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| - | *''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Ray Milland]], [[Grace Kelly]] | + | *''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' by Alfred Hitchcock |
| - | *''[[Fear (1954 film)|Fear]]'' (La Paura), directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]], starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] | + | *''[[Fear (1954 film)|Fear]]'' by Roberto Rossellini |
| - | *''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (Gojira), directed by [[Ishirō Honda]] | + | *''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' by Ishirō Honda |
| - | *''[[Human Desire]]'', starring [[Gloria Grahame]] | + | *''[[Human Desire]]'' by |
| - | *''[[Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome]]'', directed by [[Kenneth Anger]] | + | *''[[Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome]]'' by Kenneth Anger |
| - | *''[[Johnny Guitar]]'', directed by [[Nicholas Ray]], starring [[Joan Crawford]] | + | *''[[Johnny Guitar]]'', directed by Nicholas Ray |
| - | *''[[Rear Window]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[James Stewart]], [[Grace Kelly]] | + | *''[[Rear Window]]'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
| - | *''[[Senso (film)|Senso]]'', directed by [[Luchino Visconti]], starring [[Alida Valli]] and [[Farley Granger]] | + | *''[[Senso (film)|Senso]]'' by Luchino Visconti |
| - | *''[[Seven Samurai]]'' (Shichinin no Samurai), directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]] | + | *''[[Seven Samurai]]'' by Akira Kurosawa |
| - | *''[[La strada (film)|La strada]]'' (The Road), directed by [[Federico Fellini]], starring [[Anthony Quinn]] | + | *''[[La strada (film)|La strada]]'' by Federico Fellini |
| ===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
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1954 (MCMLIV) is the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
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Art and culture
- Studio One record label founded in Jamaica
- Ford Atmos concept car presented
- Comics Code Authority introduced
- Film Culture magazine launched
- "Une certaine tendance du cinéma français", an essay by French film critic François Truffaut,
- "The Homosexual Villain", an essay by American writer Norman Mailer
Literature
- Story of O by Pauline Réage
- Contempt by Alberto Moravia
- The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Film
- Dial M for Murder by Alfred Hitchcock
- Fear by Roberto Rossellini
- Godzilla by Ishirō Honda
- Human Desire by
- Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome by Kenneth Anger
- Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray
- Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Senso by Luchino Visconti
- Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
- La strada by Federico Fellini
Music
- "Le Déserteur" by Boris Vian
- "I Just Want to Make Love to You" by Willie Dixon
- "Cucurrucucú paloma"
Births
- Larry Levan (1954-1992)
- François Kevorkian (1954 - )
- Walter Gibbons (1954 - 1994)
- Linval Thompson (1954 - )
- Richard Kern (1954 - )
- Augustus Pablo (1954 - 1999)
- Cindy Sherman (1954 - )
- James Cameron (1954 - )
- Mike Kelley (1954 - 2012)
- Iain Banks (1954 - 2013)
- Bruce Sterling (1954 - )
- Alfredo de la Fé (1954 - )
- Hanif Kureishi (1954 - )
- Coen Brothers (1954 - )
- Ang Lee (1954 - )
- Alex Cox (1954 - )
Deaths
- Dziga Vertov (1896 - 1954)
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