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Slnko v sieti [The Sun in a Net] (Štefan Uher, 1963)

May

9

lunch

Slnko v sieti (1963)

An old man, enclosed in a simple, wooden window frame, eating his lunch. DP: Stanislav Szomolányi.

少年 [Shōnen / Boy] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1969)

May

6

少年 (1969)

The boy in his school uniform (Bin Amatsu) at a table in a traditional Japanese room with his meal untouched. A man eats next to the kid who glances at someone or something offscreen. The table is set for three. DPs: Seizō Sengen & Yasuhiro Yoshioka.

El chacal de Nahueltoro [Jackal of Nahueltoro] (Miguel Littin, 1969)

May

2

soup

El chacal de Nahueltoro (1969)

The man (Nelson Villagra) just handed a tin plate to kind Rosa (Shenda Román) for a refill while they talk about his life. DP: Héctor Ríos.

Full title: En cuanto a la infancia, andar, regeneración y muerte de Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, quien se hace llamar también José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, Jorge Sandoval Espinoza, José Jorge Castillo Torres, alias el Campano, el Trucha, el Canaca, el Chacal de Nahueltoro.

The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978)

May

1

mutton

The Shout (1978)

Charles Crossley (Alan Bates) in Anthony Fielding's (John Hurt) kitchen. Despite being the outsider here, Crossley's presence takes central stage. DP: Mike Molloy.

Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)

Apr

29

spaghetti di mamma

Domenica d'agosto (1950)

Marcella (Anna Baldini) enjoying mamma's spaghetti on the beach of Ostia. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala.

Nóz w wodzie; The Lady from Shanghai

Apr

23

rigging

Nóz w wodzie (1962)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Top to bottom: Nóz w wodzie [Knife in the Water] (Roman Polanski, 1962), The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947).

Watched on April 23 and 26 respectively.

“Coil the bow-line into a sun shape.”

– Leon Niemczyk as Andrzej in Nóz w wodzie

Whistle on grass

L'amore (1948) Nóz w wodzie (1962)

April 22 & 23, 2024

“It's nice. Listen. It's like heaven. Just like heaven.” – Anna Magnani as Nannina in “L'amore”

L'amore (Roberto Rossellini, 1948) Nóz w wodzie [Knife in the Water] (Roman Polanski, 1962)

#Arcs #AnnaMagnani #FedericoFellini #ZygmuntMalanowicz #JolantaUmecka #grass #whistle #todo

Nóz w wodzie [Knife in the Water] (Roman Polanski, 1962)

Apr

23

tomato soup

Nóz w wodzie (1962)

The couple – Jolanta Umecka as Krystyna and Leon Niemczyk as Andrzej – enjoy their little lunch for two of wine and canned soup while the young man (Zygmunt Malanowicz) mopes on the ship's bow. DP: Jerzy Lipman.

“I forgot the cucumbers.”

– Krystyna

L'amore (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)

Apr

22

alms

L'amore (1948)

Nannina (Anna Magnani) in “Il miracolo”, ascending a staircase while eating her alms. DP of this segment: Aldo Tonti; DPs “Una voce umana”: Robert Juillard & Otello Martelli.

“The madwoman has received your grace.”

– Nannina

Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)

April 20

20

oysters

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) pulling Sidney Falco's (Tony Curtis) tie over cocktails and oysters. DP: James Wong Howe.

“I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.”

– J.J. Hunsecker