Great Films and their Great Images

1958

The Big Country

"If there's anything I admire more than a dedicated friend, it is a dedicated enemy."
- Major Henry Terrill
01 (43)
Dir: William Wyler
DoP: Franz Planer
Year: 1958
Country: USA
Language: English | Spanish
Genre: Romance | Western
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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South Pacific

"When all you care about is here, this is a good place to be."
- Emile de Becque
01 (54)

Dir: Joshua Logan
DoP: Leon Shamroy
Year: 1958
Country: USA
Language: French | English
Genre: Musical | Romance | War
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1

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Ashes and Diamonds

"So often, are you as a blazing torch with flames/ of burning
rags falling about you flaming, / you know not if flames
 bring freedom or death. /Consuming all that you must cherish
/if ashes only will be left, and want Chaos and tempest..."
- Krystyna
"...Or will the ashes hold the glory of a starlike
diamond... /The Morning Star of everlasting triumph."
- Maciek Chelmicki
01 (52)
Dir: Andrzej Wadja

DoP: Jerzy Wójcik

Year: 1958

Country: Poland

Language: Polish

Genre: Drama | War

Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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Nishi Ginza Station

"So you came to hear my story? Right. Well, I'll tell you an
unlikely Ginza story then. I can't guarantee you'll find it funny,
but it'll  teach you something, ladies and gentleman alike."
- Singer
01 (38)

Dir: Shôhei Imamura
DoP: Kumenobu Fujioka
Year: 1958
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Color: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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The Ballad of Narayama

"Upon turning 70 one is expected to go to Narayama.
It is a long-held tradition of the village."
- Orin
01 (54)
Dir: Keisuke Kinoshita
DoP: Hiroyuki Kusuda
Year: 1958
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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Mon Oncle

"His uncle, his uncle... he's not even a good
example, far from it. And certainly no genius."
- Monsieur Arpel
01 (29)

Dir: Jacques Tati

DoP: Jean Bourgoin

Year: 1958

Country: France | Italy

Language: French

Genre: Comedy

Color: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1

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Equinox Flower

"It's difficult raising children, isn't it? Eventually,
all parents have to let go... and that's never easy."
- Shukichi Mikami
01 (23)

Dir: Yasujirô Ozu

DoP: Yûharu Atsuta

Year: 1958

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Color: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1

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A Night to Remember

"Everybody up, get dressed, get your lifebelts on, at once.
Everybody up, get dressed, get your lifebelts on, at once."
- Steerage steward
01 (50)
Dir: Roy Ward Baker

DoP: Geoffrey Unsworth

Year: 1958

Country: UK

Language: English | Russian 
| German | Italian | Polish
Genre: Action | Drama | History

Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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The Magician

"I've prayed one prayer in my life: Use me, O God! But He
never understood what a devoted slave I'd have been. So I
was never used... But that too is a lie. Step by step you
go into the dark. The movement itself is the only truth."
-Johan Spegel
01 (45)

Dir: Ingmar Bergman

DoP: Gunnar Fischer

Year: 1958

Country: Sweden

Language: Swedish

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1

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The Hidden Fortress

"Hide a stone among stones and a man among men."
- General Rokurota Makabe
01 (44)
Dir: Akira Kurosawa
DoP: Kazuo Yamasaki
Year: 1958
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure | Drama
Color: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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Touch of Evil

"This isn't the real Mexico. You know that. All border towns bring out the worst in a
country. I can just imagine your mother's face if she could see our honeymoon hotel."
- Mike Vargas
01 (59)Dir: Orson Welles

DoP: Russell Metty

Year: 1958

Country: USA

Language: English | Spanish

Genre: Crime | Film-Noir 
| Thriller
Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

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Elevator to the Gallows

"You see madam there are always several photos in a camera."
- Commissaire Cherrier
01 (59)
Dir: Louis Malle

DoP: Henri Decaë

Year: 1958

Country: France

Language: French | German

Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller

Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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Les Amants (The Lovers)

"We'll sleep together always.  I'll take
care of you.  My life for yours."

[pause]

"We'll be fine.  You'll see."
- Jeanne
01 (54)
Dir: Louis Malle
DoP: Henri Decaë
Year: 1958
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama | Romance
Color: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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Le Beau Serge

"Want me to help?"
- François

"We're used to it."
- Marie
01 (60)


Dir: Claude Chabrol

DoP: Henri Decaë & Jean Rabier

Year: 1958

Country: France

Language: French

Genre: Drama
Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

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Gigi

"This story is about a little girl. It could be about any one of those 
little girls playing there. But it isn't. It's about one in particular. 
Her name is Gigi."
- Honoré Lachaille
01 (12)
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
DoP: Joseph Ruttenberg
Year: 1958
Country: USA
Language: English | French
Genre: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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I Want to Live!

"When you hear the pellets drop, count to ten.
Take a deep breath. It's easier that way."
- San Quentin Capt.

"How would you know?"
- Barbara Graham
01 (20)Dir: Robert Wise

DoP: Lionel Lindon

Year: 1958

Country: USA

Language: English

Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

Color: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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Vertigo

"There's no way for them to understand. You and I know who killed Madeleine."
- Gavin Elster
01 (22)Dir: Alfred Hitchcock

DoP: Robert Burks

Year: 1958

Country: USA

Language: English

Genre: Mystery | Romance 
| Thriller
Color: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

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