{"id":96476,"date":"2024-05-10T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T00:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96476"},"modified":"2024-05-11T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T17:59:56","slug":"reflections-on-must-see-films-from-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96476","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Must-See Films From 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, film lovers! I&#8217;ve just finished watching all titles from 1966 listed in <em>Guide for the Film Fanatic<\/em> &#8212; culminating with one of the most massive, Tarkovsky&#8217;s 3+-hour historical epic <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96431\"><em>Andrei Rublev<\/em><\/a> &#8212; and I&#8217;m ready to reflect!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1301\" height=\"551\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye.png 1301w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fabulous-Voyage-Magnified-Eye-604x256.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1301px) 100vw, 1301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Out of 68 movies from 1966, I&#8217;m voting 30 (or 44%) must-see. Of these, 7 are in a language other than English: <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=92810\">one German<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96190\"> one Swedish<\/a>, one Russian, and four French, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13224\">Bresson film<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1767\">a Rossellini title<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11915\">Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene&#8217;s debut<\/a>, and  Gillo Pontecorvo&#8217;s gripping <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96285\"><em>The Battle of Algiers<\/em><\/a>.\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1291\" height=\"704\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2.png 1291w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Battle-of-Algiers-Hiding2-495x270.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1291px) 100vw, 1291px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A personal favorite from 1966 is <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=34536\">John Frankenheimer&#8217;s <em>Seconds<\/em><\/a> &#8212; often referred to as the third of Frankenheimer&#8217;s &#8220;paranoia trilogy&#8221;, following <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35521\"><em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em> (1964)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89820\"><em>Seven Days in May<\/em> (1964)<\/a>. It &#8220;remains a fascinating \u2014 if undeniably emotionally challenging \u2014 viewing experience&#8221; about a middle-aged banker who undergoes extreme plastic surgery and emerges as&#8230; Rock Hudson. Is it worth it? (As you can probably guess &#8212; no, but watch to find out more.)\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1282\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson.png 1282w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seconds-Hudson-481x270.png 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Strong female characters were featured in numerous titles this year, including Anne Bancroft&#8217;s Dr. Cartwright in John Ford&#8217;s satisfying swan-song <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5432\"><em>Seven Women<\/em><\/a>:\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1801\" height=\"797\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft.png 1801w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft-128x57.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft-1536x680.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Seven-Women-Bancroft-604x267.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1801px) 100vw, 1801px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson in Ingmar Bergman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96190\"><em>Persona<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2.png 1632w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2-1536x1114.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Persona-Still2-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Claudia Cardinale in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85878\"><em>The Professionals<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1299\" height=\"553\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed.png 1299w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Professionals-Cardinale-Pissed-604x257.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Millie Perkins&#8217; nameless &#8220;The Woman&#8221; in Monte Hellmann&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73250\"><em>The Shooting<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shooting-Perkins-Dirty-Face-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Florence Marly&#8217;s mute but powerful green alien in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47874\"><em>Planet of Blood \/ Queen of Blood<\/em><\/a>. While much of this film is slow-going, &#8220;Marly&#8217;s wordless performance is a marvel to behold, as she hypnotizes the men around her and clearly has malevolence up her sleeve (or perhaps up in her beehive-do).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare.png 872w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Planet-of-Blood-Marly-Stare-503x270.png 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Of course, that year&#8217;s most infamous &#8220;strong female&#8221; was Elizabeth Taylor&#8217;s Martha in Mike Nichols&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39628\"><em>Who&#8217;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<\/em><\/a>, which effectively opens up Edward Albee&#8217;s Broadway play by employing &#8220;the power of close-ups, angles, editing, and mixed settings to maximize the impact of Albee\u2019s grueling tale about marital discord.&#8221;\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whos-Afraid-Taylor-Crying-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a>  <\/li>\n<li>Speaking of play adaptations, don&#8217;t miss Fred Zinnemann&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96394\"><em>A Man For All Seasons<\/em><\/a>, featuring Paul Scofield in an Oscar-winning role as Sir Thomas More &#8212; a man calmly willing to sacrifice his life on behalf of his beliefs. He kindly reminds us:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1214\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1.png 1214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Man-For-All-Seasons-McKern5-1-455x270.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1214px) 100vw, 1214px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, in Robert Wise&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8045\"><em>The Sand Pebbles<\/em><\/a>, &#8220;Steve McQueen gave one of his best, most introspective performances in the central role of Jake Holman \u2014 a soldier genuinely &#8216;in love&#8217; with engines, who situates his integrity as a man within his ability to care for them effectively.&#8221;\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1811\" height=\"779\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine.png 1811w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sand-Pebbles-McQueen-Engine-604x260.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1811px) 100vw, 1811px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Film fanatics should definitely seek out John Korty&#8217;s fable-like <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9893\"><em>Crazy-Quilt<\/em><\/a>, an &#8220;unusual portrait of an unconventional love affair&#8221; offering a &#8220;delightful taste of mid-century independent American cinema.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sa_XbVgRL1s\">Click here<\/a> to see an extended trailer, and scroll down for a link to purchase it.)\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/crazy-quilt-memorable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/crazy-quilt-memorable.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96485\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another interesting cult favorite &#8212; and much easier to find &#8212; is Richard Fleischer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83823\"><em>The Fantastic Voyage<\/em><\/a>, featuring a wild sci-fi plot you simply won&#8217;t believe until you watch it; here is my synopsis:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;During the Cold war, a U.S. secret agent (Stephen Boyd) is recruited by General Carter (Edmond O\u2019Brien) of the CMDF (Combined Miniaturized Deterrence Forces) to join a team \u2014 including Dr. Duval (Arthur Kennedy), Dr. Duval\u2019s assistant Cora (Raquel Welch), Dr. Michaels (Donald Pleasence), and a pilot (William Redfield) \u2014 travelling on a submarine into the brain of a dying scientist (Jean Del Val) in order to remove a blood clot so he can share a vital secret about miniaturization.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yep; that happens. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1303\" height=\"551\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out.png 1303w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fantastic-Voyage-Freak-Out-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1303px) 100vw, 1303px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally, no film fanatic worth their weight in cinematic gold will want to miss seeing a few other iconic titles from that year &#8212; including Richard Lester&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37828\"><em>A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum<\/em><\/a>:\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"706\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Funny-Thing-Happened-Jessel-490x270.png 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Michelangelo Antonioni\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69599\"><em>Blow-Up<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1813\" height=\"982\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models.png 1813w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Blowup-Models-498x270.png 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1813px) 100vw, 1813px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Robert Aldrich&#8217;s gritty survival flick<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90510\"><em>The Flight of the Phoenix<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1291\" height=\"695\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast.png 1291w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Flight-Phoenix-Cast-502x270.png 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1291px) 100vw, 1291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Sergio Leone&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96354\"><em>The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_96507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96507\" style=\"width: 1288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1288\" height=\"542\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig.png 1288w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Those-Who-Dig-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1288px) 100vw, 1288px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;You see, in this world there&#8217;s two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/etymology\/comments\/36fsrq\/is_the_phrase_you_dig_meaning_do_you_know_what_i\/\">You dig?<\/a> Happy viewing! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, film lovers! I&#8217;ve just finished watching all titles from 1966 listed in Guide for the Film Fanatic &#8212; culminating with one of the most massive, Tarkovsky&#8217;s 3+-hour historical epic Andrei Rublev &#8212; and I&#8217;m ready to reflect! Out of 68 movies from 1966, I&#8217;m voting 30 (or 44%) must-see. Of these, 7 are in a language other than English: one German, one Swedish, one Russian, and four French, including a Bresson film, a Rossellini title, Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96476\"> 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-96476","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\/96476","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=96476"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96561,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96476\/revisions\/96561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}