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#110: Peeping Tom

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cdeajwsxioweangpbdjcdgmszsl#110 – Peeping Tom, 1960, Michael Powell
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Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he’s making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making. She sneaks into Mark’s apartment to watch it and is horrified by what she sees – especially when Mark catches her.

#114: The Apartment

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ja7mnwbcyudqxjx89ztso7bzrn9#114 – The Apartment, 1960, Billy Wilder
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he’s left with a major problem to solve.

#157: Le Trou

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pycmeiatmppwtvwztajcbcibi3u#157 – Le Trou, 1960, Jacques Becker
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Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.

#335: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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6jkfcpwmunx5rkkg16tppf4s0kk#335 – When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, (女が階段を上る時), 1960, Mikio Naruse
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Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life’s vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she’s growing older. She’s of an age when she must choose: to seek marriage (difficult given her tarnished occupation), to be a kept woman, or to borrow money to buy a bar of her own. Each route has dangers, including investors demanding a return on their loans. Keiko has a quiet dignity that attracts men, but are they what they seem? Does she actually have choices?

#413: The Bad Sleep Well

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z0lhz121uaqa31rueu1monafb5w#413 – The Bad Sleep Well, (悪い奴ほどよく眠る), 1960, Akira Kurosawa
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In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi’s father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father’s death.

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#920: Spartacus

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3n7fsdwqxjicmisa1qotuhl4bma#920 – Spartacus, 1960, Stanley Kubrick
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.