1963 – Jumbo Cactuar Film Index

#224: Contempt

20th Feb 2020 Posted in FilmsLeave a comment

pxmlcgw7dudxswr55cjiwvjj5k #224 – Contempt, (Le Mépris), 1963, Jean-Luc Godard

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of “The Odyssey,” but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

#254: The Birds

12th Feb 202012th Feb 2020 Posted in FilmsLeave a comment

idm9myiyzhcjdpsagfiqe9z2z99 #254 – The Birds, 1963, Alfred Hitchcock

Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.

#397: The Thirteen Assassins

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ce1xg7t0z1xysitusvily9ye0y1 #397 – The Thirteen Assassins, (十三人の刺客), 1963, Eiichi Kudo

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun’s younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.

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#409: The Executioner

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k7vm3xdsdi2kq9idw9adrgs9t5 #409 – The Executioner, (El verdugo), 1963, Luis García Berlanga

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner’s daughter and, although he doesn’t like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

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#583: The Great Escape

9th Jan 20209th Jan 2020 Posted in FilmsLeave a comment

acpw2gtrfguhi06pdu2dbro50pu #583 – The Great Escape, 1963, John Sturges

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security ‘escape-proof’ camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

#646: Winter Light

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wdxressdjfwywizlbr06rqncg1q #646 – Winter Light, (Nattvardsgästerna), 1963, Ingmar Bergman

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

#685: The Insect Woman

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jahw4x0rvareavjm0vl8ezocjuy #685 – The Insect Woman, (にっぽん昆虫記), 1963, Shōhei Imamura
Japan

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.