ENG 282: 1950s

1950:

The Furies (USA: Anthony Mann, 1950: 109 mins)

Handzo, Stephen. "Going Through the Devil’s Doorway: The Early Westerns Of Anthony Mann." Bright Lights Film Journal #4 (Summer 1976)

In a Lonely Place (USA: Nicholas Ray, 1950: 94 mins)

Bramble, Serena. "The Heart is a “Lonely” Hunter: On Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place." Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

Winchester 73 (USA: Anthony Mann, 1950: 92 mins)

Handzo, Stephen. "Going Through the Devil’s Doorway: The Early Westerns Of Anthony Mann." Bright Lights Film Journal #4 (Summer 1976)

1951:

1952:

Devil's Doorway (USA: Anthony Mann, 1952: 84 mins)

Handzo, Stephen. "Going Through the Devil’s Doorway: The Early Westerns Of Anthony Mann." Bright Lights Film Journal #4 (Summer 1976)

Ikiru (Japan: Akira Kurosawa, 1952: 143 mins)

Ikiru Revisited." Mystery Man on Film (August 4, 2009)

Hogg, Trevor. "Epic Dreamer: An Akira Kurosawa Profile." Flickering Myth (March 24, 2010)

Kaufman, Aryeh. "A Study of Kurosawa’s Ikiru, Part 1
~ What it Means to Live ~" Offscreen (April 30, 2009)

The Life of Oharu (Japan: Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952: 148 mins)

Fromme, Jonathan. "Melodrama, Tears, and Life of Oharu." 16:9 (April 2004)

1953:

Tokyo Story (Japan: Yasujiro Ozu, 1953: 136 mins)
Cousins, Mark. "The Story of Film: An Odyssey - Yasujiro Ozu." BBC 4 (Posted on Youtube: September 28, 2011)

"Sight & Sound Poll 2012: Tokyo Story." Current (August 8, 2012)

1954:

Gojira (Japan: Ishirô Honda, 1954: 96 mins)

Hollings, Ken. "Tokyo Must Be Destroyed: Dreams of Tall Buildings and Monsters -- Images of Cities and Monuments." CTheory (originally published in Digital Delirium. ed. Arthur Kroker and Marilouise Kroker. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997.)

Noriega, Chon. "Godzilla and the Japanese Nightmare: When Them! is U.S." Aisan Cinemas ed. Dimitris Eleftheriotis and Gary Needham. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006: 41-55.

Johnny Guitar (USA: Nicholas Ray, 1954: 110 mins)

Sanjek, David. Johnny Guitar Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

On the Waterfront (USA: Elia Kazan, 1954: 108 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Method Acting: On the Waterfront." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 215-221. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

Rear Window (USA: Alfred Hitchcock, 1954: 112 mins)

Ebert, Roger. Rear Window. Chicago Sun-Times (February 20, 2000)

Seven Samurai (Japan: Akira Kurosawa, 1954: 207 mins)

Hogg, Trevor. "Epic Dreamer: An Akira Kurosawa Profile." Flickering Myth (March 24, 2010)

"Sight and Sound Poll 2012: Seven Samurai." Current (September 28, 2012)

1955:

Death of a Cyclist (Spain/Italy: Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955: 88 mins)

Melville, David. "Bonfire of the Painted Dolls – Bardem and Death of a Cyclist." Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

East of Eden (USA: Elia Kazan, 1955: 115 mins)

Merrick, Amy. "Living In: East of Eden." Design Sponge (July 12, 2011)

Kiss Me Deadly (USA: Robert Aldrich, 1955: 106 mins)

Anderson, Jeffrey M. Kiss Me Deadly Guru (June 20, 2011)

Kutner, C. Jerry. "X Me Deadly: A Visual Essay." Bright Lights After Dark (November 21, 2011)

Rebel Without a Cause (USA: Nicholas Ray, 1955: 111 mins)

Slocum, J. David. Rebel Without a Cause Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

1956:

Baby Doll (USA: Elia Cazan, 1956: 114 mins)

Kuerstein, Erich. "All Tomorrow's Playground Narratives: Stanley Kubrick's Lolita." Bright Lights Film Journal #65 (August 2009)

1957:

The Cranes are Flying (Soviet Union: Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957: 97 mins)

Wexler, Haskell. "One Scene: The Cranes Are Flying." Current (August 22, 2011)

Throne of Blood (Japan: Akira Kurosawa, 1957: 110 mins)

Hogg, Trevor. "Epic Dreamer: An Akira Kurosawa Profile." Flickering Myth (March 24, 2010)

1958:

The Hidden Fortress (Japan: Akira Kurosawa, 1958: 139 mins)

Hogg, Trevor. "Epic Dreamer: An Akira Kurosawa Profile." Flickering Myth (March 24, 2010)

Touch of Evil (USA: Orson Welles, 1958: 95 mins)

Chapman, Mark. "Clashing Harmonics: The Characteristics of Sound in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil." Bright Lights Film Journal #76 (May 2012)

1959:

Gidget (USA: Paul Wendkos, 1959: 95 mins)

Engle, John. "August and Everything After: A Half-Century of Surfing in Cinema." Bright Lights Film Journal #80 (May 2013)

Good Morning (Japan: Yasujirô Ozu, 1959: 94 mins)

Cousins, Mark. "The Story of Film: An Odyssey - Yasujiro Ozu." BBC 4 (Posted on Youtube: September 28, 2011)

Klevan, Andrew. "Expressing the In-Between." LOLA #1 (2011)

Rosenbaum, Jonathan. "Ohayo/Good Morning." (Originally published in the Monthly Film Bulletin #502: November 1975)