Okay, I like adjectives... and adverbs... and words that mean stuff.
But A MAN AND A WOMAN is one of those rare movies which captures the zeitgesit of its era better than most... The whole feel of it, down to the song, is so utterly third-quarter-of-the-'60s.
Despite the dreadful adult dubbing of the children's voices in the English version.
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Non-sequiturs are delicious.
Of course the film would capture the "third quarter of the 60's"-- it was MADE in 1966!
shareOf course the film would capture the "third quarter of the 60's"-- it was MADE in 1966!
I agree with you so much, even though I was born decades later (even my parents are older than this film). There's something beyond the 60s fashion and technology. I feel like the most important part is the cinematography and the editing. This movie has a very distinct, grainy, look that has now kind of become the embodiment of 60s cinematography (take note of the long shots, handheld camera, out of focus shots... as well). The editing was also quite revolutionary at the time, and has been extremely influential to films made later. The various montages were quite new at the time, and the cutting has a sort of disregard for chronology (which is also a product of that era's filmmaking). Not to mention the very impressionistic technique of dialogue narrating over other images. I think the biggest contributing factor to the film's almost palpable 60s feel is that it's impressionistic storytelling. The film does not contain much dialogue, and we're more focused on the visual and the sound. It's a great film.
Lucy: "I didn't tell a soul, and they all promised to keep it a secret."