{"product_id":"movies-of-the-50s","title":"100 Movies of the 1950s","description":"At a time when people were terrified of UFOs and Communism, the film industry was busy producing movies that ranged from \u003cb\u003efilm noir\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003egrandiose musicals\u003c\/b\u003e. The paranoid public in the 1950s apparently craved family entertainment and dark, brooding pictures in equal doses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The result is \u003cb\u003ea decade's worth of truly monumental cinema\u003c\/b\u003e, from Hitchcock masterpieces (Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window) to \u003cb\u003ecomedy classics\u003c\/b\u003e (Tati's Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot), from \u003cb\u003egroundbreaking Nouvelle Vague films\u003c\/b\u003e (Truffaut's The 400 Blows) to profound, \u003cb\u003einnovative dramas\u003c\/b\u003e like Antonioni's L'avventura, Fellini's La Strada, John Huston's Misfits, and Kubrick's Paths of Glory. Though censorship kept sex safely offscreen, the smoldering James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Marilyn Monroe provided plenty of heat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This survey of \u003cb\u003ethe most important films of the fabulous fifties\u003c\/b\u003e covers the wholesome, subversive, artistic, thrilling, and mysterious trends in cinema across the globe. This encyclopedia profiles each movie masterpiece through \u003cb\u003estills\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003esynopsis\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ecast\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ecrew\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003etechnical listings\u003c\/b\u003e. Whether you're a rebel without a cause or a gentleman who prefers blondes, this is a must-have for any film fan.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523146027044,"sku":"9783836587198","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/movies-of-the-50s","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}