Best Films of the 60's
Submitted by AfterHours on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 14:56
Tags:
- 9/10
- Persona-Bergman (1966)
- The Wild Bunch-Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes]
- 2001: A Space Odyssey-Kubrick (1968)
- Blow Up-Antonioni (1966)
- 8 1/2-Fellini (1963)
- Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte-Aldrich (1965)
- 8/10
- Rosemary's Baby-Polanski (1968)
- Psycho-Hitchcock (1960)
- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?-Aldrich (1962)
- 7.5/10
- Andrei Rublev-Tarkovsky (1966)
- Splendor in the Grass-Kazan (1961)
- Marnie-Hitchcock (1964)
- Viridiana-Bunuel (1961)
- Belle de Jour-Bunuel (1967)
- Play Time-Tati (1967)
- La Dolce Vita-Fellini (1960)
- The Birds-Hitchcock (1963)
- Repulsion-Polanski (1965)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance-Ford (1962)
- Dr. Strangelove-Kubrick (1964)
- The Exterminating Angel-Bunuel (1962)
- Secret Ceremony-Losey (1968)
- Night of the Living Dead-Romero (1968)
- Shame-Bergman (1968)
- Faces-Cassavettes (1968)
- Jules & Jim-Truffaut (1961)
- Once Upon A Time In The West-Leone (1968)
- Peeping Tom-Powell (1960)
I would absolutely suggest Once Upon a Time in the West. Also Bonnie and Clyde and L'Aventurra and maybe Weekend.
Still need to see Once Upon a Time... I rate L'Aventurra a high 7 (maybe 7.5). Weekend is a another close call--probably a 7.5--I think I'll add it now, thanks. I'm pretty sure I've seen Bonnie & Clyde but it's been forever if I have, and I'd need to rewatch it to assign a rating.
Pierrot Le Fou is another close one from Godard. I rate it a high 7 for now, but I'd like to see it again.
Ummmm...how did I forget Last Year at Marienbad??? It should've been on here years ago...
8 1/2 as an 8/10? I think it's more of an 8.5/10...
I can totally see where you're coming from (I had it as a 9 for ages, then 8.5, and recently an 8). But my recent rewatching of many films over the past weeks/months (from 7.5 - 9.5) heightened my "accuracy" (within my own criteria, so I don't mean this in an objective way). Especially my run through my 9's made me realize I'd overrated several films. If I view some films that are similar/comparable in various ways to 8 1/2 from my 9's, such as The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Nashville, Mirror, Underground, it's very easy for me to say these are quite a bit superior to it(much more emotionally resonant/significant). If I take some of the 8's that are similar/comparable in various ways, such as Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The City of Lost Children, 8 1/2 is more at home, being a little better than those.
Oh goodness... I just realized how pun-worthy your statement was. Was that intentional?
Yes, I confess, the pun was intentional. The fact that you gave an elaborate, well-thought out reply to my lame pun only makes it more profound. Oat Tiller would be proud.
Yea, I really oat to tell him about it one of these days