The 60's In The Cinema

The Cinema of the 1960s
* Introduction: “The Crisis of Hollywood”.
The most popular films in the world have been from Hollywood, but this changed. TV’s professionals and other film producersbet with new proposals, which attracted to the young people.
This brought with it a replacement famous big screen and the end of the old Hollywood.
* Films.
* Psicosis (1960).
It’s a filmdirected by Alfred Hitchcock. The film has become a classic of horror and suspense movies. The story was inspired for the crimes of a Wisconsin’s serial killer.
It got 4 nominations for OscarAwards, won a Golden Globe award for a second character, and also an Edgar Allan Poe award for “The Best Movie”.
* Alfred Hitchcock: He was a British director and considered as master of suspense. Hisfilm was considered as one of his greatest successes.

* Cleopatra (1963).
It’s a film directed by Joseph Leo Mankiewicz, and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Its production had ahigh cost and a slow fundraising. Even with poor comments, it’s considered one of the most grossing movies of decade.
* Elizabeth Taylor: She was a British actress who worked in Hollywood. Inaddition to winning several prizes, Queen Isabel II decorated Elizabeth as Dame Commander of the British Empire.
She was very popular for his passionate private life and her strange violet eyes.* Richard Burton: He was a British actor. Even today, he’s praised by all the critics in the world. He had a stormy relationship with Liz Taylor, the love of his life.

* Mary Poppins (1964).It’s a film from Walt Disney, directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The story is about an English family who hires a nanny to care for their two children. Thechosen is Mary Poppins, a witch who will teach children the most important values with their magical powers.
This movie won five prizes and a lot of nominations from Oscar Awards.
* Julie...