THEME EXPLORATION

1960s Americana

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Meet Me at the Fair
Meet Me at the Fair
1952 · Douglas Sirk
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Citizen’s Band
Citizen’s Band
1977 · Jonathan Demme
Complexe
Complexe
1964 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Four Friends / Georgia’s Friends
Four Friends / Georgia’s Friends
1981 · Arthur Penn
Kansas City
Kansas City
1996 · Robert Altman
French Dressing
French Dressing
1963 · Ken Russell
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
2009 · Ang Lee
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola USA

His films capture the American Dream's complexities and the darker undercurrents of post-war American society during the 1960s transformation.

 Martin Scorsese USA

He explores 1960s Americana through gritty urban landscapes, moral ambiguity, and the clash between traditional and modern American values.

 Sidney Lumet USA

His socially conscious films interrogate American institutions and everyday life during the turbulent 1960s with documentary-like realism.