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It is the job of classical Hollywood cinema to get the audience lost and absorbed into the story of the film, so that the film is pleasurable. In contrast the task of European art cinema is to be ambiguous, utilizing an open-ended (and sometimes intertextual ) plot, causing the audience to ask questions themselves whilst introducing an element ...
The Big Red One (1980) – epic war film based on Samuel Fuller's own experiences as a soldier in World War II [6] Breaker Morant (1980) – Australian war drama film concerning the 1902 court martial of lieutenants Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton—one of the first war crime prosecutions in British military history [7]
Part of the "Three Handed-Painted Films" Street of Crocodiles: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay: United Kingdom [14] Thames Film: William Raban: John Hurt: United Kingdom Toutes les femmes est Jeanne d'Arc: Suzanne Lemaître: France 1987: 17 Reasons Why: Nathaniel Dorsky: United States Alaya: Nathaniel Dorsky: United States All Our Secrets are ...
Battle Cry is a 1955 Warnercolor film, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, James Whitmore, Tab Hunter, Nancy Olson, Anne Francis, Dorothy Malone, Raymond Massey, and Mona Freeman in CinemaScope. The film is based on the 1953 novel by former Marine Leon Uris , who also wrote the screenplay, and was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh .
That said, some art films may widen their appeal by offering certain elements of more familiar genres such as documentary or biography. For promotion, art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics' reviews; discussion of the film by arts columnists, commentators, and bloggers; and word-of-mouth promotion by audience members.
Similar to spy films, the heist or caper film included worldly settings and hi-tech gadgets, as in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960), Topkapi (1964) or The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). The spaghetti westerns (made in Italy and Spain), were typified by Clint Eastwood films, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965) or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released between 1960 and 1964. Unless where noted, all films had sound and were in black and white. Unless where noted, all films had sound and were in black and white.
The plot concerns the opening phase of the Greco-Italian War in October/November 1940, with the protagonists caught up in the Italian invasion of Greece from Albania. The film belongs to a series of "patriotic" films shot during the Greek military junta of 1967–74. Its title derives from the popular Greek war cry of the time, "Aera!".