Positioned precariously between the uptight '50s and the freewheeling '70s, the 1960s marked a transitional decade in the film industry. As art, mass market, and pop culture merged and collided in true pop art style, cinema swirled with psychedelic energy. This handbook gathers the best films of the era, exploring the making and the mastery of such cinematic star turns as The Leopard, The Birds, Belle de Jour, A Fistful of Dollars, and Doctor Zhivago. With audiences ever more glued to their TV sets and the loosened rules ...
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Positioned precariously between the uptight '50s and the freewheeling '70s, the 1960s marked a transitional decade in the film industry. As art, mass market, and pop culture merged and collided in true pop art style, cinema swirled with psychedelic energy. This handbook gathers the best films of the era, exploring the making and the mastery of such cinematic star turns as The Leopard, The Birds, Belle de Jour, A Fistful of Dollars, and Doctor Zhivago. With audiences ever more glued to their TV sets and the loosened rules about what was "permissible" in cinema with the abolition of the Production Code, filmmakers embraced the freedom to explore the possibilities of film as an art form. As was often the case, the Europeans led the way, the French with Nouvelle Vague directors like Godard and Truffaut, and the Italians with such innovative films as Fellini's 8 1/2 and Antonioni's Eclipse. By the mid-'60s the United States also began to exercise greater creative liberties, especially in films from young underground directors such as Russ Meyer, John Frankenheimer, and Sam Peckinpah. Meanwhile, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music ushered out the grandiose Hollywood musical era with a bang while the Spaghetti Western became an instant phenomenon. Bond, James Bond, first appeared on-screen and Kubrick set new standards for sci-fi with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Though the term "feminism" may not have been ready for prime time, the decade was also one of major advances in female characterization. From Jane Fonda's Barbarella to Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany's to Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde, it was the 1960s that saw women on-screen graduate from decorative accessories to complex, kick-ass personas. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
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Add this copy of Movies of the 60s to cart. $31.95, good condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Taschen.
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Add this copy of Movies of the 60'S to cart. $37.18, good condition, Sold by John's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Taschen.
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Add this copy of Movies of the 60s Muller, Jurgen to cart. $63.21, very good condition, Sold by Cherubz Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from York, N YORKS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Taschen.
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Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. Black leather with gold lettering & decorations with full color photographic plate affixed to front. Gilt textblock edges. Moire end pages. Silk ribbon marker. Overall very good+/fine.
Add this copy of Filme Der 60er (Midi) Jürgen Müller Genres Reifeprüfung to cart. $110.28, very good condition, Sold by LLU- BOOKSERVICE ANTIQUARIAN rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wahlstedt, S-H, GERMANY, published by Taschen.
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Very good. Die Vielfalt an Genres erreicht eine nie dagewesene Qualität und bleibt über die Zeit hinaus richtungsweisend für den modernen Film. Wird einerseits die Gesellschaft in einer harschen, aber locker-romantischen Weise der "Reifeprüfung" unterzogen, so machen andere unsere Erde gleich zum "Planet der Affen". Ennio Morricone's Musik zu "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" wird zum Klassiker, ebenso wie die berühmte Duschszene in "Psycho" nicht mehr aus der Zitatenwelt der Postmoderne wegzudenken. Stars wie Deneuve, Depardieu, Nicholson oder Eastwood waren und sind die Epigonen dieses Goldenen Zeitalters der Filmgeschichte. "Filme der 60er" stellt mit seiner Auswahl eben jene Vielfalt und Experimentierfreude dieser cineastisch äußerst interessanten und erfolgreichen Epoche in den Vordergrund. Über den Autor: Geb. 1961, Studium der Kunstgeschichte. Kunstkritiker und Kurator zahlreicher Ausstellungen. Bücher und Aufsätze zu kunst-und filmgeschichtlichen Themen ingebettet in die Zeit zwischen den verklemmten fünfziger Jahren und den befreiten Siebzigern, markieren die Sixties eine turbulente Zeit der Filmindustrie. Der Feminismus war zwar international auf dem Vormarsch, aber von einem Durchbruch konnte noch nicht die Rede sein. Dennoch waren diese Jahre dominiert von der Befreiung der Frau; seien es Jane Fondas Barbarella und Holly Golightly aus Frühstück bei Tiffany oder Bonnie Parker aus Bonnie und Clyde, die Frau im Film war nicht länger hübsches Beiwerk, sondern ein eigenständiges Wesen mit Biss und Durchsetzungsvermögen. Die Zuschauer klebten an der Mattscheibe des Fernsehers und die Moral lockerte sich, auch im Film. Die Filmemacher entdeckten die Möglichkeiten ihres Mediums neu, definierten Film als Kunst. Wie so oft wagten die Europäer mutig den Anfang-Franzosen, wie Godard und Truffaut, mit der Nouvelle Vague und die Italiener mit innovativen Filmen wie Fellinis 8 1/2 und Antonionis Eclipse. Aber auch die Amerikaner zeigten etwas kreative Freiheit, besonders junge Regisseure aus dem Untergrund: Russ Meyer, John Frankenheimer und Sam Peckinpah. Zur gleichen Zeit landete Hollywood Knaller wie Mary Poppins und The Sound of Music, das Phänomen Spaghetti-Western wurde geboren und natürlich trinkt Bond, James Bond, seinen ersten Martini auf der Leinwand. In bester Pop Art-Manier verschmelzen die Grenzen zwischen Kunst, Massengeschmack und Popkultur zu einem farbenfrohen, psychedelischen Spektakel. Groovy, TASCHEN. Über den Autor: Geb. 1961, Studium der Kunstgeschichte. Kunstkritiker und Kurator zahlreicher Ausstellungen. Bücher und Aufsätze zu kunst-und filmgeschichtlichen Themen 60er Jahre Kultur Filme Kunst Fotografie Film Video TV Filme der 60er (Midi) von Jürgen Müller.
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