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Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Jun

15

Sat

Strategia del ragno (1970)

A clock face. It's 9:54 on Saturday June 15. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro.

The two-page story this film is based on – Jorge Luis Borges' Tema del traidor y del héroe [Theme of the Traitor and Hero] (1944) – takes place on January 3 and August 2.

“Instead of leaving this morning, I'm still here. Among friends.”

– Athos Magnani

#FilmDuJour #June #BernardoBertolucci #JorgeLuisBorges #FrancoDiGiacomo #VittorioStoraro #GiulioBrogi #AlidaValli #BookAdaptation #mystery #clocks #drama #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

Estranho Encontro [Strange Encounter] (Walter Hugo Khouri, 1958)

Jun

14

1957

Estranho Encontro (1958)

A clock superimposed over a gloomy blonde (via). DP: Rudolf Icsey.

#FilmDuJour #June #WalterHugoKhouri #MárioSérgio #AndreaBayard #LolaBrah #LuigiPicchi #SérgioHingst #GabrielMigliori #RudolfIcsey #drama #thriller #romance #Brazil #1950s ★★½

La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)

Jun

13

cake

La diosa arrodillada (1947)

A woman's manicured hand holds up a glass of champagne next to what appears to be an opulent wedding cake. DP: Alex Phillips.

#FilmDinner #cake #champagne #RobertoGavaldón #MaríaFélix #ArturoDeCórdova #RosarioGranados #FortunioBonanova #RodolfoHalffter #AlexPhillips #melodrama #drama #romance #crime #thriller #Mexico #1940s ★★★½

Wyszedł w jasny, pogodny dzień [He Left on a Bright, Sunny Day] (Krzysztof Wojciechowski, 1972)

Jun

13

Wyszedł w jasny, pogodny dzień (1972)

Old people exchanging food and memories outdoors. DPs: Witold Stok & Ryszard Wróblewski.

#FilmDuJour #June #KrzysztofWojciechowski #CzesławNiemen #WitoldStok #RyszardWróblewski #documentary #ShortFilm #WW2 #Poland #1970s

Black Friday (Arthur Lubin, 1940)

Jun

13

Black Friday (1940)

DP: Elwood Bredell.

#FilmDuJour #June #ArthurLubin #BorisKarloff #BelaLugosi #HansJSalter #FrankSkinner #ElwoodBredell #FilmNoir #SciFi #drama #thriller #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

Le doulos [The Informer] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)

Jun

12

Le doulos (1962)

Belmondo and a white woman in a Cheongsam – both looking straight at us – awkwardly sit at a small round table in some sort of nightclub-ish establishment. There are cigarettes, an empty glass, and an ice bucket in front of her. DP: Nicolas Hayer.

“I don't give a damn. But I have the jewels and I need the money.”

– Silien

Le temps des loups [The Heist] (Sergio Gobbi, 1970)

Jun

12

1938

Le temps des loups (1970)

Dillinger (Robert Hossein) followed by Stella (Virna Lisi). DP: Daniel Diot.

#FilmDuJour #June #SergioGobbi #RobertHossein #CharlesAznavour #VirnaLisi #GeorgesGarvarentz #DanielDiot #drama #crime #heist #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½

Deň radosti [A Day of Joy] (Dušan Hanák, 1972)

Jun

12

1971

Deň radosti (1972)

Exuberant revellers. DPs: Martin Gazík, Alojz Hanúsek & Oskár Šághy.

#FilmDuJour #June #DušanHanák #AlexMlynárčik #IljaZeljenka #MartinGazík #AlojzHanúsek #OskárŠághy #trains #music #ShortFilm #TVMovie #documentary #Czechoslovakia #1970s

Wholly Communion (Peter Whitehead, 1966)

Jun

11

1965

Wholly Communion (1966)

Allen Ginsberg reciting in front of an enraptured audience at the Royal Albert Hall. DP: Peter Whitehead.

“Love! Love!”

– anonymous poet interrupting Harry Fainlight

#FilmDuJour #June #PeterWhitehead #AllenGinsberg #SimonVinkenoog #HarryFainlight #poetry #literature #BeatGeneration #documentary #London #UK #1960s

Sochaux, 11 juin 1968 [Sochaux June 11th 1968] (Bruno Muel, 1970)

Jun

11

1968

Sochaux, 11 juin 1968 (1970)

Several of the striking workers in a row. The composition echoes the famous propaganda image of Marx, Engels, Lenin etc. DP: Groupe Medvedkine de Sochaux.

#FilmDuJour #June #BrunoMuel #GroupeMedvedkineDeSochaux #ShortFilm #politics #WorkersRights #Sochaux #France #1970s