Favorite Movies of 1968?

The Swimmer
Skannen
Ole Dole Doff
Rachel, Rachel
Il Profeta
Hell In The Pacific
Secret Ceremony
If....
Targets
Petulia

 

There's such a great little film hiding in plain sight in "The Swimmer" but ultimately it is undercooked and clunky. If it only was made a few years later during Hollywood's Golden Age it would have been a marvel. It definitely needs a loving remake, perhaps with Jon Hamm in the lead?

 

if ....



winner of the palme d'or

 

Bullitt starring Steve McQueen.

 

2001

 

I was 9 or 10 when I saw 2001 on its initial roadshow release, and it was probably the first revelatory experience of my life. I would be a different person today had I not seen it.

 

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Rachel, Rachel

 

The Swimmer, flaws and all, though it’s really a 1966 movie. It’s totally drenched in the feeling of that year, and probably would have come off better if it hadn’t gotten caught postproduction hell and been released that year.

Every year was so different from the previous in that decade, it’s little wonder the film seemed out of date by’68.

 

Rosemary's Baby...

it was a horrible year

 

Bullet
Monterey Pop
The Odd Couple
Planet Of The Apes
Night Of The Living Dead
Barbarella
Charly
Coogan's Bluff
Head

 

Planet of the Apes

 

"Planet of the Apes" is my favorite from your list (my favorite movie of any movies actually), but the other three that I posted from your list are also very good ones...

 

2001
Planet Of The Apes
Ice Station Zebra
Charley
Night Of The Living Dead
The Producers
Rosemary's Baby
The Swimmer

 

A childhood friend of mine lived in the house where one of the pools was used.

 

My rankings for the year.

2001: a space odyssey
Yellow Submarine
Once Upon a Time in the West
Planet of the Apes
Night of the Living Dead/Rosemary's Baby
The Producers
if....
Petulia
Bullitt
Targets
HEAD

Honorable mentions:
Destroy All Monsters
Monterey Pop
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Star!
Witchfinder General/The Conqueror Worm

(Dis)Honorable mentions:
Barbarella/Danger: Diabolik
Skidoo

Disappointments:
Ice Station Zebra

 

As an 8 year old in 68 I'm guessing it was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

 

I could never watch a re-make.

 

Funny Girl (Wyler)
Shame (Bergman)
Barbarella (Vadim)
The Subject Was Roses (Grosbard)
Uptight (Dassin)

 

2001, Once upon a time in the west, Planet of the apes, Barbarella, Bullitt

 

yes, I enjoyed them very much! I own them on DVD and or BD...

 

Bullitt by a country mile for me.

Although, Barbarella had some fine points as well.

 

Two from Bergman: Hour of the Wolf and Shame

 

Those are two lovely, underrated films. I was particularly impressed with Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

 

Even though it won the oscar , Oliver seems to have lost favor over the years. I still think it is great old fashioned entertainment with a great cast. Ron Moody is mesmerizing as the rouge Fagin, and Oliver Reed is well cast as the brutish, menacing Bill Sikes

 

A real interesting curio is the short film Toby Dammit by Federico Fellini. It was one of three short film from a movie called THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. However, it is often released on its own because it is so bizarre that it made the other two films forgettable. It is very, very loosely based on the Poe story. The protagonist is now a drunk, obnoxious actor who has been casted in a terrible spaghetti western. The devil is a beautiful young girl.