Ep #67 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1969

With a starting list of over 15,000 features and documentaries to choose from, it’s unlikely that the Cinema60 team will ever run out of movies to watch and discuss from their chosen decade. But Bart and Jenna have crossed a significant finish line with today’s episode. Starting with Episode 5 back in March of 2019, Cinema60 has regularly put out “grab bag” episodes where your hosts pick three movies each from a given year - one they’ve never seen but are itching to watch, one they absolutely adore and have been itching to talk about on the show, and one terrible movie that they’re itching to disparage for your listening pleasure. They call these episodes “Kiss, Marry, Kill,” and you are about to listen to their tenth and final round of the game, having now gone through every year of the Sixties.

Jenna has chosen to keep things light and funny and has chosen three notable comedies from 1969 for discussion. Bart, on the other hand, has taken the opportunity to choose several firsts for Cinema60: their first Iranian film, their first kaijû movie, and, most importantly, their first Éric Rohmer film! So while Bart gushes for perhaps too long about what is arguably the best film by his favorite filmmaker, Jenna makes a tripartite bid to pull comedies out of the genre ghetto and defends their right to stand alongside any serious artsy movie you care to name.

The following films are discussed:

• The Cow (1969)
Gaav
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Starring Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nassirian

• Cactus Flower (1969)
Directed by Gene Saks
Starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn

• My Night at Maud’s (1969)
Ma nuit chez Maud
Directed by Éric Rohmer
Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault

• Take the Money and Run (1969)
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Jackson Beck

• All Monsters Attack (1969)
Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki
Directed by Ishirô Honda
Starring Kenji Sahara, Machiko Naka, Tomonori Yazaki

• The Magic Christian (1969)
Directed by Joseph McGrath
Starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, John Cleese