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Tag / 1956

December 21, 2022December 26, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Man Escaped, A (1956)

  • Bresson, Robert, Criterion Collection
  • 1956, France, Robert Bresson
  • 3 Comments

One of the greatest ‘prison escape’ films of all-time, masterfully constructed through the sharp and precise cinematic techniques of the incomparable Bresson.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Bob le flambeur (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1956, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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Melville’s sly if laidback anti-heist noir (if there ever was one) is an absorbing take on how individuals and the collective operate in matters of vice and deception. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 10, 2020August 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Wrong Man, The (1956)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1956, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
  • 2 Comments

A stylistic and narrativistic departure for Hitchcock that is anchored by solid performances by Henry Fonda and Vera Miles.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 15, 2020May 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Aparajito (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1956, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 1 Comment

Ray’s powerful follow-up to ‘Pather Panchali’ has moments of exquisite emotional beauty and a deep sense of coming-to-terms with an ever-changing, sobering reality.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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October 20, 2019June 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Killing, The (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Kubrick, Stanley
  • 1956, Stanley Kubrick, USA
  • 1 Comment

Kubrick treats the crime-noir genre in a revolutionary non-linear storytelling way in what is one of the most effective American heist films ever made.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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June 26, 2019March 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Bigger Than Life (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Nicholas
  • 1956, Nicholas Ray, USA
  • 1 Comment

At times operating like a domestic ‘horror’ film about the disintegration of a nuclear family, this controlled and daring drama sees Nicholas Ray and actor James Mason in great form.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Early Spring (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1956, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
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4.5 stars

This post-“Tokyo Story” drama may be one of Ozu’s longest endeavours, but it is also a superb if anomalous (at least of his later works) effort that centers on a young, salaried man tackling career and marriage.

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