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Actor Alain Delon, whose life was every bit as dramatic and eventful as his films, passed away last month at 88. He was among the last stars standing from that fertile period in the swinging sixties when French films were all the rage. His beginnings were hardly promising but he rose to dizzying heights on […]

It’s hard to believe it’s been over half a century since Hollywood experienced a creative renaissance. Just what happened back then? Starting in the mid-sixties, the film industry underwent a dramatic transition as the major studios realized their approach to moviemaking was no longer working. Too many big-budget releases were falling flat at the box office; the losses were staggering.