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Subgenre Sampler
Shop on High Street, The (The Shop on Main Street) (1965)
- Dir. Jan Kadar
- A key film of the Czech film renaissance of the 1960s, that explores 'everyday fascism' through the story of a Jewish shopkeeper who mistakes her…
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1965)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Joseph Gehrard, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey - The life of a Parisian prostitute, analysing the likes of women, language, western society as well as cinema itself. Godard's cinematic essay broke…
Bande a Part (Band of Outsiders) (1964)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey - One of the dir.’s more accessible films follows the carefree criminal adventures of Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey, while still…
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Georges Geret, Michel Piccoli - Maid Jeanne Moreau manipulates two blue–blooded households to ascend her status in pre–war France. Another shrewd political jape from the…
Gertrud (1964)- Dir. Carl Dreyer
- Exploring similar territory to fellow Scandinavian Ingmar Bergman, Dreyer's final film is an intense psychological study about a middle–aged…
Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini - Acted entirely by non–professionals, this is a startlingly visual rendering of the biblical text, blending breath–taking photography with…
Kwaidan (1964)- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratana, Misako Watanabe - A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…
Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio All'italiana) (1964)- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren - This hilarious marriage farce features Sophia Loren as a long–suffering unwedded woman: on her deathbed, she convinces the commitment–shy…
Onibaba (the Hole) (1964)
- Dir. Kaneto Shindo
Feat. Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura - An eerie, brazenly sensual medieval folk tale about a mother and daughter–in–law who kill just to survive and eventually turn on each…
Red Desert (il Deserto Rosso) (1964)- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Monica Vitti, Richard Harris - Housewife Monica Vitti embarks on a casual affair with Richard Harris following a nervous breakdown. Set amidst an oppressive industrial landscape,…
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