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The History of Cinema: 1959 |
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- The Progressive Group orchestrate a boycott of the country’s cinemas in protest at the practice of racial segregation which results in the abolition of the practice. [ADD] |
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Brazil |
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22/8 - |
Brazilian authorities ban Louis Malle's Les Amants (The Lovers). [ADD] |
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Canada |
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14/10 - |
After years of alcohol abuse, Errol Flynn dies of a heart attack in British Columbia at the age of 53. [ADD] |
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China |
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– Cinema attendance reaches a record high of 4.17 billion. [ADD] |
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Croatia |
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12/10 - |
Production begins in Zagreb on Abel Gance’s Austerlitz, a joint Italo-Franco-Yugoslav production with a budget of 48 million francs. [ADD] |
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Cuba |
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– In the days following the Castro revolution, the new government establishes a cinematographic department as part of the "Dirección de Cultura del Ejército Rebelde". [ADD] |
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Egypt |
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18/3 - |
Censors ban Elizabeth Taylor's films in retaliation to her financial support of Israel. [ADD] |
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India |
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– Guru Dutt’s Hindi production Kagaaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers), the first Indian film shot in Cinemascope, is released. It fails at the box-office. [ADD] |
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– A new record for foreign films in the United States is created when Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali runs for over seven months at the 5th Avenue Playhouse in New York. [ADD] |
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– The Federation of Film Societies is formed. Satyajit Ray is inaugural president. [ADD] |
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Italy |
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16/3 - |
Swedish actress Anita Ekberg arrives at Cinecittŕ to film Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. [ADD] |
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30/7 - |
The sets used for director Carmine Gallone's film Carthage in Flames are destroyed in a fire at Cinecittŕ which injures 20 people. [ADD] |
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Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti return to Rome where Ponti risks facing charges of bigamy. The producer was divorced before marrying Loren on 17th November 1957, but Italian law does not recognise divorce. [ADD] |
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– La Muragli cinese (Behind the Great Wall) is released with the gimmick of Aromarama, which releases a total of 72 different smells into the cinema during screening. [ADD] |
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– The number of MPEA majors films that can be imported into Italy from America is cut to 185 per year. [ADD] |
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Japan |
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3/11 - |
The premiere of Kon Ichikawa's Nobi (Fires on the Plain). [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1959 |
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Argentina |
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El Candidato (The Candidate) (Fernando Ayala) [ADD] |
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El negoción (The Big Deal) (Simon Feldman) [ADD] |
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Bangladesh |
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Asiya (The Life of a Village Girl) (Fateh Lohani) [ADD] |
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Jago Hua Savera (The Day Shall Dawn) (A. J. Karder) [ADD] |
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Bolivia |
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La Vertiente (The Source) (Jorge Ruiz) [ADD] |
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West Germany |
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Die Brücke (The Bridge) (Bernhard Wicki) [ADD] |
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Greece |
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Blood Sunset (A. Lambrinos) [ADD] |
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Israel |
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They Were Ten (Baruch Dienar) [ADD] |
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Japan |
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Waga ai (When a Woman Loves) (Heinosuke Gosho) [ADD] |
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