Tag Archives: 60’s
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Now we can look back and see that Yellow Submarine (1968) is as much an iconic work of 1960’s pop art as Andy Warhol’s soup cans. (Not that it can be so easily categorized; not that there’s been anything else … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Ballroom, Theater Inkwell
Tagged 60's, Animation, Beatles, Pop Art, Psychedelic, Rock Musical, Surreal
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Motorpsycho (1965)
With Lorna (1964) and Mudhoney (1965), Russ Meyer finally graduated from his cheap but colorful “nudie-cuties” to feature-length narratives, and drive-in screens would never be the same again. His preference was lurid melodrama with hyperbolic scripts (he had his name … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, Action, Alex Rocco, biker gang, cheesecake, Coleman Francis, Haji, motorcycle, Russ Meyer
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Double Feature: Planet of the Apes (1968)/Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Has there ever been a more unexpected cinematic franchise than that spawned by Planet of the Apes (1968)? Actors in ape makeup, their moving lips unglimpsed beneath a coconut-shaped mouthpiece, arguing over matters of politics, science, and philosophy. Each film … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, 70's, Action, Charlton Heston, Planet of the Apes, Rod Serling, Roddy McDowall, Science Fiction
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