1954-1963: The Foreign Directors' Decade
by ElMaruecan82 | created - 03 Jun 2019 | updated - 20 Jun 2019 | PublicBefore New Hollywood would contribute to raise the artistic profile of American cinema over the world, the flag of cinematic excellence was certainly raised by four foreigners... who weren't newcomers in the late 50s, but whose artistic peak was certainly reached during the glorious decade that goes from 1954 to 1963, (they would still make masterpieces after but that's another story).
Considering a series of parameters such as quality over quantity and critical acclaim rather than commercial (without diminishing the latter), which of these four directors owned the 1954-1963 period?
After voting, you might discuss the list here
1. Ingmar Bergman
Writer | Smultronstället
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born July 14, 1918, the son of a priest. The film and T.V. series, The Best Intentions (1992) is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film Sunday's Children (1992) depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the miniseries Private Confessions (...
A Lesson in love, DREAMS, Smiles of a Summer Night, LAST PAIR OUT, The Seventh Seal, WILD STRAWBERRIES, Brink of Life, THE MAGICIAN, The Virgin Spring The DEVIL'S EYE, Through a Glass Darkly, THE PLEASURE GARDEN, Winter Light and THE SILENCE.
2. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
Dial M for Murder, REAR WINDOW, To Catch a Thief, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, The Man Who Knew Too Much, THE WRONG MAN, Vertigo, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Psycho and THE BIRDS.
3. Akira Kurosawa
Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater...
Seven Samurai, I LIVE IN FEAR, Throne of Blood, THE LOWER DEPTHS, The Hidden Fortress, YOJIMBO, Sanjuro and HIGH AND LOW.
4. Federico Fellini
Writer | 8½
The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...
La Strada, IL BIDONE, Nights of Cabiria, LA DOLCE VITA and 8½.
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