Tag Archives: 50’s
Around the World in 24 Hours of Film
Check for the latest updates on my journey at the bottom of this post. Here’s the idea for Around the World in 24 Hours of Film. Like Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, on this … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon
Tagged 20's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, Aleksandr Ptushko, Alice in Wonderland, Blind Dead, Brigitte Lahaie, Bunuel, Claudine Auger, Comedy, Conrad Veidt, Czech, Dennis Hopper, Drama, fairy tale, Fantasy, Godzilla, horror, Jack Nicholson, Jacques Tati, Jan Svankmajer, Jean Rollin, Kaiju, Karen Black, Ken Loach, Kung Fu, lovable animals, M. Hulot, Mario Bava, Mexico, motorcycle, Peter Fonda, piranha, Robert Wiene, Russian, Silent, Slasher, Stop Motion, Surreal, Train, Zombie
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Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956) is still an effectively scary film. I know this because I just started playing excerpts from the film’s all-electronic score through iTunes, and my dogs became alarmed and ran out of the room barking. The “music” – … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 50's, Anne Francis, Id, Leslie Nielsen, lovable animals, Robby the Robot, Science Fiction, Walter Pidgeon
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100 Essential Films of the Fantastic (26-50)
Part 2 of the 100 Essential Films of the Fantastic. See Part 1 for an introduction. To view all 100, visit the list’s contents page. #26 The Maze (1953) D: William Cameron Menzies Rebecca meets H.P. Lovecraft in this tale … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Essential Films of the Fantastic, 50's, 60's, Alien Invasion, Bunuel, Captain Nemo, cyclops, demons, Dracula, Dragon, Edgar Allan Poe, Federico Fellini, giant animals, giant ants, giant squid, Godzilla, Greek Mythology, Grim Reaper, H.G. Wells, Hammer, Japan, Jules Verne, Nouvelle Vague, Ray Harryhausen, Robby the Robot, Roger Corman, time machine, Universal Monsters, Van Helsing, Vincent Price, Walt Disney, William Cameron Menzies
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