Movies Of The 60s – Movie Guide Book

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Movies Of The 60s – Movie Guide Book
Movies Of The 60s by Jurgen Muller

Positioned precariously between the uptight ’50s and the freewheeling ’70s, the 1960s marked a transitional decade in the film industry.
As art, mass market, and pop culture merged and collided in true pop art style, cinema swirled with psychedelic energy.
This handbook gathers the best films of the era, exploring the making and the mastery of such cinematic star turns as The Leopard, The Birds, Belle de Jour, A Fistful of Dollars, and Doctor Zhivago.
With audiences ever more glued to their TV sets and the loosened rules about what was “permissible” in cinema with the abolition of the Production Code, filmmakers embraced the freedom to explore the possibilities of film as an art form.
As was often the case, the Europeans led the way, the French with Nouvelle Vague directors like Godard and Truffaut, and the Italians with such innovative films as Fellini’s 8 1/2 and Antonioni’s Eclipse.
By the mid-’60s the United States also began to exercise greater creative liberties, especially in films from young underground directors such as Russ Meyer, John Frankenheimer, and Sam Peckinpah. Meanwhile, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music ushered out the grandiose Hollywood musical era with a bang while the Spaghetti Western became an instant phenomenon.
Bond, James Bond, first appeared on-screen and Kubrick set new standards for sci-fi with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Though the term “feminism” may not have been ready for prime time, the decade was also one of major advances in female characterization. From Jane Fonda’s Barbarella to Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde, it was the 1960s that saw women on-screen graduate from decorative accessories to complex, kick-ass personas.

Barbarella vs. Mrs. Robinson! James Bond vs. Jean-Luc Godard!
Don’t miss these and more exciting encounters in Movies of the 60s!
116 A-Z film entries include:
• Synopsis
• Film stills and production photos
• Cast/crew listings
• Box office figures
• Trivia
• Useful information on technical stuff
• Actor and director bios
Plus: a complete Academy Awards list for the decade

Review:
“A truly stunning book, this is the browsing experience par excellence. You really won’t be able to put it down.”(Film Review)
“This stylish and intelligent guide is a must-have… it details in engaging script the most memorable movies of that vibrant decade.” (The Good Book Guide)
“This book is a pleasure to spend time with, like a good friend or a great movie.” (Empire Magazine)

About the Author:
Jürgen Müller holds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden.
He studied art history at the universities of Bochum, Münster, Pisa, Paris and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curated numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN’s movies by decade series.

Language: English
Paperback: ‎ 640 pages
Dimensions: ‎ 25 x 20 x 4.2cm
Author:  Jürgen Müller

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