The horror in the Quatermass series was always more about the story’s implications than the events themselves. Sure, the alien creatures were scary, but the discovery of the reproduction capabilities of the…
Tag: 1967
In Jean Pierre Melville’s carefully constructed neo-noir world of “Le Samourai“, every male character wears a raincoat covering their entire two-piece vest and irrespective of the weather – a grey hat. They…
“It never ceases to amaze me how interesting everyday life really is. There are an endless number of human truths.” This statement from Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich [1], who is known for…
Aleksandr Askoldov’s first and last film The Commissar (1967) is a great film on its own right. However, the story of how the film nearly got destroyed only makes me more grateful…
The Firemen’s Ball (‘Hori ma panenko’, 1967) was Milos Forman’s first color and last Czech film. Why would a comedy about incompetent firefighters, belonging to a small provisional town, enrage the Communist…
UK-born film-maker John Boorman’s American debut Point Blank (1967) is one of my most favorite noir cinema made long after the official end of the film-noir era. In fact, Point Blank exemplifies…
