Lord of the Flies. 1963. Great Britain. Directed by Peter Brook
These notes accompany screenings of Peter Brook’s </em>Lord of the Flies</a> on November 13, 14, and 15.</p>
Peter Brook, now 88 and generally thought of as one of the most innovative theater directors of the past century, has been directing for the stage for 70 of those years.
Burt Lancaster in The Leopard. 1963. Italy. Directed by Luchino Visconti. Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and Pathé
These notes accompany screenings of Luchino Visconti’s </em>The Leopard</a> on November 6, 7, and 8 in Theater 1.</p>
Count Luchino Visconti (1906–1976), like his fellow product of Milan, Pietro Germi (Divorce, Italian Style), had a particular fascination with Sicily
Rachel Roberts and Richard Harris in This Sporting Life. 1963. Great Britain. Directed by Lindsay Anderson
These notes accompany screenings of Lindsay Anderson’s </em>This Sporting Life</a> on October 30 and 31 and November 1.</p>
Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994) directed more than a dozen short films between 1948 and 1959
Knife in the Water. 1962. Poland. Directed by Roman Polanski
These notes accompany the </em>Early Roman Polanski Program</a> screening on October 23, 24, and 25 in Theater 2.</p>
Roman Polanski, who just turned 80, has had such a complex life
Divorce, Italian Style. 1961. Italy. Directed by Pietro Germi
These notes accompany screenings of Pietro Germi’s </em>Divorce, Italian Style</a> on October 16, 17, and 18.</p>
Italian cinema has historically been undervalued in relation to those of the United States, several other European countries, and post-World War II Japan.
Whistle Down the Wind. 1961. Great Britain. Directed by Bryan Forbes
These notes accompany screenings of Bryan Forbes’s </em>Whistle Down the Wind</a> on October 9, 10, and 11 in Theater 3.</p>
The 1960s were an important period in the history of English cinema, but one that would be hard to label or define.
An Autumn Afternoon. 1962. Japan. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
These notes accompany screenings of Yasujiro Ozu’s </em>An Autumn Afternoon</a> on October 2, 3, and 4 in Theater 3.</p>
Yasujiro Ozu died in 1963, on his 60th birthday. Samma no aji (An Autumn Afternoon) was his last film
Il Posto (The Job/The Sound of Trumpets). 1961. Italy. Directed by Ermanno Olmi
These notes accompany screenings of Ermanno Olmi’s </em>Il Posto</a> on September 25, 26, and 27 in Theater 3.</p>
Ermanno Olmi, now 82, made some three-dozen short documentary films (many for the electric company in Milan) before Il Posto
Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin in A Taste of Honey. 1961. Great Britain. Directed by Tony Richardson
These notes accompany screenings of Tony Richardson’s </em>A Taste of Honey</a> on September 18, 19, and 20 in Theater 3.</p>
Tony Richardson (1928–1991), like Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson, came out the British Realist school of directors.
Yojimbo. 1961. Japan. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
These notes accompany screenings of Akira Kurosawa’s </em>Yojimbo</a> on September 11, 12, and 13 in Theater 2.</p>
It would be hard to overstate the impact of the importation to the West, and particularly to America, of Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon
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