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What would you say were the most influential films of the 1950s (cinematically or socially)? -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 26 '15, 22:30

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a lot of the most "influential" stuff has been mentioned. i would probably add kiss me deadly, rio bravo, written on the wind, johnny guitar and... - x Jun 27, 07:45
All About Eve. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 27, 07:11
Night of the Hunter, early Kubrick films like The Killing and Paths of Glory, Asphalt Jungle... -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 04:58
in light of today's court ruling, I'd have to nominate Some Like it Hot -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 01:55 1
- Breathless (french) kinda changed movie making, without it we wouldn't have had Bullet....but that was released in 1960 but being B%W it = earlier -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 02:04
Science fiction became a big thing following atomic bombs, and political weirdness....Hitchcock redefined creepy mystery -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 01:10 1
- Them! was the inspiration for Van Morrison's band name -- nm - con_carne Jun 27, 01:12
Roger Corman started his horror films in 1956 -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 26, 23:26
Rebel Without a Cause -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 26, 23:22
cinematically..Disney's nature series in the early 50's was huge -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 26, 23:21
Seven Samarai...Rear Window/Vertigo...the fly...Cinderella...Old Yeller...High Noon....Singing in the Rain....Genres were born from these -- nm - Flavorize Jun 26, 23:20
I ask because an older fellow on my Twitter feed mentioned watching High Noon (1952) for the first time, and I'm not sure if I've seen it -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 22:36
american or international. cuz the 50s was kind of a wasteland in Hollywood but the French, Italian, and Japanese cinema erupted -- nm - jangles Jun 26, 22:33 13
- you're crazy...nm - x Jun 27, 07:27
- Anything that is still referenced today in conversation or sly homage in film/tv -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 22:35 11
  - Rashomon. Touch of Evil. Sunset Boulevard. -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 23:49
  - I think Godzilla appeared in the U.S. in the late 1950's. - ReluctantCynic Jun 26, 22:50 6
    - Darn that blacklist, eh? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 23:02 5
      - there was still good stuff by Billy Wilder, John Huston and Orson Welles -- nm - mud Jun 26, 23:14 1
        
        also samuel fuller, john ford, douglas sirk, anthony mann, howard hawks, william wyler.... - x Jun 27, 07:35
      - You know, though, TV experienced a golden age in the 1950s. - ReluctantCynic Jun 26, 23:06
      - they were scrambling to deal with television, which was eating into their ticket sales like whoah - jangles Jun 26, 23:05 1
        
        Hey, that sounds familiar -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 23:06
  - referenced: the big sword-and-sandals epics (Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Spartacus) sci fi (Day The Earth Stood Still) and Hitchcock - jangles Jun 26, 22:40 2 1
    - Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 22:44
    - some of the New York playwrights (Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, Marty) -- nm - jangles Jun 26, 22:42

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