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1960s

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

The Plague of the Zombies (John Gilling, 1966)

Aug

20

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

A rather disgusting looking zombie carrying a young brunette in a flower dress. DP: Arthur Grant.

“I, I find all kinds of witchcraft slightly nauseating and this I find absolutely disgusting.”

– Sir James Forbes

Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)

Aug

18

1961

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.

“And oh, are the Giants mad!”

– announcer on PA

Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)

Aug

15

Ferragosto

Fuoco! (1968)

The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone.

Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption

 

X​ [The Man with the X-Ray Eyes] (Roger Corman, 1963)

Aug

14

X (1963)

Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) performing his mind-reading trick. DP: Floyd Crosby.

“The city… as if it were unborn. Rising into the sky with fingers of metal, limbs without flesh, girders without stone. Signs hanging without support. Wires dipping and swaying without poles. A city unborn. Flesh dissolved in an acid of light. A city of the dead.”

– Dr. James Xavier

…und deine Liebe auch [And Your Love Too] (Frank Vogel, 1962)

Aug

13

1961

…und deine Liebe auch (1962)

Eva (Kati Székely). Someone offscreen lits her cigarette. DP: Günter Ost.

Three people must decide what to do on August 13, 1961, the day the Berlin Wall goes up.

 

La baie des anges [Bay of Angels] (Jacques Demy, 1963)

Aug

6

mercredi

La baie des anges (1963)

The bank where Jean Fournier (Claude Mann) works. A wall calendar, slightly tilted, reads Août 6 Mercredi. DP: Jean Rabier.

“Life has its tricks. Its oddities.”

– Jackie Demaistre

Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)

Aug

4

Vergogna, schifosi!… (1969)

A small desk calendar. The 4 is circled. DP: Angelo Lotti.

While the month is never explicitly stated, there's mention of August traffic jams.

“Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…”

黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)

Aug

4

黒蜥蜴 (1968)

The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.

She-Man: A Story of Fixation (Bob Clark, 1967)

Aug

4

She-Man: A Story of Fixation (1967)

Lt. Albert Rose, now Rose Albert (Leslie Marlowe), strikes a pose. DP: Gerhard Maser.