257 of 1001 Movies: David Holzman's Diary (1967)

There are some brilliant things about the docufiction. If it wasn't so boring I could appreciate it more. Many thought didn't know that Jim McBride was making a fake film though, and L.M Kit Carson seems believable enough as David that you think he's just a really weird and creepy guy who has just filmed his girlfriend naked and asleep. Thankfully for the sake of the viewer not feeling creepy this movie is only fake. It does give you a culturally cool look into the 60's though, but Holzman's life is boring, and I don't blame the guy for being disappointed in how his film turned out.

Summary: David Holzman decides to do a diary of his life with his camera. He has all the equipment to make it work, and sets it up in his apartment and allows it to travel with him while he is out and about. Not all that are in his life though will appreciate the intrusion into their lives including his girlfriend, Penny. She definitely doesn't like the new wheel in their relationship. David though will find that his experiment of filming his own life leaves him with more frustration than answers though.

Saturday Movies: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

It's 1967 and the Civil Rights Movement has just recently happened, so imagine a movie that is about a couple of different races deciding they were going to step forward to their families about their relationship. That alone makes for some interesting happenings in the movie. Stanely Kramer though was a director who seemed to have this very odd portrayal of the story. While the story and plot are very modern and beyond the time, his way of directing was very dated and 60's, and takes away a lot from the atmosphere of the story.

Summary: Joey is bring home her fiance, John, to meet her family. They've only been dating for a little over a week, but Joey is convinced he is the one. John is a little more hesitant though as he is much more aware of just how rare their romance is. Matt and Christina are Joey's parents, and they've always considered themselves a huge supporter of African Americans having civil rights, and their ideology is liberal. John though is going to put their ideas into practice though, and for the parents it may be harder to accept than their ideas led them to think.

167 of 1001 Movies: Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Cool Hand Luke is a movie to watch if you want to feel cool. There is just something it embodies that speaks to those who resist to conform. I wouldn't recommend going the path of Luke though, especially since prison has changed a bit. Steven Rosenberg though shows that you don't need equipment from 2013 to create a visually stunning and compelling movie, and that with the loss of film there is a certain quality lost as well. You also have Paul Newman leading and just showing he is one of the best actors there has ever been.

Summary: Luke gets caught removing the heads off parking meters while under the influence, and he is arrested. He ends up with pretty harden criminals though in a prison camp where he will work on the roads all day, and then sleep and eat at night. The life isn't easy, and you can be put in "the box" for basically anytime the wardens feel threatened you'll act up. Luke though doesn't conform very well, so he begins planning his escape, and he will continue to revolt until they will let him go.

126 of 1001 Movies: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Instantly the movie throws you into the two getting into the crime scene without much back story, or development. After reading a little about the history of Bonnie and Clyde though I believe that Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway do a good job at bringing to life how these characters might have been though. Arthur Penn brings to life an American crime story that had yet to really be explored in movies and took a lot of attention to detail to capture the detail and setting for the twos crimes.

Clyde has just gotten out of prison, and Bonnie is working as a waitress at a job that is leaving her at a blockade. When she meets Clyde though she is instantly in love, and wants to be apart of the crime world. She is fascinated from the first moment he pulls out a gun. The two begin travelling and robbing banks. Along the way their gang begins to grow into the Barrow Gang, which includes a young man they picked who they up at a mechanic shop, and Clyde's brother and his wife. With the more banks they rob though the bigger the chase becomes for the crew though.

108 of 1001 Movies: The Graduate (1967)

Mike Nichols biggest movie hit has to be The Graduate. The plot will be on for some and off for others. Maybe the theme of the older generation taking advantage of the recent college graduates doesn't ring as relatable, but being out of college and sort of lost as to where to go still does as most are still grasping to try to find what makes them happy instead of others as it does sometimes feel we live our lives for a while in the hopes of impressing others until we find we need to find what makes us tick.

Ben is a recent college graduate who arrives home to find himself receiving the congratulations emptily. Mrs. Robinson, his dad's business partners' wife,has different plans to approach him when he gets home though, and sets out to seduce him. Ben looking for something deeper finally caves into having an affair with her. Without considering the implications down the road, Ben finds himself being set up with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine, and while he tries to destroy their date he finds himself instead falling for her leading Mrs. Robinson to try to ruin him.