I love this movie... I love the way it takes me back to the 60's (I was born in 67) as a teen. My brother and sisters who were my first obsessions were all teens in the 60's. They blared 60's music and thus I was weaned on it.
What else is there with the same feel? The REAL 60's dancing and REAL 60's music?
Help!
SB
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Ok - work with me here...
The real 60's was all about fantasy. I'd go with Barbarella & Cat Ballou - neither of them are set in the 60's, but they're all about Jane Fonda being a cool 60's chick dropped into the Wild, Wild West, or Outer Space.
If you remember the 60's - you weren't trying hard enough...
I was born '63, and I still remember when my Mum & Dad took my oldest sister to Hair & brought back the record. Which may have saved my life - as playground geek/ witch, knowing the dictionary definition of sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus & pederasty (& the rest...) got the topic from violence onto sex on many occasions - and then I'd quietly slip away...
Oh the 60's and 70's. I have very fond memories of the 60's, the music, the tv shows, the movies, the fashions. This movie is one of my favorites. I can't even count how many times I've seen it. Wish we could go back but we can't.
shareCertainly deserving of its R rating, I love "The Wanderers." To me, it captures the early 60s and the changing societal directions. It's violent, funny, and touching at the same time.
shareNo idea about the music itself, having missed it by a few generations, but a similar film with a lot of similarly funky music in it is American Graffiti. Same sort of film, same period.
"Jesus is every man's right hand!"
"Dude, I spank it with my right hand! Jesus is molesting me!"
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (of course)
HAVING A WILD WEEKEND
BYE BYE BIRDIE (maybe more late 50-ish)
VIVA LAS VEGAS
WILD IN THE STREETS (black comedy; teen idol becomes President, sends everyone over 30 to concentration camps)
THE TAMI SHOW (a phantasmagoric performance by James Brown & the Famous Flames)
I quite think Russ Meyers' Beyond the Valley of the Dolls might fit your needs - there's another great British contribution called Beat Girl, kind of obscure, but one of the more famous of a loooong tradition of "juvenile delinquent" movies from that era, you can check out loads of them for good soundtracks and authentic sixties' styles.. a lot of them are in B&W though, which doesn't really scream "sixties" to me.
shareQuadrophenia. Made in the 70s but it accurately depicts 60s London and the era of mods and rockers.
shareTry "(The?)Blackboard Jungle" also starring Sidney Poitier.It's a bit older than "To Sir,with Love" I believe Glenn Ford plays the teacher in it. It's a very good movie. Hope you get a chance to check it out. :)
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