Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

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Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

2001

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Overview

This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the month for September 2001. Actors Lee Grant and Paul Mazursky, producer Roger Corman, director John Carpenter, film critic Molly Haskell, and journalist Peter Biskind discuss the issues involved in six films of the 1950s. Topics include teenage loneliness, youth rebellion, changing gender roles, and the beginning of the sexual revolution.

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Lee Grant

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Lee Grant

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Roger Corman

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Roger Corman

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Paul Mazursky

Self

Paul Mazursky

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John Carpenter

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John Carpenter

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Peter Biskind

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Molly Haskell

Self

Molly Haskell

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