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Tag / 1966

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hawks and Sparrows (1966)

  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo
  • 1966, Italy, Pier Paolo Pasolini
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A talking Marxist-leaning crow accompanies an old man and his son as Pasolini fashions a lukewarm comedy with absurdist undertones as it pokes fun at religion, politics and society.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Sword of Doom, The (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Others
  • 1966, Japan, Kihachi Okamoto
  • 1 Comment

Uneven storytelling slightly mars this swordplay action-drama classic with one of the most spectacular action climaxes in Japanese cinema.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 22, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Made in U.S.A (1966)

  • Godard, Jean-Luc
  • 1966, France, Jean-Luc Godard
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This is Godard having fun with colours and language as its crime-noir trappings somewhat mask the auteur’s increasing fixation on Marxist politics, though the film isn’t always coherent or compelling.  

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Line of Demarcation (1966)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1966, Claude Chabrol, France
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This rarely-seen work by Chabrol is a major accomplishment, set in a Nazi-occupied French town about the courage and deception tactics of French civilians as they support the resistance in secret.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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June 2, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Hero, The (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1966, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 1 Comment

Not as purely cinematic as some of his greatest works, but Ray manages to invoke feelings of introspection as a movie star gets a reality check from strangers—and fans—he encounters on a train.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 6, 2021October 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage (1966)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1966, Japan, Kazuo Ikehiro, Zatoichi
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Zatoichi’s caught in between nasty gangsters and ungrateful villagers in this 14th entry that boasts great action but little in a way of a substantial story. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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December 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Vengeance (1966)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1966, Japan, Tokuzo Tanaka, Zatoichi
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Zatoichi’s use of violence to right wrongs is called into question in this well-made 13th installment. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Cul-de-sac (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Polanski, Roman
  • 1966, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 2 Comments

Polanski’s Golden Berlin Bear winner traverses the territory of absurdist cinema in what is a sporadically engaging but sharp commentary on power plays associated with psychological sadism and the gender and classist pressures to conform.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 8, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Chimes at Midnight (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Welles, Orson
  • 1966, Orson Welles, Spain
  • 1 Comment

Arguably Orson Welles’ finest hour as a director and actor, this resurrected masterpiece remains to be one of cinema’s most extraordinary adaptations of Shakespeare. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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April 4, 2020January 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Black Girl (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Sembene, Ousmane
  • 1966, France, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
  • 4 Comments

Sembene the trailblazer led African cinema to international recognition with this landmark classic about the despair of a black Senegalese woman made to work for a white French family.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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