Tag Archives: 60’s
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
One likes to imagine that after François Truffaut sat down with Alfred Hitchcock for the extended interview sessions that became the seminal book Hitchcock by Truffaut, he became restless to try out some of Hitchcock’s theories on his own. The … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Smoking Gun
Tagged 60's, François Truffaut, Hitchcockian, Jeanne Moreau, Nouvelle Vague
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This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1966)
Zé do Caixão, better known to English-speaking horror fans as Coffin Joe, is the creation of director José Mojica Marins, who began playing the character in At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1963), growing out his fingernails until they resembled … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, Coffin Joe, horror, The Devil, Zombie
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
It was an unexpectedly trippy moment during this year’s Oscars ceremony. In a clip of Hollywood stars explaining their early movie memories, Brad Pitt briefly summarized the plot of a Japanese monster movie in which an evil, green Gargantua battles … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, Action, Frankenstein, Japan, Kaiju, Russ Tamblyn, Science Fiction
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