![]() ![]() ![]() In the early 1960s, the 20-year film noir boom that began toward the end of World War II finally waned, its themes and concerns drifting away from the Hollywood mainstream. As the masterpieces, pathbreakers, and oddities of that landmark year reach their golden anniversaries, I’ll try to offer a sense of what it might have felt like to be an avid moviegoer 50 years ago, discovering these films as they opened. In this biweekly column, I’m revisiting 1967 from a different angle. ![]() In my 2008 book Pictures at a Revolution, I approached the dramatic changes in movie culture in the 1960s through the development, production, and reception of each of the five nominees for 1967’s Best Picture Academy Award: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and Doctor Dolittle. ![]()
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