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Rebel Samurai: Sixties Swordplay Classics (1965-1968) [The Criterion Collection ## 310-313] [Repost] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Sept. 24, 2011

REBELLION! The political and cultural tumult of the early 1960s shook Japan as it did the rest of the world. Japanese filmmakers responded to the changing times by disguising themes of dissent in the traditional form of the swordplay film, or chanbara. Previously populated by heroic samurai, self-sacrificing ronin, and historical figures who exemplified noble Japanese virtues, the genre began embracing a new kind of hero, or antihero: the lone outcast, distrustful of authority but maintaining a personal code of honor. These four classic films, from four masters of Japanese cinema, turn a genre upside down, redefining for a modern generation the meaning of loyalty and honor, as embodied by the iconic figure of the samurai.

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Movies

Posted by Artist14 at Jan. 9, 2011

"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.

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Sweet November (1968) Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at Oct. 30, 2014

Sarah Deever (Sandy Dennis) is an idealistic young woman living in Brooklyn. Her altruistic nature finds her taking in visitors for a month at a time to help them in their time of need. Charlie Blake (Anthony Newley) is her latest reclamation project, a cardboard-box factory worker and owner of an annoyingly loud alarm on his wristwatch. Charlie gains entrance to her apartment and eventually her heart when he reveals he always wanted to be a poet. Sarah seeks to overcome her own problems by helping those in need, but her need for Charlie's love soon supersedes her initial intentions. He is allowed to stay for the month of November as she adheres to her traditional deadline on guests.

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Girl in Gold Boots (1968) Movies

Posted by sono.il.garante at Nov. 16, 2014

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Corruption (1968) Movies

Posted by Notsaint at April 7, 2015

A doctor goes to extreme lengths, even murder to restore the badly burned face of his fiance.

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Giselle (Natalia Bessmertnova-Mikhail Lavrovsky, Bolshoi Ballet 1968) Movies

Posted by mindoverload at Nov. 12, 2008

Giselle (Natalia Bessmertnova-Mikhail Lavrovsky, Bolshoi Ballet 1968)
AVI | Audio: 48 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, 128.00 kbps avg | Video: 592x448 (1.32:1), 29.970 fps, DivX Codec 5.2.1 build 1338, 1391 kbps avg | 896.42 MB | Length: 01:22:02

The dancing in this historic performance is stupendous. Bessmertnova and Lavorovski are both Bolshoi jewels, embodying the athleticism, grace, power and artistic interpretation that exemplified the tradition.

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Targets (1968) Movies

Posted by aleutian at Oct. 4, 2008

Peter Bogdanovich's debut feature is a thinly disguised account of ex-marine Charles Whitman, who, after murdering his mother and his wife, armed himself with a number of rifles and handguns and on a sunny 1966 Texas morning, began a shooting spree that killed and wounded forty-six people. Bogdanovich's version tells two stories concurrently, about an aging horror-film star (Boris Karloff) who feels that his type of movie monster has become passé, and the other about a father-hating gun freak who goes on a rampage to get even with his dad by shooting at people from the top of a water tower and then from behind a drive-in movie screen.

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Svezia, inferno e paradiso (1968) Movies

Posted by pgf000 at Jan. 17, 2010

The film is made up essentially of nine sketches with a voice off narrator linking the scenes. Those sketches were described thus in the English poster devised for theatrical distribution in the UK and the USA: «The Love Cruise: A training trip for turned-on teens. The Bachelorette Party: A bride-to-be's last fling. The Public Library of Private Thrills: Government erotica. Moonlighting Nudes: Meter-maids by day - models at night. The Swap Shop: A trade-in deal for married couples only. The Polar Bare Club: The world's most beautiful snow-girls. Stockolm Strip: A haven for hippies, where everything is free. Communal for Survival: The radiation-proof city beneath a city. Stockolm's Students: A love generation that practices what it preaches.»
Don't miss the original song "Mah Ná Mah Ná" at 00:51:18, the one that later became the Muppets anthem :)

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The Valley of Gwangi (1968) Movies

Posted by kaktusfeige at Feb. 20, 2010

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Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) Movies

Posted by pgf000 at Sept. 23, 2011

Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
DivX 5 560x416 23.98fps 1175Kbps | English; Audio 1: Dolby AC3 stereo 224Kbps; Audio 2: Commented by Sam Sherman (Producer) MP3 stereo 88Kbps | 01:29:33 | 960 Mb
USA/Philippines | Sci-Fi /Thriller | Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn and Ronald Remy

Deep within the jungles of Blood Island–in the interest of science–twisted Dr. Lorca has been using chlorophyll to turn some of his patients into green-blooded mutations. The worst of these experiments has transformed into a horrible, murderous monster barely recognizable as human. It's up to civil servant John Ashley to try to save the local population from this danger. Can he destroy the dangerous experiments of Dr. Lorca?

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