Movies

 

Elia Kazan 

Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951))

A Tennessee Williams play  explores the blue collar life in post war New Orleans with a cast of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando

Baby Doll (1956)

A Tennessee Williams play , middle-aged cotton gin owner, marries a childish bride Baby Doll

Emir Kusturica 
 

Time of the Gypsies (1989)Dom za vesanje (1989)
A Gypsy boy from Yugoslavia turns into a thief and robber

When Father Was Away on Business (1985)Otac na sluzbenom putu (1985)
Yugoslavia 1948 after Tito's breakup with Stalin

Sergio Leone 

Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967)Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)

Clint Eastwood classic, The Wild West personified

Luis Buñuel 
 

A contemporary and friend of Salvador Dali was part of the movement of Surrealists influenced by Freud

Olvidados, Los (1950)Young and the Damned

 A classic unparallel view of inner city delinquency

Exterminating Angel, The (1962)  Ángel exterminador, El (1962)

Guests at a party after an Opera find they can't seem to leave


Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The (1972)Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le (1972)

Belle de jour (1967) Belle de jour (1967)
A classic in its day exploring women's sexuality albeit from a male point of view


Roberto Benigni 
 

Life Is Beautiful/(LA Vita E Bella) : LA Vita E Bella
Humor in holocaust

Rainer Werner Fassbinder 
 

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

Germany towards the end of WWII


Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? (1970)

Why would a middle class, married man lose control?

Federico Fellini 
 

Città delle donne, La (1980)
... aka City of Women

Marcello in a feminist conference

Ingmar Bergman 

Scenes from a Marriage (1973) Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973) 

A marriage in crisis
 

Wild Strawberries (1957)Smultronstället (1957)

An elderly physician is confronted by his hallucinations of an empty life

Woody Allen 

Annie Hall (1977)

The search for meaning in relationship in Upper East NY

 

George Lucas 

Star Wars (1977)

The axiomatic tale of the lone hero,  a classic tale of modern day isolation in mythological dimensions

 

Francis Ford Coppola 

Godfather, The (1972)

Mafia world, power, money and vengeance

Apocalypse Now (1979)

The depravity and degradation of man in war

Kevin Smith 

Chasing Amy (1997)

The definitive movie of X-generation

Sam Mendes 

American Beauty (1999)

An uncompromising, dark  view of middle class life

Ridley Scott 

Gladiator (2000)

What We Do In Life Echoes In Eternity

A Beautiful Mind(2001)

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