1960s: Kubrick, Independent Film-Making And Other Stars On The Rise
Created: October 2006
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Psycho (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological horror-thriller film which set the standard for all modern horror films. It terrified the audience and featured Bernard Herrman’s memorable score with piercing violins as well as the famous shower scene.
Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological horror-thriller film which set the standard for all modern horror films. It terrified the audience and featured Bernard Herrman’s memorable score with piercing violins as well as the famous shower scene.
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Spartacus (1960)
It was originally directed by Anthony Mann, but Stanley Kubrick was brought in to salvage the remains of this epic costume drama. Kubrick was able to avoid Hollywood almost completely afterwards, and began to direct movies on his own.
It was originally directed by Anthony Mann, but Stanley Kubrick was brought in to salvage the remains of this epic costume drama. Kubrick was able to avoid Hollywood almost completely afterwards, and began to direct movies on his own.
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The Great Escape (1963)
An acclaimed World War Two movie directed by John Sturges and starring Steve McQueen, which is based on a true story about Allied prisoners of war with a record for escaping from prison camps. When the Nazis placed them in a new more secure camp, they formed a plan to break out as much as 250 men.
An acclaimed World War Two movie directed by John Sturges and starring Steve McQueen, which is based on a true story about Allied prisoners of war with a record for escaping from prison camps. When the Nazis placed them in a new more secure camp, they formed a plan to break out as much as 250 men.
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as the man with no name. It was the first spaghetti western and the first collaboration between Leone and Eastwood.
Directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as the man with no name. It was the first spaghetti western and the first collaboration between Leone and Eastwood.
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Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
Produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, it is a brilliant and satirical black comedy dealing with Cold War politics that features an accidental pre-emptive nuclear attack. The film cuts back and forth between three main set locations, each with their own characteristics; a locked office in an Air Force command base, the cramped flight deck interior of a B-52 bomber, as well as a huge underground War Room where the US President has convened his advisory staff. “Dr. Strangelove” is most memorable for Peter Seller’s masterful performances of no less than three different roles; an eccentric German scientist, the US president, and a geeky British Exchange Programme officer. The movie became even more plausible after the assassination of JFK, and the nuclear arms race.
Produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, it is a brilliant and satirical black comedy dealing with Cold War politics that features an accidental pre-emptive nuclear attack. The film cuts back and forth between three main set locations, each with their own characteristics; a locked office in an Air Force command base, the cramped flight deck interior of a B-52 bomber, as well as a huge underground War Room where the US President has convened his advisory staff. “Dr. Strangelove” is most memorable for Peter Seller’s masterful performances of no less than three different roles; an eccentric German scientist, the US president, and a geeky British Exchange Programme officer. The movie became even more plausible after the assassination of JFK, and the nuclear arms race.
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Bullitt (1968)
Starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset with Robert Duvall in this action crime thriller. It is one of the first modern cop movies and is famous for the legendary car chase through San Fransisco where the cars would reach speeds over over 110mph.
Starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset with Robert Duvall in this action crime thriller. It is one of the first modern cop movies and is famous for the legendary car chase through San Fransisco where the cars would reach speeds over over 110mph.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Another vastly different movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. It reinvented the science fiction genre and introduced the character HAL, a computer that could speak, see, hear, and think like its human colleagues on board a spaceship, as well as great special effects of outer space by Douglas Trumbull.
Another vastly different movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. It reinvented the science fiction genre and introduced the character HAL, a computer that could speak, see, hear, and think like its human colleagues on board a spaceship, as well as great special effects of outer space by Douglas Trumbull.
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Easy Rider (1969)
Dennis Hopper’s directorial debut marked the establishment of low-budget independent film-making in Hollywood. Its huge success shook up the major Hollywood studios. This movement would last through the next decade. The iconic film was actually minimal in terms of its plot and is memorable as an image of the culture at the time, and is about the journey of two drug-crazed bikers driving eastward through America.
Dennis Hopper’s directorial debut marked the establishment of low-budget independent film-making in Hollywood. Its huge success shook up the major Hollywood studios. This movement would last through the next decade. The iconic film was actually minimal in terms of its plot and is memorable as an image of the culture at the time, and is about the journey of two drug-crazed bikers driving eastward through America.
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Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
A charming and amusing drama of the friendship shared between two buddies who are leaders of a gang. Starring Paul Newman as Sundance, who is all action, and with Robert Redford as Butch Cassidy, who is more of a thinker. The law is coming too close on their tail after a series of bank and train robberies, so they decide to flee to Bolivia, hoping to find better luck there. Director George Roy Hill focuses on the misadventures of the two heroes by using slapstick humour, conventional action, and poke fun at typical western film cliches. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four Oscars.
A charming and amusing drama of the friendship shared between two buddies who are leaders of a gang. Starring Paul Newman as Sundance, who is all action, and with Robert Redford as Butch Cassidy, who is more of a thinker. The law is coming too close on their tail after a series of bank and train robberies, so they decide to flee to Bolivia, hoping to find better luck there. Director George Roy Hill focuses on the misadventures of the two heroes by using slapstick humour, conventional action, and poke fun at typical western film cliches. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four Oscars.