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In response to "american or international. cuz the 50s was kind of a wasteland in Hollywood but the French, Italian, and Japanese cinema erupted -- nm" by jangles

Anything that is still referenced today in conversation or sly homage in film/tv -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 26 '15, 22:35

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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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