{"id":96944,"date":"2024-05-22T23:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T06:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96944"},"modified":"2024-05-23T09:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:40:24","slug":"reflections-on-must-see-films-from-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96944","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Must-See Films From 1967"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s already time for another yearly overview! I&#8217;m now done watching (almost) all titles from 1967 listed in <em>GFTFF<\/em>, and am happy to report I voted more than 50% (39 out of 76) as must-see. Many are stand-out movies worthy of recommending, so let&#8217;s go!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-1536x645.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Still-Leg.png 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the 39 must-see titles, nine are in languages other than English. Five are in French: Godard&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90024\">Weekend<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4535\">La Chinoise<\/a>; Chris Marker&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40247\"><em>Far From Vietnam<\/em><\/a>; Claude Berri&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6456\"><em>The Two of Us<\/em><\/a> (discussed below); and Bunuel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71515\"><em>Belle du Jour<\/em><\/a>. Two are in Swedish\/Danish; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96641\">one is in Italian<\/a>; and two &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93497\"><em>The Firemen&#8217;s Ball<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=114\"><em>Closely Watched Trains<\/em><\/a> &#8212; are in Czech.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Firemens-Ball-Hanging-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1002\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched.png 1002w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Closely-Watched-377x270.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>There are several noteworthy cult favorites from 1967, including Monte Hellmann&#8217;s existential western <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73222\"><em>Ride in the Whirlwind<\/em><\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ride-in-the-Whirlwind.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; Mark Robson\u2019s &#8220;infamously trashy adaptation of Jacqueline Susann\u2019s bestselling novel,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32340\"><em>Valley of the Dolls<\/em><\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls-1024x426.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls-1024x426.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls-604x251.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valley-of-the-Dolls.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; and Jack Clayton&#8217;s delightfully dark <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3066\"><em>Our Mother&#8217;s House<\/em><\/a>, about seven orphans who bury their deeply religious mother in the backyard and are unsure how to respond when &#8220;a man named Charlie (Dirk Bogarde) suddenly appears at their doorstep claiming to be their long-lost father;&#8221; &#8220;the children find themselves torn between delight and apprehension.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2-461x270.png 461w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Mothers-House-Bogarde2.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A cult <em>and<\/em> box office favorite was Mike Nichols&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27573\"><em>The Graduate<\/em><\/a>: we not only laugh with discomfort at Dustin Hoffman&#8217;s (Ben&#8217;s) seduction by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), but it&#8217;s &#8220;easy to relate on a personal level to Ben\u2019s broader existential dilemma, as he contemplates how to craft a life for himself without automatically following in his parents\u2019 footsteps.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-1536x643.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Graduate-Sets.png 1586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Richard Brooks&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44411\"><em>In Cold Blood<\/em><\/a> has held up well as a hyper-realistic adaptation of Truman Capote&#8217;s true-crime thriller &#8220;about the senseless murder of the Clutter family in Kansas.&#8221; It features &#8220;natural performances by&#8230; two relatively unknown leads (an intentional decision on Brooks\u2019 part); appropriately noir-ish cinematography by Conrad Hall; and an effective soundtrack by Quincy Jones.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood-510x270.png 510w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/In-Cold-Blood.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lee Marvin was a bad-ass in two notable thrillers that year: Robert Aldrich&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87676\"><em>The Dirty Dozen<\/em><\/a> &#8212; about &#8220;a critical suicide mission at a Nazi-filled chateau in France&#8221; &#8212; and John Boorman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87831\"><em>Point Blank<\/em><\/a>, in which Marvin &#8220;stays uncannily calm, cool, and collected as he carries out his deliberate quest to first annihilate [his] seemingly untouchable [nemesis], and then collect the money he is owed, going as high up as he needs to on the organizational food chain.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dirty-Dozen-Marvin.png 1341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing-604x250.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Point-Blank-Marvin-Menacing.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, Paul Newman in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2238\"><em>Cool Hand Luke<\/em><\/a> &#8220;embodies our deepest wish-fulfillment&#8221; of &#8220;sticking it to the man&#8221; given that &#8220;he refuses to give up or give in, and justifiably earns the intense respect and admiration of his fellow inmates.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-1024x413.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-1024x413.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-1536x620.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs-604x244.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cool-Hand-Luke-Eggs.png 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Speaking of non-conformists, 1967 gave us Arthur Penn&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4421\"><em>Bonnie and Clyde<\/em><\/a>, &#8220;one of the most highly regarded and influential post-war American films ever made.&#8221; It provides an &#8220;unapologetic portrayal of young gangsters who rob banks on a lark and become national celebrities,&#8221; thus paving &#8220;the way for countless other tales of &#8216;romantic couples on the run&#8217;.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonnie-and-Clyde-Couple.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Race-related films from that year included not only Norman Jewison&#8217;s Oscar-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96899\"><em>In the Heat of the Night<\/em><\/a> and Stanley Kramer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30320\"><em>Guess Who&#8217;s Coming to Dinner<\/em><\/a>, but also Shirley Clarke&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=34712\"><em>Portrait of Jason<\/em><\/a> and Melvin Van Peebles&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=90765\"><em>The Story of a Three Day Pass<\/em><\/a> &#8212; set in Paris and telling a &#8220;straightforward yet emotionally complex tale of racism and cross-racial romance at a time when the United States was about to pass Loving v. Virginia, a landmark civil rights decision ruling laws banning inter-racial marriages as unconstitutional.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting-458x270.png 458w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Story-of-a-Three-Day-Pass-Meeting.png 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>In John Huston&#8217;s magnificently hued <em>Reflections in a Golden Eye<\/em> (based on Carson McCullers&#8217; novel of the same name), Marlon Brando gives &#8220;a truly heartbreaking and noteworthy performance&#8221; as &#8220;a tragically repressed army major who has clearly maintained a facade of &#8216;normalcy&#8217; and rigor for far too long.&#8221; As I note in my review, &#8220;Brando\u2019s every expression reveals the depth of his character\u2019s confusion, anger, and desire, and he\u2019s consistently fascinating to watch.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Reflections-Golden-Eye-Brando-604x249.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m a huge fan of Frederick Wiseman&#8217;s documentaries, including his notorious debut <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3303\"><em>Titicut Follies<\/em><\/a>, about &#8220;the lives of criminally insane inmates at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution.&#8221; Wiseman &#8220;takes a no-holds-barred approach to his sticky subject matter, never flinching from even the most uncomfortable interactions.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"991\" height=\"726\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose.png 991w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Titicut-Follies-Nose-369x270.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Other noteworthy documentaries from that year include <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1172\"><em>The Lenny Bruce Performance Film<\/em><\/a> and Emile De Antonio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72332\"><em>Rush to Judgment<\/em><\/a>, in which &#8220;lawyer-author Mark Lane [speaks] with various individuals regarding the veracity of the Warren Commission\u2018s inquiry into the murder of JFK.,&#8221; revealing &#8220;a disturbing insight into how and why conspiracy theories immediately began to circulate.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rush-to-Judgment-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rush-to-Judgment-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rush-to-Judgment-Still2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rush-to-Judgment-Still2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rush-to-Judgment-Still2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rush-to-Judgment-Still2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally, don&#8217;t miss Claude Berri&#8217;s feature debut <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6456\"><em>The Two of Us<\/em>,<\/a><\/li>\n<p> &#8220;a gentle fable about the absurdity of prejudice&#8221; based on Berri&#8217;s &#8220;own experiences as a [Jewish] boy in the French countryside during World War II,&#8221; and starring Michel Simon in a late-life performance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/two-of-us-friendship.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/two-of-us-friendship.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/two-of-us-friendship.png 588w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/two-of-us-friendship-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/two-of-us-friendship-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/two-of-us-friendship-448x270.png 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1968 was another good year for movies, so I&#8217;m looking forward to covering that. Stay tuned! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s already time for another yearly overview! I&#8217;m now done watching (almost) all titles from 1967 listed in GFTFF, and am happy to report I voted more than 50% (39 out of 76) as must-see. Many are stand-out movies worthy of recommending, so let&#8217;s go! Of the 39 must-see titles, nine are in languages other than English. Five are in French: Godard&#8217;s Weekend and La Chinoise; Chris Marker&#8217;s Far From Vietnam; Claude Berri&#8217;s The Two of Us (discussed below); and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96944\"> 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-96944","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\/96944","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=96944"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97022,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96944\/revisions\/97022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}