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Tag / 1961

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

  • Criterion Collection, Resnais, Alain
  • 1961, Alain Resnais, France
  • 4 Comments

Extramarital affairs don’t get any more enigmatic and impenetrable than Resnais’ hypnotic Venice Golden Lion-winning anti-romance that boldly discards structure and narrative, leaving only unreliable memories and narrators. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Woman Is a Woman, A (1961)

  • Godard, Jean-Luc
  • 1961, France, Jean-Luc Godard
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This early Godard sees Anna Karina at her most bewitching (those soul-staring eyes that break the fourth wall!) as the auteur reinvents the ‘rom-com’ with wilful abandon and artistry.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 1, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lola (1961)

  • Criterion Collection, Demy, Jacques
  • 1961, France, Jacques Demy
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Demy’s first feature is a modest, warm-spirited take on the bittersweet nature of past romances, transient acquaintances and the desire to find greener pastures. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Accattone (1961)

  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo
  • 1961, Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • 2 Comments

Quite a strong debut by Pasolini in the tradition of neorealism, with a harsh, fatalistic tone.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 23, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Coachman, The (1961)

  • Others
  • 1961, South Korea
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This Silver Berlin Bear winner is one of the great tear-jerking melodramas from the Golden Age of Korean cinema, depicting the struggles of a working-class family as they find their self-respect and dignity constantly being attacked. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Sea Knows, The (1961)

  • Kim, Ki-young
  • 1961, Kim Ki-young, South Korea
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A solid WWII melodrama by the great Korean master Kim Ki-young about an impossible romance between a Korean soldier forced to serve the Japanese imperial army, and a Japanese woman with radical thinking of her own.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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