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The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)

Nov

15

1946

The Big Combo (1955)

A man's hand holds up a photo negative of a black-and-white picture, showing two men and a woman, and the date 11-15-46 underneath. DP: John Alton.

“I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop.”

– Mr. Brown

The End (Christopher Maclaine, 1953)

Nov

13

ice cream

The End (1953)

A man suggestively licks an ice cream cone. DP: Jordan Belson.

Götter der Pest [Gods of the Plague] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970)

Nov

12

1943

Götter der Pest (1970)

Pornography peddler Carla Aulaulu's (Carla Egerer) criminal record. She's born on November 12, 1943 in Kronstadt. DP: Dietrich Lohmann.

During one scene a perpetual calendar is visible. It's a 26th.

– Why do they call you The Gorilla? – Because I'm big and strong… and everyone has to have a name.

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste [Phantom Ship] (Denison Clift, 1935)

Nov

11

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

Anton Lorenzen (Bela Lugosi). DPs: Eric Cross & Geoffrey Faithfull.

“No, I never left the wheel; not for a moment.”

– Anton Lorenzen

Polyester (John Waters, 1981)

Nov

10

Polyester (1981)

Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) in wild ecstasy. The scene appears to evoke a moment of passion between Chris Flanders (Richard Burton) and Flora Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Boom! (Joseph Losey, 1968). DP: Dave Insley.

“Purr Francine! Purr, purr Francine!”

– Cuddles Kovinsky

Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961)

Nov

9

Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

Ferdinando Cefalù (Mastroianni) looking handsome and bored at a table set with food and wine for one. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma.

The White Rose [The White Rose: Jay DeFeo’s Painting Removed by Angelic Hosts] (Bruce Conner, 1967)

Nov

9

1965

The White Rose (1967)

we are not what we seem

– words inscribed in the bottom of DeFeo's painter's stool

Das Gold der Liebe [The Gold of Love] (Eckhart Schmidt, 1983)

Nov

9

Das Gold der Liebe (1983)

DAF-fan Patricia (Alexandra Curtis). DP: Bernd Heinl.

“Oh keiner macht's wie du, Wie du so traut sich's keiner, So wie du”

– DAF – El Que (Gold und Liebe (1981)

Compartiment tueurs [The Sleeping Car Murder] (Costa-Gavras, 1965)

Nov

8

Compartiment tueurs (1965)

Eliane Darrès (Simone Signoret) – comédienne, by herself – takes a long hard look at her table-set-for-two. DP: Jean Tournier.