One of the most important traits of Romanian fiction films released during the 1960s is their emphasis on leisure and moderate consumption,their enthusiasm for industrialization and urbanization,their reflection of a socialist society which gives its citizens the opportunity to have a decent standard of living—in brief,an emphasis on the many facets of socialist modernity.The 1960s are,indeed,for socialist Romania a period characterized by prosperity and a relative openness towards Western influences.One such influence is that of Western modern cinema.This paper reflects upon the clash of values inherent in Romanian modern cinema of the 1960s;infused by anxieties prevalent in the other,Western modernization project,as they were reflected in Western cinema,Romanian modern films present an ambiguous and self-critical version of socialist modernity,which in some cases was harshly sanctioned by Romanian film officials and state apparatchiks.
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