1965 Movies
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Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Art Direction (Color) Best Costume Design (Color) Best Sound Best Original Score |
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Dir: Carol Reed Stars: Charleton Heston, Rex Harrison I am a sucker for these movies. Historical epics, with vibrant technicolor, verbose performances, and production design that is beautifully false. This is the story about Michaelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel, with all of the gusto, politics, egos, and inspiration that came with it. Rex Harrison is great as Pope Julius II, who will not suffer Michaelangelo's insolence but can't deny his brilliance and the wonders he is bringing to his church. Whenever the movie tries to force a bit of romance on us, it slows down to a halt. All we need is the painting and the majesty and the movie excels at that. B+ |
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Cat Ballou
Dir: Elliot Silverstein Stars: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kayen This film is a ridiculous farce full out outrageous slapstick and performances, but it is pretty entertaining. It has a simple, classic western story where poor naive girl wants revenge for her father's death and wants a few hired guns to help her. Fonda, Michael Callan, and Dwayne Hickman are pretty milquetoast and dull...but Lee Marvin is extraordinarily fun. He plays the former gunslinger turned absurd drunk and every second he is on screen is electric. His dressing and arming scene is fantastic as well. Add on to that, Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye singing the plot exposition like the Little Shop of Horrors girls...and you have a strange little romp. B |
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Dir: Freddy Francis Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die What a miserable disaster of a horror anthology. I had just seen a recent anthology and was excited to check out an older one with people like Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Donald Sutherland, and Michael Gough...how could I go wrong? HORRIBLE. The trope about ahving a mysterious stranger ina train compartment reading Tarot cards for the other men is fine...but each story is worse and worse. A werewolf, a vampire, killer plants, killer hands, and voodoo music. Nothing is scary. Nothing is acted well. Even when we get to Lee, his is given the dopiest story to act in. It was so bad that a was furious. F |
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The Sound of Music
Dir: Robert Wise Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die What can be said about The Sound of Music that hasn't already been said? This is the absolute pinnacle of epic musicals to a point that has never been equalled, especially in modern times. The music is beautiful and catchy, and the size of the film seems to dwarf almost all other movies, let alone musicals. Julie Andrews is perfect and Christopher Plummer is excellent as her foil. Just glorious filmmaking of the highest order and one of the greatest of all time. A DVD |