I'm sure you're right about the whole "societal perfect storm" thing. I'm not sure what other "blockbuster" type movies were around in 1965. However, comparing the '65 Oscars and their huge raft of widescreen family entertainment (Dr Zhivago? Sound Of Music?) and the '66 Oscars (which would have been the year that the Bond film tipped), we see a distinct turn.
In '66, we have Zinneman's "Man for All Seasons" winning best picture, and look at the other choices: "Alfie", "The Russians are Coming (x2)", "The Sand Pebbles", and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Woah.
In '65, we had "Doctor Zhivago", "Sound of Music", "Cat Ballou", Olivier's "Othello", "Ship of Fools", "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold".
Seems to me like it's entirely possible that the "let's just go see a movie to be entertained" dollars were more thinly stretched in '65 than '66... but I'm no film historian...
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Date: 2008-04-25 16:25 (UTC)In '66, we have Zinneman's "Man for All Seasons" winning best picture, and look at the other choices: "Alfie", "The Russians are Coming (x2)", "The Sand Pebbles", and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Woah.
In '65, we had "Doctor Zhivago", "Sound of Music", "Cat Ballou", Olivier's "Othello", "Ship of Fools", "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold".
Seems to me like it's entirely possible that the "let's just go see a movie to be entertained" dollars were more thinly stretched in '65 than '66... but I'm no film historian...