| Title |
Director
/ Actors / Writer / Producer |
Description |
Buy
at Amazon USA or UK
|
Suggested
By
|
| Blow
Up (1966) |
d.
Michelangelo
Antonioni
a.
David Hemmings, Jane Birkin, Vanessa Redgrave
|
For someone starting a cultural
collection of British swinging 60's Arthouse movies this classic
combined with other titles such as The Prisoner, Up the Junction
and If, would be a good start.... The memorable atmosphere of
the eerie wind blown park scenes linger forever.
|
USA
UK
|
L-G
|
| gThe
Great Race (1965) |
d.
Blake
Edwards
a.
Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk
|
Wacky Races on speed and obviously
the movie that inspired the cartoons. Completely potty from
start to finishing post. They don't make 'em like this anymore,
etc. etc.
|
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| How
To Steal A Million (1966) |
d.
William
Wyler
a.
Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole
w.
Harry Kurnitz
|
Starring
the jet set princess of Pink Champagne comedy. Some nice lines
and subtle comic character studies. Set in a Paris we all like
to imagine still exists. (Particularly when viewed from behind
the wheel of a primrose coloured E-type convertible). |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| iThe
Icicle Thief (1989) |
d.
Maurizio Nichelli
a.
Maurizio Nichelli,Calerina Sylos Labini
|
A
clever parody of Bicycle Thief with an added dimension! A surreal
concept which slowly reveals itself throughout the film. (Check
out the "bambino" who crawls in and out of most precarious
situations!) ... bizarre. |
USA
UK
|
L-G
|
| Mon
Oncle (1958) |
d.a.
Jacques Tati |
For further details on Mon Oncle
see Monsieur
Hulot's Holiday.... since the next paragraph is just an
L-G ed letting of a little well deserved steam regarding some
of the dead wood he has dragged behind him in the past....!
One incredibly self righteous,
English, ex-colleague of mine would mock my interests in "foreign
films with subtitles"... (she would rather watch Brookside)...
Well.... perhaps Jacques Tati is a painlessly simple introduction
to fun foreign film culture for you...!!! (Oh, isn't it nice
how the web allows one to let off a little anonymous steam.
I could go on but... tut tut... unprofessional!
|
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Monsieur
Hulot's Holiday (1953) |
d.a.
Jacques Tati,
a.
Nathalie Pascaud
|
The
film that introduced Tati's gauche character Monsieur Hulot, whose
increasingly surreal adventures continued up until 1970 with Mon
Oncle, Playtime, and Traffic (all listed here). Tati's films define
a European style which one loves or snubs. The comedies of errors...
funny or sad. Tati was both... and brilliant at it. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Performance
(1970) |
d.
Nicholas Roeg
a.
Mick Jagger, James Fox
|
A
Roeg creation which, along with Easy Rider is a must for arty
40 and 50 something's gauging their own increasingly exaggerated
reminiscences of that patchouli drenched period.... Alternatively
it's a prime reference movie for '60's / '70's culture historians.
Jagger at his prettiest..... Pass the joint.... and the lipstick. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Playtime
(1967) |
d.a.
Jacques Tati |
see
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Serenade
(1956) |
d.
Anthony Mann
a.
Mario Lanza, Vincent Price
|
Cheesy
testosterone filled melodrama. Starring Mario Lanza's hair as
the Shape Shifter... no not really... (but check out Lanza's hair
arrangement, which, in some scenes looks like a plastic moulding).
Lanza, by the way, was the "godfather" of the three
tenors. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Trafic
(1971) |
d.a.
Jacques Tati |
see
Monsieur
Hulot's Holiday |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
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