{"id":94621,"date":"2024-01-06T23:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T06:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94621"},"modified":"2024-01-07T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T08:19:11","slug":"reflections-on-must-see-films-from-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94621","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Must-See Films From 1962"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1962 was an especially rich year for movies, with powerful films across genres and languages. Out of 75 total titles listed in Peary&#8217;s book, I voted &#8220;Yes &#8211; Must See&#8221; on 41 (55%). Many stand out to me as worthy of mentioning, for different reasons \u2013 so, here goes! <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94735\" style=\"width: 1241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1241\" height=\"727\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2.png 1241w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Perkins2-461x270.png 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1241px) 100vw, 1241px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI am sane. I am innocent. I have committed no crime!\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Numbers-wise, of the 41 must-see films, 10 are in a non-English language &#8212; including 6 French titles, 1 Spanish (<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1356\"><em>The Exterminating Angel<\/em><\/a> by Bu\u00f1uel), 2 Japanese (one of which &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94508\"><em>Harakiri<\/em><\/a> &#8212; I very recently<\/a> reviewed), and 1 Polish (Roman Polanski&#8217;s debut film <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44702\"><em>Knife in the Water<\/em><\/a>, which remains a &#8220;surprisingly potent chamber piece&#8221; worth watching specifically for &#8220;its camera angles, strategic blocking of characters, and highly effective editing.&#8221;)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5.png 976w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Knife-in-the-Water-Still5-366x270.png 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Of the six French titles, I want to highlight <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76823\"><em>Sundays and Cybele<\/em><\/a> by director Serge Bourguignon &#8212; an especially noteworthy (if challenging) film given how it &#8220;tackles the challenging topics of PTSD and cross-age friendships with sensitivity and compassion.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sundays-and-Cybele-Love-You-604x260.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>While I&#8217;m not a huge fan of politics or political flicks, Otto Preminger&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15706\"><em>Advise and Consent<\/em><\/a> is an exception, offering &#8220;an unparalleled look at the inner workings of Washington, D.C.&#8221; and &#8220;a slowly gripping storyline&#8230; which takes its time getting to the crux of the drama.&#8221; The cast (including Don Murray, Charles Laughton, and Walter Pidgeon) is uniformly excellent.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1678\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon.png 1678w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon-1536x664.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Advise-and-Consent-Pidgeon-604x261.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1678px) 100vw, 1678px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another must-see political film is John Frankenheimer&#8217;s incomparable <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35521\"><em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em><\/a>, which I appreciate revisiting every so often. (Yes, I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0368008\/\">Jonathan Demme&#8217;s decent remake<\/a> &#8212; but no, I don&#8217;t remember too much about it.) The original is worth watching for several reasons, including Angela &#8220;Lansbury\u2019s Academy Award-nominated performance as Mrs. Iselin \u2014 one of cinema\u2019s most memorable sociopath mothers&#8221; and the &#8220;lengthy, creatively filmed Manchurian &#8216;garden party&#8217;\/brainwashing sequence, which effectively puts the audience on edge from the get-go.&#8221; (It gives me the chills every single time I view it.)<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"736\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Manchurian-Candidate-Garden-Party2-470x270.png 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Speaking of films that put you on edge, horror and\/or horror-adjacent flicks of all types reigned during this year&#8230; One delightful sleeper to revisit is the British cult film <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=22913\"><em>Burn, Witch, Burn!<\/em> (a.k.a. <em>Night of the Eagle<\/em>)<\/a>, with horror evoked &#8220;in seemingly mundane interactions and objects&#8221; such that &#8220;we come to truly believe that dark forces are ruling the unfortunate household&#8221; of the protagonists.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston.png 1600w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Burn-Witch-Burn-Johnston-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Speaking of crazed middle-aged women, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2144\"><em>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?<\/em><\/a> &#8212; about two &#8220;broken, tragic women whose jealousy and vanity have forced them both onto an inescapably disastrous trajectory&#8221; &#8212; is not-to-be missed, and is actually a title I&#8217;m due to revisit soon since I reviewed it way back in 2007.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Whatever-Happened-Davis-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another cult favorite is <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13520\">Herk Harvey&#8217;s <em>Carnival of Souls<\/em><\/a>, an unusual low-budget horror-sleeper possessing &#8220;a surprising amount of atmosphere and panache, with striking b&#038;w cinematography, creative direction, and a particularly noteworthy organ score by Gene Moore.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss.png 990w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hilligoss-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>An oh-so-powerful horror-adjacent title &#8212; though not recommended for repeated viewings &#8212; is the original iteration of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21571\"><em>Cape Fear<\/em><\/a>, featuring Robert Mitchum as &#8220;a terrifyingly brutal bastard, an intelligent but deluded and narcissistic sociopath who uses humans as fodder for a sick scenario of vengeance he\u2019s playing out in his head.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cape-Fear-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cape-Fear-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cape-Fear-Cinematography3.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cape-Fear-Cinematography3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cape-Fear-Cinematography3-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Cape-Fear-Cinematography3-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I consider nearly all of Orson Welles&#8217;s unique directorial outings to be must-see &#8212; including his critically contentious adaptation of Franz Kafka&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90418\"><em>The Trial<\/em><\/a>, in which &#8220;the story plays out exactly like the nightmarish series of random encounters it is&#8221; (be forewarned).<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1221\" height=\"727\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel.png 1221w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Trial-Tunnel-453x270.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1221px) 100vw, 1221px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52334\"><em>Lolita<\/em><\/a> is another vibrant adaptation, featuring the inimitable James Mason as a man head-over-heels for his underaged stepdaughter. Sue Lyon\u2019s &#8220;performance [in the title role] is at the heart of this film\u2019s success \u2014 she\u2019s preternaturally able to embody this challenging role and convince us that events are playing out exactly as seen on screen.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2.png 1200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lolita-Cinematography2-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I was riveted all over again when revisiting Arthur Penn&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21402\"><em>The Miracle Worker<\/em><\/a>, featuring a powerhouse performance by Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan (Helen Keller&#8217;s real-life teacher), a woman who &#8220;consistently and relentlessly stand[s] up for what she believes in, even at risk of losing her job.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1235\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft.png 1235w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Miracle-Worker-Bancroft-462x270.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1235px) 100vw, 1235px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A beautifully filmed, crowd-pleasing favorite of 1962 is <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37728\"><em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/a>, featuring (as Peary puts it) Gregory Peck as &#8220;the man you\u2019d want for your father,&#8221; and one of the most memorable scores of all time, by Elmer Bernstein.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"706\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-Swing-490x270.png 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89048\">written fairly recently<\/a> about how much I appreciated Sidney Lumet&#8217;s adaptation of Eugene O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88180\"><em>Long Day&#8217;s Journey Into Night<\/em><\/a> (co-starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Dean Stockwell, and Jason Robards, Jr.), but I will put in yet another plug for it as one of the best theatrical adaptations out there.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2.png 870w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Long-Days-Journey-Cinematography2-489x270.png 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>So far, so black-and-white&#8230; But let&#8217;s not forget that the original James Bond movie &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=33775\"><em>Dr. No<\/em><\/a> &#8212; debuted this year in glorious Technicolor, featuring not only stylish Sean Connery but bodacious Ursula Andress in her iconic white bikini.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1207\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still.png 1207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dr-No-Still-453x270.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1207px) 100vw, 1207px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I was also delighted to find that <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75429\"><em>The Music Man<\/em><\/a> has held up really well and remains eminently sing-along-able.<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear<br \/>\nI love you madly, madly Madam Librarian&#8230; Marian<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"784\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian.png 1920w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian-1024x418.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian-1536x627.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Music-Man-Marian-Librarian-604x247.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave it at that for now, but suffice it to say that 1962 offered up plenty of creatively diverse and enjoyable must-see titles spanning genres, countries, and budgets. Happy viewing! <\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> I just found out that I&#8217;m not alone in noticing how many awesome films were released this particular year&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/03\/lawrence-of-arabia-to-kill-a-mockingbird-james-bond-1962-movies-greatest-year-was-1962-the-greatest-movie-year-ever-a-new-book-says-yes-1202893779\/\">I&#8217;m curious to check out this book<\/a>!\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1962 was an especially rich year for movies, with powerful films across genres and languages. Out of 75 total titles listed in Peary&#8217;s book, I voted &#8220;Yes &#8211; Must See&#8221; on 41 (55%). Many stand out to me as worthy of mentioning, for different reasons \u2013 so, here goes! Numbers-wise, of the 41 must-see films, 10 are in a non-English language &#8212; including 6 French titles, 1 Spanish (The Exterminating Angel by Bu\u00f1uel), 2 Japanese (one of which &#8212; Harakiri&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94621\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogroll"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94621"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94765,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94621\/revisions\/94765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}