1960s in film
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The decade of the 1960s in film involved many significant films.
Trends
- Doctor Zhivago(1965).
- Hammer Horror and Amicus Productions. Other European filmmakers like Mario Bava directed many notable horror films.[1]
- Comedy films became more elaborate, such as The Pink Panther (1963), The President's Analyst (1967), or A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) elevated the concept of a comedy-drama, where the subtle comedy conceals the harsher elements of the drama beneath, and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964) set a new standard for satire by turning a story about nuclear holocaust into a sophisticated black comedy.
- Beyond the trenchcoat[clarification needed] and film noir, spy films expanded with worldly settings and hi-tech gadgets, such as the James Bond films Dr. No (1962) or Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). This Spy mania extended throughout the world with many countries notably Italy and Spain producing many of their own fantastical spy films.[2]
- Similar to Ocean's Eleven (1960), Topkapi (1964) or The Thomas Crown Affair(1968).
- The spaghetti westerns (made in Italy and Spain), were typified by Clint Eastwood films, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965) or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Several other American and Italian actors were also prominent in such westerns including Lee Van Cleef and Franco Nero.
- Aleksandr Roudirecting many such films.
- The highly-influential science-fiction films Alphaville (1965) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) explored the concept of a malign artificial intelligence, a theme which later science fiction culture would develop.[3]
Beginning in the middle of the decade due to the start of the cultural revolution and the abolition of the Hays Code (which had largely been abandoned at the start of the decade), films became increasingly experimental and daring and were taking shape of what was to define the latter half of the decade as well as the 1970s.
Lists of films
See also
- Film, History of film, Lists of films
- Popular culture: 1960s in television
References
- ^ "10 Essential Mario Bava Films Every Horror Fan Should See". Taste of Cinema. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20.
- . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (6 November 2021). "Streaming: the best films about artificial intelligence and robots". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 3 February 2022.