Lily S.
FILM IN THE 1960S
The decade is known for being prominent in historical drama, psychological horror, romance and comedy, as well as the sub-genes of spy film, sword and sandal, and spaghetti western films all beginning to peak during this decade.
Beginning in the middle of the decade due to the start of the cultural revolution and the abolition of the Hays Code, films became increasingly experimental and daring and were taking shape of what was to define the 1970s.
Here in the 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's Trailer:
- Historical Drama Films: Cleopatra (Cleopatra is portrayed as a schemer to gain control of the Egyptian kingdom. Historical Films developed 20th Century settings such as The Guns of Navarone, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago.
- Psychological Horror Films: Psycho and Roger Corman's Poe adaptations for American International Pictures. Psycho showed Hitchcock's Hollywood dark side
- Comedy Films: The Pink Panther, The President's Analyst, Breakfast at Tiffany's. The Pink Panther describes the trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for Switzerland, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...
- Spy Films: Expanded with wordly settings and hi-tech gadgets such as the James Bond films, Dr. No, or Goldfinger, and Thunderball.
- Spaghetti Westerns (made in Italy and Spain): Typified by Clint Eastwood films such as For a Few Dollars More or The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: Employed a wider range of special effects. A few examples of some of this genre during this time era: The Time Machine, Mysterious Island, and Jason and the Argonauts with animated aliens or mythical creatures.
Beginning in the middle of the decade due to the start of the cultural revolution and the abolition of the Hays Code, films became increasingly experimental and daring and were taking shape of what was to define the 1970s.
Here in the 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's Trailer:
TELEVISION IN THE 1960S
There is no question that television was the dominant mass medium in the United States during the 1960s. During that year, average daily households radio usage had dropped to less than two hours while TV viewing had climbed to more than five hours per day and would continue to increase. At the movie theaters, weekly attendance plunged from 44 million in 1965 to 17.5 million by the end of the decade. In the 1960s we had ABC, CBS, and NBC as TV stations. Here are a few examples of popular TV shows in the 1960s: