荒野のダッチワイフ [Kōya no dacchi waifu / Dutch Wife of the Wasteland] (Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967)

Dec

13

ice cream

A young woman in profile, almost a silhouette, eats ice cream. DP: Hajime Kai.

#FilmDinner #IceCream #AtsushiYamatoya #MikiWatari #YūichiMinato #ShōheiYamamoto #MasayoshiNogami #NorikoTatsumi #MariNagisa #YosukeYamashita #HajimeKai #drama #crime #snuff #PinkuEiga #jazz #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968)

Dec

13

Tue

A collage image of President Lyndon B. Johnson. His face is a hole and footage of a military burial service can be seen. DP: Iván Nápoles.

#FilmDuJour #December #SantiagoÁlvarez #LeoBrouwer #IvánNápoles #documentary #animation #war #ColdWar #VietnamWar #propaganda #Cuba #1960s ★★★½

Roj [The Swarm] (Miodrag 'Mića' Popović, 1966)

Dec

12

International Day of Neutrality

The judge and the woman. DP: Milorad Marković.

Trying to stay out of conflict on the International Day of Neutrality.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalDayOfNeutrality #MiodragPopović #MiraStupica #RadeMarković #SvetolikNikačević #ZoranHristić #MiloradMarković #drama #history #Yugoslavia #1960s

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman (1973)

The two friends setting off on their track of the Swiss mountains. Their chalet can be seen in the foreground. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Mountain living on International Mountain Day. Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #mountains #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dec

11

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell.

“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with “Bates' Motel” printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

– Norman Bates

#FilmDuJour #December #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BernardHerrmann #JohnLRussell #BookAdaptation #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #USA #1960s

Gina [Stone Cold Revenge] (Denys Arcand, 1975)

Dec

11

1952

Gina (Céline Lomez) stripping in front of a silver tinsel curtain. The silhouette of a woman is visible in the foreground. DP: Alain Dostie.

#FilmDuJour #December #DenysArcand #CélineLomez #ClaudeBlanchard #FrédériqueCollin #BennyBarbara #MichelPagliaro #AlainDostie #drama #revenge #rape #SlowCinema #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (Gimpo, 1995)

Dec

9

Techno Day

Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (1995)

A British banknote on fire. DP: Gimpo.

A techno music scene for Techno Day (Juan Atkins' birthday).

“We wanted the money but we wanted to burn it more.”

– Bill Drummond

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #TechnoDay #Gimpo #TheKLF #JimiCauty #BillDrummond #music #capitalism #AntiCapitalism #UK #1990s

行者 [Jingang Jing / Walker] (Tsai Ming-liang, 2012)

Dec

8

बोधि

The monk (Kang-sheng Lee) walking Hong Kong. DP: Tsai Ming-liang.

A Buddhist theme for Bodhi Day.

“The reason why I wanted to do something like the Walker series is rooted in my obsession with the idea of Xuanzang, and the characteristics of the times he lived. There was no car, no train, no airplane, and no cell phone. He just walked.”

– Tsai Ming-liang, via

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Bodhi #TsaiMingLiang #KangShengLee #religion #Buddhism #ShortFilm #SlowCinema #HongKong #2010s

Kisapmata [Sa bawat kisapmata / In the Wink of an Eye] (Mike De Leon, 1981)

Dec

8

Tue

Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8^th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.

#FilmDuJour #December #MikeDeLeon #NickJoaquin #CharoSantosConcio #JayIlagan #VicSilayan #CharitoSolis #RubenRustia #LorrieIlustre #RodyLacap #drama #Christmas #holidays #Philippines #1980s ★★★★☆

Speedy (Ted Wilde, 1928)

Dec

7

National Cotton Candy Day

Harold 'Speedy' Swift (Harold Lloyd ) and his gal Jane (Ann Christy) enjoy big bags of cotton candy at the fair. DP: Walter Lundin .

Cotton candy for (National) Cotton Candy Day. Gifs via Little Horror Shop on Tumblr.

“When a boy loses his job, buys a new suit and takes a girl to Coney Island, he's either insane or in love – – and there's not much difference.”

– title card

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #CottonCandyDay #CottonCandy #CandyFloss #candy #food #TedWilde #HaroldLloyd #AnnChristy #BertWoodruff #BabeRuth #ByronDouglas #BrooksBenedict #WalterLundin #comedy #SilentFilm #ConeyIsland #USA #1920s

荒野のダッチワイフ [Kōya no dacchi waifu / Dutch Wife of the Wasteland] (Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967)

Dec

13

ice cream

A young woman in profile, almost a silhouette, eats ice cream. DP: Hajime Kai.

#FilmDinner #IceCream #AtsushiYamatoya #MikiWatari #YūichiMinato #ShōheiYamamoto #MasayoshiNogami #NorikoTatsumi #MariNagisa #YosukeYamashita #HajimeKai #drama #crime #snuff #PinkuEiga #jazz #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968)

Dec

13

Tue

A collage image of President Lyndon B. Johnson. His face is a hole and footage of a military burial service can be seen. DP: Iván Nápoles.

#FilmDuJour #December #SantiagoÁlvarez #LeoBrouwer #IvánNápoles #documentary #animation #war #ColdWar #VietnamWar #propaganda #Cuba #1960s ★★★½

Roj [The Swarm] (Miodrag 'Mića' Popović, 1966)

Dec

12

International Day of Neutrality

The judge and the woman. DP: Milorad Marković.

Trying to stay out of conflict on the International Day of Neutrality.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalDayOfNeutrality #MiodragPopović #MiraStupica #RadeMarković #SvetolikNikačević #ZoranHristić #MiloradMarković #drama #history #Yugoslavia #1960s

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

The two friends setting off on their track of the Swiss mountains. Their chalet can be seen in the foreground. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Mountain living on International Mountain Day. Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #mountains #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dec

11

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell.

– Norman Bates

#FilmDuJour #December #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BernardHerrmann #JohnLRussell #BookAdaptation #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #USA #1960s

Gina [Stone Cold Revenge] (Denys Arcand, 1975)

Dec

11

1952

Gina (Céline Lomez) stripping in front of a silver tinsel curtain. The silhouette of a woman is visible in the foreground. DP: Alain Dostie.

#FilmDuJour #December #DenysArcand #CélineLomez #ClaudeBlanchard #FrédériqueCollin #BennyBarbara #MichelPagliaro #AlainDostie #drama #revenge #rape #SlowCinema #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (Gimpo, 1995)

Dec

9

Techno Day

A British banknote on fire. DP: Gimpo.

A techno music scene for Techno Day (Juan Atkins' birthday).

– Bill Drummond

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #TechnoDay #Gimpo #TheKLF #JimiCauty #BillDrummond #music #capitalism #AntiCapitalism #UK #1990s

行者 [Jingang Jing / Walker] (Tsai Ming-liang, 2012)

Dec

8

बोधि

The monk (Kang-sheng Lee) walking Hong Kong. DP: Tsai Ming-liang.

A Buddhist theme for Bodhi Day.

– Tsai Ming-liang, via

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Bodhi #TsaiMingLiang #KangShengLee #religion #Buddhism #ShortFilm #SlowCinema #HongKong #2010s

Kisapmata [Sa bawat kisapmata / In the Wink of an Eye] (Mike De Leon, 1981)

Dec

8

Tue

Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.

#FilmDuJour #December #MikeDeLeon #NickJoaquin #CharoSantosConcio #JayIlagan #VicSilayan #CharitoSolis #RubenRustia #LorrieIlustre #RodyLacap #drama #Christmas #holidays #Philippines #1980s ★★★★☆

Speedy (Ted Wilde, 1928)

Dec

7

National Cotton Candy Day

Harold 'Speedy' Swift (Harold Lloyd ) and his gal Jane (Ann Christy) enjoy big bags of cotton candy at the fair. DP: Walter Lundin .

Cotton candy for (National) Cotton Candy Day. Gifs via Little Horror Shop on Tumblr.

– title card

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #CottonCandyDay #CottonCandy #CandyFloss #candy #food #TedWilde #HaroldLloyd #AnnChristy #BertWoodruff #BabeRuth #ByronDouglas #BrooksBenedict #WalterLundin #comedy #SilentFilm #ConeyIsland #USA #1920s

Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8^th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.