#1964 movies

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One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar winners

My Fair Lady / "Ascot Gavotte" Ensemble

Year: 1964

Designer: Cecil Beaton

The costumes in this number are staggering. Not especially historically accurate in most cases, but bursting with slightly surreal creative style (there's something very "Dr. Seuss" about some of those hats). This may reflect the fact that Cecil Beaton first worked on the stage show, where exquisite detail is less important than making a bold impression on even the cheap seats.

Apparently, Beaton designed over 1,000 costumes for this movie, of which about 400 appear in this scene alone. See this article for even more photos.

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Did Claudia Cardinale and María Felix meet?

Yes, they met in June 1961 taking pictures with the singer Lady Patachou at the "Nuit de la chancellerie" gala in France but the Felix - Cardinale relationship was not and did not reach a friendship.

At the end of the following year director Henry Hathaway was looking for an older, experienced actress for his film "Circus World" for the role of "Lili Alfredo", the mother of Tony Alfredo (played by Claudia Cardinale), and here comes the problem. First they offered María Félix the role of "Lili Alfredo" playing the mother of "Tony" but the popular 'María Bonita' expressed herself saying: "I will not play the role of the mother of a novice actress" since she found out that Claudia would be the protagonist.

To María Felix's petulant refusal; the director Henry Hathaway did not know who to offer and this was known to John Wayne (father of Claudia/Tony in the film as Matt Masters) to whom the director gave his trust so that he would not leave his 'daughter' Tony "orphaned" and Wayne contacted his dear friend the iconic Rita Hayworth and she kindly accepted without any differences with the new young protagonist Claudia Cardinale.

Filming began in September 1963 and concluded in February 1964 in Madrid, Spain, premiering that same year, being a great success at the time!

"One day Rita came into my caravan and started crying, something that disconcerted me and she told me: 'I was beautiful too one day'. It hurt me a lot because for me she was a goddess"

-Claudia Cardinale in "Essere Claudia", 2007.

Credits:

📷 Photographs, date and location information by Élie Kagan. 🎬 Gifs of "Circus World home movie" in Spain, 1964. Black and white gif is Claudia's sister Blanche Cardinale as her assistant.

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[imkeepinit]

Movie poster by an unknown artist, distributed by the National Screen Service (#64/117), for the 1964 American-International Pictures feature film Muscle Beach Party. Peter Lorre had a small part in the film. It was his penultimate picture, and he died two days before it was released. This was 13-year-old Stevie Wonder's first film.

#movie poster #American-International Pictures #Muscle beach Party #1964 movies #Valora Noland #Peter Lupus #Alberta Nelson #Don Rickles #Donna Loren #Buddy Hackett #Jody McCrea #Delores Wells #John Ashley #Frankie Avalon #Annette Funicello

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Tony Young in Taggart (1964).

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[adamwatchesmovies]

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Richard Matheson’s 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel I Am Legend has received three big-screen adaptations, all of which have certain elements that work and their share of flaws too. This one may not be as slick as the later adaptations but it’s moody and exciting. The combination of Vincent Price as the world-weary hero and the ending cements this as the best version.

In 1965, a plague ravaged mankind. Most died, only to return to life as undead vampire-like creatures who crave blood, cannot stand sunlight, the sight of their own reflection or the smell of garlic. Three years later, the last man on earth is Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price). He defends his home from the creatures at night and goes hunting for them during the day.

Although Vincent Price has no one to speak to for a large chunk of the film (some of it is set in flashback to explain how the world came to this sad state) he narrates his character's thoughts as he goes about his monotonous days checking the defences for weaknesses, addressing the dead bodies he finds around the city and hunting any vampires hiding from the sun so he can take their corpses to a pit and burn them. Price’s voice perfectly sets up the mood. He’s very matter-of-fact about everything, reminding us that he no longer has room in his life for luxuries such as anger. He’s become a shadow of himself; not even looking for a cure as much as a way to eliminate the creatures who have taken over the world that once belonged to his people. Even when signs of hope burst through the hardened soil, it’s not long before it gets stamped out. Maybe if he stumbles upon some kind of breakthrough, he'll suddenly find a greater purpose than daily extermination. More likely, he's going to make a mistake and get taken down by the vampires. The third possibility? He'll grow tired of it all and give up. It’s grim and unsettling.

The film captures the feel of the novel (I’d hope so, as it was written by Matheson under a pseudonym) with a couple of deviations here and there. The scenario is inherently interesting. You want to see where what’s coming next. Even with the mostly unnecessary flashback scenes, your intrigue is peaked. Will these hold the clue to a cure somehow?

The flashback scenes are unfortunately where the film is at its weakest for a few reasons. Firstly, it’s pretty obvious the film was shot in Italian and then dubbed into English. Not helping are the voice actors who recorded the dialogue. Most are pretty bad. Some are even worse.

There’s a strange moment towards the end where Morgan’s actions don’t quite match up with everything we’ve been told about him previously (I attribute it to a culmination of tragic events that come in quick succession) that might rub you the wrong way but it leads to a solid conclusion. The way you see it, the plot can go one of two ways and you just don’t know which we’ll get. It makes things tense up until the very last second. The picture’s final act is the reason you'll overlook the flaws and the low-budget (it looks fine overall but it’s shot in black-and-white, probably the first widescreen film in the public domain I’ve seen like this). I've witnessed so many movies chicken out at the eleventh hour. The Last Man on Earth commits all the way.

For Vincent Price alone, I’d say The Last Man on Earth is worth seeing. This is by no means the definitive adaptation of the novel but so far, it’s the best version we’ve gotten. (On DVD, March 23, 2020)

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being a lone allan supporter before the movie even came out and now seeing people watch barbie and posting about him is wild man i was shouting into the void and now the void is shouting back

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ELIZA DOOLITTLE & HATS

MY FAIR LADY (1964), costumes by Cecil Beaton

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The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night (1964)

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[mrsduwinter]

Gomez and Morticia (1964)

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Onibaba (1964)

#onibaba #1960s horror #1960s movies #1964 #kaneto shindô #horrorgifs #gif #my gifs

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The Loch Ness Monster - 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

#loch ness monster gif #7 faces of dr. lao gif #george pal #jim danforth #stop motion animation #nessie #60s fantasy movies #sixties #1964 #gif #chronoscaph gif

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One Dress a Day Challenge

Black and White October

Mothra vs. Godzilla (Mosura tai Gojira) / Yuriko Hoshi as Junko Nakanishi

This classic polka-dotted sleeveless dress is appropriate for virtually any occasion, from meetings with the chief of an isolated tribe to negotiating with diminutive fairies. With its standing collar, A-line skirt, and belt of the same material, it wouldn't look out of place in any decade from the 1950s forward.

What's particularly impressive is that Junko somehow manages to wear it under a suit of oilskins including pants (see below) without getting it impossibly wrinkled! (Either that, or she folded it up very small and carried it in her purse.)

Junko accessorizes with a white, bucket-shaped straw hat, black shoes, and a black purse.

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Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

#my gif #clint eastwood #A Fistful of Dollars #gif #gifs #vintage #film #movie #western #cowboy #1964 #1960s

[adamwatchesmovies]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, is a film so permanent you don’t even know how much influence it's had until you've seen it. This satirical take on the Cold War is both hilarious and terrifying thanks to an impeccable attention to detail, terrific performances, and more than one scene that will stick with you forever.

United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) has done the unthinkable and single-handedly declared nuclear war against the USSR. With foolproof safety precautions preventing further orders from reaching the planes approaching enemy territory, his executive officer Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) desperately searches for a way to recall the attack. Meanwhile, the President of the United States (played by Sellers again) attempts to prevent the incoming catastrophe with the help of his advisors and the mysterious Dr. Strangelove (Sellers one more time).

The film begins with an assurance that what takes place here could never happen in real life. This statement is about as convincing and reassuring as a friendly dinner invitation from Hannibal Lecter. No detail is spared when showing us the codes, secret envelopes, radio signals, and equipment that form this air-tight mechanism designed to prevent wrong orders from reaching the planes. These planes - always in the air and always ready to strike - ensure that if the Soviet Union decides to strike "the free world" retaliation will be swift. But what happens when a jingoistic lunatic decides that counterattacking isn’t good enough? It could mean a long-lasting nuclear winter that’ll wipe out all humanity. If not, it could be the much-needed catalyst to usher us into an era of global peace. That’s, of course, if General Ripper can be prevented from damning us all.

So thorough is this exploration of mutually-assured nuclear destruction that only repeat viewings will allow you to appreciate the humorous side of this scenario. Like so many boneheaded attempts by the Soviet Union and the U.S.A. to one-up each other during the Cold War, Dr. Strangelove is funny in hindsight but in the moment it makes you sweat buckets. The suspense is intensified by how many people fail to realize how close they are to complete annihilation. That, in turn, is what makes it so funny. Seeing Captain Mandrake sit back and try to remain calm while he’s listening to General Ripper’s rambling logic, General Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) trying and spin the scenario into something positive for the President, witnessing the clearly insane Dr. Strangelove (who isn’t actually in the film all that much) propose a solution in case war does break out makes you want to jump into a straightjacket… until you realize your side of the screen is perfectly safe.

There are so many memorable elements in this film. Dr. Strangelove and his Alien Hand Syndrome (a syndrome often called Dr. Strangelove Syndrome), Ripper yammering about “precious bodily fluids” or the U.S. President’s interactions with the Russian President, the introduction credits, the music, the design of the Pentagon’s War Room, the screenplay, the cinematography (gorgeous and chilling black-and-white) and the performances. Every aspect of filmmaking is firing on all cylinders. It’s a movie you want to come back to again and again to catch all of the little details. There’s no way you can get everything Dr. Strangelove has to offer on a single viewing because unless you know ahead of time, there’s no way you’d recognize Sellers in his three roles. And that ending! This is a must-see. (On Blu-ray, October 20, 2017)

#Dr. Strangelove #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Stanley Kubrick #Terry Southern #Peter George #Peter Sellers #George C. Scott #Sterling Hayden #Keenan Wynn #Slim Pickens #Tracy Reed #1964 movies #1964 films

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guys we need to all agree that this allan is a homosexual. because he is. [SPOILERS] the allan that got midge pregnant escaped to the real world. allan says another allan escaped before in the movie when trying to escape kendom with the humans. [END SPOILERS] he can represent the gay experience of growing up isolated, not accepted by the guys but not really one of the girls. i’ve also seen the nonbinary community become fond of him. LETS ALL AGREE THAT HE IS ONE OF US OK? HE IS LGBTQ. ALLAN I LOVE YOU.

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[maggiecheungs]

“Yearning, by Mikio Naruse, is one of my favourite films, and I loved the way restraint became the main emotion throughout that film. The question became how to do it. I decided to go back to basics, to really play with the bare minimum in the screenplay. I didn’t want all these subtle emotions expressed through words, but at the same time I wanted to make sure the audience fully understood, and felt, how the characters were feeling.” —Park Chan-wook on the inspirations for Decision to Leave

Final scene of Decision to Leave (2022) // final scene of Yearning (1964)

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