The Movie Book

REBEL REBEL 179 between Washington and Moscow had been set up in 1963, and Kubrick’s movie nudged the concept toward its logical ...

180 I CAN’T SEEM TO STOP SINGING WHEREVER I AM THE SOUND OF MUSIC / 1965 T oday, screenings of The Sound of Music are often bill ...

REBEL REBEL 181 What else to watch: Singin’ in the Rain (1952, pp.122–25) ■ From Here to Eternity (1953) ■ Gigi (1958) ■ West Si ...

IT’S DIFFICULT TO START A REVOLUTION THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS / 1966 ...

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184 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS T here are many ways to tackle war and political strife in fiction. Filmmakers can approach it from a ...

REBEL REBEL 185 The cost of terror In its depiction of the horrors of conflict, The Battle of Algiers raises questions about rig ...

186 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS equal regret, as the same mournful music is played over the massacred French civilians as the dead Alg ...

REBEL REBEL 187 but believe France should remain in Algeria. He points out that his methods are the only way to achieve that. He ...

188 What else to watch: Scorpio Rising (1963) ■ 8½ (1963) ■ Blow-Up (1966) ■ Performance (1970) ■ I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) ■ Th ...

REBEL REBEL 189 What else to watch: The General (1926) ■ Modern Times (1936) ■ Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) ■ Mon Oncle (1958 ...

190 THIS HERE’S MISS BONNIE PARKER. I’M CLYDE BARROW. WE ROB BANKS BONNIE AND CLYDE / 1967 B onnie and Clyde marked the arrival ...

REBEL REBEL 191 What else to watch: The Defiant Ones (1958) ■ À bout de souffle (1960, pp.166–67) ■ Easy Rider (1969, pp.196–97) ...

192 I’M SORRY DAVE. I’M AFRAID I CAN’T DO THAT 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / 1968 A ll science fiction is about the unknown, but few m ...

REBEL REBEL 193 What else to watch: Destination Moon (1950) ■ The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) ■ Planet of the Apes (1968) ■ ...

194 WE’RE GONNA STICK TOGETHER JUST LIKE IT USED TO BE THE WILD BUNCH / 1969 T he Wild Bunch gleefully deconstructs the ethos of ...

REBEL REBEL 195 “We gotta start thinking beyond our guns,” one of the bandits observes; “Those days are closing.” The movie cele ...

196 THEY SEE A FREE INDIVIDUAL IT’S GONNA SCARE ’EM EASY RIDER / 1969 F ew movies seem to capture a moment in time more complete ...

REBEL REBEL 197 What else to watch: The Wild One (1953) ■ À bout de souffle (1960, pp.166– 67) ■ Pierrot le Fou (1965) ■ Woodsto ...

198 ARE YOU FOND OF MEAT? LE BOUCHER / 1970 I n French director Claude Chabrol’s thriller Le Boucher (The Butcher), the stark ti ...