1960s Challenge (Official, June 2020)

[blueboybob]

57. Angae (1967)
58. L'oeil du malin (1962)
59. Paranoiac (1963)
60. Yôkai hyaku monogatari (1968)

[Lilarcor]

11. Att angöra en brygga / Docking the Boat (Tage Danielsson, 1965) 5/10

Spoiler

1. Blowup (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) 8/10
2. Le bonheur / Happiness (Agnès Varda, 1965) 8/10
3. Kvarteret Korpen / Raven's End (Bo Widerberg, 1963) 8/10
4. Såsom i en spegel / Through a Glass Darkly (Ingmar Bergman, 1961) 7/10
5. Plein soleil / Purple Noon (René Clément, 1960) 7/10
6. Ples v dezju / A Dance in the Rain (Bostjan Hladnik, 1961) 5/10
7. Da zui xia / Come Drink with Me (King Hu, 1966) 7/10
8. Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) 9/10
9. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967) 5/10
10. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968) 7/10
11. Att angöra en brygga / Docking the Boat (Tage Danielsson, 1965) 5/10

[Lilarcor]

We've passed 600 watches! The fight for second place is getting real.

Rank	Participant	Count	Bonus
1	jdidaco	96	2
2	flavo5000	62	-
3	blueboybob	60	-
4	sortile9io	36	-
5	allisoncm	33	-
6	sol	30	-
7	Obgeoff	28	-
8	AB537	25	1
8	peeptoad	25	-
10	RogerTheMovieManiac88	24	-
11	frbrown	20	-
12	Melvelet	18	-
13	maxwelldeux	16	-
13	Mochard	16	-
15	ororama	14	-
16	Lilarcor	11	-
17	OldAle1	10	-
17	VincentPrice	10	-
19	cinephage	9	-
20	hurluberlu	8	-
21	shugs	7	-
22	blocho	3	-
23	morrison-dylan-fan	2	-
23	vortexsurfer	2	-
25	connordenney	1	-
25	zzzorf	1	-

Year distribution:




Tajikistan and Turkmenistan added to the list of countries. Just missing Kazakhstan from Central Asia!

189 - USA
84 - UK
80 - France
39 - Italy
36 - Hong Kong
27 - Japan
21 - Czechoslovakia (Czechia)
17 - West Germany
13 - Spain
11 - Soviet Union (Russia)
8 - Sweden
8 - Taiwan
7 - East Germany
6 - Brazil
6 - Poland
5 - Hungary
5 - Mexico
4 - China
4 - Yugoslavia (Serbia)
3 - Bulgaria
3 - Denmark
3 - Israel
3 - South Korea
3 - Soviet Union (Ukraine)
2 - Austria
2 - Belgium
2 - Canada
2 - Chile
2 - Cuba
2 - Greece
2 - India
2 - Iran
2 - Senegal
2 - Soviet Union (Azerbaijan)
2 - Soviet Union (Georgia)
2 - Yugoslavia (Croatia)
1 - Algeria
1 - Angola
1 - Bolivia
1 - Czechoslovakia (Slovakia)
1 - Egypt
1 - Finland
1 - Morocco
1 - Soviet Union (Kyrgyzstan)
1 - Soviet Union (Lithuania)
1 - Soviet Union (Moldova)
1 - Soviet Union (Tajikistan)
1 - Soviet Union (Turkmenistan)
1 - Soviet Union (Uzbekistan)
1 - Switzerland
1 - Yugoslavia (Slovenia)

[allisoncm]

Spoiler

1. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) 10/10 REWATCH - 3rd or 4th watch -
2. Private Property (1960) 2/10
3. French Dressing (1964) 4.5/10
4. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Really not my kind of film
5. Accident (1967) 6/10
6. A Touch of Love (1969) 7/10
7. Echoes of Silence (1965) 5.5/10
8. Wutai jiemei/Two Stage Sisters / 舞台姐妹 (1964) 6/10
9. Lemonade Joe/ Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 1/10
10. Pan si dong/The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) 5/10
11. Pirosmani (1969) 5/10
12. Holubice (1960) 5.5/10
13. Walkover / Walkower (1965) 5/10
14. Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) 5.5/10
15. Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969) 4.5/10
16. Hitokiri/Tenchu! (1969) 2/10
17. Signore & signori (1966) 5/10
18. The Detective (1968) 5/10 NOIR
19. Mirage (1965) 7/10 NOIR
20. Nejkrásnejsí vek (1969) 6/10
21. The Angel Was Born/ O Anjo Nasceu (1969) 1/10
22, Inspector Palmu’s Error (1960) ‘Komisario Palmun erehdys’ Directed by Matti Kassila 5.5/10
23. Dzhamilya (1969) 5.2/10
24. Bloudení/Searching (1966) 5/10
25. Catch Us If You Can AKA Having a Wild Weekend (1965) 3/10
26. La Pyramide humaine (1961) 6/10
27. A Falecida (1965) 5/10
28. Guns of the Trees (1961) 6/10 Mekas at his zaniest.
29. Two Rode Together (1961) 2/10
30. La chasse au lion à l'arc (1966) Cahiers du Cinema & Sight & Sound’s doc lists 6/10
31. Capricci (1969) 1.5/10
32. Acéphale (1969) 4/10
33. Det kære legetøj (1968)

34. The Incident (1967) 6/10

[sortile9io]

37.1. STEKLYANNAYA GARMONIKA (Khrzhannovskiy, 1968) — Cutout animation, monsters, surrealism, expressionist architecture, classical painting (including Brueghel or Arcimboldo) and the music of Alfred Schnittke put together with great skill in order to satirise the "boundless greed, police terror, isolation and brutalisation of humans in modern bourgeois society" (or the Soviet bureaucracy according to others) as opposed to the "high thoughts and fine actions" inspired by the magical musical instrument built by a craftsman (arts?). 10/10



37.2. MU DI (Te, Qian, 1963) — A boy with a bamboo flute and his buffalo wander through bucolic landscapes, mountains, rivers, cranes and trees are rendered in the Chinese traditional painting style (ink stains apparently unrefined) and accompanied by Chinese classical music, a little known gem in animation. 8/10



37.3. BALERINA NA KORABLE (Atamanov, 1969) — A ballet for a female dancer and baffled crew on (and over) the deck of a sailing ship with music of Alfred Schnittke again, simple but nice. 7/10



37.4. PINK PAJAMAS (Freleng, Pratt, 1964) — How could I forget one of my favourite cartoons? 8/10

Plus…

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10
30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — 7/10
31. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker, 1968) — 7/10
32. PERVYY UCHITEL (Konchalovskiy, 1965) — 8/10
33. ÚDOLÍ VCEL (Vlácil, 1968) — 7/10
34. UNEARTHLY STRANGER (Krish, 1963) — 6/10
35. BÜBCHEN (Klick, 1968) — 6/10
36. OPERAZIONE PAURA (Bava, 1966) — 8/10

[peeptoad]

26. La voie lactée (1969) The Milky Way 8

sixties seen

*rewatch
1. Mosura (1961) Mothra 6*
2. Rapture (1965) 8
3. Lady in a Cage (1964) 8
4. Blonde Köder für den Mörder (1969) Death Knocks Twice 7+
5. Kiss Me Quick! (1964) 4
6. Dog Star Man (1964) 8
7. Marketa Lazarová (1967) 9
8. La maldición de la Llorona (1963) The Curse of the Crying Woman 6
9. Tales of Terror (1962) 7
10. et mourir de plaisir (1960) Blood and Roses 8
11. Barbarella (1968) 5
12. Accattone (1961) 7+
13. Pan si dong (1967) The Cave of the Silken Web 4
14. Jigsaw (1968) 7
15. Twisted Nerve (1968) 7
16. Explosion (1969) 4
17. Trauma (1962) 6
18. Fata/Morgana (1966) 7
19. If.... (1968) 8
20. Mirage (1965) 7
21. The Connection (1961) 9
22. The Cool World (1963) 7
23. Mouchette (1967) 8
24. Le Trou (1960) 8
25. Le journal d'une femme de chambre (1964) Diary of a Chambermaid 6

[frbrown]

21. Les felins (1964)

Spoiler

1. Offbeat (1961)
2. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
3. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
4. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
5. Flat Two (1962)
6. Le monte-charge (1962)
7. Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
8. L'oeil du malin (1962)
9a. The Outer Limits: Corpus Earthling (1963)
9b. Star Trek: Arena (1967)
9c. Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)
10. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
11. Cairo (1963)
12. Warning Shot (1967)
13a. Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)
13b. The Outer Limits: Nightmare (1963)
13c. Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)
14. A Prize of Arms (1962)
15a. Shocking Pink (1965)
15b. Pink Ice (1965)
15c. The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
15d. Pink Panzer (1965)
15e. An Ounce of Pink (1965)
15f. Reel Pink (1965)
15g. Bully for Pink (1965)
15h. Pink Punch (1966)
15i. Pink Pistons (1966)
15j. Vitamin Pink (1966)
16. The Outsider (1967)
17. Angel Baby (1961)
18. The Hanged Man (1964)
19a. The Pink Blueprint (1966)
19b. Pink, Plunk, Plink (1966)
19c. Smile Pretty, Say Pink (1966)
19d. Pink-A-Boo (1966)
19e. The Genie with the Light Pink Fur (1966)
19f. SuperPink (1966)
19g. Rock a Bye Pinky (1966)
19h. Pinknic (1967)
19i. Pink Panic (1967)
19j. Pink Posies (1967)
20. The Detective (1968)
21. Les felins (1964)

[AB537]

26. Tsubaki Sanjûrô - Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa, 1962) 7.5/10

[blueboybob]

61. Kyûketsu dokuro-sen (1968)
62. Sanbul (1967)
63. Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken (1964)
64. O necem jiném (1963)

[Ebbywebby]

OK, during June, I've seen.....

1. A Story Written with Water (1965)
2. Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
3. Judex (1963)
4. Dragon Inn (1967)

and 23 minutes of shorts that don't add up to anything

[sortile9io]

38. DOKTOR GLAS (Zetterling, 1968) — I expected a sex comedy after reading the synopsis (my enthusiasm for Italian cinema...), instead I found a serious introspection that delves into the nightmares, sexual fantasies, ethical concerns (euthanasia, suicide, abortion), phobias or unhappiness of a respected physician in 19th-century Stockholm, interesting but a bit depressing. 5/10 *

Plus…

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10
30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — 7/10
31. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker, 1968) — 7/10
32. PERVYY UCHITEL (Konchalovskiy, 1965) — 8/10
33. ÚDOLÍ VCEL (Vlácil, 1968) — 7/10
34. UNEARTHLY STRANGER (Krish, 1963) — 6/10
35. BÜBCHEN (Klick, 1968) — 6/10
36. OPERAZIONE PAURA (Bava, 1966) — 8/10
37.1. STEKLYANNAYA GARMONIKA (Khrzhannovskiy, 1968) — 10/10
37.2. MU DI (Te, Qian, 1963) — 8/10
37.3. BALERINA NA KORABLE (Atamanov, 1969) — 7/10
37.4. PINK PAJAMAS (Freleng, Pratt, 1964) — 8/10

* Bonus challenge

[peeptoad]

27. Blowup (1966) 10* just upgraded to the blu

sixties seen

*rewatch
1. Mosura (1961) Mothra 6*
2. Rapture (1965) 8
3. Lady in a Cage (1964) 8
4. Blonde Köder für den Mörder (1969) Death Knocks Twice 7+
5. Kiss Me Quick! (1964) 4
6. Dog Star Man (1964) 8
7. Marketa Lazarová (1967) 9
8. La maldición de la Llorona (1963) The Curse of the Crying Woman 6
9. Tales of Terror (1962) 7
10. et mourir de plaisir (1960) Blood and Roses 8
11. Barbarella (1968) 5
12. Accattone (1961) 7+
13. Pan si dong (1967) The Cave of the Silken Web 4
14. Jigsaw (1968) 7
15. Twisted Nerve (1968) 7
16. Explosion (1969) 4
17. Trauma (1962) 6
18. Fata/Morgana (1966) 7
19. If.... (1968) 8
20. Mirage (1965) 7
21. The Connection (1961) 9
22. The Cool World (1963) 7
23. Mouchette (1967) 8
24. Le Trou (1960) 8
25. Le journal d'une femme de chambre (1964) Diary of a Chambermaid 6
26. La voie lactée (1969) The Milky Way 8

That's it for me, Lilarcor... thanks for hosting!



Saw a lot of great stuff this month, but my top FTV for this challenge= The Connection (1961)

[zzzorf]

Spoiler

1. Repulsion (1965) - 5/10 (double)

2. Return from the Ashes (1965) - 7/10
3. La caza (1966) - 5/10 (double)

[sol]

The Challenge Bow

1. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
2. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
3. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
4. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
5. Ride the High Country (1962)
6. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
7. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
8. Yôjinbô (1961) REVISION
9. Sanjuro (1962) REVISION
10. Hatari! (1962)
11. The Savage Innocents (1960)
12. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
13. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
14. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
15. Golden Swallow (1968)
16. Wild River (1960)
17. The Sadist (1963)
18. Lord of the Flies (1963)
19. Guns of the Trees (1961)
20. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) REVISION
21. Catch Us If You Can (1965)
22. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
23. Dragon Inn (1967)
24. The Queen (1968)
25. The St Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
27. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
28. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
29. Operation Abolition (1960)
30. Operation Correction (1961)

31. The Jade Bow (1966)



This features some decent wire-fu work, especially in a zany bit in which one man pushes an opponent into the ground while hanging in the air. There are some eye-popping torture methods too involving darts and spiked closing walls. The plot is, however, too complex for its own good, which leads to this being far heavier on dialogue than action. The film also carries for so long after its climactic battle that the whole thing feels like a soap opera ep.

[flavo5000]

Saw a lot of great stuff this month, but my top FTV for this challenge= The Connection (1961)

So I never see anyone mention this, but I think The Connection may actually be the first found footage film. I know Cannibal Holocaust always seems to get credited as the first but The Connection beat it by over a decade. Maybe it gets forgotten because it isn't horror?

[flavo5000]

63. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)

Spoiler

1. La mano de un hombre muerto a.k.a. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
2. Dinosaurus! (1960)
3. Captain Clegg a.k.a. Night Creatures (1962)
4. All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
5. Akibiyori a.k.a. Late Autumn (1960)
6. Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
7. Kipling's Women (1961)
8. Orgy at Lil's Place (1963)
9. The Black Cat (1966)
10. Dong fu ren a.k.a. The Arch (1968)
11. The Fakers a.k.a. Smashing the Crime Syndicate (1968)
12. Il mondo di notte numero 3 a.k.a. Ecco (1963)
13. The Forbidden (1966)
14. 7 Women (1966)
15. La baie des anges a.k.a. Bay of Angels (1963)
16. Il posto (1961)
17. El esqueleto de la señora Morales a.k.a. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
18. Kohayagawa-ke no aki a.k.a. The End of Summer (1961)
19. Paroxismus a.k.a. Venus in Furs (1969)
20. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
21. Daimajin ikaru a.k.a. Return of Daimajin (1966)
22a. Ouran (1968)
22b. Ars (1960)
22c. Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
22d. Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
22e. The Dead (1960)
23. Gli invasori a.k.a. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
24. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
25a. 23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
25b. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1 (1967)
25c. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
26. Una sull'altra a.k.a. One On Top Of The Other a.k.a. Perversion Story (1969)
27. Due occhi per uccidere a.k.a. Two Eyes To Kill (1968)
28. Muñecos infernales a.k.a. Curse of the Doll People (1961)
29. Disk-O-Tek Holiday a.k.a. Just for You (1964)
30. Medium Cool (1969)
31. Accident (1967)
32a. Twist Craze (1962)
32b. Dance Craze (1962)
32c. Vapors (1965)
33. La casa de las mil muñecas a.k.a. House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
34. The Witches (1966)
35. Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht a.k.a. Not Reconciled (1965)
36. Io la conoscevo bene a.k.a. I Knew Her Well (1965)
37. Operazione Goldman a.k.a. Lightning Bolt (1966)
38. Satanik (1968)
39. Vibrations (1968)
40. Konga (1961)
41. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
42. Kafti ekdikisis a.k.a. The Wild Pussycat (1969)
43. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
44. Who's Crazy? (1966)
45. Il sorpasso (1962)
46. The Satan Bug(1965)
47. Návrat ztraceného syna a.k.a. Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
48. Daimajin gyakushû a.k.a. Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
49. Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
50. Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden a.k.a. Succubus (1968)
51. Chelsea Girls (1966)
52. Rat Fink (1965)
53. Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern a.k.a. The Door With 7 Locks (1962)
54. La peau douce a.k.a. The Soft Skin (1964)
55. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
56. Teenage Zombies (1960)
57. Der heiße Tod a.k.a. 99 Women (1969)
58a. A Day with the Boys (1969)
58b. Émotion (1966)
59. L'enfance nue (1968)
60. The Hill (1965)
61. Private Property (1960)
62. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
63. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)

[peeptoad]

Saw a lot of great stuff this month, but my top FTV for this challenge= The Connection (1961)

So I never see anyone mention this, but I think The Connection may actually be the first found footage film. I know Cannibal Holocaust always seems to get credited as the first but The Connection beat it by over a decade. Maybe it gets forgotten because it isn't horror?

That's pretty cool... the ff angle must come from the title card at the beginning and the fact that some of the actors are playing characters who are playing characters (the "director" e.g.). Has that Eddie Adams- Dirk Diggler thing going for it a little bit. Apparently the stage play it's based on was even more effective with regards to ff. I read that some audience members thought the actors were actually injecting heroin on stage at the time the play was performed off Broadway. Then, reading further (mostly about Carl Lee), maybe some of them were....

[jdidaco]

(Screenshots from 'Ooe-yama Shuten-dôji' & 'Der fliegende Holländer' & (NSFW) 'Burû firumu no onna'),



97. Sake to onna to yari (The Master Spearman, Tomu Uchida, 1960) 8.5/10
98. Ooe-yama Shuten-dôji (The Demon of Mount Oe, Tokuzô Tanaka, 1960) 7/10
99. Hero's Island (Leslie Stevens, 1962) 7.5/10
100. Tiara Tahiti (Ted Kotcheff, 1962) 7.5/10
101. Yukinojô henge (An Actor's Revenge, Kon Ichikawa, 1963) 9.5/10 (RV)
102. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman, Joachim Herz, 1964) 9/10
103. Tôkyô nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter, Seijun Suzuki, 1966) 9/10 (RV)
104. Duo hun ling (The Bells of Death, Griffin Yueh Feng, 1968) 8/10
105. Kaburitsuki jinsei (A Thirsty Life, Tatsumi Kumashiro, 1968) 8/10
106. Burû firumu no onna (Blue Film Woman, Kan Mukai, 1969) 8/10

NSFW

A collection of shorts,

107-110. Kitte no Gensou (Stamp Fantasy, Yoji Kuri, 1960) 7/10 (7 min), Wan (Bowl, Masao Adachi, 1961) 7.5/10 (25 min), Le haricot (The String Bean, Edmond Séchan, 1962) 7.5/10 (17 min), Sculptures by Sofu - Vita (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1963) 8/10 (17 min), In wechselndem Gefälle/À fleur d'eau (Sounding the Surface, Alexander J. Seiler & Rob Gnant, 1963) 9.5/10 (11 min), Toloo'-e jady (Dawn of the Capricorn, Ahmad Faruqi Qajar, 1964) 8/10 (31 min), Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics (King Vidor, 1964) 7/10 (25 min), Ödenwaldstetten (Peter Nestler, 1964) 8/10 (36 min), The Peaches (Michael Gill, 1964) 7.5/10 (16 min), Nyitány (Ouverture, János Vadász, 1965) 7.5/10 (9 min), Nothing Is Something (Anne Rees-Mogg, 1966) 7/10 (9 min), The Four Elements (Curtis Harrington, 1966) 7/10 (13 min), The Maltese Cross Movement (Keewatin Dewdney, 1967) 8/10 (7 min), Cosmic Zoom (Eva Szasz, 1968) 7.5/10 (8 min), Day of the Arcane Light (Jeff Keen, 1969) 7/10 (14 min) (Total: 245 min)


That's it for me! Thanks again for hosting, Lilarcor, I could be stuck in the 60s forever!!! I appreciated all the statistics, and if I had more time I would certainly visit a few more countries I had lined up (Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Norway, Finland, Philippines, South Korea, Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, or Thailand (with a title from... 1961!)). So many discoveries, so much fun!

(Oh, without seeing that Israeli entry, and despite a most impressive selection, I think I would give my Cannes awards to the Hungarians - the Palme to Jancsó's 'Csillagosok, katonák', the Grand Prix to Sára's 'Feldobott kö', both fit the times and the socio-political-cultural particulars of the 1968 Festival itself; they would definitely resonate with the Jury -, and I'm quite sure the Best Actress/Actor awards would have gone to Lisa Gastoni/Lou Castel for 'Samperi's explosive 'Grazie zia'.)


!seen 110

Spoiler

1. Kirmes (The Fair, Wolfgang Staudte, 1960) 9.5/10
2. I delfini (The Dauphins, Francesco Maselli, 1960) 9/10
3. During One Night (Sidney J. Furie, 1960) 8/10
4. La donna dei faraoni (The Pharaohs' Woman, Viktor Tourjansky, 1960) 8/10
5. The Chapman Report (George Cukor, 1962) 7/10
6. Wutai jiemei (Two Stage Sisters, Xie Jin, 1964) 8.5/10
7. The Uncle (Desmond Davis, 1965) 8.5/10
8. Two for the Road (Stanley Donen, 1967) 8.5/10 (RV)
9. Die Russen kommen (The Russians Are Coming, Heiner Carow, 1968) 9.5/10
10. Tian xia di yi jian (The Fastest Sword, Pan Lei, 1968) 8/10
11. Yi dai jian wang (The Swordsman of All Swordsmen, Joseph Kuo, 1968) 7.5/10
12. La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung) (The Damned, Luchino Visconti, 1969) 8/10 (RV)
13. Primary (Robert Drew, 1960) 8/10
14. Deveti krug (The Ninth Circle, France Stiglic, 1960) 9/10
15. Gli invasori (Erik the Conqueror, Mario Bava, 1961) 7.5/10
16. Verführung am Meer (Seduction by the Sea, Jovan Zivanovic, 1963) 7/10
17. Prometej s otoka Visevice (Prometheus from the Island of Visevica, Vatroslav Mimica, 1964) 9/10
18. Yu tang chun (The Story of Sue San, King Hu, 1964) 8/10
19. Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1964) 9.5/10 (RV)
20. Ko puca otvorice mu se (Shoot and It Shall Open, Marko Babac, 1965) 8.5/10
21. Erik il vichingo (Erik, the Viking, Mario Caiano, 1965) 6.5/10
22. Bian cheng san xia (The Magnificent Trio, Chang Cheh, 1966) 7.5/10
23. Praznik (The Feast, Djordje Kadijevic, 1967) 10/10
24. Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967) 9/10 (RV)
25. The Girl on a Motorcycle (Jack Cardiff, 1968) 6/10 (Bonus Challenge - Cannes 1968)
26. Long men jin jian (The Golden Sword, Lo Wei, 1969) 7.5/10
27. Smyk (Skid, Zbynek Brynych, 1960) 9.5/10
28. Le bel âge (Love Is When You Make It, Pierre Kast, 1960) 8/10
29. Strangers When We Meet (Richard Quine, 1960) 9.5/10 (RV)
30. Zbabelec (The Coward, Jirí Weiss, 1962) 8.5/10
31. Vysoká zed (The High Wall, Karel Kachyna, 1964) 8/10
32. Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964) 10/10 (RV)
33. Prípad Barnabás Kos (The Case of Barnabás Kos, Peter Solan, 1965) 9/10
34. Yu mei ren (The Mermaid, Kao Li, 1965) 8/10
35. Lupe (José Rodriguez-Soltero, 1966) 9/10
36. Hra bez pravidel (A Game Without Rules, Jindrich Polák, 1967) 8/10
37. Stud (Shame, Ladislav Helge, 1967) 9/10
38. Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney, 1968) 8/10 (Bonus Challenge - Cannes 1968)
39. Po xiao shi fen (At Dawn, Li Han Hsiang & Sung Tsun-Shou, 1968) 9/10
40. Tu imagines Robinson (Imagine Robinson Crusoe, Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1968) 9/10
41. Le grand cérémonial (The Big Ceremonial, Pierre-Alain Jolivet, 1969) 7/10
42. Ni ljuger (You're Lying!, Vilgot Sjöman, 1969) 8/10
43. Voskreseniye (Resurrection, Mikhail Shvejtser, 1960) 8/10
44. Seryozha (A Summer to Remember, Georgiy Daneliya & Igor Talankin, 1960) 7.5/10
45. A las cinco de la tarde (At Five in the Afternoon, Juan Antonio Bardem, 1960) 8.5/10
46. Slantzeto i syankata (Sun and Shadow, Rangel Vulchanov, 1962) 8.5/10
47. Ophélia (Claude Chabrol, 1963) 9/10
48. El espontáneo (The Rash One, Jorge Grau, 1964) 8/10
49. Do svidaniya, malchiki! (Goodbye, Boys, Mikhail Kalik, 1964) 9/10
50. Gamlet (Hamlet, Grigoriy Kozintsev, 1964) 10/10 (RV)
51. Campanadas a medianoche/Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight) (Orson Welles, 1965) 10/10 (RV)
52. Le père Noël a les yeux bleus (Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes, Jean Eustache, 1966) 8/10
53. Tomorrow's Promise (Edward Owens, 1967) 9.5/10
54. The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (David Brooks, 1968) 8.5/10
55. Chuang (The Window, Patrick Lung Kong, 1968) 9/10
56. Dong nuan (The Winter, Li Han Hsiang, 1969) 8/10
57. Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza (Subject for a Short Story, Sergei Yutkevich, 1969) 8.5/10
58. Ikonostasat (The Icon Stand, Christo Christov & Todor Dinov, 1969) 9/10
59. Le testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi (Testament of Orpheus, Jean Cocteau, 1960) 9.5/10 (RV)
60. Légy jó mindhalálig (Be Good All Your Life, László Ranódy, 1960) 8.5/10
61. Sha ji chong chong (Death Traps, Wang Tian-Lin, 1960) 8/10
62. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (Delbert Mann, 1960) 8/10
63. Girl of the Night (Joseph Cates, 1960) 8/10
64. I Like Mike (Peter Frye, 1961) 6.5/10
65. Dúvad (The Brute, Zoltán Fábri, 1961) 8/10
66. Fotó Háber (Haber's Photo Shop, Zoltán Várkony, i1963) 7/10
67. Wang Zhao Jun (Beyond the Great Wall, Li Han Hsiang, 1964) 9/10
68. Szerelmes biciklisták (‎Cyclists in Love, Péter Bacsó, 1965) 8/10
69. L'heure de la vérité (The Hour of Truth, Henri Calef, 1965) 8.5/10
70. Bus Riley's Back in Town (Harvey Hart, 1965) 7/10
71. Spring Night, Summer Night (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967) 9/10
72. Yu luo cha (The Jade Raksha, Ho Meng Hua, 1968) 7.5/10
73. Mort dans l'après-midi (Death in the Afternoon, Jean-Claude Brisseau, 1968) 7.5/10
74. Une femme douce (A Gentle Woman, Robert Bresson, 1969) 9/10 (RV)
75-80. Notwendige Lehrjahre (Necessary Years of Learning, Jürgen Böttcher, 1960) 8.5/10 (26 min), Zhenikh (The Groom, Elem Klimov, 1960) 7/10 (8 min), Sor Angelina, Virgen (Francisco Regueiro, 1962) 8/10 (27 min), Musu Vasara (Our Summer, Henrikas Sablevicius, 1963) 7/10 (18 min), Stars (Jürgen Böttcher, 1963) 7.5/10 (20 min), Dans le vent (Jacques Rozier, 1963) 7/10 (8 min), Paparazzi (Jacques Rozier, 1964) 9/10 (22 min), Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard (Jacques Rozier, 1964) 7/10 (10 min), Chanson de gestes (Guy Gilles, 1966) 9/10 (20 min), Elles (The Women, Ahmed Lallem, 1966) 8/10 (23 min), La caza de brujas (The Witch Hunt, Antonio Drove, 1967) 9/10 (36 min), Dimanche après-midi (On Sunday Afternoon, Jean-Claude Brisseau, 1967) 7/10 (26 min), L'après-midi d'un jeune homme qui s'ennuie (Jean-Claude Brisseau,1968) 7/10 (33 min), Ein Vertrauensmann (A Representative, Jürgen Böttcher, 1968) 7/10 (20 min), Tierparkfilm (Zoo Film, Jürgen Böttcher, 1968) 8/10 (19 min), Monangambé (Sarah Maldoror, 1968) 9/10 (16 min), Sitta wa Thaniat ’Ashar (Six and Twelve, Ahmed Bouanani & Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi & Abdelmajid R’chich, 1968) 8.5/10 (18 min), La question ordinaire (The Ordinary Question, Claude Miller, 1969) 8/10 (10 min) (Total: 360 min)
81. Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1960) 9/10
82. Das kunstseidene Mädchen/La grande vie (The High Life, Julien Duvivier, 1960) 7.5/10
83. Terrain vague (Wasteland, Marcel Carné, 1960) 8/10
84. Wspólny pokój (One Room Tenants, Wojciech Has, 1960) 9/10
85. Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (Satan Tempts with Love, Rudolf Jugert, 1960) 7/10
86. ...und deine Liebe auch (And Your Love Too, Frank Vogel, 1962) 9.5/10
87. Sammy Going South (Alexander Mackendrick, 1963) 9/10
88. Clash by Night (Montgomery Tully, 1964) 6.5/10
89. Echo (Stanislaw Rózewicz, 1964) 8/10
90. Wieczór przedswiateczny (Christmas Eve, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski & Helena Amiradzibi-Stawinska, 1966) 8.5/10
91. Guan shi yin (The Goddess of Mercy, Shin Sang-ok & Lim Won-shik, 1967) 7/10
92. 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle (2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) 9/10 (RV)
93. Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, 1968) 10/10 (RV)
94. Traumnovelle (Dream Story, Wolfgang Glück, 1969) 8/10
95-96. The Sin of Jesus (Robert Frank, 1961) 8/10 (38 min), Eye Music in Red Major (Marie Menken, 1961) 8/10 (6 min), Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday, or Dinner for One, Heinz Dunkhase & Franco Marazzi, 1963) 7/10 (11 min), The Searching Eye (Saul Bass, 1964) 7.5/10 (18 min), Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts (Edward Owens, 1966) 7.5/10 (6 min), Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin (Pascal Aubier, 1968) 9/10 (30 min), Le voyage de Monsieur Guitton (Pascal Aubier, 1969) 8.5/10 (11 min) (RV) (Total: 120 min)

[sol]

Killer Challenge

1. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
2. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
3. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
4. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
5. Ride the High Country (1962)
6. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
7. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
8. Yôjinbô (1961) REVISION
9. Sanjuro (1962) REVISION
10. Hatari! (1962)
11. The Savage Innocents (1960)
12. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
13. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
14. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
15. Golden Swallow (1968)
16. Wild River (1960)
17. The Sadist (1963)
18. Lord of the Flies (1963)
19. Guns of the Trees (1961)
20. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) REVISION
21. Catch Us If You Can (1965)
22. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
23. Dragon Inn (1967)
24. The Queen (1968)
25. The St Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
27. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
28. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
29. Operation Abolition (1960)
30. Operation Correction (1961)
31. The Jade Bow (1966)

32. Killer Darts (1968)



There is a surprisingly large amount of graphic bloodletting on display here - and right from the pre-credits scene in which a fighter chops off his own arm to prevent poison spreading! Stomach wounds also lead to fountains of blood here, while there is such zaniness as the lead actress karate chopping down whole trees in anger and whacking away giant spinning discs thrown at her in between dodging darts. Good dart action too as one might expect.

And on that positive note, that's it for me this month. Thanks for hosting, Lilarcor. Really enjoyed all of the regularly updated stats.

[sortile9io]

39. YUKE YUKE NIDOME NO SHOJO (Wakamatsu, 1969) — Sex and death, singular, disturbing, stylish and dismal, it's difficult for me to describe the bizarre lyricism in the vision of the two dysfunctional teenagers that spend their hours on a roof possibly looking for a way out of their sexual traumas. 7/10

Plus…

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10
30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — 7/10
31. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker, 1968) — 7/10
32. PERVYY UCHITEL (Konchalovskiy, 1965) — 8/10
33. ÚDOLÍ VCEL (Vlácil, 1968) — 7/10
34. UNEARTHLY STRANGER (Krish, 1963) — 6/10
35. BÜBCHEN (Klick, 1968) — 6/10
36. OPERAZIONE PAURA (Bava, 1966) — 8/10
37.1. STEKLYANNAYA GARMONIKA (Khrzhannovskiy, 1968) — 10/10
37.2. MU DI (Te, Qian, 1963) — 8/10
37.3. BALERINA NA KORABLE (Atamanov, 1969) — 7/10
37.4. PINK PAJAMAS (Freleng, Pratt, 1964) — 8/10
38. DOKTOR GLAS (Zetterling, 1968) — 5/10 *

* Bonus challenge

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

25-26.

'Poplave' / 'Floods' / 1960, Milutin Kosovac, Hajrudin Krvavac / 7/10 / 9 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Sousto' / 'The Loaf of Bread' / 1960, Jan Němec / 8/10 / 12 minutes / Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic)
'Ljudi sa rijeke' / 'People of the Rijeke' / 1961, Bahrudin Čengić / 8/10 / 11 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Posljednji krug' / 'The Last Round' / 1961, Pjer Majhrovski / 8/10 / 10 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Kišobran' / 'Umbrella' / 1962, Pjer Majhrovski / 10/10 / 10 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Bosanka' / 'Bosanka Factory' / 1963, Hajrudin Krvavac / 5/10 / 7 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Tifusari' / 'Typhoid Sufferers' / 1963, Vatroslav Mimica / 10/10 / 13 minutes / Yugoslavia (Croatia)
'Između kamena i vode' / 'Between Stone and Water' / 1964, Branko Vukotić / 8/10 / 10 minutes / Yugoslavia (Montenegro)
'Mala svetlost' / 'Little Light' / 1966, Vlatko Gilić, Predrag Golubović / 9/10 / 10 minutes / Yugoslavia (Serbia)
'Čvor' / 'Junction' / 1969, Krsto Papić / 8.5/10 / 11 minutes / Yugoslavia (Croatia)
'Ime čovjeka' / 'Man's Name' / 1969, Bakir Tanović / 6.5 or 7/10 / 14 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Kameni spavač' / 'Stone Sleeper' / 1969, Bakir Tanović / 6.5/10 / 11 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

(128 minutes)

[OldAle1]

Hippies & other shit

1. Liu yue xin niang / The June Bride (Huang Tang, 1960)
2. Ching nu yu hun / The Enchanting Shadow (Han Hsiang Li, 1960)
3. Qian jiao bai mei / Les Belles (Ching Doe, 1961)
4. Victim (Basil Dearden, 1961)
5. Bai she zhuan / Madame White Snake (Feng Yueh, 1962)
6. Wutei jiemei / Two Stage Sisters (Jin Xie, 1964)
7. Da nao tian gong / The Monkey King / Uproar in Heaven (Wan Laiming/Cheng Tang, 1963)
8. Hu di bei / The Butterfly Chalice (Cheh Chang/Chiu Feng Yuan, 1965)
9. Bian cheng san xia / The Magnificent Trio (Cheh Chang, 1966)
10. Tie shan gong zhu / Princess Iron Fan (Meng Hua Ho, 1966)

11. Jin pu sa / The Golden Buddha (Wei Lo, 1966)

I think every country in the world that had any kind of significant cinema was making spy movies by 1966; the enormous worldwide success of the first few Bond films caused everybody to jump on the bandwagon - here was a genre where you could have action, excitement, chases, mystery, international intrigue, and of course beautiful women, and even developing economies with smaller budgets for film like Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Mexico made Bond rip-offs in the late 60s. So it's no surprise that a big producer like Hong Kong would have some though this is the first one I've gotten to. It's...all right. It's not precisely Bond-like, in that our main protagonist isn't actually a spy - he just gets involved in this big crime story by accident, when he gets the wrong briefcase off an airplane. Turns out he has the golden Buddha - or rather one of three golden Buddhas, and there's a secret code to find a huge treasure that you need all three Buddhas to figure out. Chases, murders, mistaken identities, and a couple of beautiful girls follow at a fairly madcap pace. The one element here that is really Bond-like is the supervillain in his underground lair with all his uniformed killers, but the guy's only desire seems to be for money, not the world control that Dr. No or Goldfinger were after. He does however have one of the most ridiculous costumes you'll ever see in a (supposedly) serious spy flick



All in all this is just OK, as are frankly most of the Eurospy flicks coming mostly from Italy in this period. I enjoy these things but the production values are often low and they have to cram in too much stuff to make sure you get your money's worth, and the end result is often fairly tepid as it is here. Action is just so-so, though there is some good Thai location work, and the music often sounds like Elmer Bernstein in his Magnificent Seven mode.

12. Yun hai yu gong yuan / The Jade Bow (Hsin-Yen Chang/Qi Fu, 1966)

A more straightforward martial arts film, but NOT Shaw Brothers, and not in Cinemascope - at least not the YouTube copy I watched, which certainly didn't look heavily cropped. This is overall a pretty solid revenge saga in which women are the major characters, or at least the equals of the male protagonists. Two young women are raised by in rival martial arts traditions by the leaders of the schools, who hate each other, but one has a mysterious past; thinking her father dead, it turns out he's really... but that would be a spoiler. And there's also a love triangle at play here, as both young women fall for the same warrior; and a cool underground lair that one of the leaders stays in after his group is all but destroyed, and his life is bountry - the lair actually is reminiscent of a Bond-type lair (see the previous film) but it works fine here. Pretty solid action overall and again some interesting music choices - this has more the feel of earlier classic Hollywood (Korngold, Steiner etc) in it's music and to some extent in it's storytelling.

13. Da ci ke / The Assassin (Cheh Chang, 1967)

Set over 2000 years ago, at the moment when the Bronze Age of sword-making was leading into the Iron and Steel period (this is mentioned a couple of times in the film), this is another revenge story in which a young man grows up after seeing his master and most of his fellow students butchered by a warlord, to eventually seek vengeance with the help of a similarly wronged man. A really good initial half-hour with a couple of good fight sequences, and an excellent last half hour with a terrific long one-against-100 battle, separated unfortunately by a full hour of really drawn-out discussions on honor, the role of the warrior, the role of the man as the head of his family, etc, etc. This has a very personal feeling to it - it really seems like Chang (who co-wrote the screenplay) was working out some of his ideas of these roles and issues such as whether one should give up one's life for a cause, what brotherhood means, etc, and it's all fairly well conveyed, but unfortunately it also feels pretty labored and it just makes the film drag until you get to that spectacular ending. Jimmy Wang Yu as our hero and Chiao Chiao as his love interest are both good, and the romantic element of the story - in particular in the early scenes - is nicely done but overall this feels like it needed some seriously different editing choices.

14. Dong fu ren / The Arch (Shu Shuen Tong, 1968)

This really is different from the typically HK stuff - at least the typical stuff that's available to most of us - from the period; a b/w arthouse drama directed by a woman. A nice change then from all the other stuff I've been watching this month from this part of the world, and it seems to me probably a key link between earlier Chinese realist directors like Fei Mu, and contemporary/recent filmmakers such as Yimou Zhang and Zhangke Jia. It's a fairly ordinary story, one told a thousand times: middle-aged (but still very young-looking and beautiful) woman falls in love with a cavalry officer posted to her village, only to see her daughter also fall for him and win his hand. As usual in such stories, she suppresses her feelings for her daughter's sake, but when the couple moves away, and her own mother falls sick, the calamity of loneliness really starts to set it. The one thing she has lived for is the Arch that is promised for her village, a sign of her virtue and strength in educating and improving the lives of the people, which will give her an income such that she can retire... but will she care when she wins the honor?

Given the simple story - this reminded me a lot of Satyajit Ray as well as other Chinese films - it's the style and acting that have to make something worthwhile here, and they really do. Lisa Lu - just over 40 at the time, but with one of those ageless faces that could have been 30 or 50 - as Madame Tung gives one of those beautifully subtle, acting-with-the-eyes performances that works as a slow burn into heartbreaking territory by the end, and the atmospheric, moon-and-mist filled photography and remarkable, judicious use of jump-cuts and other simple effects really make this a special experience.

[blueboybob]

65. Nemuri Kyôshirô: Sappôchô (1963)
66. Viva Las Vegas (1964)
67. Taiyô no ôji: Horusu no daibôken (1968)
68. The Sorcerers (1967)

[sortile9io]

40. L'OEIL DU MALIN (Chabrol, 1962) — Fine early Chabrol, he examines the obsessive jealousy of an unsuccessful French journalist in his attempt to invade the life of his bourgeois German neighbours. 7/10

Plus…

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10
30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — 7/10
31. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker, 1968) — 7/10
32. PERVYY UCHITEL (Konchalovskiy, 1965) — 8/10
33. ÚDOLÍ VCEL (Vlácil, 1968) — 7/10
34. UNEARTHLY STRANGER (Krish, 1963) — 6/10
35. BÜBCHEN (Klick, 1968) — 6/10
36. OPERAZIONE PAURA (Bava, 1966) — 8/10
37.1. STEKLYANNAYA GARMONIKA (Khrzhannovskiy, 1968) — 10/10
37.2. MU DI (Te, Qian, 1963) — 8/10
37.3. BALERINA NA KORABLE (Atamanov, 1969) — 7/10
37.4. PINK PAJAMAS (Freleng, Pratt, 1964) — 8/10
38. DOKTOR GLAS (Zetterling, 1968) — 5/10 *
39. YUKE YUKE NIDOME NO SHOJO (Wakamatsu, 1969) — 7/10

* Bonus challenge

[blocho]

4. Judex (1963)
5. Dont Look Back (1967)

And that's it for me.

[allisoncm]

Spoiler

1. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) 10/10 REWATCH - 3rd or 4th watch -
2. Private Property (1960) 2/10
3. French Dressing (1964) 4.5/10
4. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Really not my kind of film
5. Accident (1967) 6/10
6. A Touch of Love (1969) 7/10
7. Echoes of Silence (1965) 5.5/10
8. Wutai jiemei/Two Stage Sisters / 舞台姐妹 (1964) 6/10
9. Lemonade Joe/ Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 1/10
10. Pan si dong/The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) 5/10
11. Pirosmani (1969) 5/10
12. Holubice (1960) 5.5/10
13. Walkover / Walkower (1965) 5/10
14. Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) 5.5/10
15. Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969) 4.5/10
16. Hitokiri/Tenchu! (1969) 2/10
17. Signore & signori (1966) 5/10
18. The Detective (1968) 5/10 NOIR
19. Mirage (1965) 7/10 NOIR
20. Nejkrásnejsí vek (1969) 6/10
21. The Angel Was Born/ O Anjo Nasceu (1969) 1/10
22, Inspector Palmu’s Error (1960) ‘Komisario Palmun erehdys’ Directed by Matti Kassila 5.5/10
23. Dzhamilya (1969) 5.2/10
24. Bloudení/Searching (1966) 5/10
25. Catch Us If You Can AKA Having a Wild Weekend (1965) 3/10
26. La Pyramide humaine (1961) 6/10
27. A Falecida (1965) 5/10
28. Guns of the Trees (1961) 6/10 Mekas at his zaniest.
29. Two Rode Together (1961) 2/10
30. La chasse au lion à l'arc (1966) Cahiers du Cinema & Sight & Sound’s doc lists 6/10
31. Capricci (1969) 1.5/10
32. Acéphale (1969) 4/10
33. Det kære legetøj (1968)
34. The Incident (1967) 6/10

35. Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça (1967) 6/10

[blueboybob]

69. Pan si dong (1967)
70. Zatôichi abare tako (1964)
71. Zatôichi hatashi-jô (1968)
72. Zatôichi senryô-kubi (1964)
73. Zatôichi umi o wataru (1966)

[AB537]

27. Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962) 7.5/10
28. La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV - The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (Roberto Rossellini, 1966) 8/10

[nimimerkillinen]

1. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)

[sortile9io]

41. SLÁVNOST V BOTANICKEJ ZÁHRADE (Havetta, 1969) — Lively celebration in Babindol (Slovakia), on paper it looked quite promising but soon I got tired of the chaos, shouting and repetitive festival music brought by its playful villagers. 5/10

Plus…

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10
30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — 7/10
31. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker, 1968) — 7/10
32. PERVYY UCHITEL (Konchalovskiy, 1965) — 8/10
33. ÚDOLÍ VCEL (Vlácil, 1968) — 7/10
34. UNEARTHLY STRANGER (Krish, 1963) — 6/10
35. BÜBCHEN (Klick, 1968) — 6/10
36. OPERAZIONE PAURA (Bava, 1966) — 8/10
37.1. STEKLYANNAYA GARMONIKA (Khrzhannovskiy, 1968) — 10/10
37.2. MU DI (Te, Qian, 1963) — 8/10
37.3. BALERINA NA KORABLE (Atamanov, 1969) — 7/10
37.4. PINK PAJAMAS (Freleng, Pratt, 1964) — 8/10
38. DOKTOR GLAS (Zetterling, 1968) — 5/10 *
39. YUKE YUKE NIDOME NO SHOJO (Wakamatsu, 1969) — 7/10
40. L'OEIL DU MALIN (Chabrol, 1962) — 7/10

* Bonus challenge

And that will be all for me, more than I expected but less than I would like. Thanks Lilarcor for hosting the challenge.

[allisoncm]

Spoiler

1. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) 10/10 REWATCH - 3rd or 4th watch -
2. Private Property (1960) 2/10
3. French Dressing (1964) 4.5/10
4. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Really not my kind of film
5. Accident (1967) 6/10
6. A Touch of Love (1969) 7/10
7. Echoes of Silence (1965) 5.5/10
8. Wutai jiemei/Two Stage Sisters / 舞台姐妹 (1964) 6/10
9. Lemonade Joe/ Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 1/10
10. Pan si dong/The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) 5/10
11. Pirosmani (1969) 5/10
12. Holubice (1960) 5.5/10
13. Walkover / Walkower (1965) 5/10
14. Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) 5.5/10
15. Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969) 4.5/10
16. Hitokiri/Tenchu! (1969) 2/10
17. Signore & signori (1966) 5/10
18. The Detective (1968) 5/10 NOIR
19. Mirage (1965) 7/10 NOIR
20. Nejkrásnejsí vek (1969) 6/10
21. The Angel Was Born/ O Anjo Nasceu (1969) 1/10
22, Inspector Palmu’s Error (1960) ‘Komisario Palmun erehdys’ Directed by Matti Kassila 5.5/10
23. Dzhamilya (1969) 5.2/10
24. Bloudení/Searching (1966) 5/10
25. Catch Us If You Can AKA Having a Wild Weekend (1965) 3/10
26. La Pyramide humaine (1961) 6/10
27. A Falecida (1965) 5/10
28. Guns of the Trees (1961) 6/10 Mekas at his zaniest.
29. Two Rode Together (1961) 2/10
30. La chasse au lion à l'arc (1966) Cahiers du Cinema & Sight & Sound’s doc lists 6/10
31. Capricci (1969) 1.5/10
32. Acéphale (1969) 4/10
33. Det kære legetøj (1968)
34. The Incident (1967) 6/10
35. Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça (1967) 6/10

36. Bröllopsbesvär (1964) 4/10

[cinephage]

10. Torn Curtain, by Alfred Hitchcock (1966) 7/10

Too long, and Julie Andrews' character slows everything for no reason, but the film still holds a few memorable scenes (murder scene, the bus...), and remains enjoyable.

From the swinging sixties (09)

01. Sallah Shabati, by Ephraim Kishon (1964) 4/10
02. Le Diable et les 10 commandements, by Julien Duvivier (1962) 7/10
03. David Holzman's Diary, by Jim McBride (1967) 7/10
04. L'assassino, by Elio Petri (1961) 7,5/10
05. The Curse of the Fly, by Don Sharp (1965) 4/10
06. Il mulino delle donne di pietra / Mill of the Stone Women, by Giorgio Ferroni (1960) 7.5/10
07. Night of the Eagle, by Sidney Hayers (1962) 8/10
08. Billy Liar, by John Schlesinger (1963) 6/10
09. Monsieur, by Jean-Paul Le Chanois (1964) 7/10

[flavo5000]

Thanks Lilarcor for hosting!


64. Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964)


65. La donna nella Resistenza a.k.a. Women of the Resistance (1965)


66. L'amante del vampiro a.k.a. The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)


67. The Night Hustlers (1968)

Spoiler

1. La mano de un hombre muerto a.k.a. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
2. Dinosaurus! (1960)
3. Captain Clegg a.k.a. Night Creatures (1962)
4. All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
5. Akibiyori a.k.a. Late Autumn (1960)
6. Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
7. Kipling's Women (1961)
8. Orgy at Lil's Place (1963)
9. The Black Cat (1966)
10. Dong fu ren a.k.a. The Arch (1968)
11. The Fakers a.k.a. Smashing the Crime Syndicate (1968)
12. Il mondo di notte numero 3 a.k.a. Ecco (1963)
13. The Forbidden (1966)
14. 7 Women (1966)
15. La baie des anges a.k.a. Bay of Angels (1963)
16. Il posto (1961)
17. El esqueleto de la señora Morales a.k.a. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
18. Kohayagawa-ke no aki a.k.a. The End of Summer (1961)
19. Paroxismus a.k.a. Venus in Furs (1969)
20. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
21. Daimajin ikaru a.k.a. Return of Daimajin (1966)
22a. Ouran (1968)
22b. Ars (1960)
22c. Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
22d. Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
22e. The Dead (1960)
23. Gli invasori a.k.a. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
24. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
25a. 23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
25b. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1 (1967)
25c. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
26. Una sull'altra a.k.a. One On Top Of The Other a.k.a. Perversion Story (1969)
27. Due occhi per uccidere a.k.a. Two Eyes To Kill (1968)
28. Muñecos infernales a.k.a. Curse of the Doll People (1961)
29. Disk-O-Tek Holiday a.k.a. Just for You (1964)
30. Medium Cool (1969)
31. Accident (1967)
32a. Twist Craze (1962)
32b. Dance Craze (1962)
32c. Vapors (1965)
33. La casa de las mil muñecas a.k.a. House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
34. The Witches (1966)
35. Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht a.k.a. Not Reconciled (1965)
36. Io la conoscevo bene a.k.a. I Knew Her Well (1965)
37. Operazione Goldman a.k.a. Lightning Bolt (1966)
38. Satanik (1968)
39. Vibrations (1968)
40. Konga (1961)
41. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
42. Kafti ekdikisis a.k.a. The Wild Pussycat (1969)
43. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
44. Who's Crazy? (1966)
45. Il sorpasso (1962)
46. The Satan Bug(1965)
47. Návrat ztraceného syna a.k.a. Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
48. Daimajin gyakushû a.k.a. Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
49. Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
50. Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden a.k.a. Succubus (1968)
51. Chelsea Girls (1966)
52. Rat Fink (1965)
53. Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern a.k.a. The Door With 7 Locks (1962)
54. La peau douce a.k.a. The Soft Skin (1964)
55. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
56. Teenage Zombies (1960)
57. Der heiße Tod a.k.a. 99 Women (1969)
58a. A Day with the Boys (1969)
58b. Émotion (1966)
59. L'enfance nue (1968)
60. The Hill (1965)
61. Private Property (1960)
62. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
63. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
64. Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964)
65. La donna nella Resistenza a.k.a. Women of the Resistance (1965)
66. L'amante del vampiro a.k.a. The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
67. The Night Hustlers (1968)

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

8 minutes of running time carried over from my last batch of shorts, to which I'll now add these...

27-28.

'El Despojo' / 1960, Antonio Reynoso / 8.5/10 / 12 minutes / Mexico
'Izlog' / 'Shop Window' / 1962, Vefik Hadžismajlović / 8.5 or 9/10 / 7 minutes / Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
'Matteo Falkone' / 1960, Tofig Taghizade / 7 or 7.5/10 / 19 minutes / Azerbaijan (USSR)
'Muzikinis kaleidoskopas' / 1965, Henrikas Šablevičius / 8.5/10 / 35 minutes / Lithuania (USSR)
'Prikosnovenie K Vechnosti' / 'Touching the Eternity' / 1966, Ararat Mashanov / 6.5 or 7/10 / 9 minutes / Kazakhstan (USSR)
'Igra ljubavi' / 'The Game of Love' / 1967, Vladimir Momčilović / 9.5/10 / 8 minutes / Yugoslavia (Serbia)
'Šauksmas' / 1967, Vytenis Imbrasas, Rimtautas Šilinis / 6/10 / 10 minutes / Lithuania (USSR)
'Sušaudymas' / 1967, Almantas Grikevičius / 6.5/10 / 16 minutes / Lithuania (USSR)
'Tolerancija' 1967, Zlatko Grgic, Branko Ranitovic / 6.5/10 / 9 minutes / Yugoslavia (Croatia)
'Monangambée' / 1968, Sarah Maldoror / 9/10 / 16 minutes / Angola
'Activités vinicoles dans le Vouvray' / 1969, Charles Matton / 7.5/10 / 15 minutes / France
'Iš senųjų laikų' / 1969, Rimtautas Šilinis / 8 or 8.5/10 / 9 minutes / Lithuania (USSR)

(173 minutes)

And my final few features...



29. 'Telegrame' / 1959 (1960 on IMDb), Aurel Miheles, Gheorghe Naghi / 6.5/10 / Romania
30. 'Bahurani' / 'Daughter-in-Law' / 1963, T. Prakash Rao / 8.5/10 / India
31. 'La ragazza con la pistola' / 'The Girl with a Pistol' / 1968, Mario Monicelli / 7.5 or 8/10 / Italy




Thank you for hosting, Lilarcor! It proved to be very pleasurable and rewarding.

[OldAle1]

Hippies & other shit

1. Liu yue xin niang / The June Bride (Huang Tang, 1960)
2. Ching nu yu hun / The Enchanting Shadow (Han Hsiang Li, 1960)
3. Qian jiao bai mei / Les Belles (Ching Doe, 1961)
4. Victim (Basil Dearden, 1961)
5. Bai she zhuan / Madame White Snake (Feng Yueh, 1962)
6. Wutei jiemei / Two Stage Sisters (Jin Xie, 1964)
7. Da nao tian gong / The Monkey King / Uproar in Heaven (Wan Laiming/Cheng Tang, 1963)
8. Hu di bei / The Butterfly Chalice (Cheh Chang/Chiu Feng Yuan, 1965)
9. Bian cheng san xia / The Magnificent Trio (Cheh Chang, 1966)
10. Tie shan gong zhu / Princess Iron Fan (Meng Hua Ho, 1966)
11. Jin pu sa / The Golden Buddha (Wei Lo, 1966)
12. Yun hai yu gong yuan / The Jade Bow (Hsin-Yen Chang/Qi Fu, 1966)
13. Da ci ke / The Assassin (Cheh Chang, 1967)
14. Dong fu ren / The Arch (Shu Shuen Tong, 1968)

15. Hadaka no shima / The Naked Island (Kaneto Shindô, 1960)

Beautiful b/w, wordless cinemascope portrait of a small family that - for reasons never given, and barely hinted at - live by themselves on a rocky island miles from land, and toil ceaselessly as farmers, trading their good for necessary products in the town on the shore when needed. A monotonous, difficult life - with daily walks up steep slopes with gallons of water carried in pails - is interrupted when one of the two boys gets sick, and this causes a rift - already there certainly as shown in subtle ways (and one not-subtle slap) - between man and woman, but will it be permanent? Certainly a fascinating film as an almost ethnographic study (albeit with pro actors), and as I said, really beautiful - I think b/w 'scope is something that I could watch all the time - with terrific music by Hikari Hayashi - but there is just a limit for me, or at least is right now, in how much I can enjoy this sort of thing. And it reminded me in some ways of my parents - I got the notion that the family were on the island because it was the man's choice, because he wanted to be away from people, and the wife had some level of resistance; this isn't clear mind you, just a feeling - and this reminded me uncomfortably of my own stay-at-home-away-from-humanity father, and how my mother and my brother and I resented it. A tough viewing - maybe a great film too but I just couldn't really "enjoy" it all that much.

16. The Bellboy (Jerry Lewis, 1960)

I'm guessing I like Jerry Lewis more than most people here, but that probably isn't saying much - he has lost most of his popularity in the 60 years since this was released, and his humor is "dated" for many more than that of even many of his contemporaries; or they see in him a forerunner to lowbrow comics like Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey, and if they don't like those guys... Anyway, like I said, I like him more than most, and I usually do find something enjoyable in the films I've seen, but this one didn't provide a whole lot of fun. The introduction tells us - very accurately - that we're just going to see a series of sketches, and indeed that's what we have - Jerry playing a bellboy at a Miami Beach resort and getting into all kinds of trouble. I did like some sequences quite a bit - the whole doubles gag with him and Milton Berle was great - but overall this was just not that funny, and was saved mostly by Jerry's pretty strong grasp of editing and visual gags - the particular ways in which the Stan Laurel clone appears for example; also the fact that he isn't doing his stock irritating childish voice is a plus (and it plays into an interesting element of the film that you may not notice at first). In the end it's a marginal "like" for me at best.

17. Die wang jiao wa / Operation Lipstick (Umetsugu Inoue, 1967)

A totally obscure spy movie, though this one isn't really anything like a Bond copy - more a humorous blend of gangsters vs the feds and a nightclub singer (Pei-Pei Cheng, just stunning here) and her petty criminal "family" of pickpockets and fake-statue makers who get caught up in the search for a bronze lion with microfilm containing nuclear secrets. It's completely nonstop in it's action and goes from one set-piece to another at breakneck speed, pausing only for a couple of songs along the way. Lots of fun with nice use of day-glo colors, and lots of beautiful women. I guess this is in the end fairly typical of the lighter side of the spy/crime film from this era - think Matt Helm for example - in tone if not in the actual storytelling, which is a bit shaky as so often is the case in HK genre cinema. But it's quite enjoyable in the end even if I'll have forgotten it tomorrow. First check! And that's my third first check of the challenge, probably a record for me.

That's all I could manage. Thanks for hosting Lila!

[frbrown]

My last one

Thanks for hosting, Lilarcor


22a. Machorka-Muff (1963)
22b. 79 primaveras (1969)
22c. Vivian (1965)
22d. Breakaway (1966)
22e. Report (1967) [rewatch]
22f. The White Rose (1967)

23a. Tung (1966)
23b. Mass for the Dakota Sioux (1964)
23c. Castro Street (1966) [rewatch]
23d. All My Life (1966) [rewatch]
23e. 7362 (1967)
23f. 69 (1968)
23g. Arnulf Rainer (1960) [rewatch]
23h. Unsere Afrikareise (1966) [rewatch]

Spoiler

1. Offbeat (1961)
2. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
3. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
4. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
5. Flat Two (1962)
6. Le monte-charge (1962)
7. Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
8. L'oeil du malin (1962)
9a. The Outer Limits: Corpus Earthling (1963)
9b. Star Trek: Arena (1967)
9c. Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)
10. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
11. Cairo (1963)
12. Warning Shot (1967)
13a. Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)
13b. The Outer Limits: Nightmare (1963)
13c. Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)
14. A Prize of Arms (1962)
15a. Shocking Pink (1965)
15b. Pink Ice (1965)
15c. The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
15d. Pink Panzer (1965)
15e. An Ounce of Pink (1965)
15f. Reel Pink (1965)
15g. Bully for Pink (1965)
15h. Pink Punch (1966)
15i. Pink Pistons (1966)
15j. Vitamin Pink (1966)
16. The Outsider (1967)
17. Angel Baby (1961)
18. The Hanged Man (1964)
19a. The Pink Blueprint (1966)
19b. Pink, Plunk, Plink (1966)
19c. Smile Pretty, Say Pink (1966)
19d. Pink-A-Boo (1966)
19e. The Genie with the Light Pink Fur (1966)
19f. SuperPink (1966)
19g. Rock a Bye Pinky (1966)
19h. Pinknic (1967)
19i. Pink Panic (1967)
19j. Pink Posies (1967)
20. The Detective (1968)
21. Les felins (1964)
22a. Machorka-Muff (1963)
22b. 79 primaveras (1969)
22c. Vivian (1965)
22d. Breakaway (1966)
22e. Report (1967) [rewatch]
22f. The White Rose (1967)
23a. Tung (1966)
23b. Mass for the Dakota Sioux (1964)
23c. Castro Street (1966) [rewatch]
23d. All My Life (1966) [rewatch]
23e. 7362 (1967)
23f. 69 (1968)
23g. Arnulf Rainer (1960) [rewatch]
23h. Unsere Afrikareise (1966) [rewatch]

[Lilarcor]

Thanks all! Roughly 15 hours left to post your June watches.

[sebby]

01 An Actor's Revenge (1963)
02 Chronicle of a Summer (1961)

[Lilarcor]

The final scores! 746 watches, which is an average of 24 films per day! jdidaco a clear winner in both the main challenge and the bonus challenge. bbb pips second place by the end, very sneaky.

Rank	Participant	Count	Bonus
1	jdidaco	110	2
2	blueboybob	73	-
3	flavo5000	67	-
4	sortile9io	41	1
5	allisoncm	36	-
6	sol	32	-
7	RogerTheMovieManiac88	31	-
8	AB537	28	1
8	Obgeoff	28	-
10	peeptoad	27	-
11	frbrown	23	-
12	Melvelet	18	-
13	OldAle1	17	-
14	maxwelldeux	16	-
14	Mochard	16	-
16	ororama	14	-
17	Lilarcor	11	-
18	cinephage	10	-
18	VincentPrice	10	-
20	hurluberlu	8	-
21	shugs	7	-
22	blocho	5	-
23	Ebbywebby	4	-
24	zzzorf	3	-
25	morrison-dylan-fan	2	-
25	sebby	2	-
25	vortexsurfer	2	-
28	connordenney	1	-
28	nimimerkillinen	1	-

1961 really fell behind in the last two days of the challenge, even after attempts to look specifically for 1961 films to watch by some challengers.




22 new entries for Japan in the last two days means that it takes fourth place! Thanks to the final entries by Roger, all of Central Asia was represented in the challenge. A couple of Canadian entries at the end suggests to me that people were warming up to the July Canada challenge.
The most surprising thing to me were the few entries from South Asia. India with 3 entries only, despite the large number of great films from the country in the 1960s, even many official checks for those who care about those things. But overall a quite diverse list of countries!

210 - USA
92 - UK
90 - France
49 - Japan
45 - Hong Kong
44 - Italy
23 - Czechoslovakia (Czechia)
19 - West Germany
14 - Spain
13 - Soviet Union (Russia)
10 - Sweden
9 - Taiwan
8 - East Germany
8 - Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
7 - Hungary
6 - Brazil
6 - Mexico
6 - Poland
6 - Yugoslavia (Serbia)
5 - Canada
5 - China
5 - Soviet Union (Lithuania)
4 - Austria
4 - South Korea
3 - Bulgaria
3 - Cuba
3 - Denmark
3 - India
3 - Iran
3 - Israel
3 - Soviet Union (Azerbaijan)
3 - Soviet Union (Ukraine)
3 - Yugoslavia (Croatia)
2 - Angola
2 - Belgium
2 - Chile
2 - Czechoslovakia (Slovakia)
2 - Greece
2 - Senegal
2 - Soviet Union (Georgia)
2 - Switzerland
1 - Algeria
1 - Bolivia
1 - Egypt
1 - Finland
1 - Morocco
1 - Romania
1 - Soviet Union (Kazakhstan)
1 - Soviet Union (Kyrgyzstan)
1 - Soviet Union (Moldova)
1 - Soviet Union (Tajikistan)
1 - Soviet Union (Turkmenistan)
1 - Soviet Union (Uzbekistan)
1 - Yugoslavia (Montenegro)
1 - Yugoslavia (Slovenia)

Thanks again to everyone for playing along!

[allisoncm]

Thank you so much for hosting, Lilarcor! Could you also updated the first post to reflect the final results, because when final data is collected, they usually look at the first page.

Thanks again.