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Subgenre Sampler
Doulos, Le (The Finger Man) (1963)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani - Eschewing the French New Wave movement in favour of homage to the then ‘passe’ genre of film noir, dir. Jean–Pierre Melville adds shades of…
Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni - Fellini's most revered film is a self–analytical exercise casting Marcello Mastroianni as a troubled director trapped by his own visions and…
Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città) (1963)- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti - An astute and ever–pertinent story of political corruption in post–World War II Italy starring Rod Steiger as a ruthless developer and…
High and Low (1963)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune - Adapted from a crime–novel by Ed McBain, this kidnapping–thriller is a central work in dir. Kurosawa’s series of film noirs, combining…
Insect Woman, The (1963)- Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Sachiko Hidari, Masumi Harukawa, Emiko Aizawa - The social upheaval of Japanese life between the wars is examined through the eyes of a struggling but resilient women in a poor farming village. The…
Judex (1963)- Dir. Georges Franju
Feat. Edith Scob, Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé - Georges Franju's magical remake of Louis Feuillade’s 1916 serial, in which a masked crime fighter seeks revenge on a corrupt banker. A lyrical…
Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within) (1963)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Alexandra Stewart - Brilliantly measured account of an alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) who makes a final social round to find reason why he should not take his own life. Rich…
Le Mepris (Contempt) (1963)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang - An insecure screen–writer struggles with vulgar producers as well as his movie–star wife on the set of Homer's Odyssey. Brigitte Bardot,…
Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (1963)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale… - An Italian classic, concerning the decline of the 19th century Sicilian aristocracy – represented by Burt Lancaster– that fulfils its…
Little Soldier, The (Petit soldat, Le) (1963)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina, Michel Subor - Unheralded Godard sidebar has Michel Subor attempting to assassinate an Algerian sympathizer – if he can resist the charms of left–winger…
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