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Post by hi224 on Oct 27, 2020 0:41:32 GMT
ill go with Seven Days in May.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 27, 2020 0:51:11 GMT
Dr Strangelove
Seven Days in May is a close second
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 27, 2020 1:16:03 GMT
love all these -
1. Seven Days in May
2. The Manchurian Candidate
3. Fail Safe
4. Dr Strangelove
5. Advise & Consent
6. The Best Man
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Post by movielover on Oct 27, 2020 1:26:32 GMT
Seven Days in May
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Oct 27, 2020 2:15:30 GMT
The Human Condition (Japan, 1959-1961)
English Language: The Trial (1962)
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Post by london777 on Oct 27, 2020 2:18:02 GMT
Some great films already listed.
A more "intimate" one which is a favorite of mine is:
No Love for Johnnie (1961) dir: Ralph Thomas
It is on YouTube. Stars the great Peter Finch..
To add "world cinema classics" to equal some of those already mentioned above I would have to venture a little outside the OP's stipulated window of time for:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958) dir: Andrzej Wajda
The Battle of Algiers (1966) dir: Gillo Pontecorvo
A Face in the Crowd (1957) dir: Elia Kazan
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson was a fashionable art-house director around this period, but his films are very hard to source these days. He seems totally forgotten. Two which dealt with political corruption were:
A Bully in 1900
(1960) "Bully" is an odd choice of word. The character is a practitioner of "political black arts" (very topical these days!)
The Party Is Over
(1960)
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Post by hi224 on Oct 27, 2020 2:42:22 GMT
Some great films already listed. A more "intimate" one which is a favorite of mine is: No Love for Johnnie (1961) dir: Ralph Thomas It is on YouTube. Stars the great Peter Finch.. To add "world cinema classics" to equal some of those already mentioned above I would have to venture a little outside the OP's stipulated window of time for: Ashes and Diamonds (1958) dir: Andrzej Wajda The Battle of Algiers (1966) dir: Gillo Pontecorvo Leopoldo Torre Nilsson was a fashionable art-house director around this period, but his films are very hard to source these days. He seems totally forgotten. Two which dealt with political corruption were: A Bully in 1900 (1960) "Bully" is an odd choice of word. The character is a practitioner of "political black arts" (very topical these days!) The Party Is Over (1960) nice choices.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 27, 2020 14:06:09 GMT
Close second that one but first place for me is The Manchurian Candidate.
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Post by london777 on Oct 28, 2020 3:58:09 GMT
Hands Over the City Le mani sulla città (1963) dir: Francesco Rosi
Rod Steiger is a corrupt land developer whose cost-cutting causes a tragedy. Main focus of the movie is not on the victims but on the frantic efforts of the city councillors to shift the blame onto each other.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 28, 2020 4:43:48 GMT
The Entertainer (1960) is a political allegory of declining faith in the British Empire.
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 28, 2020 23:36:51 GMT
Great thread, this is one of my favorite periods of cinema. One of my favorite genres as well.
Seven Days in May
Fail Safe
Advise and Consent
Dr. Strangelove
Exodus
Becket
Hands Over the City (I second this one - great film)
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Post by london777 on Oct 29, 2020 0:10:10 GMT
The Entertainer (1960) is a political allegory of declining faith in the British Empire. Good "out of left field" (see what I did there?) selection. But the British Empire was very visibly washed up a decade or so before this story, set in 1956, and anybody who publicly proclaimed "faith" on it was already considered a crackpot. One such was my school's Latin master, who stood for parliament as a League of Empire Loyalists candidate. I think he got 38 votes out of 80,000. I think the issue John Osborne was banging on about was Britain's pretensions to being a world power because it was a nuclear power. As we have seen in the 64 years since, they are not the same thing.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Oct 29, 2020 18:44:36 GMT
The Organizer
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Post by london777 on Oct 29, 2020 20:01:27 GMT
I have this in my collection. I have only watched it once. I am not sure. Are we supposed to think the protagonist is a hero, or an ineffectual middle-class theorist?
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Post by mortsahlfan on Oct 29, 2020 23:22:28 GMT
I have this in my collection. I have only watched it once. I am not sure. Are we supposed to think the protagonist is a hero, or an ineffectual middle-class theorist? It's been years since I've seen it.. I would call him a hero, but I could see how others think otherwise, since he seems to have no money and stays wherever he can. First time Marcello Mastroianni doesn't play a suave and virile leading man.
I think the best political movies are from the Italians, up until the late 70s. So many directors; Scola and Petri come to mind.
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Post by hi224 on Nov 1, 2020 3:29:23 GMT
I have this in my collection. I have only watched it once. I am not sure. Are we supposed to think the protagonist is a hero, or an ineffectual middle-class theorist? It's been years since I've seen it.. I would call him a hero, but I could see how others think otherwise, since he seems to have no money and stays wherever he can. First time Marcello Mastroianni doesn't play a suave and virile leading man.
I think the best political movies are from the Italians, up until the late 70s. So many directors; Scola and Petri come to mind.
I love Petri.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Nov 1, 2020 11:39:15 GMT
It's been years since I've seen it.. I would call him a hero, but I could see how others think otherwise, since he seems to have no money and stays wherever he can. First time Marcello Mastroianni doesn't play a suave and virile leading man.
I think the best political movies are from the Italians, up until the late 70s. So many directors; Scola and Petri come to mind.
I love Petri. I need to see more of his movies..
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Post by mortsahlfan on Nov 1, 2020 11:47:51 GMT
A Face in the Crowd (one of three great movies on media.. others being "Ace in the Hole" and "Network")
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 2, 2020 19:58:12 GMT
I have this in my collection. I have only watched it once. I am not sure. Are we supposed to think the protagonist is a hero, or an ineffectual middle-class theorist? It's been years since I've seen it.. I would call him a hero, but I could see how others think otherwise, since he seems to have no money and stays wherever he can. First time Marcello Mastroianni doesn't play a suave and virile leading man.
I think the best political movies are from the Italians, up until the late 70s. So many directors; Scola and Petri come to mind.
Could you give me some recommendations? I really enjoy Italian cinema (French too) from the immediate postwar to early 1970's).
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Post by mortsahlfan on Nov 2, 2020 22:46:11 GMT
It's been years since I've seen it.. I would call him a hero, but I could see how others think otherwise, since he seems to have no money and stays wherever he can. First time Marcello Mastroianni doesn't play a suave and virile leading man.
I think the best political movies are from the Italians, up until the late 70s. So many directors; Scola and Petri come to mind.
Could you give me some recommendations? I really enjoy Italian cinema (French too) from the immediate postwar to early 1970's). It would be my pleasure. I'll post some now (just in case you're looking for something immediately) and then post more later if you want (feel free to remind me by quoting me so I get a notification).. I mentioned "The Organizer" already... (not sure if you only want political movies from both countries, but I'll put those first)
-The Battle of Algiers (director is Italian, and not only is the full movie on YouTube, but also the 3-4 hours of Special Features which are AWESOME!) -La Terrazza - very political and humanistic.. best movie I've seen in 2020
-Lulu the Tool (alt: "The Working-Class Goes to Heaven")
I think the best movies (Italian and French are the non-political - more social/universal/realistic).. I think many are political, but indirectly (social struggles, within a family structure, etc)..
In order: La Strada (my #2 all-time)
Umberto D
Bicycle Thieves
La Grande Illusion (prison/political, but late 30s)
Shoeshine
The Earth Trembles
Sunflower (my favorite love story ever)
The Sign of the Leo
Beautiful (Bellissimma) -all about children and their parents wanting them to become stars
A Special Day
Il Sorpasso (fun movie)
The 400 Blows
Le Trou (great prison movie)
The Roof
Pickpocket
Le Chat
La Vie de Boheme (French, but Finnish director)
La Horse
A Brief Vacation
His Days are Numbered
Two Women
Rocco and His Brothers
Accatone
Nights of Cabiria
A Man Escaped (one of the best prison movies)
Serie Noire (unique, but nothing totally out there)
Le Jour Se Leve (also 1930s)
If you need help finding any of these movies, send me a PM and I might be able to help.
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