Anouk Aimée in 8½ (1963, dir. Federico Fellini) 

Audrey Hepburn cruising in her hater blockers in How to Steal a Million (1966, dir. William Wyler)

Fritz Lang & the monocle he sported during the filming of Metropolis (1927) (via)

On the increased use of violence in post-war films:

“After the war, there was no longer a sense of family. We no longer loved our flag or honored our country. People no longer believe in hell and brimstone, or even retribution and therefore they do not believe in punishment after they are dead. What could we be afraid of? There was only one thing: physical pain. Physical pain comes from violence and I think today that is the only fact that people really fear. And when we are afraid of violence, then it becomes an element of drama. So, brutality’s now a necessary ingredient of dramatic development and denouement.

We can’t avoid violence because it is everywhere. It should be present in films. But everything depends on the way it is shown. I detest violence when it is shown as a spectacle or when it is used to make us laugh. And that is how it is used more and more on the screen.”

-Lang, in 1967 interview (via Brunnhuber’s Fritz Lang: His Life & Work)

Jean Seberg in Breathless (1960, dir. Jean-Luc Godard)