy Kwan - Aspiring artist William Holden courts the Chinese prostitute of the title (Nancy Kwan) in 1950s Hong Kong. Lukewarm dramatically, but with some…
Young One, The (La Joven; White Trash) (1960)- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton - Bunuel’s English–language feature masterfully unfurls the quandary between a young girl and an itinerant black musician unjustly accused of…
Zazie Dans Le Metro (Zazie in the Underground) (1960)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret - Anarchistic comedy drops the impudent 11yr old Zazie into the care of Uncle Phillipe Noiret and the whirlygig chaos of modern Paris. Adapted from…
39 Steps, The (1959)- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Kenneth More, Taina Elg - Colour copy of Hitchcock's spy thriller, this time with Kenneth More and Taina Elg as the innocents entangled in Scottish intrigue.
400 Blows, The (1959)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy… - Truffaut's first film rocketed him to fame as some kind of New Wave radical, but at a second glance this story of a teenage delinquent thrown in and…
4D Man (1959)- Dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth
Feat. Robert Lansing - Sullen scientist Robert Lansing becomes greedy and homicidal after being charged with the ability to pass through solid matter. A certain…
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1959)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger… - Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department – with Jean–Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive,…
Adventures Of Antoine Doinel, The (400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, Love on the Run) (1959-1979)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud - Francois Truffaut's most enduring cinematic creation, the irrepressible Antoine Doinel (played synonymously by Jean–Pierre Leaud) is…
Al Capone (1959)- Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory… - Rod Steiger is a belligerent Scarface in this throwback to the 30s gangster films.
Amants, Les (Lovers, The) (1959)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny - This helped push the envelope of frank sexuality in cinema and made a star of Jeanne Moreau, as the rich, bored housewife whose extra–marital…
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