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1953-1957: The Swollen Story: World Cinema Bursting at the Seams
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray
- this film was an example of one of the key energies of the ’50s which was emotion bursting at the seems
- Cairo Station (1958) dir. Youssef Chahine
- this film was the first time Africa played a significant part in the story of film
- the best films of the ’50s were about social justice
- Paper Flowers (1959) dir. Guru Dutt
- the director of this film was described as countries Orson wells
- the lighting used in this film was the opposite of Hollywood light
- Raja Harishchandra (1913) dir. Dadasaheb Phalke
- like most early Indian films this movie was about what they called a saint or mythological
- Sant Tukaram (1936) dir. Vishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal
- this film is called a social or a film that challenged the cast system and poverty
- Pather Panchali (1955) dir. Satyajit Ray
- the imagery of this film was described as having texture. luster and tenderness
- what made this film real was that we were seeing an actual Indian village in film for the first time
- Devi (1960) dir. Satyajit Ray
- the director made sure that he had absolute control in every shot of the film
- Mother India (1957) dir. Mehboob Khan
- this film used different colors to represent the different realities of the film
- Two Stage Sisters (1964) dir. Xie Jin
- the film was accused of cinematic Confucianism
- Ikiru (1952) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- most films from this director where about the emerging individual
- Stray Dog (1949) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- was a metaphor for the act of continuing to try until you succeed
- Seven Samurai (1954) (introduced in Episode 4) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- Throne of Blood (1957) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- The Godfather (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola
- scenes in this film were influenced by films from Kurosawa
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) dir. John Sturges
- Limite (1931) (introduced in Episode 4) dir. Mário Peixoto
- used camera movement to express liberty
- Rio 40 Graus (a.k.a. Rio 100 Degrees F.) (1955) dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- director of this film was influenced by neo film making
- The Life of General Villa (1914) dir. Christy Cabanne
- Doña Bárbara (1943) dir. Fernando de Fuentes and Miguel M. Delgado
- director of this film practically invented national Mexican cinema
- The Wild Bunch (1969) dir. Sam Peckinpah
- La perla (1947) dir. Emilio Fernández
- these films showed that life was doomed to fail
- Los Olvidados (1950) dir. Luis Buñuel
- All That Heaven Allows (1955) dir. Douglas Sirk
- uses darker lighting to show a more moody setting
- film used gloss to attack gloss
- I’m a Stranger Here Myself (1975) dir. David Helpern
- Johnny Guitar (1954) dir. Nicholas Ray
- Fireworks (1947) dir. Kenneth Anger
- Scorpio Rising (1964) dir. Kenneth Anger
- Marty (television show) (1953) dir. Delbert Mann
- this show lead to more character-based films
- Marty (1955) dir. Delbert Mann
- On the Waterfront (1954) dir. Elia Kazan
- the film shows what happens when the anger of people is long-suppressed
- Red River (1948) dir. Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson
- in this film old and new cinema faced off
- Touch of Evil (1958) dir. Orson Welles
- The Searchers (1956) dir. John Ford
- this film and touch of evil were about a lonely man obsessed with a women
- Vertigo (1958) (introduced in Episode 4) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Rio Bravo (1959) (introduced in Episode 5) dir. Howard Hawks
- Great Expectations (1946) dir. David Lean
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) dir. David Lean
- O Dreamland (1953) dir. Lindsay Anderson
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) (introduced in Episode 3) dir. Sergei Eisenstein
- …And God Created Woman (1956) dir. Roger Vadim