Movies of the 60s /

Muller, Jurgen, -1961

Movies of the 60s / Jurgen Muller ed. - London : Taschen, c2004. - 640 p. : ill. 26 cm.

In collaboration with deft and Cinema, Hamburg British Film Institute, London Biblioteque Du Film, Paris. -- T.P. Includes indexes. The 113 films selected to represent a decade of cinema are represented by an essay and illustrations, with accompanying essay on one person or cinematographic term connected with the film. Translated from the German.

Enumerates the films made in the 60s which were dominated by women liberation from Jane Fonda's Barbarella to Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany's to Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clydo.It was said that screen females graduated from decorative accessories to complex,kick -ass personas.The age also witnessed the European films, in their bold display exemplifie d by the French Fellini 8 1/2 and Eclipse.The Americans as well displayed their creative liberties in the films directed by Russ Meyer,JOn Frankenheime and Sam Peckinpah.1960s also signalled the Hollywood music era with the making of Mary Poppins and the Sound of Music with the Spaghetti Western as an instant phenomenon. James Bond movies sensationally rose to existence.

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Motion picture actors and actresses.
Motion pictures.
Nineteen sixties.

R PN 1994 .M869 2004