The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Norman Jewison's lavish crime drama with it's split screen photography is one of the epitome movies of sixties cool.
It's film making of almost clockwork like precision with Steve McQueen, if not at his coolest then his most chicness, who along with co-star Faye Dunaway produce one hundred minutes of gorgeous style, sexiness and utter watchability. The story itself, well, you can take it or leave it.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
It's been so long since i last saw this that i'd forgotten 95% of it.
Peter Weir's classic piece of cinema is a mesmeric slice of Outback Folk Horror ambiguity. Weir gives absolutely nothing away regarding how events unfold and leaves clues hanging in the air for all to grasp at. Personally i haven't the foggiest what happened or if it even did happen. The joy of Picnic at Hanging Rock is getting lost in the heady atmosphere, metaphorical sexuality, sumptuous photography and ultimately unsettling mood.
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