Breathless (1960)
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 30m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Legacy, Cinematography, Editing
WEAKNESSES: Story and Characters
A French ne'er-do-well steps up from boosting cars and penny ante crimes when he kills a police officer. As the French police close in he attempts to convince a young American student to skip town with him to Italy.
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Spartacus (1960)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov
Rated: PG13
Running Time: 3hrs 17min
TMM Score: 5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Epic Scale, Themes
WEAKNESSES: None
A slave, Spartacus, leads a rebellion of thousands of slaves across Italy, threatening the power of the Roman Empire.
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyoko Kagawa
Running Time: 2h 31m
Rated: NR (best guess, PG)
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5 (I liked it)
STRENGTHS: Character Development, Theme
WEAKNESSES: Pacing
Everyone knows that something corrupt is going on at Public Land Corporation, all they need is a whistle blower. As mysterious disappearances, ghostly apparitions, and bold accusations are levied at the heads of the company, will any of them submit to disgrace and turn the rest in, or will they continue to honorably kill themselves to hide their shame and save face for their superiors?
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